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Post by jno on Oct 26, 2020 9:55:14 GMT
As suggested by billyfarmer, which uk kids comix one is (or was) your favourite?
Pick 2!
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Post by spacecadet on Oct 26, 2020 11:46:04 GMT
I bought a few comics over the course of the 70s. The first was Countdown/TV Action which I bought for UFO, The Persuaders and Alias Smith and Jones picture strips. After that ceased publication in '73 I started to get Look-in for the Kung Fu strip which I think started in '74. Then there was also colour pin-ups and articles for TV series including Kung Fu, Six Million Dollar Man, Space 1999, Bionic Woman, etc. I also got the Planet of the Apes comic for about a year which had appeared in late '74 and featured behind-the-scenes articles on the series and films.
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Post by felixdeburgh on Oct 26, 2020 14:02:32 GMT
The Beano - one of the few comics we could get in the Middle East in the 70’s and I used to read it from cover to cover as soon as I got it, apart from the centre spread of The Bash Street Kids, which I would always save until last.
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Post by billyfarmer on Oct 26, 2020 14:11:36 GMT
I voted for Buster and Roy of the Rovers, Buster contained my all time favourite Comic Strip - The Leopard from Lime Street.
I used to read a lot of Comics, when I was a child, only problem, they used to take up a lot of room, but nowadays, a lot easier, because you are now able to buy DVD-ROMs, which contain hundreds of issues of old Comics, DVD-ROMs, take up a lot less room, I have got a lot of DVD-ROMs, which contain thousands of issues of old Comics, some of the DVD-ROMs, also contain Annuals and Specials.
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Post by ltd on Oct 26, 2020 20:35:30 GMT
I went with Warlord for my first choice, used to read that regulary in the 70s until it became apparent they were recycling the stories (the one about the bloke hunting down the enemy unit that massacred his comrades came in German SS and Japanese variations). Wouldn't mind seeing a full length reprint of WW3 strip Holocaust Squadron though. Maybe available on one of the DVD-ROMS Billy mentions above?
My second choice is "Other": Has to be 2000AD, nothing to touch it in the 1980s. Went seriously off the boil in the early 90s when it caught the politically correct disease. Inspector Ram anyone? Er... No. Never went back to it after that.
Honourable mention for Battle - war stories again but grittier than Warlord: Johnny Red, Charlie's War, Major Easy, The Rat Pack, D-Day Dawson etc.
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Post by McCann on Oct 26, 2020 21:02:21 GMT
I went with The Dandy because of Desperate Dan. But the Dandy and the Beano were interchangible. Because of this thread I now know they were published by the same company in Dundee. Wouldn't have realised that when I last read one 36 years ago. We were probably under the impression they were the fiercest of rivals.
I read the name Aunt Aggy today. Great name. That was a blast from the past.
Not a fan of sci fi comics, or American stuff, just the local funnies.
Remember 'Look in' as ITVs magazine. Bought a few copies in 83/84. Heavily pumped on shows like number 73 on a Saturday morning and full of stuff on ITV shows like the A team, Knight Rider, Chips, Different Strokes. Probably still a few Pros features in it at the time. This is where you had to go for info on the shows you loved. Minder I'm sure was considered too adult for 'Look in', you'd have to go up to 'Tv times' or the Sunday papers for that.
Never would have thought it had ceased production in 1984.
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Post by kelotoph on Oct 26, 2020 21:36:10 GMT
I had the Beano reserved for me at the local newsagent for many years, although I think I stopped taking it when I was 15, as by then other more worldly priorities came to the fore, and the Beano didn't contain erudite articles on sports cars, which certain other magazines that were by then circulating amongst my peer group did (that's all I read them for, honest!)
My favourite Beano characters were Dennis the Menace and Billy Whizz, with Roger the Dodger coming in close behind.
In later years I would often buy 'Viz' as it parodied the innocence of my childhood comics so well, in particular the 'Viz'version of the Dandy's 'Winker Watson' - can't for the life of me think what the parody was called..........
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Post by chopper on Oct 26, 2020 22:15:30 GMT
Smash Hits (83 to 86) look In (79 - 82)
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Post by fordcapri on Oct 28, 2020 9:24:46 GMT
Countdown and TV Action (1971 - 1973).
Doctor Who Weekly (1979 - 1980).
2000 AD (1977 - 1980-ish... because it WAS a kids comic at first!)
As it is, I've ticked Look-in and A. N. Other.
