Comics UK

Raven wrote:Did you get the 'Snail of the Century' pun, by the way - from 70s Nicholas Parsons-hosted quiz show Sale of the Century.

Nope.

What's most likely is that a rival paper will copy the idea (this has happened with everything from wallcharts and the G2 pullout section to Notes & Queries). When they do, though it might require buying a Daily (ecch) Mail, my choices would be:

Sparky
Valiant
Lion (circa 1964 or 1972)
Look-In (NB ...

steelclaw wrote:I would like to see a comic with the mix of 'Thunder' 'Jet' & 70's Knockout.
40 Pages, Lion Size and costing 75p.

Agreed, especially if you throw in a little 'Lion' and 'Valiant' in too.

Plus include Dan Dare and Roy of the Rovers.

I must admit, I do like the new series.

I loved it. I didn't mind the voices as the sounded a little like the earlier series which I did like.

Walter has changed (character-wise) from a 'Softy' to a 'Swotty' (very much like the 'Swotty' in Brassneck back in the 70s). Maybe people in control thought that if he was 'too gay', then there ...

I haven't seen any new annuals in the shops yet either. Not that I will be buying them any time soon. I always wait until my town has its annual late night shopping (a special event) at the beginning of December.

I did take consideration before I made the claim. If you look at Dave Eastburys website you can see quite a variation of his work but nothing quite as drastic a change as the new look Ball Boy. Futhermore if you look at the Beano websites comment facility you can indeed put anyname, ands perhaps ...

I-Spy does appear in the following issues: 60, 69-71 and 86-87.

I just have to check 73-77, 80 and 83 which I will do tonight.

I have all the Champs bound so I will check tonight after work.

I was always intrigued - why did DCT never produce a Nutty Summer Special or Book at the time?

Personally my favourite IPC from the 70s was Krazy Comic. Great comic (and it also created an offshoot - Cheeky Weekly) but it didn't take too long for it to merge with Whizzer and Chips.

What I would do is to divide the Dandy and Xtreme titles. The latter going monthly and keeping to its present theme. I would also be so generous as to donate a few characters (e.g. Jak and Todd, Olly but NOT DD, Banaman or Cuddles & Dimples).

Then under a blaze of publicity, I would relaunch the ...

Digifiend wrote:Just spotted this on Wikipedia's Dandy Xtreme article: It is currently the lowest selling children's comic in the UK, with sales averaging at approximately 23,000 per fortnight

Does anyone know how many copies were sold per week before going Xtreme?

Apart from the colour, I don't really see it either. :)

Both strips IIRC featured foreign agents behind the threats. The Crimson Ball in particular had a mission to destroy British military aircraft. Whilst not actually shown to be Communists, it was natural at the time to assume the villains ...

If I remember correctly, Beefy's mum looked just like him!

Poor kid!