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1573:Cavan Scott
1497:Jamie Smart
1387:Andy Fanton
1342:Gordon Bell
1146:Willy Nilly
1069:Lord Snooty
1062:Little Plum
687:The Skipper
673:The Hotspur
513:30 December
465:Beelzababy
450:Nash Gordon
413:Brain Duane
408:Brain Duane
372:Euro School
367:Brain Duane
291:Billy Whizz
242:D.C Thomson
160:Monster Fun
102:Guy Gorilla
45:D.C Thomson
1729:Categories
1578:John Smith
1548:Alan Grant
1538:Mike Chinn
1492:Jon Rushby
1472:Jim Petrie
1372:Karl Dixon
1362:Reg Carter
1357:Sid Burgon
1111:Oor Wullie
985:The Broons
929:Alf Tupper
879:The Topper
795:The Beezer
729:The Wizard
715:The Victor
701:Starblazer
666:The Hornet
659:The Crunch
573:DC Thomson
470:References
397:Mutant Cow
324:Fred's Bed
275:Fred's Bed
234:and later
215:Team Mates
209:School Fun
1558:R. D. Low
1447:Vic Neill
1427:David Law
964:Black Bob
943:Bananaman
823:The Dandy
788:The Beano
680:The Rover
624:Adventure
591:The Beano
417:The Dandy
362:Bananaman
350:The Dandy
248:The Beano
1660:Category
1640:List of
1631:List of
1622:List of
1613:List of
1604:List of
1587:See also
1553:Ian Gray
1477:Ken Reid
978:Big Eggo
652:Commando
598:Commando
537:Fan site
302:Ball Boy
195:The Park
149:Crow Jak
81:Fleetway
41:Fleetway
31:Scottish
1027:Gnasher
911:Twinkle
816:Cracker
722:Warlord
231:Whoopee
199:Jackpot
190:Jackpot
181:Jackpot
171:Jackpot
166:Scooper
1633:Beezer
1624:Topper
1020:Ginger
872:Sparky
631:Bullet
575:comics
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402:Rasper
332:Topper
328:Beezer
312:Beezer
154:Buster
95:Buster
90:Buster
37:artist
1615:Dandy
1606:Beano
1041:Jonah
897:Bimbo
858:Nutty
770:Nikki
763:Mandy
749:Bunty
694:Spike
645:Champ
638:Buddy
435:Other
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1686:stub
865:Plug
844:Hoot
802:Buzz
756:Judy
515:2021
488:ISBN
330:and
228:for
220:Wow!
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