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| publisher           = [[IPC Media|IPC Magazines]]
| date                = 12 June 1971 to 23 June 1973
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'''''Knockout''''' was a weekly [[British comics]] periodical published by [[Fleetway Publications]] from 12 June 1971 to 23 June 1973. A humour comic, the title ran until 1973 before being merged with another Fleetway title, ''[[Whizzer and Chips]]''.
==Stories==
Its strips included:
* ''Beat Your Neighbour'': two families live next door to each other; although the introductory title picture shows them arguing, the two families often tried to be pleasant to one another while secretly trying to outdo each other. The results were quite often far-fetched but unexpected. One example was when one family said to the other that they should drink more [[milk]] for health reasons: the second family ordered more milk, the first family ordered even more, and eventually they were both ordering milk in [[Milk churn|churn]]s, until the [[dairy]] brought the [[cow]]s to their houses and told them to milk the cows themselves.
* ''Boney'': Boney is a [[skeleton]]. The strip began with a boy called Billy, who went on an inane [[Ghost train (folklore)|ghost train]] ride at a [[fair]]. The ride was so boring that one of the [[Artifact (archaeology)|artifact]]s, Boney, decided to escape with Billy.  The strip records the pair's adventures as they try to stop the owner of the ghost train from recapturing Boney. ''Boney'' joined ''[[Whizzer and Chips]]'' in 1973 after ''Knockout'' merged with it.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
* ''Booter''
* ''Dead Eye Dick''
* ''Fuss Pot'': about a teenage girl with a pointy nose of the same name, who fussed about everything and everyone in her path. At one stage the full title was: "Fuss Pot, the Fussiest Girl of the Lot!" Fuss Pot joined ''[[Whizzer and Chips]]'' in 1973 after ''Knockout'' merged into that comic, and became a Chip-ite. She then joined ''[[Buster (comic)|Buster]]'' in 1990 after ''Whizzer and Chips'', in its turn, merged with that publication. Through the medium of reprints, the strip stayed with ''Buster'' until the end. The strip was mainly drawn by [[Norman Mansbridge]]. He was replaced in the 1990s by [[Trevor Metcalfe]], whose strips introduced Fuss Pot's cousin Scruff Pot. Artist [[Jack Edward Oliver]] included Fuss Pot on the last page of ''Buster''{{'}}s final issue, revealing how all the characters in the comic came to an end. Fuss Pot's excuse was that she was too fussy to appear in the comic.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
* ''Joker''
* ''Pete's Pockets''
* ''Sammy Shrink'' (originated in ''[[Wham! (comics)|Wham!]]'', moved to ''[[Pow! (comics)|Pow!]]'', then ''Knockout'') — about a boy who is only two inches tall; by Dave Jenner{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
* ''Stinker''
* ''The Group''
* ''The Haunted Wood''
* ''The Super Seven''
* ''The Toffs and the Toughs''
* ''Thunderball''
* ''Wanda Wheels''
* ''Whistler''
* ''Windy''
==References==
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==External links==
* {{gcdb series|id= 63039 |title=Knockout (IPC, 1971 Series)}}
* [http://knockoutcomic1970s.blogspot.com/ A blog about the series]
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