Ginger is a British comic strip series, introduced in the first issue of ''

The Beezer ''The Beezer'' (called ''The Beezer and Topper'' for the last three years of publication) was a British comic that ran from (issues dates) 21 January 1956 to 21 August 1993, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. Comic strips in ''The Beezer' ...

'' in 1956. The character was the magazine's cover star until 1961, after which '' Pop, Dick and Harry'' took over the cover for a few years afterwards, but Ginger returned to the front cover in 1964. ''Ginger'' was a

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comic strip about a young boy. A typical gag was a one- or two-pager. He was originally created by

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, who drew the strip until his death in 1969.

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then took over, drawing it until 1985, when he in turn was succeeded by

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, who drew the strip until the Beezer merged with the Topper. In the later Beezer annuals, he was drawn by Nick Brennan. The character was last seen on the covers of D.C. Thomson's monthly

Classics from the Comics ''Classics from the Comics'' was a British comics magazine, published from March 1996 until October 2010. Published monthly, it was D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd's third all-reprint comic. It replaced '' The Best of Topper'' and '' The Best of Beezer ...

, issue # 134 (May 2007) and issue #141 (January 2008), in brand new artwork by Ken H. Harrison.

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