History ComicBook / Buster

* AlphaBitch: School Belle ''began'' as this (she actually started in the short lived comic ''School Fun'' before it was merged with ''Buster''.) Originally she was entirely without redeeming qualities being spectacularly vain and underhanded and her strips always ended in humiliation. Somewhere along the way she was given a [[TookALevelInKindness more likable characterisation]] and a [[BetaBitch nastier rival]] ('Grotty Glenda'), ending up a LovableAlphaBitch.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The one shot strip ''Incredi-Bill'' had a man named Bill create a PowerArmor suit and become a {{Superhero}}, performing such daring feats as batting meteors away from the Earth with a frying pan. Unfortunately, he soon discovers that the cost of actually powering the suit is, in the strip's own words, [[IncrediblyLamePun Unafforda-Bill]].

* {{Eagleland}}: Of the mixed variant; Several of the strips had arcs or one shot comics which involved the characters visiting America portrayed Americans as somewhat excitable but overall quite pleasant (aside from the odd villain).

* ExiledFromContinuity: After Fleetway detached from the Mirror Group, the idea of Buster being Andy Capp's son, never really emphasised even before that, disappeared entirely with his dad simply not being mentioned (although his mother continued to resemble Flo).

''Buster'' was a long running [[BritishComics British]] AnthologyComic. A SpinOff of sorts of ''ComicStrip/AndyCapp'', with Buster, the comic's eponymous main character supposedly being Andy's son, although the two characters rarely met in the comic and never in Andy Capp's NewspaperComic strip.

* NewspaperComic: In addition to having his own comic, Buster also had a long-running strip in the Scottish newspaper, ''Sunday Mail''.
* ProudBeauty: Both School Belle and her archnemesis, Grotty Glenda.

The comic's most popular strips included ''ComicStrip/TheLeopardFromLimeStreet'', ''[[XRayVision X-Ray Specs]]'', ''[[VoluntaryShapeshifting Faceache]]'', ''[[SlobsVersusSnobs Ivor Lott and Tony Broke]]'', ''[[ComicBook/{{Rentaghost}} Rent-a-Ghost]]'', ''ComicBook/CliffHanger'', ''[[MommasBoy Mummy's Boy]]'', ''[[EnfantTerrible Sweeny Toddler]]'', ''[[DumbMuscle Tom Thug]]'', ''[[BunglingInventor Clever Dick]]'' and ''[[LovableAlphaBitch School Belle]]''.

The comic's most popular strips included ''[[XRayVision X-Ray Specs]]'', ''[[VoluntaryShapeshifting Faceache]]'', ''[[SlobsVersusSnobs Ivor Lott and Tony Broke]]'', ''[[ComicBook/{{Rentaghost}} Rent-a-Ghost]]'', ''ComicBook/CliffHanger'', ''[[MommasBoy Mummy's Boy]]'', ''[[EnfantTerrible Sweeny Toddler]]'', ''[[DumbMuscle Tom Thug]]'', ''[[BunglingInventor Clever Dick]]'' and ''[[LovableAlphaBitch School Belle]]''.

* SlobsVersusSnobs: Apart from ''Ivor Lott and Tony Broke'' (which featured a rich boy and a poor boy), there was also ''Store Wars'', which featured Bloggs and Son's corner shop and Mr. Superstore's...superstore (and the latter's doomed efforts to get the community to love his shop as much as the former's).

* GrandFinale: Somewhat unusually, the last issue featured [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120327143754/britishcomics/images/5/50/Buster_98.jpg a strip]] showing the fates of some of the comic's characters (such as Sweet-Tooth's tooth [[RealityEnsues going bad from all the sweets he'd eaten]] and the above-mentioned Bernie Banks's death) and the revelation of what Buster's hair is like under his cap - [[spoiler:it's exactly like [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK Dennis the Menace's]] spiky hair]].

* WalkingArmory: Parodied in ''Judge Dudd''. Dudd grabs a hilarious number of {{BFG}}s and armour from the armoury with the intention of using them to improve his capability on the street. [[RealityEnsues It turns out to be too heavy for him to even move.]] So heavy, in fact, that the street collapses underneath him and lands him in the middle of a gang's hideout.

* ArtInitiatesLife: Almost done in the ''Chalky'' strip: His drawings, although they don't come to life, do appear indistinguishable from reality to anyone who sees them.

* ComicsMerger: ''Buster'' merged with probably the largest number of comics during its run than any other comic; the final merger was with ''ComicBook/WhizzerAndChips'' in 1990. Many of the comics it merged with had already merged with other comics, especially ''Whizzer and Chips'', which had merged with four comics during its lifetime one of those four (Whoopee!) had also merged with another three comics.

* DistaffCounterpart: ''Martha's Monster Makeup'' and ''Faceache'' both involved VoluntaryShapeshifting and both were drawn by the same artist Creator/KenReid. Ivor Lott and Tony Broke and Milly O'Naire and Penny Less.

** The Leopard from ''Lime Street'' was an obvious Ersatz version of ComicBook/{{Spiderman}}.

* ChooseYourOwnAdventure: ''ComicBook/CliffHanger'' contained elements of this with readers being able to choose endings for the strip. [[note]]Generally it had three endings, only one of which had a favourable outcome; the outcome of each would typically be printed on the next page and the next issue would pick up from there.[[/note]].

* AlphaBitch: School Belle ''began'' as this (she actually started in the short lived comic ''School Fun'' before it was merged with ''Buster''.) Originally she was entirely without redeeming qualities being spectacularly vain and underhanded and her strips always ended in humiliation. Somewhere along the way she was given a [[TookALevelInKindness more likable characterisation]] and a nastier rival ('Grotty Glenda'), ending up a LovableAlphaBitch.

* LazyBum: This was Lazy Bones' gimmick. He eventually got Insomnia in the last issue.

* ProudBeauty: Both School Belle and her archnemisis Grotty Glenda.

* WalkingArmory: Parodied in ''Judge Dudd''. Dudd grabs a hilarious number of {{BFG}}s and armour from the armoury with the intention of using them to improve his capability on the street. [[RealityEnsues It turns out to be to heavy for him to even move]]. So heavy, in fact, that the street collapses underneath him and lands him in the middle of a gang's hideout.

* CaptainErsatz: The Leopard from ''Lime Street'' was an obvious Ersatz version of ComicBook/{{Spiderman}}.

The comic's most popular strips included ''[[XRayVision X-Ray Specs]]'', ''[[VoluntaryShapeshifting Faceache]]'', ''[[SlobsVersusSnobs Ivor Lott and Tony Broke]]'', ''[[ComicBook/{{Rentaghost}} Rent-a-Ghost]]'', ''ComicBook/CliffHanger'', ''[[MommasBoy Mummy's Boy]]'', ''[[EnfantTerrible Sweeny Toddler]]'', ''[[DumbMuscle Tom Thug]]'' and ''[[BunglingInventor Clever Dick]]''.

* AlphaBitch: School Belle ''began'' as this (she actually started in the short lived comic ''School Fun'' before it was merged with ''Buster''.) Originally she was entirely without redeeming qualities being spectacularly vain and underhanded and her strips always ended in humiliation. Somewhere along the way she was given a more likable characterisation and a nastier rival ('Grotty Glenda'), ending up a LovableAlphaBitch.