What comics did you buy today?

[Adam Eterno]

Not just today, but over the last week or so, I've had a very busy time:

Crisis #1 - Fleetway - 1988
Starblazer #258 - Only 6 to go for the set. They're proving tough to find.
Commandos in the #2800s to fill 6 more gaps - 41 left to collect for the set!
140+ Bullets (DCT) as a random lot but I'm hoping there will be some upgrades for my set and hopefully the 5 I need to fill the set.
Western Tales #1 - Brugeditor - 1967
Gunflash! Western #1 - Scion - 1951 - never seen this one before
Spymaster #1 - Scion - 1951
The Incredible Hulk Presents #1 wfg - Marvel - 1989
Abbott and Costello #1 (I hope) - Streamline - 1950ish
Football Picture Story Monthly #1 - DCT - 1986
Dr Who Adventures #1 wfgs - BBC - 2006
See Saw #1 - IPC - 1976
'Tell Me Why' Free gift posters from #1 & #2 - 1968
Red Daggers x 3 - DCT - #9, 11 & 13 - They were cheap and I couldn't resist! Terror in the Tall Tower, The Smasher and The Frozen Man on the Mountain.
Hurricane #1 & #4 - IPC - 1964
Zip #1 - Odhams - 1958
And..........Sparky #1 + FREE GIFT FLYING SNORTER BALLOON! - DCT - 1965

[abacus]

Regarding digest comics to me they are a bit like the loose change in your pocket a bit inconvenient at times especially when you have to store a few with standard comics .If you collect digest comics then a lot of them like a jar of pennies could look impressive.There are lots of titles both U.K and U.S. titled comics in digest form but the ones I like least of all are the photo strip comics like Blue Jeans.
Picked up these from the charity shop today--

Marvel DAREDEVIL the man without fear(1985)---£1
TOM STRONG(2000)---£1
Marvel GHOST RIDER(1982)---£1

Can't buy too many comics what with buying family christmas presents and all that, but if all fails I can copy the wise words of one christmas card writer and send it out.

Forget about the past, you can't change it.

Forget about the future, you can't predict it.

Forget about the present ,I didn't get you one.

Playing with various apps cobbled together this forum greeting.


Happy Holiday!

[philcom55]

Gunflash! Western #1 - Scion - 1951 - never seen this one before

Me neither. That's a nice early cover by Ron Embleton.

[Adam Eterno]

Gunflash! Western #1 - Scion - 1951 - never seen this one before

Me neither. That's a nice early cover by Ron Embleton.

Very early!

[paw broon]

Gunflash. Me neither. Nice one.

[paw broon]

Well, abacus, next time you're in 30th Century Comics, ask to have a look at their selection of digest comics. It's impressive. A number of dealers sell bags, boards, boxes designed for digest comics. I use them and also have a lot on shelves in the back room. But then, I do have rather a lot and not only British, as I collect the (different size) digests from various other countries. For example, Diabolik, Kriminal and other gialli from Italy; various reprinted British strips from France and other, original, French titles; Dutch beeldromans; Mexican superhero wrestling titles, incl. photo novels; and when I can find them, Dutch reprints of Italian, French and British strips. I also enjoy the Archie digests, and there are lots of them.
The British classic digests have some amazingly classy art, too many names to list here, and I'd like to suggest that you have a look when you see them. Unfortunately, a lot of titles are not getting any cheaper.

[Lew Stringer]

Nicely done festive comic design, abacus!

[abacus]

Well, abacus, next time you're in 30th Century Comics, ask to have a look at their selection of digest comics. It's impressive. A number of dealers sell bags, boards, boxes designed for digest comics. I use them and also have a lot on shelves in the back room. But then, I do have rather a lot and not only British, as I collect the (different size) digests from various other countries. For example, Diabolik, Kriminal and other gialli from Italy; various reprinted British strips from France and other, original, French titles; Dutch beeldromans; Mexican superhero wrestling titles, incl. photo novels; and when I can find them, Dutch reprints of Italian, French and British strips. I also enjoy the Archie digests, and there are lots of them.
The British classic digests have some amazingly classy art, too many names to list here, and I'd like to suggest that you have a look when you see them. Unfortunately, a lot of titles are not getting any cheaper.

If you can read in all these languages I'm impressed Paw Not familiar with 30th Century comics our city only has Forbidden Planet but will find out more about it.I bet it is not in cycling distance or it's a day or week trip using the free bus pass.
I bought a pack of spanish language comics once when on holiday there ,which included a Jules Verne story comic plus some humour comics.The only other foreign comic I have bought was a Tom and Jerry comic recently from a car boot sale because I hadn't noticed till later that it was not in english.
I have the english versions of Tin Tin , Asterix, Lucky Luke etc.

I have a number of the Archie, Veronica and Betty, Jughead digest comics but as I get older it takes more concentration to read these smaller comics because my eye sight is not so good as it was.

