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Plug. Plug was a British comic that ran for 76 issues from 24 September 1977 until 24 February 1979, when it merged with The Beezer. A spin-off from The Bash Street Kids comic strip in The Beano, the comic was based around the character Plug from that strip. His dog (Pug) from Pup Parade, and a new character called Chunkee the Monkey (Plug's pet monkey) accompanied him. Vic Neill mainly drew the title character's strip. The comic also had its own fan club you could join, called the Plug Sports and Social Club. Plug was never a big hit, the reason possibly being that at 9 pence it was too expensive, compared to other D.C. Thomson comics at the time, which were 5 pence. According to the 2008 coffee-table book The History of the Beano, for a while there were rumours of a "curse of Plug", fuelled by the fact that a number of celebrities featured in Mad magazine-style caricatures on the comic's cover died soon after, most notably John Wayne. Above are two comics, the first and last issues: Plug No1 September 24th 1977 and the last No75 February 24th 1979. |
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