Friday, May 4, 2012

Advertisement Comic (Part 1)

A 24 page sample of Nipper was given away with different comics when the comic was launched on 31st January 1987 (it came with other comics of the same date).

The Contents:

Cover/Page 1: Nipper, Full Colour, Artist: Gordon Bell, Scriptwriter: Unknown
Page 2: Nipper (cont.), Full Colour
Page 3: First-Time Fred, Black and White, Artist: David Jones, Scriptwriter: Unknown
Page 4: Brad Break, Black and White, Artist: Steve Bright, Scriptwriter: Unknown
Page 5: Brad Break (cont.), Black and White
Page 6: fLapper, Full Colour, Artist: Gordon Bell, Scriptwriter: Unknown
Page 7: fLapper (cont.), Full Colour
Page 8: Blaster and Bignoise, Black and White, Artist: Clive Hanning, Scriptwriter: Unknown
Page 9: Blaster and Bignoise (cont.), Black and White
Page 10: Blaster and Bignoise (cont.), Black and White,
Page 11: Advertisement, 'Sign Up Now For Nipper's Register', Full Colour
Page 12: Advertisement for Nipper No. 1 and brand new characters, Full Colour, Artist: Unknown, possibly Gordon Bell
Page 13: Advertisement for Nipper No. 1 and brand new characters (cont.), Full Colour
Page 14: Advertisement for 'Free Sweets' with Nipper No. 1, FUll Colour, Artist: Unknown
Page 15: Strongarm - Command Kart, Black and White, Artist: Mike Lacey, Scriptwriter: Unknown
Page 16: Strongarm - Command Kart (cont.), Black and White
Page 17: Strongarm - Command Kart (cont.), Black and White
Page 18: My 'Dad' Mum, Full Colour, Artist: Anthony Hutchings, Scriptwriter: Unknown
Page 19: My 'Dad' Mum (cont.), Full Colour
Page 20: School Funds, Black and White, Artist: Sid Burgon, Scriptwriter: Unknown
Page 21: School Funds (cont.), Black and White
Page 22: Double Trouble, Black and White, Artist: Terry Bave, Scriptwriter: Unknown, possibly Sheila Bave
Page 23: Nursery Crimes, Full Colour, Artist: Frank McDiarmid, Scriptwriter: Unknown
Page 24: Nursery Crimes (cont.), Full Colour

Like the next few issues to follow it, this 24 page sampler was designed as a 'Pocket Comic', hence it's name 'Nipper'. It measured 15cm across and 21cm tall. Like The Big One from the mid 1960's (which was massive instead of tiny), this wasn't very popular, and so the comic was revamped to the standard size after just 5 issues.

Next part coming soon...

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