Thanks Lew this was easy and quick to put together using blend collage app and eraser app to select the characters from the front of a Film Fun annual .I found it would look too busy to include Oliver Hardy and finally an art app was used to fix the lettering.
I thought of using more up to date characters but was not sure about the copyright issue

[paw broon]

That's impressive with the festive design. You lost me a bit on the explanation but I'm not that good with computery stuff.
As for languages, I read French and Italian quite well and can struggle through an old Spanish landscape like Capitan Trueno, as the language is relatively simple and it's so well drawn, it makes it quite easy to get the gist. Dutch is like a foreign language to me - see what I did there?
Actually, Capitan Trueno is another non-English comic that ran for yonks, over 600 issues, in a continuous numbered run. And that doesn't count the albums and more recent series. Roberto Alcazar Y Pedrin ran for over 1000 issues I think, but more crudely drawn than the very good Capitan.

[Phoenix]

our city only has Forbidden Planet

To compensate though, abacus, in The Black Cat you do have a very decent secondhand bookshop with an extremely pleasant owner. I've only visited the shop once, and that was a good few years ago, but I usually chat with the owner on the many occasions he takes a stand at the bookfairs at Haydock Park racecourse, which I usually attend as it is less than half an hour's drive from my house.

[abacus]

our city only has Forbidden Planet

To compensate though, abacus, in The Black Cat you do have a very decent secondhand bookshop with an extremely pleasant owner. I've only visited the shop once, and that was a good few years ago, but I usually chat with the owner on the many occasions he takes a stand at the bookfairs at Haydock Park racecourse, which I usually attend as it is less than half an hour's drive from my house.

The Black cat shop closed but I think the owner now runs a market stall selling secondhand books, comics and other collectors items ,a chatty sort of fellow and he told me once that if I supplied a list of items I was searching for he would try and get them for me.I have bought some comics from him but generally I regard his as shop prices in that they reflect the items value and there are no real bargains to be had.

[Phoenix]

I have bought some comics from him but generally I regard his as shop prices in that they reflect the items value and there are no real bargains to be had.

Do you only ever buy items that you class as 'bargains', abacus, as opposed to fewer items at what you refer to as 'shop prices'?

[abacus]

I have bought some comics from him but generally I regard his as shop prices in that they reflect the items value and there are no real bargains to be had.

Do you only ever buy items that you class as 'bargains', abacus, as opposed to fewer items at what you refer to as 'shop prices'?

Quite a number of comics I buy from charity shops or car boot sales which look promising turn out to be disappointing on reading them and then I am glad I didn't pay the four or five pounds original retail price.

Look, how it works is this, I have £5 per week to spend on comics if I spend say £3 pounds one week £2 goes over to the next week making it £7 if then say the following week I don't find anything to buy another £5 accumulates making a kitty of £12 and that is the reason I am mindful of what I spend on comics.Spending less than £5 per week on comics ensures I have enough money for that must have comic buy.
Now all this may seem to you rather pedestrian but I don't mind because like a gambler playing the slot machines or cards I have known when to fold.
I enjoy collecting and am not interested in the buying , selling aspect.
Collecting is just an hobby I don't think the missus would be pleased if I went to the bank and started buying up others comic collections.

[koollectablz]

I have bought some comics from him but generally I regard his as shop prices in that they reflect the items value and there are no real bargains to be had.

Do you only ever buy items that you class as 'bargains', abacus, as opposed to fewer items at what you refer to as 'shop prices'?

Quite a number of comics I buy from charity shops or car boot sales which look promising turn out to be disappointing on reading them and then I am glad I didn't pay the four or five pounds original retail price.

Look, how it works is this, I have £5 per week to spend on comics if I spend say £3 pounds one week £2 goes over to the next week making it £7 if then say the following week I don't find anything to buy another £5 accumulates making a kitty of £12 and that is the reason I am mindful of what I spend on comics.Spending less than £5 per week on comics ensures I have enough money for that must have comic buy.
Now all this may seem to you rather pedestrian but I don't mind because like a gambler playing the slot machines or cards I have known when to fold.
I enjoy collecting and am not interested in the buying , selling aspect.
Collecting is just an hobby I don't think the missus would be pleased if I went to the bank and started buying up others comic collections.

i like this attitude a lot.

Reminds me very much of when I was given my 30p weekly pocket money and had to make the very time consuming decision of which comics to buy at the newsagent every Saturday.

Buster was a given, but then whatever else was dependent on how good the cover was or if there was a free gift...

[Phoenix]

Spending less than £5 per week on comics ensures I have enough money for that must have comic buy.
Now all this may seem to you rather pedestrian

It doesn't seem like that at all. Quite the opposite as I'm impressed by just how organized you are. There have been many difficult times in my life when I've had to count the pennies but I completed the payments on my house several years ago, and the children have long since flown the coop, so for quite a while I've been able to save a significant amount from my state and work's pensions to fund trips to London and Cornwall to spend quality time with my two sons and their children, and still have enough over to fund the publishing of my books. A significant, and permanently renewable, reduced-price subscription to The Guardian provides further savings. I'm only following more advice from my late father who used to say "Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves."