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Catweazle Chronology
1st August 1972 to 7th October 1972
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Written by Angus P. Allan
Drawn by Gerry Embleton (GE) and Unknowns
Added by Porkulator
Started 1st August 1972 - No.2, (Top Left) replacing Celebrity Choice
Ended 7th October 1972 - No.48, (Top Right) replaced by The Adventures Of David cassidy.
"The Great Bondini"
01/08/72 - No.2 to 7/10/72 - N0.22
Catweazle, trying to escape from Norman guards, attempts to fly from a tree in the 11th century - and lands in the large stage water tank of magician The Great Bondini. Befriending Bondini's son Joe, Catweazle becomes an uneasy addition to the stage act and enlists the boy's help in finding items that will help him fly - and back to his own time.
(GE)
"The Medium"
01/08/72 - No.23 to 7/10/72 - No.28
Misunderstanding Joe's comments about spirits being a medium that painters use, Catweazle becomes involved with Madame Zena, a fake medium, and her cousin hypnotist, Doctor Mesmo...
(GE)
"The Ancient Sorcerer plans to fly!"
01/08/72 - No.29 to 7/10/72 - No.33
The sinister Silas Creech borrows Bondini's alchemy book, which Catweazle needs in his quest to fly...
(Unknown)
"A weighty problem for the ancient sorcerer!"
01/08/72 - No.34 to 7/10/72 - No.41
When Catweazle believes a weighing machine to be a mystic oracle - attracting the attention of a policeman - he and Joe hide in the back of a van and become involved a smuggling operation in Holland...
(Unknown)
"Museum madness"
01/08/72 - No.42 to 7/10/72 - No.44
Catweazle and Joe visit a museum but panicked by an ancient shield and statues of Norman soldiers, the sorcerer turns three guards into statues. Needing Bondini’s ancient book to turn them back, they return to find it has been stolen by a rival magician called Mysterio…
(Unknown)
"A mad mix-up for the ancient sorcerer!"
01/08/72 - No.45 to 7/10/72 - No.48
Louis Dussault wants to make a waxwork of the famous Bondini, leading Catweazle to believe the statues are stolen souls, and in the museum's 'Room of Doom', the ancient sorcerer finally finds an end to his quest. (Note: 'Dussault' is a virtual anagram of 'Tussauds', the famous waxworks in London)
(Unknown)
(The first two titles are made up, and the last four pulled from the Look-in strip)
(Thanks to Shaqui Le Vesconte for this chronology)