Master Mind (comic Strip)

"Master Mind" was a

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in the

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''. It made its first appearance in the issue dated 8 November 1980, and ran until 1983 when it was replaced with '' Cliff Hanger''. It was written and drawn by Jack Edward Oliver. Alf Witt was a boy who lived in the town of Flittem, and was not very clever. After falling into a hole, he met a wizard called Madness Madnesson (a reference to

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, who hosted the television show '' Mastermind'' at this time) who gave him super powers. By getting into a telephone booth and saying the mystic word "Pass", Alf Witt would transform into a

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called Master Mind. In the strip he would come across a

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and ask the readers for help on how to defeat him, this would usually involve puzzles such as

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s, join the dots, and many others. Master Mind also had a dog that would accompany him, called Bones. {{Comic-strip-stub British comic strips 1980 comics debuts Comics characters introduced in 1980 Comics set in England Superhero comics Male characters in comics Child characters in comics 1983 comics endings