Comics UK

SID wrote: 07 Jun 2023, 18:50 Recently got a full set of Hotspurs. Good read.

Wasn't there 4000 issues approx of Hotspur or am I getting confused????

Apologies if anyone has posted this already.
https://30thcenturycomics.co.uk/british ... mmer-sale/

Along with Warrior, the greatest comics of their era. Outselling 2000AD too when they merged. Planet of the Damned probably my favourite, although Mind Wars and Timequake impressive.
(Laser Specialist by the way)


Planet of the Damned also my favourite,loved Timequake and Mind Wars but Holocaust ...

Probably my favourite UK comic of all time ;only 22 issues,I Summer Special and 3 Annuals published.
Obviously it joined 2000AD when it folded and arguably saved 2000AD with Ro-Busters and Strontium Dog strips taking the mighty 20000AD forward.
Any other fans of this publication?

I'm an Arsenal fan and would like to congratulate Man City for playing beautiful football.Well done !

As a Londoner and a Chef;I firstly congratulate everyone here for loving such traditional London grub.
The liquor was previously based on eel stock reduction;nowadays it is a parsley sauce but some Chefs add fish stock to replicate the taste of the original.
My personal preference is a deeply ...

Adam Eterno wrote: 17 Jun 2023, 07:05

jim244 wrote: 17 Jun 2023, 06:20 Commando,Viz and an Ebay purchase that I bought two weeks ago but was delivered to wrong address;Countdown Issue 1 (1971).

That’s a great variety!

Thank you

Since before christmas I have limited myself to buying older comics and annuals from charity shops without much luck.
Annuals I have seen have not really floated my boat and the only comics have been 2000AD which I am not really interested in.
today was interesting.

https://i.imgur.com/exK20m4 ...

Marvel Digest Series????
1980- 82 ??
Colour cover,Black and White inside;52 pages
Many titles including Science fiction,horror and super heroes.
"Star Heroes" (featured Battlestar Galactica and the Micronauts) as one example.

Decided to pay over the odds and buy the mag.

https://i.imgur.com/EaOFyjh.jpg

Maybe it was a touch of the sun
or
the voice on the radio saying the government was to raise money by 'HIRING TAXI'S'
Woudn't bicycles be better.? :D
( highering taxes joke )


Brilliant purchase and would have ...

Because the Alan Class comics were broader in size they had slightly more cover artwork than the American originals. You can look at Alan Class covers on Grand Comics Database then click the reprint ink to see the American original and compare the extra cover image. Creepy Worlds #54 is one good ...

Commando,Viz and an Ebay purchase that I bought two weeks ago but was delivered to wrong address;Countdown Issue 1 (1971).

Some of my favourite British TV comic adaptations:
Sapphire and Steel
The Tomorrow People
The Saint
Blakes' 7
Robin of Sherwood
Dick Turpin
Time Slip
Fireball XL5

Hi everyone,I found this forum by accident whilst browsing the net.
I am a UK comic collector of many UK and USA publications.
My largest collections are of Look-In (most issues from 1971 - 1981)including complete runs of Six Million Dollar Man;Bionic Woman;Dick Turpin;Battlestar Galactica,Space ...