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Captain Whoosh and Smart Alec Bone

Posted: 11 May 2013, 12:57
by suebutcher
OK, here's another Dandy Annual question: is it the 1968 or 1969 Annual which has the Captain Whoosh story where a giant stone statue of lion squashes a double-decker bus?

Re: Captain Whoosh and Smart Alec Bone

Posted: 11 May 2013, 15:18
by ISPYSHHHGUY
Off the top of my head, it's the 1969 annual [with Korky on the cover with himself and the mice about to tuck into Christmas puds, against a pale blue background].

Fantastic, unforgettable, cinema-styled double spreader with the statue smashing through a museum. I think theres even a 'Read the DANDY' advert on a double-decker bus---delicious, delightful detail.

Artwork of course by Charlie Grigg---as if you ever doubted that!

Re: Captain Whoosh and Smart Alec Bone

Posted: 11 May 2013, 15:26
by philcom55
Spot on Rab (apart from the Dandy advert) - 1969 it is!

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...Great stuff! :)

- Phil R.

Re: Captain Whoosh and Smart Alec Bone

Posted: 11 May 2013, 15:38
by ISPYSHHHGUY
Thanks for the assistance, Phil! I think the 'DANDY' ad may be on a previous-page frame----still a great image even all this time later.

Re: Captain Whoosh and Smart Alec Bone

Posted: 11 May 2013, 17:31
by Peter Gray
The Dandy annual and Beano annual should do more two pagers...even if its humour...rather than adventure stories...such an opportunity!!

Re: Captain Whoosh and Smart Alec Bone

Posted: 13 May 2013, 03:48
by suebutcher
Thanks all! A fantastic spread. I'll have to track that Annual down. I remember the story ending with a jolly slap-up feed with the Mayor, but I couldn't help worrying about what had happened to all those people in the bus! Whoosh himself looks like he's modelled on James Arness.

Re: Captain Whoosh and Smart Alec Bone

Posted: 13 May 2013, 09:39
by philcom55
...Yes. Never mind the 'Death Bus Crash Horror' - in Dandyland even the worst tragedies could be instantly ameliorated by the prospect of a slap-up feed! :)

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Incidentally Sue, I've just noticed that the same Dandy Annual also features the original version of your story about Desperate Dan and his explosive handclap:

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As memorable as both those strips are, however, I have to say that my own favourite sequence from that annual is Paddy Brennan's fantastic double-page spread in 'The Island of Monsters', where two boys are shown running for their lives from an army of giant wasps and ants!

- Phil Rushton

Re: Captain Whoosh and Smart Alec Bone

Posted: 13 May 2013, 14:40
by suebutcher
Thanks, Phil! The 1970 Annual "Island Of Monsters" featured giant stag beetles and bees. I still have this one.

Re: Captain Whoosh and Smart Alec Bone

Posted: 13 May 2013, 21:38
by ISPYSHHHGUY
The 1969 DANDY annual is highly reccomended for any self-respecting comics buff.

Re: Captain Whoosh and Smart Alec Bone

Posted: 01 Jun 2013, 21:01
by Digifiend
Just got it, thanks to my Mum. £2, just over half the price of what Phil apparently paid.

Re: Captain Whoosh and Smart Alec Bone

Posted: 01 Jun 2013, 21:41
by philcom55
...Actually I think I knocked the dealer down to half price! :)

That was a few years ago though. £2 is definitely a bargain nowadays.

Re: Captain Whoosh and Smart Alec Bone

Posted: 01 Jun 2013, 22:16
by Digifiend
Well, your scan says £3.75 on it so I assumed that was what you paid. So if you managed to haggle it down, fair play.