The
next serialised Faceache story by Ken Reid appeared
in two consecutive issues of BUSTER cover-dated May 19th and
26th, 1979, and it went like this:
Mr. Snipe is terrified of the Belmonte Beastie, the famous invisible
spook, which haunts the school’s stock room, and Faceache volunteers to get rid
of it.
The spook is impressed with Faceache’s ability to scrunge. Flattered,
Faceache nevertheless tells him to scat so that the lad can claim his month off
homework. The ghost vanishes and Faceache reports to Mr. Snipe that the little
horror has departed from the school forever. But somewhere in the limbo the
Belmonte Beastie meets his fellow-spooks, and invites them back to Belmonte
school to see a genius kid who could teach them all a few tricks…
The Belmonte Beastie returns to school with some of his pals:
Thinking
that it’s now safe, Mr. Snipe enters the stock room and is pelted by invisible
ghosts. Upon hearing the racket, Faceache rushes to the stock room, thinking
that the spook has returned and he’ll have to scrunge again to scare it off.
Mr. Snipe takes the scrunged Faceache for the spook that has become visible,
and assaults him with a stick, threatening exorcism:
Seeing what scrunging may
lead to, the ghosts leave the school stock room for good, not wanting any
part of it...
Characters are
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