The Complete BUZZ #1...

Copyright D.C. THOMSON & Co., Ltd

I'd not long turned 14 when a new DCT comic weekly hit the shelves in January of 1973.  Although it says 'Every Monday' on the cover, I have a feeling I bought it on a Saturday when it first went on sale, though I'm not 100% sure.  Strangely for me, I have no memory of the contents or characters, or of when I stopped buying the comic, which lasted 103 issues until it was merged with The Topper in 1975 with the issue dated 11th January.

When I say I have no memory of the characters, I mean their appearance in Buzz, though I recognise some of them from when they later appeared in The Topper (though I didn't realise they were from Buzz).  Buzz was a big comic, size-wise, but contained only 16 pages, covers included.  It was the same dimensions as The Topper and The Beezer when they were around A3 size.  Anyway, Crivvies, here's the complete issue for your perusal.

(You can see a photo of the free gift at the foot of the post.)

Oh, regarding Nero And Zero, meant to say that I remembered the pair from a small strip in The Fun Section in The Sunday Post, though they were reprints, I believe, from The Wizard, where they'd first appeared.  The strip back then was drawn by Allan Morley, who died in 1960.  As for Big Fat Flo, publishers wouldn't get away with a name like that in a comic nowadays.  The three strips on that page look a little dated, even for 1973, so I wonder if they might be reprints from DCT's back catalogue - anyone know?