Red Lines

This is a very early example of Ali's Baba , a strip which appeared in D. C. Thomson's Sparky from January 1970 up until the comic's end in July 1977; it was drawn by Malcolm "Mal" Judge, better known for D. C. stablemates such as The Numskulls and Billy Whizz . This particular strip is taken from the Sparky Book 1971 ; the Christmas books were usually finished at least a year before publication,…