Send for Kelly
Send for Kelly was a long running comic strip that first appeared in The Topper, originally drawn by George Martin.
Synopsis
The strip was mainly a parody of spy fiction, with Nick Kelly often solving cases through sheer luck and with lots of comedy involved.
Characters
- Nick Kelly was the main character, a secret agent. He usually wore a red trench coat and a fedora, and drove a bubble car.
- Cedric was his assistant, conservatively dressed and in a bowler hat.
- The Minister of Secret Information a balding man who Nick Kelly reported to.
- Professor Wright-Nitt an eccentric scientist and inventor of gadgets for Kelly to help solve cases.
- Harry Kelly's young nephew who replaced Cedric
Publication History
The Topper
Send for Kelly first appeared in 1961 in issue 413.[1][2] From 1973 to 1975 the comic appeared on the front cover. The strip continued in the Topper until the comic's end and continued when the comic merged with The Beezer in 1990.
The Beezer and Topper
The strip continued in the Beezer and Topper, still drawn by George Martin, under the name Kelly the defective detective, until issue 85 in 1992.[3]
Subsequent appearances
After the closure of the Beezer and Topper the strip continued to appear occasionally as reprints in Classics from the Comics. The character appeared in animated form in an episode of the 1996 Dennis the Menace and Gnasher cartoon as a show within a show. Nick Kelly and his assistant Cedric also made an appearance in the Dandy Annual 2014,[4] this time drawn by Nigel Auchterlounie.
References
- v
- t
- e
- The Beano
- Commando
- Fun Section in The Sunday Post
- Adventure
- Bullet
- Buddy
- Champ
- Commando
- The Crunch
- The Hornet
- The Hotspur
- The Rover
- The Skipper
- Spike
- Starblazer
- The Vanguard
- The Victor
- Warlord
- The Wizard
- Bunty
- Judy
- Mandy
- Nikki
- The Beano
- The Beezer
- Buzz
- Classics from the Comics
- Cracker
- The Dandy
- EPIC Magazine
- Fun Size Comics
- Hoot
- The Magic Comic
- Nutty
- Plug
- Sparky
- The Topper
- Bimbo
- The Magic Comic
- Twinkle
- Alf Tupper
- Baby Crockett
- Bananaman
- The Bash Street Kids
- Beryl the Peril
- Black Bob
- Biffo the Bear
- Big Eggo
- The Broons
- Calamity James
- Cuddles and Dimples
- Dennis the Menace
- Desperate Dan
- Ginger
- Gnasher
- Ivy the Terrible
- Jonah
- Keyhole Kate
- Korky the Cat
- Little Plum
- Lord Snooty
- Matt Braddock
- Mickey the Monkey
- Minnie the Minx
- Nero and Zero
- The Numskulls
- Oor Wullie
- Pansy Potter
- Send for Kelly
- Roger the Dodger
- Tricky Dicky
- Willy Nilly
- Winker Watson
- Wilson the Wonder Athlete
- Wolf of Kabul
- The Beano Annual
- The Beezer Book
- The Bimbo Book
- The Dandy Annual
- The Hotspur Book for Boys
- The Sparky Book
- The Topper Book
- The Victor Book for Boys
- Warlord Book for Boys
- Barrie Appleby
- Nigel Auchterlounie
- Leo Baxendale
- Gordon Bell
- Nick Brennan
- Paddy Brennan
- Sid Burgon
- Reg Carter
- Wilbur Dawbarn
- Karl Dixon
- The Etherington Brothers
- Hunt Emerson
- Andy Fanton
- John Geering
- Barry Glennard
- Charles Grigg
- Ken H. Harrison
- Laura Howell
- Diego Jourdan
- Malcolm Judge
- David Law
- Trevor Metcalfe
- Allan Morley
- David Mostyn
- Vic Neill
- Robert Nixon
- Gary Northfield
- Nigel Parkinson
- Tom Paterson
- Jim Petrie
- Ken Reid
- Bill Ritchie
- David Parkins
- Jon Rushby
- Jamie Smart
- Lew Stringer
- David Sutherland
- Kev F. Sutherland
- Dudley D. Watkins
- Stevie White
- Mike Chinn
- Gilbert Lawford Dalton
- Alan Grant
- Ian Gray
- R. D. Low
- Grant Morrison
- John Radford
- Cavan Scott
- John Smith
- List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications
- List of AP, Fleetway and IPC Comics publications
- List of Beano comic strips
- List of Dandy comic strips
- List of Topper comic strips
- List of Beezer comic strips
- List of Beezer and Topper comic strips
This comic strip–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e