The Beezer (called The Beezer and Topper for the last 3 years of publication) was a British comic that ran from (issues dates) 21 January 1956 to 21 August 1993, when it unofficially "merged" with The Beano. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... This March 2007 does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Like its sister comic, The Topper, the Beezer was an A3 (tabloid) publication, making it twice as big as other comics. It shrank to A4 paper size, like the others, in 1981. The Topper was a UK comic that ran from (issues dates) 7 February 1953 to 15 September 1990, when it merged with The Beezer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A comparison of different paper sizes A4 is a standard paper size, defined by the international standard ISO 216 as 210×297 mm (roughly 8. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

Comics that merged with The Beezer during its 37 year run were Cracker in 1976, Plug in 1979, and The Topper in 1990 and the comic was renamed Beezer and Topper. Although the comic ended in 1993, three other publications continued for a few years afterwards. They were The Best of Beezer (1988-1996), The Beezer Summer Special (1973-2002, known as the 'Holiday Special' from 1998 onwards) and The Beezer Annual (1957-2003). Cracker was a comic printed by D. C. Thomson & Co. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the 1976 Gregorian calendar. ... Plug was a British comic that ran for 76 issues from 24 September 1977 until 24 February 1979, when it merged with the Beezer. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... The Topper was a UK comic that ran from (issues dates) 7 February 1953 to 15 September 1990, when it merged with The Beezer. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... 46 Beezer annuals were published. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Strips

Strips in The Beezer included:

• Adrian the Barbarian
• Baby Crockett - supposedly a baby version of Davy Crockett, but in practice a modern-day 'cute toddler' strip
• The Badd Lads - a group of three criminals (Boss, Fingers and Knuck) always on the run or bungling an attempted crime. Drawn by Malcolm Judge
• Barney's Barmy Army
• Beefy Dan The Fast-Food Man
• Black Bun - a rabbit stealing cabbages from a farmer
• The Banana Bunch - a group of mischievous schoolchildren similar to The Bash Street Kids
• Cap'n Hand and his merry mutineers - a pirate captain and his endlessly rebellious crew
• Colonel Blink The Short-Sighted Gink
• Fizzy Grinner and his box of silly hats
• Geezer
• General Jim
• Ginger
• The Gobbles - a group of vultures always on the lookout for food. Similar to The Three Bears
• Hugh's Zoo
• Hungry Hoss - a horse owned by Joe the cowboy robber who couldn't stop eating.
• The Iron Eaters - sponges from space that ate iron, causing all kinds of problems
• Little Mo - a generic resourceful/mischievous tomboy
• My Pal, Ropey
• Paw, Maw and Porky
• Plug (from Plug)
• Pop, Dick and Harry
• Saucy Sue
• Scrapper
• Smiffy
• Space Patrol
• Spacewacker - name of the family spaceship. The family started out with the 'Bushwacker', which was a 'land yacht' capable of floating, travelling under jet engine power or rolling along on land under sail. Later series developed the Bushwacker into a red helicopter type-flying, floating, submersible. Owned and used by an Australian family of three - a father and two children (who never grew older despite various versions of Bushwacker and many years of publication). The storyline moved on with the 'Spacewacker' that the family travelled to other worlds in. It was a large bubble fronted vehicle that travelled on rollers.
• The Banana Bunch
• The Hillys and the Billys - two feuding hillbilly families. This strip was surprisingly violent, with the families eager to shoot each other with shotguns - even to the point of co-operating in order to steal guns from the sheriff
• The Munchers
• The Numskulls - small "people" living in your head, each working in their own department: brain, eyes, nose, ears, and mouth
• Tommy's Toybox - Tommy finds a toolbox from space and builds all kinds of interesting things
• True Brit
• Tuff and Tiny
• Twitt Hall
• The Wallies of Winkle Street
• Young Sid The Copper's Kid

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Famous creators

Well known creators who worked for Beezer include:

• Leo Baxendale
• Gordon Bell
• Paddy Brennan
• David Law
• Joe McCaffrey
• Tom Paterson
• Bill Ritchie
• Dudley D. Watkins

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References

• Beezer on 26pigs.com

See also: List of DC Thomson publications