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Monday 5 August 2013

Cheeky Weekly cover date 24 March 1979

Art: Frank McDiarmid
The Cheeky's Week...Sunday cover strip contains 2 gags this week – the top row of panels concern the latest of Auntie Daisy's culinary catastrophes, while the bottom panel displays the full horror of a dairy delivery disaster resulting from the ill-advised collaboration between Milkie and Bump-Bump Bernie.

After an encounter with Ursula on Wednesday, Cheeky is alerted to the imminent arrival of this week's copy of the Mystery Comic by mirthful mailman Postie.

Art: Frank McDiarmid


Tub's story is a bit odd this week – our portly pal is perplexed as his glider has landed 'out of reach', yet it's only lodged on a window ledge. Tub is not the most athletic of kids, so surely a quick walk up the stairs would involve less exertion than trampolining or clambering up the rain pipe.


This week's Mustapha Million story introduces our wealthy pal's pet hippopotamus, Frisky.


Art: Joe McCaffrey
Bumped from the Mystery Comic this week is Disaster Des, whose absence is due to disruption resulting from the 2 pages given over to listing all 800 lucky winners of the Saint competition which ran in the 02 December 1978 issue plus a further half page of Smurf competition winners from 09 December 1978, not to mention a full-page ad heralding the first issue of IPC's new comic, Tornado.

On page 29 is news of a somewhat unusual feature next week – it's a knitting pattern for Cheeky's jersey.


Art: Frank McDiarmid

Our toothy pal 'enjoys' a spot of fishing on Saturday, before the comic rounds off in the traditional way with a Pin-Up Pal poster, this week featuring that sporran-sporting skinflint, Uncle Hamish, fleeing in terror from Do-Good Dora's collecting tin.

Frank McDiarmid provides all 9 Cheeky's Week elements in this issue, together with the back cover poster. This is the final time that Frank's work will grace a Pin-Up Pal poster. The feature will come to an end next week, with a Skateboard Squad poster by Jimmy Hansen.

Cheeky Weekly Cover Date: 24-Mar-1979, Issue 72 of 117
PageDetails
1Cheeky's Week - Art Frank McDiarmid
2Sunday - Art Frank McDiarmid
36 Million Dollar Gran - Art Ian Knox
46 Million Dollar Gran - Art Ian Knox
56 Million Dollar Gran - Art Ian Knox
6Monday - Art Frank McDiarmid
7Calculator Kid - Art Terry Bave
8Ad: Trebor 'Double Agents Identikit Promotion' 2 of 2
9Tuesday - Art Frank McDiarmid
10Paddywack - Art Jack Clayton
11Ad: IPC 'Mickey Mouse' 13 of 18 Ad: 'Battle Action' 1 of 2
12Wednesday - Art Frank McDiarmid
13Tub 'Mystery Comic' 21 of 34 - Art Nigel Edwards
14Mystery Boy reprint from Whizzer and Chips 'Mystery Comic' 23 of 37 - Art John Richardson
15Ad: IPC 'Tornado No 1' 2 of 2
16Elephant On The Run 'Mystery Comic' 22 of 34 - Art Robert Nixon
17Elephant On The Run 'Mystery Comic' 22 of 34 - Art Robert Nixon
18Mustapha Million 'Mystery Comic' 22 of 34 - Art Joe McCaffrey
19Mustapha Million 'Mystery Comic' 22 of 34 - Art Joe McCaffrey
20Why, Dad, Why? 'Mystery Comic' 18 of 28 - Art John K. Geering
21Thursday - Art Frank McDiarmid
22Saint competition results (single appearance)
23Saint competition results (single appearance)
24Joke-Box Jury
25Friday - Art Frank McDiarmid
26Menace of the Alpha Man reprint from Shiver and Shake - Art Eric Bradbury
27Menace of the Alpha Man reprint from Shiver and Shake - Art Eric Bradbury
28Chit-Chat
29Smurfs competition results (single appearance)\Ad: IPC 'Cheeky Weekly: Jersey pattern next week'
30Saturday - Art Frank McDiarmid
31Saturday - Art Frank McDiarmid
32Pin-up pal 'Uncle Hamish' - Art Frank McDiarmid (final art on feature)


Cheeky's Week Artists Cover Date 24-Mar-1979
Artist Elements
Frank McDiarmid9

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