Compared to other years, 1983 was lean in terms of WHOOPEE! pull-outs.
The first one was the three-part Snack Man's Munch Maze Game, in the issues
cover-dated 5th, 12th and 19th March, 1983:
Here is how it looked like on the
centrespreads:
The issue cover-dated 25th June, 1983 had
an announcement of WHOOPEE! and WOW! merger. It was on the centre pages, so it
kind of qualifies as a pull-out, but it’s hard to imagine anyone actually
removing it from the comic and putting it on his or her wall :)
Towards the end of 1983 the comic was
gearing up for its 500th issue, and the issues of 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th
October came with Whoopee! 500-Clue
Crossword.
The first three issues had the grid, and all the clues were in
the last one – a strange concept, if you ask me (who is patient enough to do a
crossword that takes three weeks to assemble, and then wait another week for the clues...), but I like all the Whoopee! character faces in the borders.
Here’s the three-part grid:
… and here are the clues, if you feel like
having a go at the crossword:
The first issue of October (the one
preceding the first part of the massive crossword puzzle), had this advert:
So besides the first part of Whoopee! 500-Clue Crossword grid, the
issue of 8th October, 1983 came with a free Smurfs stickers album, plus a pack of stickers:
The advert below promised more free Smurfs stickers
with the next week’s issue, but they are gone from my copy, so I don’t have a
picture to show…
The alleged 500th issue had the cover
date of 5th November, 1983, and it carried another Guy Fawkes’ mask by Brian Walker on the centrespread:
I say ‘alleged’ because it was actually the
494th issue of the paper, so the real 500th came later. I don’t know if the publisher failed in keeping
his numbers right, or simply thought it was a good idea to tie the anniversary
with the gunpowder plot date.
Characters
are © Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Its a very good maze...
ReplyDeleteRemember a lot of these issues...and of course no.500!