A humorous strip from The Victor. (Image from the 1980 Victor Summer Special).

See The Victor 674 - finishs before 1053 in the weekly comic? (But made appearances in the later annuals and again in the comic?); S1975, FC; S1976, FC; 1976; S1977, FC; 1977; 1978; S1979, FC; 1979; S1980, FC; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1986.

Note - S refers to the Victor Summer Special; FC means the episode was in printed in full colour and the year for example, 1980 refers to that years Victor annual.

Writer:- The Victor editorial team and others? Artists:- Tom Bannister. Note - artists Keith Reynolds and Barry Appleby drew the character for the Topper comic and some of those episodes may well have been published in The Victor.

Main cast:- Figaro!, who else; Pedro Don Key, his horse and his gang - three equally hopeless bandits.

Figaro! in his own words - 'Ole, I am ze bandit! Folks say I am shaped like ze figure 'O', so zey call me Figaro!

Figaro! is the wild west's most inept bank robber and bandit. On reflection that last sentence is incorrect. Figaro! is probably the world's worse bank robber and bandit. But at least he does it in style. Follow Figaro! (and hiz inflated ego), amazing adventures below, as the special one comes up with ingenious plans to rob banks or individuals. Sob at his and his followers unsuccessful attempts to carry out even the simpliest of robberies. You will shed tears...of laughter.

Figaro! adventures also appeared in another D.C. Thomson strip The Topper comic.

The following one page adventures of ze great Figaro! are from issues 688, 698, 706, 715, 774, 845 and the 1976 and 1977 annuals.

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Artist Bannister. © D.C. Thomson Co. Ltd Artist Bannister. © D.C. Thomson Co. Ltd Artist Bannister. © D.C. Thomson Co. Ltd Artist Bannister. © D.C. Thomson Co. Ltd

© Adrian Banfield, 2010.