Free Doctor Who comic

[stevezodiac]

This Saturday's Daily Mirror contains a free Doctor Who comic. It will probably be an edited version of the normal comic but that will make it unique and a must for any Dr Who completists out there. The Daleks content will make it worth having anyway. Here's a scan of the ad in today's paper. There are five other free comics mentioned but it doesn't say how to get them, probably with a coupon from Tesco/Smiths etc.



Just noticed the lettering - straight from TV21 c1965. And the original movies of course but which came first? Anyone know who designed that lettering style?

[Brendan McGuire]

The Greeks?

[stevezodiac]

And now taken up by Geeks!

In the TV21 strips all the Dalek's word balloons were written in that style. Must have been murder for the letterer.

[Digifiend]

Not unlike this then... http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/forum/viewtop ... f=4&t=2744

Funny how ideas come back into fashion.

[steelclaw]

Nice one thanks for letting me know about this. I will buy the Mirror for sure.
I'm still keeping up with my Dr Who Adventure comics bought No.119 this morning.

[stevezodiac]

There will be a free Dr Who comic in the next five Saturday Daily Mirrors.

[Digifiend]

Yesterday's The People gave away a free National Geographic Kids magazine. Not what I'd call a comic (not one strip) but that's what the paper called it. Strange times.

Have Trinity Mirror got some hidden agenda, giving away free comics like this? That's two titles in the same weekend!

[Lew Stringer]

There will be a free Dr Who comic in the next five Saturday Daily Mirrors.

Looks like that idea soon fizzled out. I notice that from the third one it was reduced to an 8 page pullout with no strips.

Lew

[Digifiend]

Saturday's Daily Mirrors not selling enough maybe? Papers really shouldn't advertise something then do something else. It clearly says each issue would have a comic strip, and they haven't kept that promise.

Incidentally, if DWA wants to boost its sales, it would've been better off teaming up with The Sun, which sells far more copies than the Daily Mirror.

[PaulTwist]

Yeah but, y'know, The Sun. Ick.

[steelclaw]

It will be interesting to see what the 4th Issue is going to be like.

[Kremmen]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if there isn't anything at all. The newspapers seem to think its readers are stupid. In the 90s The Sun announced that every Saturday they'd have a Great American Comic with all-American comic strips, one of which was Spider-Man. In the middle of a storyline, they dropped the idea, but didn't bother teling the silly sods who might have actually been reading the damn thing!

Sounds as if the Mirror is doing the same thing.

EDIT Saturday morning:

I just had a look and it has now been shunted into the TV magazine as an 8-page pull-out.

[steelclaw]

The 4th issue is the Same as last weeks just a 8 page pull-out oh well the first 2 issues had strips in.

[steelclaw]

Well I managed to get all 6 of these Mini comics(plus the free poster in 'The Sunday Mirror) the first two with strips in were reprints, as were all the features.

[Digifiend]

I think we all know what news will be in next week's issue of DWA, and next month's DW Magazine - the Eleventh Doctor's costume, and the name of his companion. They were revealed yesterday, so if they'd continued to next weekend, the Mirror's DWA pullout would've been able to scoop the actual magazines!