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This article is about the British comic. For the Swedish one, see Buster (sport comic). Buster was a sport comic magazine published in Sweden 1967 - 2005 and in Finland in 1970s and 1980s
Buster
Publication date 28 May 1960

Buster was a long-running British comic (28 May 1960 - 4 January 2000) which carried a mixture of humour and adventure strips, although the latter genre would become a rarer occurrence as the comic went on. Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A British comic is a periodical published in the United Kingdom that contains comic strips Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The title character, whose strip appeared on the front cover, was Buster Capp, who was originally billed as Buster: Son of Andy Capp and wore a similar flat cap to reinforce the connection. Buster Capp is the fictional son of Andy Capp and Flo and the star of his own comic simply called Buster. Andy Capp is a long-running British Comic strip character created by Reginald Smythe, seen in the The Daily Mirror and Buster often referred to his father who was seen in the comic attempting to find a gas leak in three frames of the 18 June 1960 issue. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was also shown in two drawn photographs in the 2 July 1960 issue, the first of which was displayed by Buster's mum with the pronouncement "It's a photo of Buster taken with Andy! You can see he's got his dad's fine straight nose". Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Buster's mum was often referred to by name and was consistently drawn to resemble Andy's wife Flo.

In its later years, the comic mostly consisted of reprints from either Buster itself or one of the many comics that merged with it over the comic's 40 year run, thirteen in total.

Throughout all the issues, it was never revealed what Buster had under his cap, until the final issue, when he took it off to reveal the same hairstyle that Dennis the Menace has. Dennis the Menace (known as Dennis the Menace and Gnasher since 1970 is a long-running Comic strip featured in The Beano The same issue also revealed how every story in the comic would end, often in the opposite way to the usual strip formula.

A Swedish edition of Buster was started in 1967. At first most of the material was taken from the UK edition but as time went on the magazine produced more and more original material. See Buster (sport comic) for more information. Buster was a sport comic magazine published in Sweden 1967 - 2005 and in Finland in 1970s and 1980s

Absorbed titles

As occurred with other British comics such as The Dandy, many other comics merged with Buster over the years and some of their characters appeared in the comic. The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom.

List of strips

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