UPDATED (08/04/26) - with 2 (of the 4) covers for Whizzer & Chips that include 'with Scouse Mouse' in the title
New comic highlighted in purple...
One of the first comics I ever blogged about was 'Ace' or 'Scouse Mouse presents Ace!' comic to give it it's full title.
I'm still not clear on the chronology of this comic but I know that the last issue was April 1989 (see the Werewolf cover, below).
Scouse Mouse presents the Ace! comic, fun special
Scouse Mouse presents Ace! comic, issue 1
Scouse Mouse presents Ace! comic, issue 2
Scouse Mouse comic, issue 3
Based on the image from the image on the back of issue 3 (above) we know that the title was then re-named 'Scouse Mouse and the scallywags'...
Scouse Mouse and the scallywags!comic, issue 4
This is un-numbered but if issue 4 (above) is from November then this is presumably issue #5 (December 1987)
It ends up as just being Scouse Mouse by the time it merges into Whizzer & Chips (on 15th April 1989 - the Scouse Mouse logo was dropped from the masthead after precisely 4 weeks, apparently) - so maybe the December date on the above comic means it's from 1988. Again, copyright dates are missing from these comics.
Scouse Mouse and the Scallywags, January 1988
Scouse Mouse and the Scallywags, Smoochy February Edition
Scouse Mouse and the Scallywags, Mad March Edition
As this has the same price as previous issues I'm assuming it wasn't actually a holiday special type issue (despite the title) so I'd guess this was Spring 1988
Scouse Mouse and the Scallywags, Jolly June Edition
I'm assuming this is from June 1988 - Nigel Parkinson draws the first strip here (and has signed his work).
The comic ends up as just being Scouse Mouse by the time it merges into Whizzer & Chips (on 15th April 1989 - the Scouse Mouse logo was dropped from the masthead after precisely 4 weeks, apparently)...
Scouse Mouse (Fleetway) - issue 1, November 1988
Scouse Mouse (Fleetway) - issue 2, December 1988
Scouse Mouse (Fleetway) - issue 3, January 1989
Scouse Mouse (Fleetway) - issue 4, February 1989
image not to hand - can you help?
Scouse Mouse (Fleetway) - issue 5, March 1989
Scouse Mouse (Fleetway) - issue 6, April 1989
George Nicholas also worked on the Budgie Malone comic - which I looked at here , here and here as well as Were Bears comic (here). All 3 titles are hard to collect - so good luck in your collecting.
I've tried to piece together all the appearances of Were Bears, Star Bears and Scare Bears here
George has a website here
Friend of the blog Stephen Archer has let me have the following information about the 1989 issues of Whizzer & Chips...
Friend of the blog Stephen Archer has let me have the following information about the 1989 issues of Whizzer & Chips...
Beginning with 15/4/89, and omitting 22/4, 17/6, 15/7, 16/9, 11/11, 18/11 and 9/12 (as those dates aren’t held by the British Library) and are thus uncheckable, Scouse Mouse appeared continuously until the end of the year with the exceptions of 14/10 and 2/12.
Whizzer and Chips with Scouse Mouse, 15th April 1989
Whizzer and Chips with Scouse Mouse, 29th April 1989
cover not to hand - can you help?
cover not to hand - can you help?
Here's another 1989 issue of Whizzer and Chips that features Scouse Mouse on the cover
Comics artist Nigel Parkinson has provided this timeline...
a). 2 issues of ACE in 1986;
b). 13 issues of Scouse Mouse (and the Scallywags) published by Modelbrisk, 1987-8;
c). 6 issues of Scouse Mouse published by Fleetway 1988-9
