comics

Monster Fun comic started https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Fun

My grandmother bought me comics from a young age. She paid for a subscription and I picked it up when i went round - or she brought it on a visit when i was at school. I remember Whizzer and Chips from early on - but around 1975 I switched to a new title - Monster Fun. it ran for 73 issues in 1975–1976, when it merged with Buster. 

Pretty sure also that I read Whoopee! for a short time - and this sounds kind of right. I moved from W&C only for the new title to merge back with it. 

Whoopee! was a British comic book magazine that ran from (issues dates) 9 March 1974 to 30 March 1985, when it merged with Whizzer and Chips.

Shiver and Shake merged with Whoopee! shortly after its launch in 1974. 

Whizzer and Chips was a British comics magazine that ran from 18 October 1969 to 27 October 1990, when it merged with the comic Buster. As with most comics of the time, Whizzer and Chips was dated one week ahead of the day it actually appeared on newsstands in Great Britain. It had no relation to earlier British comic Illustrated Chips.

The format of Whizzer and Chips presented the comic as being divided into two separate parts - a novel idea at the time. One part was called Whizzer and the other was called Chips, with Chips existing as a separate pull-out section in the middle. The slogan was "Two comics in one, double the fun!". In the offices at Fleetway, it was always regarded as one comic.

In common with most British comics of the time, both sections originally included some of their strips in semi-colour using black, white, and red (duotone), with others in plain black and white. To reinforce the distinction between the two sections, the duotone strips in Chips were later changed to black, white, and blue. Whizzer and Chips went full colour on the week of 4 May 1990.

The comic Knockout merged with Whizzer and Chips on 30 June 1973, followed by Krazy in 1978, 

Shiver and Shake was a British comic magazine published every Monday by IPC Magazines Ltd.^[1] It ran from (issues dates) 10 March 1973 to 5 October 1974, when it merged with Whoopee!^[1] 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 later, the theme of the strips were mainly horror (albeit of a comic nature). Indeed Frankie Stein appeared in both comics. Borrowing from the successful Whizzer and Chips, it was two comics in one; Shake being a pull-out section from Shiver. The main star of Shiver was a ghost of the same name, whilst Shake was an elephant. 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. 

Cheeky Weekly was a British comic book magazine published every Monday by IPC Magazines Ltd.^[1] It ran for 117 issues from (issues dates) 22 October 1977 to 2 February 1980,^[2] failing to be published for 3 weeks in December 1978 due to an industrial dispute. It merged with stable-mate Whoopee!, initially as a 16-page pull-out section.^[1] The title character originated in an earlier comic called Krazy as a character in the strip The Krazy Gang and also the star of the 'Ello, It's Cheeky feature, and proved popular enough to get his own comic, which managed to outlive Krazy itself.^[1] The first issue came with a free "Red Jet Rattler" (a build-it-yourself model aeroplane).^[1] Its characters and strips included: