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Suske en Wiske - De singing fungi / Les Champignons chanteurs - Original page - (p.7) (1960) plate of 4 strips with text in Dutch from the Suske en Wiske story "The singing fungus" in the original format as drawn in 1960. The first Dutch-language edition of this story, number 40 in the series, appeared in 1960 in black and white with supporting color at Standaard Boekhandel. In 1970 the story was published in the Four Color Series as number 110 by Standaard Uitgeverij. The first French translation was released in 1961 as Bob et Bobette 31 "Les champignons chanteurs" under imprint "Erasme". In 1998 it got a place as number 43 in the series Suske en Wiske Klassiek. The story is about children who are swallowed up and kidnapped by flying mushroom-shaped balloons during a visit to the fair. Suske and Wiske go looking. The story is graced with nods to the then popular American TV series Highway patrol, the American spy plane U-2 shot down over the Soviet Union, the Congolese issue and the British Formula 1 champion Sterling Moss. Willy Vandersteen also promotes a new game that was recently released, the "Op Jerommeke". Also very nice are the many cameos of colorful figures from older Suske en Wiske stories such as Sus Antigoon, the Spanish ghost and the Zwarte Madam.
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