Shiver and Shake
Shiver and Shake | |
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Publisher | IPC Magazines Ltd |
Schedule | Weekly |
Publication date | 10 March 1973 – 5 October 1974 |
No. of issues | 79 |
Shiver and Shake was a British comic magazine published every Monday by IPC Magazines Ltd.[1] It ran from (issue dates) 10 March 1973 to 5 October 1974, when it merged with Whoopee![1] As often happens with British comics, many names of strips were a play on popular television programmes and films of the time. The theme of the strips were mainly horror (albeit of a comic nature); similar to the later Monster Fun; indeed, appeared in both comics. In an idea borrowed from the successful Whizzer and Chips, it was two comics in one; Shake being a pull-out section from Shiver. The main star of Shiver was a ghost of the same name, while the eponymous was an elephant. Both had their own strips in their respective sections ( and Shake). In 1973, the comic also featured a one-page strip starring stand-up comedian Charlie Williams.
Shiver and Shake ran for 79 issues. It also had eight specials, from 1973 to 1980, and 13 annuals, from 1974 to 1986.[2]
Shiver strips[]
- by Ken Reid (originally from Wham!)
- Grimly Feendish by Leo Baxendale (originally from Smash! — although the character first appeared in Wham! — the first eleven issues of Shiver and Shake reprinted stories from Smash! but then new adventures began, lasting until issue #77).[3]
- (from Cor!!)
- Sweeny Toddler
Shake strips[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ a b Kibble-White, Graham (2005). The Ultimate Book of British Comics. Allison & Busby. ISBN 0-7490-8211-9.
- ^ Shiver and Shake Annual, ComicVine. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
- ^ "Grimly Feendish". www.internationalhero.co.uk. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
Sources[]
- 1973 comics debuts
- 1974 comics endings
- Fleetway and IPC Comics titles
- Magazines established in 1973
- Magazines disestablished in 1974
- Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom
- Defunct British comics
- British humour comics
- Horror comics
- Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom
- British comics stubs