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by ffjg
07 May 2024, 20:36
Forum: General comics discussion
Topic: Trying to remember British comic series from 1959-1961 with story about giant spine throwing cacti
Replies: 8
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Re: Trying to remember British comic series from 1959-1961 with story about giant spine throwing cacti

Thanks again, Kashgar.... I thought there had been a cover illustration, but wasn't sure that it might be a figment of my imagination. Maybe that's what made the story stick in my 9 year old mind! I'll spend some time tracking the issues down and see how it goes. It'd be interesting to reread
by ffjg
06 May 2024, 22:40
Forum: General comics discussion
Topic: Trying to remember British comic series from 1959-1961 with story about giant spine throwing cacti
Replies: 8
Views: 10413

Re: Trying to remember British comic series from 1959-1961 with story about giant spine throwing cacti

Thanks, Kashgar - I've been hunting for a long time with little success based on imperfect memory while being aware time is not on my side.

Now all I have to do is track these down somehow. I see the "New Hotspur" came out just after these were published, which threw me off the track quite a bit ...
by ffjg
05 May 2024, 15:43
Forum: General comics discussion
Topic: Trying to remember British comic series from 1959-1961 with story about giant spine throwing cacti
Replies: 8
Views: 10413

Re: Trying to remember British comic series from 1959-1961 with story about giant spine throwing cacti

Thanks for the response.

It's a really long time ago, and Boys World wasn't available at our local bookshop, Eagle makes it into the list of possibles only because it had exploded diagrams of aircraft. Hotspur and Wizard are the two I thought most likely, but I've seen a few copies of these from ...
by ffjg
30 Apr 2024, 08:48
Forum: General comics discussion
Topic: Trying to remember British comic series from 1959-1961 with story about giant spine throwing cacti
Replies: 8
Views: 10413

Trying to remember British comic series from 1959-1961 with story about giant spine throwing cacti

I've managed to track down most of my childhood favourites, but there's one story line I can't seem to track down and was wondering if someone could help out with a pointer in the general direction?

The comic from maybe between 1958 and 1963 was published in one of the half text half comic series ...