Camp Cosmos was a comic strip

Comic strip

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 for a short time in the UK

United Kingdom

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 comic The Beano

The Beano

The Beano is a British children's comic, published by D.C. Thomson & Co and is arguably their most successful.The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. During the Second World War,The Beano and The Dandy were published on alternating weeks because of paper and ink...

. It made its first appearance in issue 2859, dated 3 May 1997. In that first strip, Bert Spontlin, scrap merchant and sausage knotter, got his wife to fire a lorry

Truck

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 into the sky with him in it to collect the space debris

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. When he came back he made a fortune by selling it off, and turned the rest into the world's first inter-galactic holiday camp, Camp Cosmos. His staff included a Rubbish Gobbler from Jupiter

Jupiter

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 (who was assigned the job of Head Cleaner), an Octopus like creature from Uranus

Uranus

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 (Head of Entertainment), a character named Splosho from Planet Merdon (Chief Pool Attendant) and a creature with multiple eyes (Lookout). The strip was drawn by John Geering

John Geering

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, and was one of the nominees to be voted into the comic by readers in that year, along with Sydd, Trash Can Ally, Have A Go Jo, Crazy for Daisy

Crazy for Daisy

Crazy for Daisy was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. First appearing in issue 2865, dated 14 June 1997, it was part of an ongoing selection of six comic strips that were to be voted into the comic by readers. This strip was the winner, beating Camp Cosmos, Have a Go Jo, Sydd and Trash Can...

 and Tim Traveller

Tim Traveller

Tim Traveller was a fictional character and comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. He first appeared in issue 2862, dated 24 May 1997, as part of a continuing set of six new comic strips where the one with the most votes would be voted into the comic by readers.The first strip featured Tim looking...

. In the end, however, Crazy for Daisy and Tim Traveller won. However, Camp Cosmos did appear in one annual.