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Whizzer and Chips was a British comic that ran from the issues dated 18 October 1969 to 27 October 1990, when it merged with Buster. The format of the comic was a new idea at the time, as the comic was divided into two parts; one called Whizzer and one called Chips, which was a pull-out section in the middle. The slogan was "Two comics in one, double the fun!"

One concept was that the two comics were fierce rivals. A guest appearance by one character in the story of another would be described as a "raid", and the "victimised" comic would seek its revenge with a "raid" of its own the following week.

In common with most British comics both sections originally included some semi-colour strips in black, white and red (duotone) as well as black and white. To reinforce the distinction between the two sections, the duotone strips in Chips were later changed to black,white and blue.

Readers were encouraged to become either a "Whizz-Kid" or a "Chip-ite", depending on which section they preferred. The leader of the Whizz-Kids throughout was a boy called Sid with his snake Slippy, and the leader of the Chip-ites was a boy called Shiner, who had aspirations to become a boxer. Both had their own strips within their respective sections, Sid's Snake in Whizzer and Shiner in Chips. Other notable characters throughout the comic's 21 year run included:

[edit] Whizzer

• Belle Tent
• Billy's Ghoul
• Champ
• Doodle
• Joker (from Knockout)
• Lazy Bones
• Memory Banks
• Mystery Museum
• Odd Ball
• Sid's Snake
• Slowcoach
• Store Wars
• Strange Hill
• Sweet Tooth
• Sweeny Toddler (from Whoopee!)
• The 12½p Buytonic Boy (from Krazy)
• The Bumpkin Billionaires (from Whoopee!)
• Timothy Tester
• Tiny Tycoon
• Toy Boy (from Whoopee!)
• Watford Gapp
• Whizz Wheels

[edit] Chips

• Bewitched Belinda
• Beat Your Neighbour (from Knockout)
• Bookworm (from Whoopee!)
• Bottom Of The Class
• Boy Boss (from Whoopee!)
• Buffalo Bill
• Calculator Kid (from Whoopee!)
• Creepy Comix (from Whoopee!)
• Footsie the Clown
• Fuss Pot (from Knockout)
• Ginger's Tum
• Guy Gorilla
• Hal's Holdall
• Happy Families
• Harry's Haunted House
• Junior Rotter
• Loser
• Lucky Dick
• Mustapha Million (from Whoopee!)
• Phil Fitt
• Percy's Pets
• Police Dog and Cat Burglar
• Sammy Shrink (from Knockout)
• Shiner
• Super Dad
• Town Tarzan
• The Krazy Gang (from Krazy)
• The Slimms (from Cor!!)
• Wear Em Out Wilf

Knockout merged with Whizzer and Chips in 1973, followed by Krazy in 1978 and Whoopee! in 1985.

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