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Raven wrote:Pssst, Niblet ...

Cheers, Raven, that's a corker!

I don't suppose anyone thought to do it at the time, but wouldn't it be great if there existed an archive of photos taken of newsagents' shelves/spinners/counters week by week through the years. Old films of this kind are the closest we'll get, I suppose. Thanks for posting.

The comics in Raven's picture have cover dates ranging from November 1964 to August 1965.

Some are easier than others to identify but I think these are all correct:

Toka- Jungle King #2 Nov '64 - Jan '65
80 Page Giant #6 - Jan '65
Detective Comics #337 - Mar '65
Aquaman #20 - Apr '65
Capt. Storm #6 - Apr '65
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #84 - Apr '65
The F.B.I. #1 - Apr-Jun '65
World's Finest #149 - May '65
The Avengers #17 - Jun '65
Superboy #121 - Jun '65
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #85 - Jun '65
The Avengers #18 - Jul '65
Tales to Astonish #69 - Jul '65
Strange Tales #135 - Aug '65
Fantastic Four #41 - Aug '65
Rawhide Kid #47 - Aug '65
You can see these in their original context using the newsstand feature at Mike's Amazing World of Comics:
http://www.dcindexes.com/timemachine/ga ... a&site=all

Glad I'm not the only one to recognize all those Robbie. I'm pretty sure there's a copy of Adventures into the Unknown no.152 as well ('Amazing Mike' doesn't seem to have got round to ACG yet).

I WANT A TIME MACHINE!!!

- Phil Rushton

You're right Phil, well spotted.

Robbie Moubert wrote: Some are easier than others to identify but I think these are all correct:

Good work! That was an impressive 1965 news stand.

I watched 1976's Night Ferry tonight, which is good fun. There's a railway station newsagent's in it, bristling with paperbacks and magazines, but no comics on view, alas!

Amazing amount of comic in America at that time..and of course here..

Dev on Coronation Street was reading what appeared to be a children's magazine (presumably belonging to one of his kids) tonight. Couldn't tell what is it though (couldn't see the cover) and therefore whether it was actually a comic or not.

Digifiend wrote:Dev on Coronation Street was reading what appeared to be a children's magazine (presumably belonging to one of his kids) tonight. Couldn't tell what is it though (couldn't see the cover) and therefore whether it was actually a comic or not.

Yes, I noticed that too. It was folded over so we couldn't see the cover but it definitely had comic strip material. Might have been ThunderCats comic from the glimpse we saw.

As an aside, Coronation Street often features magazines exclusive to its own universe created by the prop department, where instead of Hello magazine the residents of Weatherfield read Hiya! Always makes me smile.

philcom55 wrote:Not that I normally watch that sort of thing but I noticed a photo of somebody reading Tammy on tonight's Eastenders!

- Phil Rushton

I saw that Phil, it was Tanya and her daughter looking through some photo's, it's supposed to be a photo of Tanya as a young girl.
and it's the 1984 Annual.

Lew Stringer wrote:

Digifiend wrote:Dev on Coronation Street was reading what appeared to be a children's magazine (presumably belonging to one of his kids) tonight. Couldn't tell what is it though (couldn't see the cover) and therefore whether it was actually a comic or not.

Yes, I noticed that too. It was folded over so we couldn't see the cover but it definitely had comic strip material. Might have been ThunderCats comic from the glimpse we saw.

As an aside, Coronation Street often features magazines exclusive to its own universe created by the prop department, where instead of Hello magazine the residents of Weatherfield read Hiya! Always makes me smile.

Looks like Harry Hill in a football strip in the 3rd picture.

Thanks Steelclaw. I'm pleased to say it's an issue of Toxic. Dev obviously has taste.

(That's not Harry Hill by the way. It's a caricature of a football player/manager or someone IIRC.)

Some comics on TV I remember - my photographic memory working overtime:

On "Grange Hill" in 1984, Zammo is reading Look-ins in 1984 (Mr T on one cover). He was at home off school after Jeremy Irving drowned in the swimming pool (it was going to be his mate from pervios series Jonah Jones, but the actor objected to being killed off).

