A LOOK AT SHIVER & SHAKE STRIPS: SCREAM INN (PART THREE)

Here comes the second half of Scream Inn visitors’ book. For some weird reason the post with the first half is not showing in Google search. Here is the link for those of you who have missed it: Scream Inn visitors’ book Part One. Or you can simply scroll down to the older post.

Issue No. 41 ● December 15th, 1973 ● Gluemaker from Caerphilly

Issue No. 42 ● December 22nd, 1973 ● Secretary

Issue No. 43 ● December 29th, 1973 ● Good King Wenceslas (X-mas episode)

Issue No. 44 ● January 5th, 1974 ● Old Year who's supposed to be going out & Baby New Year

Issue No. 45 ● January 12th, 1974 ● Pantomime actress

Issue No. 46 ● January 19th, 1974 ● Bank manager

Issue No. 47 ● January 26th, 1974 ● Smelly tramp

Issue No. 48 ● February 2nd, 1974 ● Corporation Dustmen

Issue No. 49 ● February 9th, 1974 ● Injun Brave Lowawatha - Head Small Brother of Hiawatha

Issue No. 50 ● February 16th, 1974 ● Coward

Issue No. 51 ● February 23rd, 1974 ● Innkeeper tries to find a normal person to spend a night at Scream Inn. Fans of Brian Walker’s I Spy from SPARKY comic will recognise Chief reading the paper on the bus in the last panel of page one. This was a very unusuall episode, a kind of social satire:

Issue No. 52 ● March 2nd, 1974 ● Werewolf + This week's extra guest: Timothy Tester from Whizzer and Chips makes a guest appearance at Scream Inn (2 pages). This was quite a special issue because it had as many as four pages of Scream Inn – the regular 2-pager in the Shiver section and a 2-page set of Timothy Tester (guest-strip from Whizzer and Chips) in Shake. The latter set is of particular interest because the regular artist of Timothy Tester was Cliff Brown who was also the writer of Scream Inn. Thus, the set is a combined effort with Cliff Brown not only writing the script but also doing some of the artwork together with Brian Walker. Here is the first page of the set:

Issue No. 53 ● March 9th, 1974 ● Old-fashioned executioner

Issue No. 54 ● March 16th, 1974 ● Genie of the lamp

Issue No. 55 ● March 23rd, 1974 ● Laughing cavalier painting

Issue No. 56 ● March 30th, 1974 ● American fo0tballer

Issue No. 57 ● April 6th, 1974 ● School master

Issue No. 58 ● April 13rd, 1974 ● Fortune teller

Issue No. 59 ● April 20th, 1974 ● Baker

Issue No. 60 ● April 27th, 1974 ● A person of many disguises

Issue No. 61 ● May 4th, 1974 ● Gladiators - Stickum Innicus and Civitta Twisticus

Issue No. 62 ● May 11st, 1974 ● Skinny Scottish skeleton

Issue No. 63 ● May 18th, 1974 ● The Great Maro (conjurer)

Issue No. 64 ● May 25th, 1974 ● Innkeeper's uncle Obadiah

Issue No. 65 ● June 1st, 1974 ● Electric eel

Issue No. 66 ● June 8th, 1974 ● Wokingham witch

Issue No. 67 ● June 15th, 1974 ● Giant Numbskull of Norwich - the double-headed giant

Issue No. 68 ● June 22/1974 ● Long John Silver

Issue No. 69 ● June 29th, 1974 ● Bagpiper

Issue No. 70 ● August 3rd, 1974 ● Robin Hood

Issue No. 71 ● August 10th, 1974 ● Bertie Bedsheet (one of Scream Inn resident spooks)

Issue No. 72 ● August 17th, 1974 ● Scientist who makes crazy inventions

Issue No. 73 ● August 24th, 1974 ● Creepy Creation

Issue No. 74 ● August 31st, 1974 ● Eskimo hunter

Issue No. 75 ● September 7th, 1974 ● Madame Tussaud

Issue No. 76 ● September 14th, 1974 ● Queen

Issue No. 77 ● September 21st, 1974 ● Fisherman

Issue No. 78 ● September 28th, 1974 ● Keep fit expert

Issue No. 79 ● October 5th, 1974 ● A French onion seller

A LOOK AT SHIVER & SHAKE STRIPS: SCREAM INN (PART TWO)

