Comics UK

I flicked through a pile of Goal recently on a market stall - wasn't tempted to buy due to budget restrictions. They did capture very well the feel and how football was in a much more interesting era for football. I have read and collected quite a lot of Football League Review - was tempted to sell ...

I remmeber reading some 1982/3 Smah Hits belonging to my sister in 1989. Made me wish I'd been older in 1983 to enjoy what was around then - by 1989 the music especiallty the charts were terrible! Good escaping at a rubbish time in my life, living an a boring evil county. Smash Hits when read today ...

I'd often when a teenager, like to re-read my collecting of early 80s Look-Ins . I'd particulary like to read its well drawn Story Of The Beatles strip (mind you where I grew up there was very little to do; comcis were an escape from the very negative world I lived in). Used to like re-reading my co...

I've noticed recently on True Ents' Avengers repeats that they're showing the incorrect closing credits - they show the ones for the following night. Doesn't help if you're wondering who was that guest star? Or is it to whet appetite for tomorrow night's? I notice in this run they have repeated The ...

I was thinking of this thead a while back: When I recently queued for the Manchester Comic Fair I heard a guy behind me talking of how his deidcated collecting and reading of Spider Man comics have helped wean him off his drink and drug problems. The collecting has been a great way to take his mind ...

That's just got me going, Sue: Viz could run a Murderer series for die cast cars: As well as Lord Lucan you could have: Peter Sutcliffe's Rover P6 - with red light and model of a prostitiute Donald "The Black Panther" Neilson's 1100 - with model of a phone biox to demand ransom. Fred and Rose West's...

There are a lot of things sent to try us when buying annuals. I'm not too worried about missing spines, just as long as all the pages are in there. What annoys me are missing pages at crucial points like when the final parts of a story are missing; plus felt tip scribblings (which I did to some of m...

Thanks for the info - I forgot the title had no "H" in it!

Yeah I remember reading that on Man From UNCLE - never got into the TV series though. Do like NCIS and catch it when I can for its balance of humour and serious - I hear a lot of people watch it for David McCallum's Ducky Mallard, plus many love Abi Scutio - those 2 often provide the lighter moments...

I was just remembering a comic strip the other day a newspaper strip called "Whack". Does anyone have any information on this ie what was it about and which aper it was in? (don't know if this strip has been talking about on this site earlier - I have little time to properly look). What caused me to...

I think the other thing that killed The Avengers was the boardroom at ABC television (UK) who killed the golden goose. According to Patrick MacNee, in his book The Avengers and ME (a stimulating read), ABC directors were already interfering in the shows making during Diana Rigg's final episodes. The...

Thanks for that David - that site on The Avengers in comics - complete with info on most of the TV Comic run - was most interesting (even if artwork in these was very hit and miss).

Just as well they finished on Killer - this was one of that series best as Jennifer Croxton did an excellent job as Thorson's stand in. More in Gale/Peel style and looked like a young Honor Balckman. Just what the show was missing! Perhaps Trus Ent didn't have the rights for rest of Tara series - or...

Whilst another not direct sighting but a comic reference noentheless: I watched the drama Ordinary Lies on Tuesday. The character of Rick gave the bosses' teenage daughter Ruby the text code of Minnie The Minx. Rick said "She used to be in the Beano Comic" which Ruby didn't understand. Used to? I th...

Has been a bit of shark jumping on retro TV viewing recently: Have been recording and watching repeats of sitcom Hi De Hi! - watched before tuning to The Avengers . I admit it wasn't as good as I remmebered it, but funny in places. I did stop watching immediately after Simon Cadell/Jeffrey Fairbroth...