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Encyclopedia > Cracker (comic)

Cracker was a comic printed by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd that ran from the issues dated 18 January 1975 to 11 September 1976, when it merged with The Beezer. Its strips included:

  • Big-Head Branny - The Strong-Arm Janny
  • Billy The Kid
  • Castaways On Planet Doom
  • Curly's Commandos
  • Dunder Ed
  • Hector The Collector
  • Iron Hand
  • Jimmy Jest
  • Joe Soap
  • Little 'Orror
  • Simple Spyman
  • Spookie Cookie
  • Scrapper
  • The Head-Hunter's Of Skookum Skool
  • The Nutters
  • Young Foo - The Kung Fu Kid

They had a Mad Ads competition on the back page. Readers would send in an ad for a mad contraption and if it was printed, they would get 1 pound.


Related Pages

List of DC Thomson Publications


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Cracker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (247 words)
A Christmas cracker is a tube, usually containing a toy of some sort, wrapped in foil or paper.
A cracker is a tool used to pry open whipped-cream chargers, usually to allow the nitrous oxide contents to be inhaled as a recreational drug.
A cracker is a short length of twisted twine or string attached to the end of a whip.
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