I'm delighted to be here & thank you for accepting me.
My real name is Leo but I couldn't resist the 'Lord Peter Flint' username as my life-long love affair with British comics started with dear old Warlord in the mid 70's.
I read and collected comics for so many years - Warlord, Victor, Hotspur, Crunch, Battle and, of course, the Beano, Dandy, Topper and Beezer amongst many, many others. I had boxes of them - complete runs of Buddy, Nutty, Spike, Champ and a few others and lots of other oldies, until one day in 1996 I had a serious house fire. No one was hurt, thank goodness, but all my comics were lost. I don't mind admitting I shed a few tears over that!
I literally couldn't even begin to think about trying to rebuild the collection. But then along came the internet and fatherhood and here I am. I have a 7yr old son who is a Beano and Dandy nut! He's even had his pic in the Beano in full Dennis outfit. I cried over that too!
I only discovered the forum a few weeks ago and I've been lurking around taking great interest in some of the discussion and I decided that, as it's rude to be an eavesdropper, I'd put my head around the virtual door, say hello and introduce myself.
