Frankie Stein

Wham! No. 4
11th July 1964

First appearance of Frankie Stein in the Wham! comic.

 Shiver and Shake No. 1
10th March 1973

Frankie reappears again in the very first issue of Shiver and Shake!

Whoopee No. 32
12th October 1974

Frankie Stein continues his adventures with a reboot in the Whoopee comic, now including Shiver and Shake.

Fuss Pot

Knockout No. 20
23rd October 1971

Here is one of the early Fuss Pot comic strips from Knockout. She made her first appearance on the 12th June 1971 in Knockout Volume 2 Issue 1, and was a regular feature in the comic until the last issue on 23rd June 1973. Fuss Pot went on to join fellow Knockout chums in Whizzer and Chips, and then onto the pages of the Buster Comic.

Chalky

Cor! No. 60
24th July 1971

This is the first appearance of Chalky.

Lazy Bones

Whizzer and Chips No. 339
1st May 1976

Here is the first appearance of Lazy Bones

Lazy Bones was originally a comic strip in the British comic Whizzer and Chips. It made its first appearance in 1976, though most websites mistakenly note the year as 1978.
The strip was about a boy called Benny Bones, who would constantly fall asleep everywhere, much to the annoyance of his parents. The strip was drawn by Colin Whittock, and moved to Buster in 1990 after Whizzer and Chips ended. Here it stayed, surviving on reprints, until the final issue. Artist Jack Edward Oliver included Benny in the last page of that issue, revealing how all the characters in the comic came to an end. It featured Benny explaining to a doctor that he's suffering from insomnia.

Looks like we were all asleep on this one: Benny knew the doctor would advise him to get plenty of sleep, a master plan for his lazy ways - so we know he is probably still lazing about long after the closure of the Buster comic!

Joker

Knockout Vol. 2 No. 1
12th June 1971

Here is the first appearance of Joker.

Joker was a British comic strip. It first appeared in Knockout issue 1 (series 2) on 12 June 1971. Knockout merged with Whizzer and Chips in 1973. Joker stayed in Whizzer and Chips as a Whizz-kid until the end, when he continued in Buster until the close of the comic on 4 January 2000. On the "last page" of Buster, Joker reveals that he was actually Jeremy Beadle all along. The strip was written by Malcolm Morrison, and illustrated by Sid Burgon.

The Joker was Jeremy Beadle? He fooled a few people with that one, but remember he is a Joker after all. It looks like he played one final joke on the readers before disappearing with the rest of the Buster gang!

Cinders

Monster Fun No. 1

The Invisible Monster

Monster Fun No. 1