The Spike and Suzy

Spike and Suzy

Spike and Suzy, the British title for Suske en Wiske in Dutch, is a comics series created by the Belgian comics author Willy Vandersteen. The strip is known as Bob et Bobette in French and Willy and Wanda in the U.S. It was first published in De Nieuwe Standaard in 1945 and soon became popular...

 comic books, originally created by Willy Vandersteen

Willy Vandersteen

Willy Vandersteen was a Belgian creator of comic books. In a career spanning 50 years, he created a large studio and published more than 1,000 comic albums in over 25 series, selling more than 200 million copies worldwide....

 have had three print runs in the English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

. The first of these was called Willy and Wanda and was released in the United States

United States

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. The second and third were released in the UK

United Kingdom

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, the first being entitled Bob and Bobette, and the second Spike and Suzy.

Willy and Wanda

Released in 1976 in the United States. The last two are specials released in 1986-88.

• An Island called Hoboken
• The Zincshrinker
• The King Drinks
• A Fool's Gold
• The Tender-Hearted Matador or Duck, Lambik, or Your Goose is Cooked
• The Iron Flowerpotters
• The Merry Musketeers
• The Circus Baron
• The Golden Flower
• Dancing Cards
• Sony-San
• The Jewel in the Lotus

Bob and Bobette

1. The Diamond Boomerang
2. The Flying Bed
3. The Texas Rangers
4. The Plunderers
5. The Poisoned Rain
6. Kingdom of the Sea Snails
7. Rhino Rescue
8. The Amazing Coconut

The following 'Bob and Bobette' specials were released on mainland Europe, though they were not released with the Bob and Bobette set.

• The Stroppy Steward (2004)
• The Energetic Rascals (2005) - a downloadable comic, released for Electrabel
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• The Pretty Clever Professor (2006) - made for Technopolis
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Spike and Suzy

1. Sagarmatha
2. The Circle of Power
3. The Secret of the Incas
4. The Fairies of Efteling
5. The Loch Ness Mystery
6. Highland Games