What comics did you buy today?

[NP]

Whacko! based on the TV comedy series.

There was a movie made of the series in about 1961 called (ahem) Bottoms Up! The lead actors were the same with the addition of a young lad playing the main pupil who was John Mitchell... none other than drummer 'Mitch' Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience a few years later.

[Peter Gray]

I think I got carried away...wanted to win...the ebay madness..
gutted its not the large size Buster.. it looks large in the picture..
Oh well have to aim for 1965 and before..
Will be good to see how Galaxus starts...may put it up here..if you all send me a £1..

[Raven]

Will be good to see how Galaxus starts...may put it up here..if you all send me a £1..

Actually, I've just realised that the big Galactus section in my Birthday Book For Boys 1972 undoubtedly contains the first ever part of Galaxus, so I'm holding on to my pound!

[Peter Gray]

I'll show it here even if you have seen it soooo there...

[Digifiend]

According to International Hero Galaxus didn't start until 1966 anyway, so he wasn't in the large size version of Buster.

[Peter Gray]

You would think a large character like that would need bigger pages..

[steelclaw]

You would think a large character like that would need bigger pages..

This is the first page from 'The Birthday Book for boys' Annual. it will be interesting to see what the first page in 'Buster' was Peter let us know.

[Peter Gray]

Love the artwork...looks amazing...a top artist. Solano Lopez..
Love the horses and the huge size of the spaceship.

If only Buster was around today in that top standard..

looking forward to my purchase now..

[Kashgar]

I haven't got the issue in front of me to check but if the 'horses' reference refers to frightened carthorses then the Galaxus strip in the Birthday Book is certainly beginning at the beginning as this lead-off image has always stuck in my mind from the first episode.

[Kashgar]

Not me I hasten to add but I did notice that someone parted with £1815 (inc buyers premium) in the last Compal auction for the last 260 issues of Valiant 1972-1976. That's very nearly £7 per issue!

[steelclaw]

Not me I hasten to add but I did notice that someone parted with £1815 (inc buyers premium) in the last Compal auction for the last 260 issues of Valiant 1972-1976. That's very nearly £7 per issue!

Crikey that does seem excessive, I usually get 1970's Valiants for sometimes less then a £1 each.
But I suppose if you don't want to take your time getting the whole lot by buying 5 or 6 at a time just buy the whole lot at once and pay the price.

A couple of years a go I bought the whole of 1972 Lion & Thunders 53 Issues for total price of £54.

[steelclaw]

Second page.

[Lew Stringer]

Am I right in assuming the Birthday Book Galaxus reprint is an edited version? Reason being, I can't see Buster running only five panels a page, so I'm guessing the reprint has spread the panels out a bit to cover two pages.

Lew

[Peter Gray]

Seeing Galaxus menacingly is sure a shocker..
Also lovely trees drawn..

When I get the comic in the post I'll put it up..

I haven't got the issue in front of me to check but if the 'horses' reference refers to frightened carthorses then the Galaxus strip in the Birthday Book is certainly beginning at the beginning as this lead-off image has always stuck in my mind from the first episode.

Kashgar can you see the pictures SteelClaw has put up...I meant to say a horse not horses...it is a Cart Horse being scared by the Spaceship whizzing past..

[philcom55]

Am I right in assuming the Birthday Book Galaxus reprint is an edited version? Reason being, I can't see Buster running only five panels a page, so I'm guessing the reprint has spread the panels out a bit to cover two pages.

Yes. The first page in the Birthday Book version only includes three of the five panels from the equivalent Buster page.

I'll leave Peter to post the latter, but here's the third page from the second instalment of the story as it appeared in the following issue. Galaxus goes on his first rampage:

And as a matter of interest here's Galaxus' very first appearance in the pages of Buster from the issue dated 5th Nov 1966;


- Phil Rushton