''Krazy'' was a
British comic
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book magazine published every Monday by
IPC Magazines Ltd.
It ran from (issues dates) 16 October 1976 to 15 April 1978, when it merged with stable-mate ''
Whizzer and Chips
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''.
[ In 1977, one of the characters in the comic, Cheeky, proved popular enough to get his own comic, '' Cheeky'', which was later merged into '']Whoopee!
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''. The comic included a "disguise" back-cover, such as the cover of a diary or brochure, which allowed readers to hide the comic from parents or teachers (although one issue on April Fool's day
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had the front cover upside down).[
]
Stories
''Krazy'' was noted for its rich content of small humorous jokes and illustrations positioned at random places among the comic strips and features. The central storyline of the comic centred around the exploits of a group of children called the Krazy Gang who lived in Krazy Town, featured in a comic strip drawn by cartoonist Ian Knox.Terry Bave
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People
Male
* Terry Albritton (1955–2005), A ...
and Bryan Hitch
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.
Regular ''Krazy'' comic strips included:
* ''ello, It's Cheeky''
* ''Big Game Hunter (comic strip), Big Game Hunter''
* ''Birdman and Chicken
''Birdman and Chicken'' was a British comic strip published in '' Krazy'' from 1977 until 1978 and drawn by Trevor Metcalfe. It concerned the (mis)adventures of the superhero 'Birdman' and his not-so-bright sidekick 'Chicken', who was nicknamed ' ...
''
* ''Detective Fumbly's (Nut) Case Book'', a text story usually with one illustration, rather than a conventional strip
* ''Fit Fred and Sick Sid''
* '' Handy Andy (comic strip), Handy Andy''
* ''Hit Kid''
* ''Kid Comic''
* ''The Krazy Gang''
* ''Micky Mimic''
* ''Paws''
* ''Pongalongapongo''
* ''Ray Presto''
* ''Over-Helpful Helen'', a story about a well-meaning young lady that is always poking her nose into other people's business
* ''Scaredy Cat''
* ''The 12½p Buytonic Boy
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''
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