Gotta give honorary mentions to Whizzer and Chips and Shiver and Shake! I never got them, but my brother did! They were great too!
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Post by Arch Stanton on Oct 29, 2020 21:14:41 GMT
Stuff like 2000AD in the eighties. Commando. Just anything really...
I read Whizzer and Chips too FC. Did that have Sweeny Toddler or was that Shiver & Shake? I recall him being Whizzer and Chips later. There seemed to be a few cross overs or mergers that happened in the 70s/80s. I can’t remember which one The Numskulls were in but I liked them, with the little folk controlling the different departments of some bloke‘s body.
I remember a comic called Oink in the mid 80s, which was okay. I seem to remember it being a bit like viz for kids, sort of subversive, with satire and some more teen related cultural gags. I only read a few issues of that - issues 1-10 or something. I think the first issue came with a record.
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Post by daz on Oct 30, 2020 6:14:40 GMT
I think the numbskulls started life in The Beezer, but may have crossed over with Topper.
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Post by daz on Oct 30, 2020 21:24:25 GMT
Had to be The Beano for me at number one, I remember getting it for the first time as a six year old with Smudge on the cover and I am sure it cost 6p and I got until delivered until I was well into Secondary School.
I loved comics and would spend any money I had as a kid, which wasn't much, on comics. The Beezer, Victor, Dandy, Topper, Buster and had loads of the things. I used to get all the annuals at Xmas too and was as happy as a pig in clover. I used to buy the summer specials as well and the Commando style comics which they started doing for the Beano and Dandy characters which started around 82/83 and were published fortnightly.
I went for The Dandy as my second choice, but basically any of the ones I have mentioned bar the Beano would have been my second choice.
Not a comic as such, but a huge fan of The Broons and Oor Willie, which featured in the Sunday Post and also have yearly annuals too.
I remember around two years ago I was in this shop not too far from my house and was like stepping back into the 70s/80s, with the comics hanging off string, clipped on with bulldog clips, just like I remembered them in papershops when I was a kid.
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Post by jno on Oct 31, 2020 4:50:46 GMT
I ... would spend any money I had as a kid. It all changed in adulthood though.
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Post by I used to think I was a parrot on Nov 9, 2020 22:04:22 GMT
I used to get Roy of the Rovers, Tiger, Beano and Dandy every week in the early 80s. I've still got the annuals and still read them. Roy of the Rovers was not as good after it was rebooted with the terrorist attack. I used to read the odd Beezer, Topper, Whizzer and Chips too.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Nov 18, 2020 21:21:46 GMT
Roy of the Rovers was not as good after it was rebooted with the terrorist attack.. Terrorist attack? Who were the terrorists, a plot by a rival club? I never read any RotR much, maybe the odd strip here and there. I never realised it was so interesting.
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Post by kelotoph on Nov 19, 2020 11:55:07 GMT
Had to be The Beano for me at number one, I remember getting it for the first time as a six year old with Smudge on the cover and I am sure it cost 6p and I got until delivered until I was well into Secondary School. I loved comics and would spend any money I had as a kid, which wasn't much, on comics. The Beezer, Victor, Dandy, Topper, Buster and had loads of the things. I used to get all the annuals at Xmas too and was as happy as a pig in clover. I used to buy the summer specials as well and the Commando style comics which they started doing for the Beano and Dandy characters which started around 82/83 and were published fortnightly. I went for The Dandy as my second choice, but basically any of the ones I have mentioned bar the Beano would have been my second choice. Not a comic as such, but a huge fan of The Broons and Oor Willie, which featured in the Sunday Post and also have yearly annuals too. I remember around two years ago I was in this shop not too far from my house and was like stepping back into the 70s/80s, with the comics hanging off string, clipped on with bulldog clips, just like I remembered them in papershops when I was a kid. +1 to The Broons and Oor Wullie. I was introduced to the latter when an aunt bought me an Oor Wullie compilation as a Christmas gift. Unfortunately, the prevalence of Scots dialect in the text led my sister and me to imitate it (e.g. "Didna' " for "Didn't) leading to the removal of said reading material by my then somewhat straight-laced mother. I rediscovered Wullie and his companion publication The Broons in my twenties and now own several of the books. I love their use of Scots dialect and some of the cartoons are genuinely funny. I have to admit to having had a crush on one of the Broon sisters - I'll let you guess which one, Daphne (l) or Maggie (r):
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Post by daz on Nov 19, 2020 12:22:56 GMT
