Its strips included: * Spike himself * Iron Barr, an incredibly talented working class amateur goalkeeper (similar in concept to Tough of the Track) * The Man In Black, a story revolving around the fictional legendary British athlete William Wilson. * The Bleak Street Bunch, a kind of Bash Street Kids serial although more serious and dealing with contemporary issues. * Midshipman Coward a tale about a sailor boy. * The Taming Of Johnny Tough A story about a boy who gets trained (by unorthodox methods) to be a top footballer. * Krazy Kops a comic strip about incompetent police officers it had appeared in Sparky under the name L Cars.