Comics UK

There's also the Best of 1980s Look-in thats on sale now.

I saw the best of Look- In in Forbiden Planet in Edinburgh, only had a few minutes to look through it but waht I did see looked very nice - not a fan of the original comic/mag but I may just pick this one up for Xmas

Thats the one I was thinkingof Paul , thanks - pushing it a bit there was a 1/2 page strip called "Deseret Island Desk" (Desert Island Dick in the Topper)

Not sure if its what your looking for but theres also:

THE ART OF WAR - REPRO OF Covers to 1950-70s issues of Battle, AIR Ace etc mags
Hotshot Hamish reprint book

And of course VIZ

strangely I found it more embarrassing in my late teens and early 20s buying comics (when I looked a lot younger than my peers and could "get away " with it) than I do now in my errr 40's (and well into my 40's) I don't buy a lot of comics now, and those I do buy I tend to buy in specialist comic sh...

There was Gilbert Ratchet who was a bit like Screwy Driver , and another strip (think it was by the same artist) based on Brassneck but the "brassneck" in question was a bundle of sticks with a bucket for a head carried around in a cart.

I loved those old Balsa wood aircrafts - the ones I remember had red propellors and there were the ones you jus tmade up and threw ertc - this link shows some (though mostly US version but sure I remember gettign these as a kid as well)


http://www.turnertoys.com/G1/balsa_model_airplanes2.htm

Oh the musty smell of badly cared for, mostly UK comics - comics that draw int he damp, leave that musty smell in the house and lack of space . Collectors who think a run of the mill/poor issue of a 1970s issue of The Defenders / Champions / Avengers comics etc ares worth £20 each, and collectors w...

Here's a link (if anyone is interstred) to the Mars Attracks cards of the 1960s (it is also the site of the artist, Norman Saunders that painted the cards) not as good as the civil ward link Steve supplied as it only shows the front of the cards.

http://www.normansaunders.com/MrzAtx%2C04.html

Has anyone (seen) picked up this comic - I scanned through a copy in Forbidden Planet, and the art looks really nice - but not my personal taste in story - I read it had gotten a really bad press in Scotland due to its focus on drugs?

Steve - Strange you should mention the civil war cards - I was visiting my cousin and his wife a few months ago and the subject came around to comics (after hours of football and music chat) - I'm a big comic fan /collector an he has less than no iterests. The subject came around to films and then o...