It debuted in 1969[2] and ended when Buster sold its final issue on 4 January 2000.
Latterly appearing in reprints, it was drawn throughout its run by Terry Bave.
His subtitle was "Nobby Noodle owns Odd Ball, the amazing toy from space".
Odd Ball also gained a Time Travel shape in the late 1980s, where previously he had been strictly restricted to rubber versions of day to day objects.
[3] In the final episode, Odd Ball gets punctured on a thorn and dies.