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Trevor's
Treasure Tracker

Back
in the early 70s, those new-fangled metal detectors
were all the rage, with their huge earphones and
"bleep-
bleeping" signal. Trevor had one and needless
to say,
he was soon out in the fields and parks unearthing
stolen goods, or lost keys, etc...
In his first appearance, we see Trevor building
his new tracker
from scratch before testing it in the garden with
little success.
But a chance encounter with a manhole, and a swag-swinging
Burglar hidden beneath it secures a healthy reward
for our
Trevor. And that's it, he's bitten by the treasure bug.
Wherever he goes, his tracker goes too...

Of course, you couldn't do all that now. You'd
have to depict
Trevor asking permission before tracking over a farmer's
land.
His finds would have to be donated to the local museum.
He'd be chastised for wearing muffling headphones
in a
built up area, and he wouldn't be able to hop off into
the
country, either, because kids aren't allowed out in
the
wilds like that nowadays...
Trevor was a latecomer to the Whoopee! Hall of
Fame, being
introduced in issue 15. And sadly, he didn't last
long, 'cos
dropped from the comic when it merged with Shiver
& Shake
just a few short months later. The strip also
didn't last long
in the annuals. Its last appearance appears to
be in the
1978 edition - unless someone's unearthed him elsewhere?
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