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as part of its

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in 1984. It was created by writer Stephen Perry and

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, many have pointed to

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Issues

# Indian Spring, October 1984 # The Spurtyn Duyvel - part one—Death of a Timespirit, December 1984 # The Spurtyn Duyvel—part two—The Blacksack of King Ogam, February 1985 # A Boy and his Dinosaur, April 1985 # A Song and a Danse, July 1985 # The Jungle Beat, September 1985 # The Hand of the Yeti, December 1985 # Filet of Soul, March 1986

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