There is only one more cover star to show, and this one took over on issue dated 7th October 1994. This time it's the crazy character Captain Crucial, illustrated by Mark Bennington! You might not know, but the crazy characters such as Captain Crucial and Lucy Lastic were originally illustrated by Tom Paterson, in his much wilder style such as the one he used for Watford Gapp in WHizzer and Chips, but Mark is the more known artist for them.
Since Tom Thug had appeared on the cover just six months earlier the cover price had risen five pennies from 60p to 65p, and by February of 1995, just four months later, the price would have risen to 80p! It was a truly challenging time for Buster, and many artists were made redundant.
Other posts in this series:
Tom Thug
Cliff Hanger
Chalky
X-Ray Specs
In 1960, IPC launched a new comic, called Buster. The comic was very successful, as you probably all know. Unfortunatly, in 1999, the comic came to a close. The reason for this is that Egmont (who owned the comics copyright, and still do) were putting their money into other things and couldn't be bothered with it anymore. It's sad really because maybe if they had hung onto it a little longer sales would have gone up again, and Buster would still be on our shelves today (well, it sort of was last year, with the hard-to-find special). 
Maybe if someone starts a petition with me too bring back Buster (and Whizzer and Chips, of course). Anyone......hmmmm.....