Collecting Long runs

Kashgar · Post by **Kashgar** » 20 Mar 2007, 12:29

If anyone wants to try for the ultimate long run it may be of interest to learn that D C Thomson have, of late, just published their 12,000th weekly comic title. So if you fancy having a go at collecting every weekly edition of Dandy, Beano, Magic, Topper, Beezer, Sparky, Buzz, Cracker, Plug, Nutty and Hoot that is the extent of the task for now!

Earl · Post by **Earl** » 20 Mar 2007, 20:56

I am surprised at that figure. When I added up the weeklies, libraries, annuals and specials that I knew about I got close to 40,000+ issues published, when you look at Twinkle, Bunty, Judy, Diana, Mandy, Beano, Dandy, Victor and other long running weeklies you could break 12K never mind the other couple of hundred titles they have done.

Earl.

Kashgar · Post by **Kashgar** » 21 Mar 2007, 12:08

Hi Earl, The 12K only applies to the Thomson weekly comics listed. I wasn't including other types of weekly title they published like the story papers or the boys and girls picture strip weeklies nor was I including annuals, summer specials, comic libraries etc. My criteria for items that made the comics list was a) they had to be specifically a comic title and b) on amalgamation they had merged with another title on the list.

Earl · Post by **Earl** » 15 Aug 2009, 09:00

I now have 2000 AD 1 through 1,500 so that is my longest unbroken run to date. I am currently trying to finish off the 666 issue run of the UK Spider-man title.

Earl.

STARBOY · Post by **STARBOY** » 15 Aug 2009, 09:34

My longest run of collected comics was Mighty World of Marvel I stuck with that for 500 issues till I could take it no more (stopped looking at it after about issue 250 as it just got so awful IMHO) the first 100 issue for me were wonderful though, although I picked up a few issues of the short lived revamped Monthly and the Panini titles as well (but got rid of 90% of them a few years ago to charity shops).Next was the UK Spider-Man title (from the "Spiderman comics weekly" time) only collected the first 300 issues (and again the odd comic after that and the occassional Pannin title) If you need any Spideys, and I have them let me know I still have about 50 in the house (there yours free Earl if I have what your looking for)

Earl · Post by **Earl** » 15 Aug 2009, 11:57

That's very kind. Issues I have are in bold in the following list...

http://www.comicspriceguide.com/boards/ ... -18-1.aspx

STARBOY · Post by **STARBOY** » 15 Aug 2009, 14:14

No problem Earl I'm downsizing my collections (so I can get more stuff later

) so good to see them go to a fellow collector fan - i look out what I have and get back to you i think I have some of the ones you want from memory.

Digifiend · Post by **Digifiend** » 15 Aug 2009, 14:48

Earl wrote:I now have 2000 AD 1 through 1,500 so that is my longest unbroken run to date. I am currently trying to finish off the 666 issue run of the UK Spider-man title.

Earl.

666 - heh heh, that's the mark of

the devil!

Of course Spidey doesn't fight demons...

steelclaw · Post by **steelclaw** » 15 Aug 2009, 20:05

Digifiend wrote:
Earl wrote:I now have 2000 AD 1 through 1,500 so that is my longest unbroken run to date. I am currently trying to finish off the 666 issue run of the UK Spider-man title.

Earl.
666 - heh heh, that's the mark of the devil! Of course Spidey doesn't fight demons...

According to Steven Fry on TV Programme Q1 616 is the mark of the beast.

felneymike · Post by **felneymike** » 16 Aug 2009, 00:52

Yeah they mistranslated 666, there was a whole show about it on early in the morning once when i was unemployed and had nothing better to do.

Anyway i want to collect all of the Union Jack eventually, it ran from 1894 to 1933 so that may take a while, and sometimes it can be very expensive.

I'd also like to collect The Skipper eventually, as it didn't run for "very" long. It still seems to be sought after by collectors though, so will be an expensive and long task. Currently i have, er, one issue!

I'm also, more by accident than anything, on my way to collecting a complete set of Chums (yearly volumes, which contained some content not found in the weekly issues as the yearly books were compiled from the monthly issues). I have the first and last volumes and a few in between. Chums volumes seem to be oddly cheap in comparison to other papers even of a similar age and condition (if a bound volume of, say, Hotspur, in brilliant condition from the mid 30's came up on ebay it'd fly past Â£100 and still sell), which helps!

I have have masses of Commando's, though only started regularly getting it in late 2006! they just pile up quick.

STARBOY · Post by **STARBOY** » 16 Aug 2009, 21:14

not only is the markof the beast number not 666, but Spidey has also fought demons in the past (and recently) as well in Team ups with Doctor Strange and others

EARL Ive sent you a PM re the comics let me know if you want these and I'll send them to you.

felneymike · Post by **felneymike** » 16 Aug 2009, 22:58

Actualluy it shouldn't be long til 2000AD prog 1666, i wonder if they will do a Defoe prequel around that issue. His backstory has been hinted upon - he was a leveller in the civil war, then a comet caused the great fire of London, and also somehow caused a zombie plague, Defoe also ended up working for the king, who won the civil war...

Muffy · Post by **Muffy** » 24 Aug 2009, 11:49

My brother decided to get rid of some of his long runs about 10 years ago, he had about 1,000 2000ads; all but 4 issues of 'Battle'; 600 issues of the UK Spiderman reprint weekly from late 70s/80s; the entire 141 issue run of Jackpot. He asked me if I wanted them, but it was far too many. Shame as his children might like to read now or in next few years [one is 5 and 1 is 6]. He did keep about 250 issues of Whizzer and Chips and lots more Whoppees.

I've still got about 250 issues of Buster. Every issue and special of Wow. Lots of TV comics, Tammy and many others. Couldn't bear to part with them though

tony ingram · Post by **tony ingram** » 24 Aug 2009, 14:47

I have complete runs of Doctor Who Magazine and, dipping briefly into American stuff, Avengers, as well as various shorter series including Star Lord, Tornado, Revolver, Crisis, Cheeky, and a lot of American stuff. I'm missing about two dozen issues of 2000AD from the mid 90s, when I gave up on it for awhile (Sancho Panzer, for God's sake? Not a good time).

Kashgar · Post by **Kashgar** » 25 Aug 2009, 09:49

I've personally found that collecting long runs comes about more by accident than design, certainly in the early stages of the process. For the record the longest runs of complete titles I have in my own collection (all 1000+) are Lion, Tiger, Victor, Beezer, Buster and top with 1963 issues Topper. The longest runs I have for any comics though are the Dandy and the Beano with, as of this week, 3302 and 3320 consecutive issues respectively.

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