BABE Of The DAY - PENELOPE CRUZ...

Someone wanted a pic of LADY PENELOPE,

but here's one of PENELOPE CRUZ instead.  Hey,

her name's Penelope and she's a lady - what more do

you want?  (The other one's a snooty snob anyway

so just forget all about her.  She ain't worth it.)

DID YOU EVER WIN £1 By DARING DAVY?

Image copyright REBELLION

I don't suppose I ever thought much about it at the time, but I do now.  You see, the fact that comics are produced at least 8 weeks ahead of seeing print, I now realise that the first 9 (at least) DARE-A-DAY DAVY strips in POW! couldn't have been from genuine readers.

Also, several of the stories were reused a few years later in VALIANT comic, in a Davy-type strip called CHALLENGE CHARLIE, so it's a certainty that the named 'readers' were fictitious and never received £5 (that's inflation for you) for alleged 'contributions'.

Were the publishers just trying to save a few quid by inventing readers' suggestions, or did they simply never receive enough to begin with?  I once won a £1 in 1973 for a contribution to SHIVER & SHAKE, so not all invitations for reader-participation were fake, but it does cause me to wonder just how many were.

So, dear reader, did you ever win £1 for submitting an idea to Pow!'s Dare-A-Day Davy, or do you know of anyone who did?  If so, leave a comment and dispel the mystery.  And if you'd like to make a comparison between Davy and Charlie, I'll post some examples when I can.