| 词条 | Ping the Elastic Man |
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|strip_name={{PAGENAME}} |other_names=Here Comes Ping the Elastic Man Indy (The Rubber Man) |image= |creator=Hugh McNeill |writer= |artist= |start_issue=1 |start_date=30 July 1938 |finish=Issue 126 (21 December 1940)[1] |main_character=Ping |alias=Indy |format=Discontinued }} Ping the Elastic Man (also named Here Comes Ping the Elastic Man) was a British comic strip that appeared in The Beano. It was about a boy who could stretch his limbs as if they were made of elastic and was created by Hugh McNeill. BackgroundHugh McNeill responded to R. D. Low's newspaper ad hoping to be hired as a new artist for a developing comic. After sending samples of his work in the Kayebon Press advertising agency, Low saw McNeill's potential and hired him immediately.[2] The story of Ping was developed and McNeill began designing for the series, which was published in the first issue of The Beano. In the early stages of development, Ping was called Indy and the strip was called, "Indy the Rubber Man". McNeill's work allowed him to create other comic strips, most notably Pansy Potter.[2] Common stripsPing varied in situational comedy. He varied from being helpful to being too cocky for his own good. In the first issue, his boasting leads to people in the area playing with his limbs and dragging him out of shape.[3] In another story, he uses his elastic arm to catch his elderly friend's vandaliser trying to break his friend's fence.[2] Declining appearancesMcNeill would depart in the 1940s to join the Second World War. The comic was quietly discontinued after he left,[2] although, like many Beano comic strips, Ping had Blitz-themed strips either encouraging the young readers to help the grown-ups, or mocking Nazis. CameosAfter an absence of several decades, he met Minnie the Minx in issue 3185, a special 65th Anniversary issue.[4] His head and neck also appeared in the inner cover of the 2019 Beano Annual with 254 other characters.[5] References1. ^{{citebook|title=The History of The Beano: The Story So Far|chapter=The Beano index|year=2008|pages=304|publisher=DC Thomson; Waverly Books|editor-first=Christopher|editor-last=Riches|location=Dundee (DC Thomson); New Lanark (Waverly Book)|isbn=978-1-902407-73-9}} {{D. C. Thomson Comics}}{{Beano}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ping The Elastic Man}}2. ^1 2 3 {{citebook|title=The History of The Beano: The Story So Far|chapter=The Beano artists|year=2008|page=56|publisher=DC Thomson|editor-first=Christopher|editor-last=Riches|isbn=978-1-902407-73-9}} 3. ^{{cite magazine|issue=1|title=The Beano|date=30 July 1938|editor1-first=George|editor1-last=Moonie|publisher=DC Thomson}} 4. ^{{cite magazine|issue=3185|title=The Beano|date=2 August 2003|editor1-first=Euan|editor1-last=Kerr|publisher=DC Thomson}} 5. ^{{citebook|title=Annual 2019 Beano|chapter=|year=2018|page=|publisher=DC Thomson|editor-first=John|editor-last=Anderson|location=}} 10 : Beano strips|1938 comics debuts|1940 comics endings|Gag-a-day comics|Comics characters introduced in 1938|Fictional characters who can stretch themselves|Fictional characters who can change size|Comics characters with superhuman strength|Fictional British people|British comics characters |
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