What comics did you buy today?

[starscape]

Found an old bookshop in North Berwick and got Valiant 1967 and Victor 1971 Annuals for £1 each and Superboy Annual1963-4 (i.e. a British hardback) for £8. None in great nick but I don't care.

[Raven]

Well, Free Comic Book Day didn't go to plan for me this year. Didn't get the Doctor Who or Bongo Free for All (Simpsons) titles I wanted. What I did get was a carrier bag containing 12 comics handed to me as I entered the Amazing Fantasy shop:

Travelling Man seems the best shop for this, with at least 32 free comics available, and you get to pick whichever ones you want, though there are only four branches: in York, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle.

[Digifiend]

I'm in Hull, so that would've meant a train journey with no guarantee of getting them (after all, there are 50 titles listed on the FCBD website). I'm hoping digital editions will show up on Comixology.

[Raven]

Well, they did have a big pile each of both the Doctor Who and Bongo ones, but a hefty train fare obviously takes away from getting these things for free!

[AndyB]

Brickman Begins!
Brickman Returns!
Davy Francis's Funny Ha-ha magazine Issue 3
Rok of the Reds issue 1
The bizarre Adventures of Gilbert and Sullivan
Dandy dated 17 September 1977
Dandy Book 1968

You'd think I was at Enniskillen Comicfest yesterday or something.

[Adam Eterno]

Whoopee #1 and #3 both with free gifts
Cracker #2 with free gift
50 Crunch comics to hopefully tidy up my collection so 50 "swapsies" will be loaded back on Ebay next week.

I'm looking at quite a few lots over the next couple of days so comic reserve funds are taking a bashing!

[stevezodiac]

Went to the book fair at the Royal National yesterday and got 1971 Broons book and two Radio Fun free gift pamphlets of Radio and TV Stars - from around 1954/55 I think. £4.00 each. I was tempted to buy a Popeye 50th (or 60th) Anniversary book for £8 but decided not, as much as i like popeye I just don't have the space.

[Lew Stringer]

Brickman Begins!
Brickman Returns!
Davy Francis's Funny Ha-ha magazine Issue 3
Rok of the Reds issue 1
The bizarre Adventures of Gilbert and Sullivan
Dandy dated 17 September 1977
Dandy Book 1968

You'd think I was at Enniskillen Comicfest yesterday or something.

Thanks for buying my Brickman comics, Andy! It was good to meet you at last.

[geoff42]

From Phil's latest auction, I won Dandy complete year 1977 for £82. At first, I thought I had shelled out a little too much; then, on observation, noted that the year 1978 went for a penny less and that the year 1979 went for £2 less. Although, I do recall winning a complete year of Beano (1977) for half the price over a year ago. But then, at the same time, I have noted that Beano issues appear to be more available than Dandy. At the end of the day, I've paid less than £2 for every issue of Dandy from 1977,when postage is calculated. How can I grumble?

[geoff42]

And then, on realization, I paid £22 for a run of Mickey Mouse comics between late 1976 and early 1978 (75 in total) a couple of weeks ago. Of course, I got lucky there, didn't I? Obviously, I'm still trying to convince myself over the Dandy sale

[geoff42]

Hi, Phoenix, how's the progress on your book, regarding girl's comics? And then, of course, your project on Victor?

[Adam Eterno]

A long browse around the 30th Century catalogue has helped to fill some gaps although causing a bigger gap in my bank account!

Action #3
Top Secret Picture Library #1
Western Picture Library #1
Giggle #1
Planet of the Apes #90
Terrific #30
Captain Britain #34
Smash #2 + Free gift
Battleground #1 (1964)
Espionage #1 (1967)
Nightmare Suspense Picture Library #1 (1966)

[amorri40]

From Phil's latest auction, I won Dandy complete year 1977 for £82. At first, I thought I had shelled out a little too much; then, on observation, noted that the year 1978 went for a penny less and that the year 1979 went for £2 less. Although, I do recall winning a complete year of Beano (1977) for half the price over a year ago. But then, at the same time, I have noted that Beano issues appear to be more available than Dandy. At the end of the day, I've paid less than £2 for every issue of Dandy from 1977,when postage is calculated. How can I grumble?

Ahh so it was you that outbid me on that I won the 1979 issues so I'm sort of glad I didn't win both at those prices my bank would not be happy!

[geoff42]

Nice one, almorri. did your final amount surprise you as much as it did me?

[Phoenix]

On May 7th, Col, you managed to add five illustrations to a post. How did you manage that when everybody else is restricted to three?