I saw this advert in a copy of Tiger, i've never actually seen a super library, can anyone scan a cover or two on here so we can all see what the fuss is about. Steel Claw?
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FLEETWAY SUPER LIBRARIES
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Re: FLEETWAY SUPER LIBRARIES
Steve I can't believe you've never seen any.
That's the first ad I've ever seen in a comic, there must have been ads in other comics as well 'Lion' 'Valiant'
Total = 78 Fleetway Super Librarys Stupendous/Fantastic - 13 Steelclaw/13 Spider = 26 - Front Line = 26 & Secret Agent = 26 all produced between 1967/68.
They are the same size as Commando.
Fantastic was used only on Issue No.1 it then changed to Stupendous.
http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/04/b ... eries.html
That's the first ad I've ever seen in a comic, there must have been ads in other comics as well 'Lion' 'Valiant'
Total = 78 Fleetway Super Librarys Stupendous/Fantastic - 13 Steelclaw/13 Spider = 26 - Front Line = 26 & Secret Agent = 26 all produced between 1967/68.
They are the same size as Commando.
Fantastic was used only on Issue No.1 it then changed to Stupendous.
http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/04/b ... eries.html
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Great covers. I remember those Giant Comic Libraries which were twice as tall as the normal issues - a strange concept really. Saw some at the last ABC fair and they bring back memories of me as a child wondering what they were like.
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Re: FLEETWAY SUPER LIBRARIES
steelclaw wrote: Fantastic was used only on Issue No.1 it then changed to Stupendous.
Presumably to avoid confusion with retailers with Fantastic weekly, or perhaps Odhams gave Fleetway a warning about the similarity?
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Re: FLEETWAY SUPER LIBRARIES
I successfully bid for a few (Stupendous) on e-Bay last week. Just waiting for them to be delivered.
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