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Baby Face Finlayson was a comic strip in the Beano, starting in 1972. Baby Face Finlayson "The Cutest Bandit in the West" was an outlaw in the Wild West, who was also, surreally, a baby. He was originally a minor character in Little Plum, but was later given a strip of his own. He rode around in a motorised pram, stealing everything that wasn't tied down, whilst shouting "Yuk Yuk!". He had a number of accomplices, including Jessie James, Sid the Kid and Goo Goo McGoo who were also, apparently, babies. Their chief nemesis was Sheriff "Marsh" Mallow of Cactus Gulch.
When the strip returned in 1980, the Wild West theme was dropped, and the setting was moved to England. The tagline was also changed to "The Cutest Bandit Around". On both occasions the strip was drawn by Ron Spencer. On July 5th 2003 he featured in the Beano strip called Little Plum, when he stole Little Plum's wigwam. He sped off in his pram, crashed into a buffalo so Little Plum thought he had learned his lesson, until he stills Little Plum's clothes without him noticing and rides off.
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