Shiver and Shake was a British comic published every Monday by IPC Magazines Ltd

IPC Media

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. It ran from (issues dates) 10 March 1973 to 5 October 1974, when it merged with Whoopee!

Whoopee! (comic)

Whoopee! was a British comic that ran from 9 March 1974 to 30 March 1985, when it merged with Whizzer and Chips. It was published by IPC Magazines Ltd....

. As in the tradition of British comics many names of strips were a play on popular television programmes and films of the time. Similar to Monster Fun

Monster Fun

Monster Fun was a British comic for young children . It ran for 72 issues from 14 June 1975 to 30 October 1976, when it merged with Buster to form Buster and Monster Fun. Its strips included Mummy's Boy and X-Ray Specs. Artists included Robert Nixon, Tom Williams and Trevor Metcalfe...

later, the theme of the strips were mainly horror (albeit of a comic nature). Indeed Frankie Stein

Frankie Stein

Frankie Stein is one of the fictional characters in Monster High. She is also one of the Monster High fashion dolls. Frankie is related to the monster Frankenstein and is the daughter of Vicktor and Viveka Stein.-Personality:...

 appeared in both comics. Borrowing from the successful Whizzer and Chips

Whizzer and Chips

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, it was two comics in one; Shake being a pull-out section from Shiver. The main star of Shiver was a ghost

Ghost

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 of the same name, whilst Shake was an elephant

Elephant

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. Both had their own strips in their respective sections (The Duke's Spook and Shake), The Duke's Spook changing to Shiver after its merger. In 1973, the comic also featured a one page strip starring stand-up comedian Charlie Williams

Charlie Williams (comedian)

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. Other strips in Shiver and Shake included:

Shiver

• Adrian's Wall
• Biddy's Beastly Bloomers
• Creepy Car
• Frankie Stein
  Frankie Stein
  Frankie Stein is one of the fictional characters in Monster High. She is also one of the Monster High fashion dolls. Frankie is related to the monster Frankenstein and is the daughter of Vicktor and Viveka Stein.-Personality:...
  
  
• The Ghost's Revenge
• Ghoul Getters Ltd
• Ghouldilocks
• Grimly Feendish
  Grimly Feendish
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• The Hand
• Hire a Horror (from Cor!!
  Cor!!
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• Horrornation Street
• Scream Inn
• The Shiver Givers
• Soggy the Sea Monster
• Sweeny Toddler
  Sweeny Toddler
  Sweeny Toddler , also known as Help! It's Sweeny Toddler, was a fictional character and comic strip in, originally, the UK comic Shiver and Shake, first appearing in issue 1, dated 10 March 1973 in the "Shiver" section....
  
  
• Webster
• Ye Haunted Lake

Shake

• Blunder Puss
• Damsel in Distress
• The Desert Fox
• Gal Capone
• Jail Birds
  Jail Birds
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• Lolly Pop
• Moana Lisa
• Riddle Me Ray
• Sample Simon
• Sports School
• Tough Nutt and Softy Centre

Shiver & Shake ran for 83 Issues.