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Post by Bats on Apr 29, 2017 23:19:46 GMT -8
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Post by Tarzanredux on Apr 30, 2017 6:31:05 GMT -8
Hey Bats,
Am not sure what kind of comics you like but I used to read a character called Janus Stark back in Europe. It was old when i used to read it but had been reprinted. Other cool UK comics was Death Wish from Tiger comics. The trouble with UK comics is that even the covers were newspaper type paper so they really fell apart!
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Post by steveinthecity on Apr 30, 2017 6:37:12 GMT -8
Hey Bats, Am not sure what kind of comics you like but I used to read a character called Janus Stark back in Europe. It was old when i used to read it but had been reprinted. Other cool UK comics was Death Wish from Tiger comics. The trouble with UK comics is that even the covers were newspaper type paper so they really fell apart! The only UK comics I've read are Starlord, 2000AD and a few Marvel heroes. I like learning about the other stuff that's out there. |
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Post by Tarzanredux on Apr 30, 2017 8:34:47 GMT -8
Yeah 2000 AD was really famous! A copycat of American comics was called Scream! it was really good kind of a cross between House of Secrets and the old EC: Comics;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream!_(comics)
Also I am sure you have geard of Dan Dare but that's SciFi....I'll have to think way back and fill you in on some other good ones!
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Post by Bats on Apr 30, 2017 13:26:01 GMT -8
Hey Bats, Am not sure what kind of comics you like but I used to read a character called Janus Stark back in Europe. It was old when i used to read it but had been reprinted. Other cool UK comics was Death Wish from Tiger comics. The trouble with UK comics is that even the covers were newspaper type paper so they really fell apart! The only UK comics I've read are Starlord, 2000AD and a few Marvel heroes. I like learning about the other stuff that's out there. 2000AD and Starlord about sums it up for me too! That and Batman/Superman over sized UK editions. Read lots of non-superhero comics like Beano, all on over sized newsprint. I looked up Janus Stark as I'd not heard of it. Just before my time, by the looks of it. Smash! comics looked a bit like Beano on the cover.  "Janus" ... I hope that's a short vowel sound  |
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Post by Tarzanredux on Apr 30, 2017 13:44:49 GMT -8
I can't believe you've read the BEano! Thats really famous! I didn't bring those up s thought that migh tnot have interested you. The Dandy (desperate Dan especially) and the Buster (Billy Whizz especially) were really famous to.
Thanks for the pic! Tiger was the best it had a bunch of stories: Johnny Cougar about an American wrestler, Billy Boots (used to put on soccer cleats) and they were sort of magical made him win) and Death Wish amongst other stories. How did you get these UK comics in the US?
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Post by Tarzanredux on Apr 30, 2017 13:48:55 GMT -8
Janus Stark was before my time but I used to read my older brothers Annuals. The big thing was annuals back then. Basically hard backed comics came out once a year with extra long stories of the main characters found in the weekly or biweekly comics.
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Post by Bats on Apr 30, 2017 13:53:47 GMT -8
I can't believe you've read the BEano! Thats really famous! I didn't bring those up s thought that migh tnot have interested you. The Dandy (desperate Dan especially) and the Buster (Billy Whizz especially) were really famous to. Thanks for the pic! Tiger was the best it had a bunch of stories: Johnny Cougar about an American wrestler, Billy Boots (used to put on soccer cleats) and they were sort of magical made him win) and Death Wish amongst other stories. How did you get these UK comics in the US? I live in the UK  I take it you do too...? Yeah, I read most of the UK kids comics. Beano, Dandy, Whizzer & Chips, Buster. Billy Whiz (Beano BTW) I always said was Britain's answer to The Flash |
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Post by steveinthecity on Apr 30, 2017 14:18:18 GMT -8
Is the UK Dennis The Menace still being published? I only found out about that one 5-6 years ago and it looked like a fun strip. The US Dennis is somewhat tame imo.
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Post by Bats on Apr 30, 2017 14:23:26 GMT -8
Is the UK Dennis The Menace still being published? I only found out about that one 5-6 years ago and it looked like a fun strip. The US Dennis is somewhat tame imo. Yes, it's still in Beano and Dennis and Gnasher have their own title. Haven't read it in years though. |
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Post by steveinthecity on Apr 30, 2017 14:27:21 GMT -8
Is the UK Dennis The Menace still being published? I only found out about that one 5-6 years ago and it looked like a fun strip. The US Dennis is somewhat tame imo. Yes, it's still in Beano and Dennis and Gnasher have their own title. Haven't read it in years though. These are the sort of comics I'd like to find on line. I occasionally read strips on the Gocomics site, but I don't know of anything similar for UK strips. |
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Post by Bats on Apr 30, 2017 14:36:25 GMT -8
Yes, it's still in Beano and Dennis and Gnasher have their own title. Haven't read it in years though. These are the sort of comics I'd like to find on line. I occasionally read strips on the Gocomics site, but I don't know of anything similar for UK strips. I don't know of any. I'm sure there must be something out there... Have you read Viz which is basically the adult version of Beano? |
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Post by steveinthecity on Apr 30, 2017 14:40:07 GMT -8
These are the sort of comics I'd like to find on line. I occasionally read strips on the Gocomics site, but I don't know of anything similar for UK strips. I don't know of any. I'm sure there must be something out there... Have you read Viz which is basically the adult version of Beano? Yeah, I had probably read two or three sometime around 2000-2001. I had a store that carried quite a few "import" magazines and they were pretty expensive as I recall. |
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Post by Tarzanredux on Apr 30, 2017 17:47:04 GMT -8
I can't believe you've read the BEano! Thats really famous! I didn't bring those up s thought that migh tnot have interested you. The Dandy (desperate Dan especially) and the Buster (Billy Whizz especially) were really famous to. Thanks for the pic! Tiger was the best it had a bunch of stories: Johnny Cougar about an American wrestler, Billy Boots (used to put on soccer cleats) and they were sort of magical made him win) and Death Wish amongst other stories. How did you get these UK comics in the US? I live in the UK I take it you do too...? Yeah, I read most of the UK kids comics. Beano, Dandy, Whizzer & Chips, Buster. Billy Whiz (Beano BTW) I always said was Britain's answer to The Flash |
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Post by Tarzanredux on Apr 30, 2017 17:48:59 GMT -8
I actually live in the US now but partly grew up in the UK and hence growing up with those titles. I remember buying US comics but they were modified slightly, the paper, size etc were different. Didn't know you were in the UK Bats!
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