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Hi Andy. Sadly Dave Torrie has been dead a number of years.

You're welcome David. Sadly Chiz has been dead a long time as has Roy Paterson.

Iain Chisolm was the first editor of Beezer and the second editor of Sparky after Willie Mann. Roy Paterson was editor of Buzz and the Sunday Post Fun Section for a number of years amongst other things.

First appearance in Dandy no 1333 (10/6/67).

The Scarlet Javelins that you remember appeared in Hotspur nos 1157(10/1/59)-1164(28/2/59) and it featured on the full colour cover twice during its run firstly in issue no1158 and then more spectacularly in issue no1162 where the huge cactus is seen in all its glory with both full page ...

Hi Jacot,
When I get the chance to check the issues themselves tomorrow I'll give you more precise details but the story in question appeared in Jan/Feb 1959. It was a reprint of a Wizard story published seven years previously where it had been titled The Monster in Hyde Park. It would then ...

Hi fjg,

Just noticed this. I'll supply more details tomortow but the story you are looking for was called 'The Scarlet Javelins' and it appeared in the Hotspur in 1959 (1157-1164)

Got myself three comics recently. Two Christmas Beano comics Nos 547 & 548 in FN & VG cond. And one easter Dandy comic issue No.393 1949 in VG+ cond.

https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NbOOTqpO4OJ8l7kFPLZlM2E1akh4vxJVhQDgpfyuxoHxfBicwJ88IKkKBWLtaU2q4PLbry27yFUmeS ...

Got myself three comics recently. Two Christmas Beano comics Nos 547 & 548 in FN & VG cond. And one easter Dandy comic issue No.393 1949 in VG+ cond.

https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_NbOOTqpO4OJ8l7kFPLZlM2E1akh4vxJVhQDgpfyuxoHxfBicwJ88IKkKBWLtaU2q4PLbry27yFUmeS-ght6i6mIac6QOznwWuz ...

Hi Don,
That is exactly what it was I think. There was a whole series of one page picture features devoted to English and Scottish football club histories. If so, certainly Rover, not Victor.

The comic on the top shelf is Batman no 196 from Nov 1967.

Wow! I full run of Beano must only exist elsewhere in the British Library! Full runs of the Big 5 must also be few and far between, let alone the AP titles. I’m only one short of all of the Oldham’s titles myself, so I know how hard they can be to find.
Thank you for sharing info on such an ...

In nearly 50 years of collecting I've managed to amass a good number of complete collections
A complete collection of Beano, including all annuals, summer specials, comic libraries and all spinoff titles is my greatest achievement I suppose. Although I do also have all of Thomsons comic titles ...

In nearly 50 years of collecting I've managed to amass a good number of complete collections
A complete collection of Beano, including all annuals, summer specials, comic libraries and all spinoff titles is my greatest achievement I suppose. Although I do also have all of Thomsons comic titles since ...

You're welcome. They were most famous of course for drawing Laurel and Hardy for nearly thirty years.