Willie Getaway
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Willie Getaway was a fictional character in a comic published in the deceased British publication Sparky
. He was heir to a fortune, but didn't know this as he couldn't read the small print on the WANTED posters bearing his image. Every strip featured his attempting to escape from people wanting the thousand pound capture reward. The character first appeared in issue number 316 (dated 6 February 1971) and ran until issue number 451 (dated 8 September 1973); of those 135 issues the Willie Getaway strip appeared in 132 of them.
The ending of the strip was inconclusive with Willie still on the run without claiming his fortune. This was probably owing to the editors of the Sparky allowing for the possibility of bringing the character back at a later date, but he never returned.
A 4 page story was also featured in Sparky annual 1973.
The artist who drew the strip was Philip Millar.
Sparky (comic)
Sparky was a British comic published weekly by DC Thomson, that ran from 23 January 1965 to 9 July 1977 when it merged with The Topper after 652 issues. From 1965-1980 the comic published an annual entitled The Sparky Book...
. He was heir to a fortune, but didn't know this as he couldn't read the small print on the WANTED posters bearing his image. Every strip featured his attempting to escape from people wanting the thousand pound capture reward. The character first appeared in issue number 316 (dated 6 February 1971) and ran until issue number 451 (dated 8 September 1973); of those 135 issues the Willie Getaway strip appeared in 132 of them.
The ending of the strip was inconclusive with Willie still on the run without claiming his fortune. This was probably owing to the editors of the Sparky allowing for the possibility of bringing the character back at a later date, but he never returned.
A 4 page story was also featured in Sparky annual 1973.
The artist who drew the strip was Philip Millar.