*Humour Comics: In 1977, D.C. Thomson took the peculiar step to try one of the long-running ‘Bash Street Kids’ from the Beano in his own self-titled comic. Percival Proudfoot Plugley, a.k.a. ‘Plug’, was given a slick paper weekly, in his adventures focusing on his never-before-suspected sporting prowess. Several of the back-ups also had a sporting theme, including ‘Ava Banana, the World’s Strongest Woman’, which featured the single worst ‘professional’ art ever seen in a D.C. Thomson comic. While the quality of some of the strips may have been a bit shaky, the production values were high, and the comic lasted 75 issues before merging into Beezer. Mind you, they didn’t stint on the Free Gifts, which were relatively elaborate. While issue #1’s ‘Screamin’ Demon’ balloon was standard fare, the ‘Plug’s Mugs’ funny face maker with issue #2 actually looks like quite a bit of fun, as does issue #3’s ‘Glow’rious Plug facemask, with luminous bits! Issue #1’s Free Gift is still in envelope, with very slight age-related discolouration on two patches of the envelope itself; Issue #2 has two components, the cards for the Funny Faces unpunched from their original support card, tiny bit of rust on the staples of the unopened envelope holding the viewer and other than a slightly rusty staple on the small envelope; the mask with issue #3 is pristine.
PICTURED: PLUG
#1 VF WITH FREE GIFT FN £30
#2 VF WITH FREE GIFT VF £30
#3 VF WITH FREE GIFT VF £30