On the 1960s TV Doc "Waiting For Work" a wife of an unemployed buys a "Bunty" for her daughter in Hartlepool.

In "Educating Marmalade" in 1983, Marmalade Atkins is sent to a men's prison (episode called "Short Sharp Shock"), where she starts a riot to demand comics; the bearded inmate she befriends (and works on a scam with in the final episode) is seen reading a "Twinkle" comic.

In a 70s Morcambe & Wise, Ernie frets on a news headline, while Eric reads the "Dandy" saying that Desperate Dan has ate a lot of Cow Pies & is still hungry.

Finally, I remember in some episodes of the 70s drama "Budgie", Adam Faith's title character is sometimes seen reading a comic (I'll check the DVDs to see more); also think I saw some comics in a news kiosk Budgie visits, where he gets conned (episode called - I think - "12 Dozen Ballpoint Pens").

DavidKW wrote:Some comics on TV I remember - my photographic memory working overtime:

On "Grange Hill" in 1984, Zammo is reading Look-ins in 1984 (Mr T on one cover). He was at home off school after Jeremy Irving drowned in the swimming pool (it was going to be his mate from pervios series Jonah Jones, but the actor objected to being killed off).

On the 1960s TV Doc "Waiting For Work" a wife of an unemployed buys a "Bunty" for her daughter in Hartlepool.

In "Educating Marmalade" in 1983, Marmalade Atkins is sent to a men's prison (episode called "Short Sharp Shock"), where she starts a riot to demand comics; the bearded inmate she befriends (and works on a scam with in the final episode) is seen reading a "Twinkle" comic.

In a 70s Morcambe & Wise, Ernie frets on a news headline, while Eric reads the "Dandy" saying that Desperate Dan has ate a lot of Cow Pies & is still hungry.

Finally, I remember in some episodes of the 70s drama "Budgie", Adam Faith's title character is sometimes seen reading a comic (I'll check the DVDs to see more); also think I saw some comics in a news kiosk Budgie visits, where he gets conned (episode called - I think - "12 Dozen Ballpoint Pens").

Thanks for those memories, David. Actually, a couple have already featured on this thread, with screen caps;

http://comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.p ... 20&#p43820

http://comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.p ... 554#p47554

I can well imagine Budgie reading a comic or two, although I haven't seen an episode since its original broadcast. I remember several scenes featuring 'artistic' magazines

I watched Budgie when it was first shown and bought the dvd box sets - its so good I think I watched an entire series in two days. I think it was actually 40,000 ball point pens that Budgie had bought at an auction all marked Government Property - he bid on a crate "contents unknown" and was now trying to offload them - suggesting Charlie Endel give them to his nephew as a Christmas present.

Recently checked that Ball Point Pens episode of Budgie & I ws wrong there are no comics in the kiosk; I must've thought of another scene in another episode in this excellent series; still, Budgie sure did be seen with comics, where I'll look at some time.

My photographic memory also prodced some other comics on TV memories:

In early episodes of the Saturday morning kids show No.73 (shown in the TVS region only - don't know if this bit continued as I'd stopped watching when networked), would feature a regular scene of Harry in the bathroom talking a comic strip (usually American?) through with the viewers.

Also remember on "The Dick Emery Show" his character "Gaylord" - the bovver boy - sometimes reading comcis; in one episode he & his Dad (Roy Kinnear) wearing Dennis The Menace T-shirts under their denim jackets - inevitably ending in the words "Dad, I fink I got it wrong again!".

In another Geroge & Mildred, I remember Jeffrey having to stand in on Tristram's paper round & he asks George what he normally has delivered on this day - George says The Sun & The Beano (he gets given the Financial Times instead).

Also a special mention to the Avengers episode "The Winged Avenger". Thogh it's centred on a fictional comic strip and character, it does feature artwork by the legendary Frank Bellamy (Eagle, TV21) of the crimes about to be comitted.