Plug (comic)

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Plug was a British comic that ran for 76 issues from 24 September 1977 until 24 February 1979, when it merged with The Beezer.

A spin-off from The Bash Street Kids comic strip in The Beano, the comic was based around the character Plug from that strip. His dog (Pug) from Pup Parade, and a new character called Chunkee the Monkey (Plug's pet monkey) accompanied him. Vic Neill mainly drew the title character's strip. The comic also had its own fan club you could join, called the Plug Sports and Social Club.

Plug was never a big hit, the reason possibly being that at 9 pence it was too expensive, compared to other D.C. Thomson comics at the time, which were 5 pence.

Other strips in this comic included:

Antchester United - The adventures of an insect football team. Drawn by John Geering
Ava Banana - This character was as strong as an ox, gentle as a lamb. Her trainer was Charlton Veston, their names being plays on Ava Gardner and Charlton Heston
The Bandshees - Creatures playing in a band, "fresh from their successful tour of Mars". Readers were invited to send in funny songs that they had written
Crazy Horse - "The Nutty Nag". The adventures of a talking horse
Digby the Human Mole - Very odd-looking boy with a large mole like nose, liked digging tunnels and eating. Drawn by Gordon Bell
Eddie Daring - A boy obsessed with rugby football, with Randolph, his pet rat (The Original Dirty Rat)
Eebagoom - The ancient British settlement of Liverpool invaded by Julius Sneezer and his Roman legions
First Ada - Always willing to practice her first aid on any unsuspecting passer by. Ada also had a St. Bernard dog as her companion. Drawn by Gordon Bell
The Games Gang - "They're Game for Everything". Starred Meltem John, Bee-Bop, Fuzz, Rocky, Modriel, Magnus Spike and Rollerball, a gang who invented games to play amongst themselves
Gnoo Faces - A strip about "three screwball Gnoos, trying to break into showbiz!" The judging panel was made up of Mickie Musk (the skunk), Lionel Bear, Arthur Aardvark and Tony Scratch (the tiger). The name was a play on New Faces, a popular UK talent show at the time
Hugh's Zoo - The adventures of Hugh and his backyard menagerie. Drawn by Gordon Bell, survived merger with Beezer
The Invasion of the Plug Bugs - A strip about a group of aliens
Lumpy Gibbon - Starred Lumpy Gibbon (a huge gibbon), Colonel Podgy Whiner (a hunter), Little Gibbon and Man Eating Tiger Moth. The title was a homage to the 1975 song Funky Gibbon, by The Goodies
Luncheon Vulture - The adventures of a hungry vulture
The Nutcase Bookcase - "Guidebooks for Goons". Plug would star in a 'guide' to doing something, usually with disastrous results
Sea Urchin - An amphibious boy who had underwater adventures with his friend Roger, the flying fish. The main enemy of the strip was Silas Sharke, the underwater rotter
Supporting Life - Starred Elvis, Plug's little brother, looking at a different football team each week. The first was Arsenal F.C.. Drawn by Bill Ritchie
Tony Jackpot - Drawn by John Dallas