The Last Great British Comic

[jim244]

This may be controversial to some but perhaps not,I'm uncertain.
In my opinion the great British comic book ended in the last century.
Feel free to disagree.
No poll but what in your opinion was the last great British comic?
Or do you believe that such still exist today?
Just be interested in hearing everyones' thoughts on this matter.
For me personally,the only British comics I enjoy today are Commando,2000ad,The Megazine and Dr Who magazine (more of a mag than a comic but it has Lew Stringer).
What does everybody think??
Are there other great comics still being produced nowadays?
And if not.... What was the last produced great British comic????

[stevezodiac]

There was a short lived comic called Meltdown (1990s?). I have a few issues but didn't really read it so can't say if it was great. I'd say Countdown but that was early 70s and there must have been something since then that qualifies.

[Captain underpants]

The last great comic in my opinion was Countdown which was the 70s version of TV21, Action was a very close second ( before it was sanitised) . I know many people think 2000AD is the best comic ever but I always found it hit or miss. Perhaps it’s a age thing I’m in my late 60s but I can’t think of any great comics since the the 1970s . I’m lucky I lived through the golden age of British comics good story’s, art and the occasional trill of a often naff free gift . I also had fun hunting what is now know as the silver age of American comics to get my fix of superhero full colour comics . Last minute comic to get a bronze medal was look-in , I could fill this with good comics eg Victor, Eagle etc all fun escape reads. I’m gonna sit in the garden later enjoying the late summer sun reading my copy of volume 2 of the comic anthology of UFO .

[stevezodiac]

Captain Underpants - reading a previous topic I see you have issue 14 of Super DC. Can you confirm that as I'd be pleased to know it actually exists. Did you manage to acquire issue 13?

[jim244]

While I agree that Countdown was an excellent comic,I don't personally see it as the last great British comic.
After Countdown we had Action,Bullet,Cheeky Weekly,Misty,Monster Fun,Roy of the Rovers,Speed,Starblazer,Warlord..........
I think the seventies was a great decade for comics.
As for 2000ad,I think it is wonderful that it still exists and that the first 200 issues are comic gold.
So my vote for last great British comic goes to Starlord (1978).
But ultimatelly,I think when The Hotspur finally closed down in 1981,that was the end of British comics.
That was the day the music died.

[Captain underpants]

Captain Underpants - reading a previous topic I see you have issue 14 of Super DC. Can you confirm that as I'd be pleased to know it actually exists. Did you manage to acquire issue 13?

Good morning
Yes I can confirm that I have a copy of issue 14 of super Dc comic , unfortunately I’m still on the hunt for issue 13 , one day a reasonable priced copy will turn up. I can remember when the comic first come out I was Able to buy the first 5 or 6 issues then none of the newsagents in my seaside town stocked the comic any more , I remember the same happened with Solo and many other comic’s. But plenty of spinner racks full of mostly American DC comics so I was never short of my comic fix.

[davidandrewsimpson]

Everybody seems to be thinking of old-fashioned weekly anthology comics, like the ones we read when we were young. By that measure we're down to The Phoenix, 2000AD, The Beano, and possibly The Megazine and Commando. However, if one looks at the broad field of comics Britain continues to produce great comics in many formats, and will continue to do so long after I'm dust.

[jim244]

Everybody seems to be thinking of old-fashioned weekly anthology comics, like the ones we read when we were young. By that measure we're down to The Phoenix, 2000AD, The Beano, and possibly The Megazine and Commando. However, if one looks at the broad field of comics Britain continues to produce great comics in many formats, and will continue to do so long after I'm dust.

Yes David, I agree and in my original post should have perhaps been clearer.
I was referrring to what I personally view as "the great British comic",ie a paper based periodical anthology of more than one story with art and text.

[jim244]

As for your 5 examples, personally I would not include The Phoenix (as it is more specialist than general);The Beano (as in my opinion it is no longer the much loved comic that we all grew up with and an embarrassment to the great DC Thompson) nor The Megazine as while I love that mag,it is a derivative of 2000AD.
However yes to 2000ad and Commando.
Please do not be offended by my words, simply my opinion and not fact, just subjective.