This issue also brought with it the start of a new adventure strip called Lonely Wood. The story is based around brother and sister Frank and Pat Freeman, who find and look after injured or lost animals. Hence the first panel on the boxes of duck eggs it reads "with care" - and they're definatly been carful with them!
Hungry Horace also appeared in this issue. Originally from The Dandy, his strip had ended in 1956, but had joined Sparky when it was launched and would even make it into the merge with Topper. I don't know how long he lasted from there, but it wasn't for at least another 10 years!
Another Dandy character to appear in Sparky comic was Keyhole Kate. Out key-hole peeping sneak didn't have as much of a success story as Horace did, lasting in The Dandy from issue 1937 - 1955, and from Sparky to 1974. Both Hungry Horace and Keyhole Kate in the Sparky were illustrated by George Drysdale.
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Sparky comic probably changed more in its 1965-77 lifetime than any similar comic that era. This was mostly due to the many overhauls it experienced. These came with free gifts and changeovers in its strips. The two biggest were in September 1967 and February 1969-where Nine strips were changed in both; radically altering the comics content. There were also lesser `re-vamps` in Sept 65, March & Sept 66. Jan 1970, Jan 1971, October 1972 and August 1974. By the time the comic joined Topper in July 1977-only Hungry Horace survived from the first issue.
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