Had to be The Beano for me at number one, I remember getting it for the first time as a six year old with Smudge on the cover and I am sure it cost 6p and I got until delivered until I was well into Secondary School. I loved comics and would spend any money I had as a kid, which wasn't much, on comics. The Beezer, Victor, Dandy, Topper, Buster and had loads of the things. I used to get all the annuals at Xmas too and was as happy as a pig in clover. I used to buy the summer specials as well and the Commando style comics which they started doing for the Beano and Dandy characters which started around 82/83 and were published fortnightly. I went for The Dandy as my second choice, but basically any of the ones I have mentioned bar the Beano would have been my second choice. Not a comic as such, but a huge fan of The Broons and Oor Willie, which featured in the Sunday Post and also have yearly annuals too. I remember around two years ago I was in this shop not too far from my house and was like stepping back into the 70s/80s, with the comics hanging off string, clipped on with bulldog clips, just like I remembered them in papershops when I was a kid. +1 to The Broons and Oor Wullie. I was introduced to the latter when an aunt bought me an Oor Wullie compilation as a Christmas gift. Unfortunately, the prevalence of Scots dialect in the text led my sister and me to imitate it (e.g. "Didna' " for "Didn't) leading to the removal of said reading material by my then somewhat straight-laced mother. I rediscovered Wullie and his companion publication The Broons in my twenties and now own several of the books. I love their use of Scots dialect and some of the cartoons are genuinely funny. I have to admit to having had a crush on one of the Broon sisters - I'll let you guess which one, Daphne (l) or Maggie (r): Jings, Crivens and Help ma Boab, yer maw took awa yer Broons books. Peer bairns!
My money is on it being Daphne!
I have all annuals going back to 1978, which I have collected since I was 5 and a couple of 1960s ones, which I found in charity shops, but it is hard and expensive getting hold of of good condition older ones.
Good to read I am not the only fan.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Nov 19, 2020 15:40:55 GMT
Had to be The Beano for me at number one, I remember getting it for the first time as a six year old with Smudge on the cover and I am sure it cost 6p and I got until delivered until I was well into Secondary School. I loved comics and would spend any money I had as a kid, which wasn't much, on comics. The Beezer, Victor, Dandy, Topper, Buster and had loads of the things. I used to get all the annuals at Xmas too and was as happy as a pig in clover. I used to buy the summer specials as well and the Commando style comics which they started doing for the Beano and Dandy characters which started around 82/83 and were published fortnightly. I went for The Dandy as my second choice, but basically any of the ones I have mentioned bar the Beano would have been my second choice. Not a comic as such, but a huge fan of The Broons and Oor Willie, which featured in the Sunday Post and also have yearly annuals too. I remember around two years ago I was in this shop not too far from my house and was like stepping back into the 70s/80s, with the comics hanging off string, clipped on with bulldog clips, just like I remembered them in papershops when I was a kid. +1 to The Broons and Oor Wullie. I was introduced to the latter when an aunt bought me an Oor Wullie compilation as a Christmas gift. Unfortunately, the prevalence of Scots dialect in the text led my sister and me to imitate it (e.g. "Didna' " for "Didn't) leading to the removal of said reading material by my then somewhat straight-laced mother. I rediscovered Wullie and his companion publication The Broons in my twenties and now own several of the books. I love their use of Scots dialect and some of the cartoons are genuinely funny. I have to admit to having had a crush on one of the Broon sisters - I'll let you guess which one, Daphne (l) or Maggie (r): Never read The Broons. Oor Wullie was good though. Didn’t he have two mates, something like Fat Bob and Soapy Soaper or summat?
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Post by kelotoph on Nov 19, 2020 19:45:49 GMT
+1 to The Broons and Oor Wullie. I was introduced to the latter when an aunt bought me an Oor Wullie compilation as a Christmas gift. Unfortunately, the prevalence of Scots dialect in the text led my sister and me to imitate it (e.g. "Didna' " for "Didn't) leading to the removal of said reading material by my then somewhat straight-laced mother. I rediscovered Wullie and his companion publication The Broons in my twenties and now own several of the books. I love their use of Scots dialect and some of the cartoons are genuinely funny. I have to admit to having had a crush on one of the Broon sisters - I'll let you guess which one, Daphne (l) or Maggie (r): Never read The Broons. Oor Wullie was good though. Didn’t he have two mates, something like Fat Bob and Soapy Soaper or summat? L-R Wee Eck, Fat Boab (Bob), Soapy Souter and Oor Wullie:
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Post by daz on Nov 19, 2020 20:29:00 GMT
Never read The Broons. Oor Wullie was good though. Didn’t he have two mates, something like Fat Bob and Soapy Soaper or summat? L-R Wee Eck, Fat Boab (Bob), Soapy Souter and Oor Wullie: Dinna be fergetin Wee Jeemey, Primrose and Auld Murdoch!