On a couple of occasions Innkeeper was seen making entries in the register of Scream Inn guests. I compiled a full version for him and here are the first 40 visitors:

Issue No. 1 ● March 10th, 1973 ● Boxing champ and boss

Issue No. 2 ● March 17th, 1973 ● Man and wife (Cyril and Ethel)

Issue No. 3 ● March 24th, 1973 ● Royal guard sergeant

Issue No. 4 ● March 31st, 1973 ● Doomrot Ltd. - Woodworm and Dry Rot Control

Issue No. 5 ● April 7th, 1973 ● Invisible man disguised as mummy

Issue No. 6 ● April 14th, 1973 ● Horror Films Incorporated: horror movie actor - the Great Ivan Oscar

Issue No. 7 ● April 21st, 1973 ● Mr. Squeezy Kneezy - hairdresser and beautician

Issue No. 8 ● April 28th, 1973 ● Girl scouts (young girl guides and teacher) 

Issue No. 9 ● May 5th, 1973 ● Short-sighted lad

Issue No. 10 ● May 12th, 1973 ● Space alien

Issue No. 11 ● May 19th, 1973 ● Photographer

Issue No. 12 ● May 26th, 1973 ● Doctor Dimwitt and nurse Suzanne Bennet

Issue No. 13 ● June 2nd, 1973 ● Decorators (Bert Slappit house painter)

Issue No. 14 ● June 9th, 1973 ● Policeman (Constable Clodhopper)

Issue No. 15 ● June 16th, 1973 ● Shiver Editor

Issue No. 16 ● June 23rd, 1973 ● Pied Piper of Hamelin

Issue No. 17 ● June 30th, 1973 ● Estate agent Mr. Grovell

Issue No. 18 ● July 7th, 1973 ● Writer of Scream Inn

Issue No. 19 ● July 14th, 1973 ● Soldier in his solid steel hut with barbed wire and machine guns

Issue No. 20 ● July 21st, 1973 ● Doctor Jekyll

Issue No. 21 ● July 28th, 1973 ● Mob of American-type gangsters

Issue No. 22 ● August 4th, 1973 ● Witch doctor

Issue No. 23 ● August 11st, 1973 ● Elephant

Issue No. 24 ● August 18th, 1973 ● Charlady - cleaner of the Chamber of Horrors at Madamme Tussaud's

Issue No. 25 ● August 25th, 1973 ● Scream Inn artist (Brian Walker's self-portrait)

Issue No. 26 ● September 1st, 1973 ● Count Dracula

Issue No. 27 ● September 8th, 1973 ● Dentist

Issue No. 28 ● September 15th, 1973 ● Harry Screamers - comical conjurer

Issue No. 29 ● September 22/1973 ● Builder

Issue No. 30 ● September 29th, 1973 ● Spanish bullfighter

Issue No. 31 ● October 6th, 1973 ● Miner

Issue No. 32 ● October 13rd, 1973 ● Innkeeper's sister Grimhilda

Issue No. 33 ● October 20th, 1973 ● English gentleman

Issue No. 34 ● October 27th, 1973 ● Milkman

Issue No. 35 ● November 3rd, 1973 ● Tarzan

Issue No. 36 ● November 10th, 1973 ● Knight - Sir Stinkalot of the Gasworks

Issue No. 37 ● November 17th, 1973 ● Wizards Anonymous from "Shake" pages. This was a tragic episode for Innkeeper and his gang because they were outsmarted by Brimstone and Treacle - a pair of wizards from Wizards Anonymous strip from Shake section, illustrated by none other than Brian Walker...

Fortunately,  Innkeeper restored the status quo ante in that very same issue of SHIVER AND SHAKE by making his own guest appearance in Wizards Anonymous and tampering with the time machine that the two potty wizards built in hope to get back to the days of dear old King Arthur's reign... 

Issue No. 38 ● November 24th, 1973 ● Brass band conductor

Issue No. 39 ● December 1st, 1973 ● Delivery man delivering a new colour TV

Issue No. 40 ● December 8th, 1973 ● Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson