Keyhole Kate

Keyhole Kate was a 1930s British comic strip series in The Dandy. The strip featured a nosy young girl who liked to look through people's keyholes. She first appeared in The Dandy's first issue, drawn by Allan Morley[1] back in 1937. She continued in The Dandy until 1955 and even appeared as the cover strip of issue 295.[2] She later appeared in the new Sparky comic released in 1965, alongside Hungry Horace another character who appeared in The Dandy''s first issue and was drawn by Allan Morley.[1] The character was featured alongside Hungry Horace on the front cover of the Sparky book from 1970 to 1972.[3]

The character continued in Sparky until 1974[4] when the character was dropped and she then reappeared in The Dandy in the late 1980s and early 1990s drawn by Sid Burgon before being dropped and later revived again. The revived strip was drawn by Tom Paterson and Trevor Metcalfe in The Dandy, until it was finally dropped in 2007. However the character's legacy still remains as the character has appeared on the front cover of The Beano and Dandy books[5] and has appeared in the longer The Bash Street Kids stories by Kev F Sutherland.[6][7] She reappeared in the 2013 Dandy Annual drawn by Laura Howell.

Keyhole Kate then moved to the Dandy's online version of the comic. In this version, she is a Nancy Drew-esque reporter for the school newspaper.

She appears in Dandy Annuals, drawn by Lew Stringer since 2013, starting with Dandy Annual 2014 and currently scripts it as well.

References

"Beano Artists". paulmorris.co.uk.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Sparky Annual Gallery". www.tonystrading.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
"British Comics - Fun Facts and Information". funtrivia.com.
"The Beano and The Dandy Gallery". www.tonystrading.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
"Kev F Sutherland Comic Writer and Artist". utproductions.co.uk.
"Kev F Sutherland Comic Writer and Artist". utproductions.co.uk.

The Dandy
Final strips	Bananaman Blinky Desperate Dan Keyhole Kate The Numskulls Retro Active
Former strips	Addie and Hermy Bad Max Barney Boko Beryl the Peril Black Bob Blinky The Bogies Bully Beef and Chips Colonel Crackpot's Circus Corporal Clott Cuddles and Dimples Fiddle O Diddle Freddy the Fearless Fly Harry Hill's Real Life Adventures in TV Land Helpful Henry Hyde and Shriek Jak and Todd The Jocks and the Geordies Jonah Korky the Cat Marvo the Wonder Chicken Mr. Meecher, the Uncool Teacher My Own Genie Owen Goal P5 / Class Act Peter's Pocket Grandpa Potsworth & Co. Puss 'n' Boots The Smasher Strange Hill Winker Watson
Writers and Artists	Barrie Appleby Nigel Auchterlounie Leo Baxendale Gordon Bell Basil Blackaller Paddy Brennan Nick Brennan Sid Burgon Wilbur Dawbarn Karl Dixon Lorenzo Etherington Andy Fanton John Geering Ian Gray Denis Gifford Charles Grigg Ken H. Harrison Harry Hill Allan Morley David Mostyn Robert Nixon Gary Northfield David Parkins Nigel Parkinson Tom Paterson Jim Petrie Ken Reid Jon Rushby Duncan Scott Jamie Smart Ron Smith Lew Stringer David Sutherland Dudley D. Watkins Stevie White
See also	The Dandy Annual The Desperate Dan Book Fun Size Dandy Hoot Nutty

DC Thomson comics
Currently running comics	The Beano EPIC Magazine Commando Fun Section in The Sunday Post
Adventure comics	Adventure Bullet Buddy Champ Commando The Crunch The Hornet The Hotspur The Rover The Skipper Spike Starblazer The Vanguard The Victor Warlord The Wizard
Girls' comics	Bunty Judy Mandy Nikki
Humour comics	The Beano The Beezer Buzz Classics from the Comics Cracker The Dandy EPIC Magazine Fun Size Comics Hoot The Magic Comic Nutty Plug Sparky The Topper
Pre-school comics	Bimbo The Magic Comic Twinkle
Notable strips	Alf Tupper Baby Crockett Bananaman The Bash Street Kids Beryl the Peril Black Bob Biffo the Bear Big Eggo The Broons Calamity James Cuddles and Dimples Dennis the Menace Desperate Dan Ginger Gnasher Ivy the Terrible Jonah Keyhole Kate Korky the Cat Little Plum Lord Snooty Matt Braddock Mickey the Monkey Minnie the Minx Nero and Zero The Numskulls Oor Wullie Pansy Potter Roger the Dodger Tricky Dicky Willy Nilly Winker Watson Wilson the Wonder Athlete Wolf of Kabul
Comic annuals	The Beano Annual The Beezer Book The Bimbo Book The Dandy Annual The Hotspur Book for Boys The Sparky Book The Topper Book The Victor Book for Boys Warlord Book for Boys
Character annuals	Bananaman Annual The Bash Street Kids Annual Beryl the Peril Annual Black Bob Book The Broons Annual Dennis the Menace Annual The Desperate Dan Book Oor Wullie Annual
Notable artists	Barrie Appleby Nigel Auchterlounie Leo Baxendale Gordon Bell Nick Brennan Paddy Brennan Sid Burgon Reg Carter Wilbur Dawbarn Karl Dixon The Etherington Brothers Hunt Emerson Andy Fanton John Geering Barry Glennard Charles Grigg Ken H. Harrison Laura Howell Diego Jourdan Malcolm Judge David Law Trevor Metcalfe Allan Morley David Mostyn Vic Neill Robert Nixon Gary Northfield Nigel Parkinson Tom Paterson Jim Petrie Ken Reid Bill Ritchie David Parkins Jon Rushby Jamie Smart Lew Stringer David Sutherland Kev F. Sutherland Dudley D. Watkins Stevie White
Notable writers	Mike Chinn Gilbert Lawford Dalton Alan Grant Ian Gray R. D. Low Grant Morrison Tom Morton John Radford Cavan Scott John Smith
See also	List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications List of Fleetway and IPC Comics publications List of Beano comic strips List of Dandy comic strips List of Beezer comic strips List of Beezer and Topper comic strips

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