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Any chance of a cover scan, abacus? It sounds interesting, especially as I've never heard of it.abacus wrote:THE HELEN HAYWOOD CHRISTMAS BOOK (1954)
Here are some pics it's full colour throughout with a number of short storiesPhoenix wrote:Any chance of a cover scan, abacus? It sounds interesting, especially as I've never heard of it.abacus wrote:THE HELEN HAYWOOD CHRISTMAS BOOK (1954)
Is that Champion the Fleetway comic or the earlier story paper published by AP? Either way it's quite a find! (I only have a facsimile of the 1960s one, though I remember buying it when it came out)colcool007 wrote:What I lost in quantity, I made up for in quality. Grandville Bete Noire and issue 1 of Champion is my loot from ECC.
It looks perfectly adequate to me, abacus. Thanks for the scans. One thought on the content. I did initially wonder, when looking at the presentation of Hippo-Island Picnic, with the picnic imminent and the kettle to be boiled, if some cannibals and a missionary were going to be introduced, and I suppose they could be on the next page in view of the 'capsized' hippo. If not, kudos to the artist for sidestepping a controversial issue.abacus wrote:Not the best internet connection here and battery needs recharging.
Phil, it is the 1966 version. I have been looking for an issue from the run for years as we all discussed back in the late 2000s about the madness of the Von Sturm story illustrated by Eric Bradbury.philcom55 wrote:Is that Champion the Fleetway comic or the earlier story paper published by AP? Either way it's quite a find! (I only have a facsimile of the 1960s one, though I remember buying it when it came out)colcool007 wrote:What I lost in quantity, I made up for in quality. Grandville Bete Noire and issue 1 of Champion is my loot from ECC.
Gosh! What's happening to our island? It's sunk! (That's it! next page onto other things).There are a number of short stories and one or two puzzles and things to make plus some comic strip types and strangely only two of the 120 pages feature snow ..I had not heard of the artist and writer before but there is a brief article at Wikipedia .Phoenix wrote:It looks perfectly adequate to me, abacus. Thanks for the scans. One thought on the content. I did initially wonder, when looking at the presentation of Hippo-Island Picnic, with the picnic imminent and the kettle to be boiled, if some cannibals and a missionary were going to be introduced, and I suppose they could be on the next page in view of the 'capsized' hippo. If not, kudos to the artist for sidestepping a controversial issue.abacus wrote:Not the best internet connection here and battery needs recharging.
As I said, it was one of those ones that I had been looking for, but never thought I would get. I ended up getting that Commando which was issue 181. I also bought issue 1 of Love and Rockets and 3 pages of Matt Clark's work on Doom Patrol which meant not quite breaking the bank but I did leave it quite bruised!koollectablz wrote:Champion #1 is a great buy, I've only ever seen it twice in about 3 decades.
As far as I'm aware, Col, I've never been there so could you please let forum members know where you acquired your time travel machine.colcool007 wrote:as we all discussed back in the late 2000s
Here we go Derek. The thread was called Another Lion That Doesn't Sleep Tonight and has been viewed a number of times.Phoenix wrote:As far as I'm aware, Col, I've never been there so could you please let forum members know where you acquired your time travel machine.colcool007 wrote:as we all discussed back in the late 2000s