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Cover: Charles Grigg

The Dandy #1242

Sep 1965 · D.C. Thomson · 3D [0-0-3 GBP]
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In "Why Did Dan Run Away From Home? He Really Had No Need To Roam!", Smasher finds himself caught in a chain of mistaken accusations after a chance encounter with his cousin Pete. When a stray ball sets off a series of escalating misunderstandings, Smasher becomes the scapegoat for two broken windows—only to see the blame shift unexpectedly onto Pete, who may have been involved all along. With art by Hugh Morren and a cover by Charles Grigg, this 1965 Dandy classic delivers a perfectly timed, slapstick tale of chaos and coincidence.

Contains 10 stories
Why Did Dan Run Away From Home? He Really Had No Need To Roam!
1 pp · Humor, Western-Frontier
Desperate DanDanny
When There's Grub To Be Raffled - The Phantom Has Poor Winker Baffled!
2 pp · Humor, Children
Winker WatsonWallie Watson (his younger brother)Tim TrottMr. Creepheadmasterschool porter
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Children
Greedy PiggSamCurly (two schoolboys)bill posterice-cream seller
Black Bob Fights the Flames - With An Urn of Tea!
1 pp · Adventure, Animal
Black Bob (dog)Jack GrantAndrew Glenn
Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor, Military
Corporal ClottColonel GrumblyBertCaptain
Untitled Children story
2 pp · Children, Crime
Ted Drake (schoolboy)four veiled robbers
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Children
Dirty Dickcircus man on stilts
The Smasher
1 pp · Humor, Children
SmasherPete (Smasher's cousin)Tommy (bricklayer)

In this classic Dandy gag from 1965, Smasher finds himself in a chain of mistaken blame after his cousin Pete hands him a ball mid-sprint. With two furious men on his tail—one furious about a broken window, the other about another—Smasher tries to pass the blame to Tommy, the bricklayer, only to set off a new wave of chaos. The punchline lands with perfect timing, as Pete is finally caught in the crossfire, left holding the ball and the blame.

Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor, Children
Charley BrandBrassneckThe Red Hawks (beat group)The Black Skulls (beat group - villains)BertPercy (removals men)police constable
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Children
Big HeadThick HeadBig Head's dadjewellerdelivery boy on bicycle

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Full credits

artist, inker Hugh Morren
cover pencils, inks Charles Grigg

Reprints

Reprinted in Classics from the Comics #16 (1997)

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