Yup...
I think it was 'Whizzer and Chips', 2 comics in one. You had the Whiz-Kids, led by Sid and Slippy the Snake, and the Chip-ites(?) led by Shiner.
West Side Story it ain't.
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grinfish redux I can remember when all this were eels,
Wed 30 Jan 2002, 17:31,
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