tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091414238179404643.post6705980505338933064..comments2024-03-27T21:11:06.404+00:00Comments on The Beezer's Golden Years: The SpacewhackerSimon Mackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15825850491697987423noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091414238179404643.post-42304253322533855252024-03-27T21:11:06.404+00:002024-03-27T21:11:06.404+00:00Hi Chris. Nice to read your comments. Yes it would...Hi Chris. Nice to read your comments. Yes it would be great to see some images. I have a few requests!Bob Lennoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08294714751419990999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091414238179404643.post-24339007969171332652023-08-14T23:29:29.451+01:002023-08-14T23:29:29.451+01:00So good to come across others who enjoyed this sto...So good to come across others who enjoyed this story. I loved Spacewhacker as a child and have kept virtually the whole run of comics and annuals which I re-read now and again to evoke those wonderful childhood memories .It is a largely neglected strip but I remember what an impact it had on my young imagination. I loved the Spacewhacker machine itself, with its telescopic legs and rollers. It also had two claw like arms which could whisk Bob or Tess away from some threatening troubles or be used against an alien attacker. The friendly green- skins were bat-like humanoids who, like bats lived in caves and glided down to the plain below. The other member of the Spacewhacker crew was Winkie the cat who appeared later as a stowaway on the supply capsule. I can post pics from the series if anyone is interested , and if it is possible to do so on this siteChris Tubbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091414238179404643.post-32467191000849613742020-02-14T22:46:31.796+00:002020-02-14T22:46:31.796+00:00Thanks for the memories. I also enjoyed this strip...Thanks for the memories. I also enjoyed this strip as a child. Going on 65 now but I can still remember sitting on the carpet reading Spacewhacker in The Beezer. Gordon Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053534446683067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091414238179404643.post-14225381051845986142016-03-11T19:12:48.096+00:002016-03-11T19:12:48.096+00:00I also remember the SpaceWhacker although I didn&#...I also remember the SpaceWhacker although I didn't get to read many of the issues as another boy's comic was my main interest. I was very much impressed by the technology of this vehicle and its modes of locomotion. I seem to remember that it also had two very flexible and telescopic arms with some kind of end-effectors all similarly painted red. What an amazing machine - NASA take note! I'd been looking for links to this kind of article for many, many months so grateful thanks to Bob Lennox from Glasgow. I just wish I could get my hands on a few copies of those Beezer comics now. Peter Burton, Upton-Upon-Severn, UK.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028559938421890005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091414238179404643.post-25212520120746987132012-12-23T21:56:06.480+00:002012-12-23T21:56:06.480+00:00You're right, James. Well spotted. The series ...You're right, James. Well spotted. The series actually ran from No.322 (17.03.1962) to No. 422 (15.02.1964) I'll amend thisSimon Mackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15825850491697987423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091414238179404643.post-29697559992653187002012-11-12T21:11:30.699+00:002012-11-12T21:11:30.699+00:00The Beezer was weekly, not fortnightly, so one of ...The Beezer was weekly, not fortnightly, so one of the years is wrong: 322(17.03.62) to 374(10.03.64)<br /><br />I believe it should be 63, not 64.James Spiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12969271488725528823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091414238179404643.post-71534261403960551692012-11-09T21:32:49.775+00:002012-11-09T21:32:49.775+00:00Yes bushwhacker was a land yacht looking like a sw...Yes bushwhacker was a land yacht looking like a swish cabin cruiser but having wheels to sail along the outback. The adventures went on for years.Then, as was said,The characters were taken into space in the Spacewhacker!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com