Here is a link to the Bucket trail, which was a load of sculptures of Wullie sitting on his bucket and placed all around the big cities of Scotland, Dundee being the main one for obvious reasons www.oorwullie.com/
We got photos of a few and was good fun which both kids and adults loved, the auction of the sculptures generated a good few quid for the childrens hospitals.
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Post by jno on Nov 20, 2020 18:23:07 GMT
Mrs jno likes The Broons. I even got a tin of fudge in a Broons tin for her birthday. You'd be proud of me daz, as I found it in the bargain bin.
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Post by daz on Nov 20, 2020 21:30:28 GMT
Mrs jno likes The Broons. I even got a tin of fudge in a Broons tin for her birthday. You'd be proud of me daz, as I found it in the bargain bin. Come January the shops up here are awash with Broons fudge and other stuff with their name on it that doesn't sell over Xmas.
Nowt wrong with a bargain bin bargain.
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Post by coyote on Nov 21, 2020 0:16:07 GMT
I can't comment on the others but I remember 'Smash Hits' as a glossy teen magazine about pop music, similar to 'Just Seventeen' and I think 'Look In' was pretty much its predecessor. A mile away from 'The Beano'.
I was an avid 'Beano' fan and had it every week; eventually I got enough tokens and money for a postal order(!) to Dundee for membership of the "Dennis The Menace and Gnasher Fan Club" but the furry badge and old tat that came back was hugely disappointing and I lost interest soon afterwards.
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Post by daz on Nov 21, 2020 18:14:05 GMT
I can't comment on the others but I remember 'Smash Hits' as a glossy teen magazine about pop music, similar to 'Just Seventeen' and I think 'Look In' was pretty much its predecessor. A mile away from 'The Beano'. I was an avid 'Beano' fan and had it every week; eventually I got enough tokens and money for a postal order(!) to Dundee for membership of the "Dennis The Menace and Gnasher Fan Club" but the furry badge and old tat that came back was hugely disappointing and I lost interest soon afterwards. I too once saved for the postal order to become a member of the fan club and very let down with the badges. I never renewed. Do you still get postal orders? Yes you do, surprised at that.
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Post by I used to think I was a parrot on Nov 21, 2020 18:59:38 GMT
Roy of the Rovers was not as good after it was rebooted with the terrorist attack.. Terrorist attack? Who were the terrorists, a plot by a rival club? I never read any RotR much, maybe the odd strip here and there. I never realised it was so interesting. In the 80s up to 1986 artist David Sque did the RothR classic distinctive drawings. They had many outlandish plots. The terrorist attack happened when they were in the middle east in Beslan. The terrorists accidentally crashed a car with bombs in it into the team bus. There are two great compilations, a 70s one, and an 80s one where Roy Race is shot and there is a whodunnit - like Dallas!
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Dec 2, 2020 20:24:32 GMT
Opted for "other" - I've been a Commando subscriber for years and as a kid I used to regularly get Battle and the 80s relaunched Eagle
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Post by bensonrad on Mar 20, 2021 20:02:31 GMT
I was a Dandy Boy, my sister Beano, so we had both in our house to read, Look in was something I always had as a kid until I progressed on to Smash Hits at a later date...and BIG.
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Post by yoyopickles on Aug 27, 2021 7:03:32 GMT
The last three I bought LOOK IN was at a services on the motorway on the way to Jersey in 1992,when I was 16,so it was definitely still going then...
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Post by chrisclark1977 on Aug 29, 2021 1:06:08 GMT
Whizzer and Chips and Buster.
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Post by yoyopickles on Sept 3, 2021 20:34:58 GMT
As I was leaving the newsagents this morning with the paper, inspired by this thread, I paused to look at the be price of comics now...A Beano is now £3.75!
When I first bought the Beano it was around 1984/85 when I was nine and it was 10p back then....
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