In 1977 IPC were again
generous with their WHOOPEE! pull-outs – as many as 15 issues had something
special in them.
The first two numbers (1st
and 8th January) had a pull out calendar.
This is how the
calendar was advertised in the last issue of 1976:
Ken Reid made it up to
the readers for being unavailable to draw the previous year’s calendar, and
contributed this impressive 2-part poster, with an evil-looking Sun and a spooky planet for each month.
Assembly instructions
were included with the second part of the calendar:
WHOOPEE! issue cover
dated 12th February, 1977 had the Mini-Sampler of Whoopee!'s Companion Comic
Whizzer and Chips. The 8-page mini booklet was all black and white and
featured Shiner, Odd-Ball, Fuss Pot, Joker, Sid’s Snake, Hover Boots, Sweet
Tooth and Tiny Tycoon. Here’s the front cover of the issue, followed by two sample pages of the booklet:
The issue of 11th June
1977 featured the Silver Jubilee Parade poster.
The poster was advertised in the previous
week’s edition:
… and showed a cheery crowd
of WHOOPEE!’s stars marching along the street, waving their Union Jacks, etc.
to the joy of the kids feasting at the tables on the sidewalk. See how many strip characters you can spot :) A
beautiful piece by Robert Nixon and one of my favourite WHOOPEE! posters (click to enlarge):
In the four issues from
25th June till 16th July, 1977 readers were offered an opportunity to give
Bumpkin Billionaires a run for their money by playing the Bumpkin Billionaires'
LOOSE YER LOT game.
Each of the first three issues
had one part of the game printed in colour on the centre pages, and a page
of white and blue cards:
The rest of the cards
were printed on the centre pages of the fourth issue that also included
instructions how to assemble and play the board game:
The next issue (23rd
July, 1977) had this advert:
Thus, having taken a
short break of just one week after the 'Loose Yer Lot' game, WHOOPEE! came up
with a series of 4 pull-outs included in the issues cover-dated from 30th July
till 20th August, 1977. They were quiz
booklets on the four different subjects of TV, Pop, Sports and Animals. The
front, back and centre pages of the 8-page booklets were in colour, while the
rest were in b/w.
Answers to all 4 quiz
books were printed in the issue of 20th August, 1977 which had the last
booklet.
In the autumn of 1977 WHOOPEE!
offered cut-out masks in the three consecutive issues of 8th, 15th and 22nd October.
Here’s the advert of the first one:
All the three masks, drawn and signed by Brian Walker, were printed on
the centre pages of the comic and appeared on front covers next to WHOOPEE! logo.
By
the way, WHOOPEE! issue cover-dated 22nd October 1977 was the last one with Bumpkin
Billionaires as the cover stars – they were ousted by Sweeny starting from next week.
Characters are
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