Buster adventure stories
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By the way, it looks like it's been axed, judging by it's Wikipedia article. Doesn't sound like I was missing much, it does sound like it was for brainless boozehounds - I'm not that kind of bloke.
Just noticed Raven, we registered for this board only a day apart.
Just noticed Raven, we registered for this board only a day apart.
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Oh I wondered why I liked it.Raven wrote:Digifiend wrote: I am young - I'm only 25!
Balls of Steel is aimed at people with an *IQ* of 25, though - or preferably much lower!
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Sorry I took this off topic a bit so,
'Von Hoffmans Invasion' was a highlight for me when I used to buy 'Jet' so I was pleased when it was one of the strips that made it into 'Buster & Jet' when they merged.
This is from the first merged issue.
'Von Hoffmans Invasion' was a highlight for me when I used to buy 'Jet' so I was pleased when it was one of the strips that made it into 'Buster & Jet' when they merged.
This is from the first merged issue.
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Thats a great one Steel I'll use that for the blog...thanks again..
What was other peoples favourite Buster Adventure strips..
Just won 3 more Buster and Jet comics..so into Buster at the moment..
What was other peoples favourite Buster Adventure strips..
Just won 3 more Buster and Jet comics..so into Buster at the moment..
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Peter Gray wrote:Thats a great one Steel I'll use that for the blog...thanks again..
What was other peoples favourite Buster Adventure strips..
I would add Sam's City Jungle to Crabbe's Crusaders for mine. Also liked Fishboy - as a concept, especially - though I don't think it tended to have the strongest scripts most of the time.
During the period I was avidly reading Buster as a boy, I certainly looked forward to The Leopard From Lime Street each week, from its first instalment onwards.
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Never seen Sam's City Jungle would be good to see..
http://petergraycartoonsandcomics.blogs ... -eric.html
http://petergraycartoonsandcomics.blogs ... -eric.html
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Unfortunately I don't have the issue which contained the last episode of Galaxus so I can't show how it ended. However, here is the very first episode of the strip which replaced it from the following week (22nd June 1974) - 'Marney the Fox'. I know that Marney has been covered before now on this site but I just couldn't resist showing a bit more of John Stokes' sumptuous artwork. For all its sentimentality the script doesn't ignore the harsh realities of life in the wild, and the death of Marney's mother recalls a similar event in Walt Disney's Bambi which famously traumatised an entire generation of kids! I'd love to know who wrote this series as it seems quite unlike anything else I've ever come across in a British comic. Definitely a classic!
...Gulp!
Also, I can't rememember if 'Pete's Pocket Army' has been mentioned yet but for anyone who's interested here's page one of the first episode from 28th April 1973 (art once more by the astonishingly prolific Solano Lopez Studio ):
...There really did seem to be an awful lot of crashing spaceships in those days!
- Phil Rushton
...Gulp!
Also, I can't rememember if 'Pete's Pocket Army' has been mentioned yet but for anyone who's interested here's page one of the first episode from 28th April 1973 (art once more by the astonishingly prolific Solano Lopez Studio ):
...There really did seem to be an awful lot of crashing spaceships in those days!
- Phil Rushton
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(deleted first section re: merge, as it's been done)
by the way, Peter, your image is gone (because ebay deleted it after the auction ended) - so in future folks, please copy them to your own webspace or save the pic and upload it as an attachment. Nobody wants to see a red X. Thank you.
(The merge has sent the image I refer to a lot higher up than this reply - just don't post ebay pics if you want us to still see them weeks or months later)
by the way, Peter, your image is gone (because ebay deleted it after the auction ended) - so in future folks, please copy them to your own webspace or save the pic and upload it as an attachment. Nobody wants to see a red X. Thank you.
(The merge has sent the image I refer to a lot higher up than this reply - just don't post ebay pics if you want us to still see them weeks or months later)
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Peter's Pocket Army: Their answer to General Jumbo I presume.
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With apologies for the confusion that this will have caused, the two Buster Adventure Stories threads have now been merged.
[insert quote from HHGTG re improbability factor now 1, we have reached normality, anything outstanding now being your own problem]
[insert quote from HHGTG re improbability factor now 1, we have reached normality, anything outstanding now being your own problem]
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One artist who came rather late to Buster was the wonderful Andrew Wilson who initially replaced Joe Colquhoun on 'The Runaways' before contributing 'The Byrds of Paradise Isle' and then 'Johnny's Journey' in 1980. Prior to this he had spent many years working for Princess and then Princess Tina as the regular illustrator for Jenny Butterworth's hugely popular strip about Sue Day and her family 'The Happy Days'. 'The Byrds', with a storyline based loosely on 'Swiss Family Robinson', made full use of his talent for depicting the lively chaos of a large but close-knit family:
...Subsequently I'm pretty sure he went on to produce a great deal of work for DC Thomson.
- Phil Rushton
...Subsequently I'm pretty sure he went on to produce a great deal of work for DC Thomson.
- Phil Rushton
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From Buster & Jet 1st January 1972
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From Buster & Jet January 12th 1974.
similar to 'The Jet Skaters
Sozzy about the last scan 'ad a drink
similar to 'The Jet Skaters
Sozzy about the last scan 'ad a drink
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thanks for all the scans..lots to read now and enjoy...
thanks for the merge..also I'll save ebay pictures next time..Doh!
thanks for the merge..also I'll save ebay pictures next time..Doh!
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All this IPC stuff is just wonderful; it's amazing that so much of this quality material was available new, every week, for mere pennies.
Some great perspectives in Sam's City Jungle. Almost every pic is from a dynamic new angle. Joe Colquhoun at his best, methinks. Mind you, Ski-Board Squad is pretty dynamic, too.
I like Andrew Wilson's distinctive style there; can only remember 'Johnny on the Run' by name at the moment, though - it would have been about the period I stopped getting Buster.
The Pete's Pocket Army opening page is typically fab Lopez.
IPC ruled. (Oh yes they did!)
Some great perspectives in Sam's City Jungle. Almost every pic is from a dynamic new angle. Joe Colquhoun at his best, methinks. Mind you, Ski-Board Squad is pretty dynamic, too.
I like Andrew Wilson's distinctive style there; can only remember 'Johnny on the Run' by name at the moment, though - it would have been about the period I stopped getting Buster.
The Pete's Pocket Army opening page is typically fab Lopez.
IPC ruled. (Oh yes they did!)