The Plug Comic

A British comic book based around the Bash Street Kids character 'Plug, The Plug Comic redefined his character as a rather self-important buffoon, who as ever was oblivious to his true looks and considered himself extremely handsome. He was accompanied by his dog, 'Pug, from The Bash Street Pups, and a new character, Chunkee the Monkey. His similarly goofy parents made regular appearances. The comic's fan club was "Plug's Sports and Social Club[?]", reflecting another new character twist. Lastly, his full name was revealed to be Percival Proudfoot Plugsley[?].

Various other strips in the comic were inspired by him, from Gulp[?], "The Intergalactic Goon with the Gigantic Gullet[?]", to the odious Plug Bugs[?]. Plug's strip was drawn mainly by Vic Neill[?], although in later issues occasional stories were drawn in a madcap painterly style by a different artist.

Sadly, Plug failed to take off, perhaps because of its higher cost - printed on shiny paper with lashings of colour, it sold for 9p at a time when the Beano was only 5p! In 1979, after only 76 issues, Plug was subsumed into The Beezer , where it continued as a pull-out section. Several strips survived the later change to A4 format, including 'Plug' itself, which continued, still drawn by Vic Neill[?], until the late eighties[?]. It had strips like:

• Gnoo Faces[?],
• Sporting Life[?],
• The Bandshees[?],
• The Games Gang[?],
• Ava Banana[?],
• Sea Urchin[?],
• Digby - The Human Mole[?],
• First Ada[?],
• Tony Jackpot[?],
• Hugh's Zoo[?],
• Antchester United[?],
• Eebagoom and Uncle Albert[?],
• Lumpy Gibbon[?].