What comics did you buy today?

[AndyB]

I bought the Whizzer and Chips Annual 1981 yesterday - only £2 for light pen marks over Chips on the front cover, no other damage. A snip!

[colcool007]

Just finished the auction on this lot and I was the highest bidder.

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I look forward to getting them and seeing what stories I recognise from other D C Thomson publications. I will also enjoying looking at the spot illustrations and playing Spot The Artist.

I know they are not in the greatest of condition. However, I am looking for reading copies and getting these at less than 30p per issue, then I won't complain at that bargain.

Well these comics arrived today and they are in a right old state. But at least the seller didn't say that there were in good condition for their age!

They are all readable (so I am happy with that) and they jump across the last years of Rover and Wizard from 22 August 1964 until the last issue. Looking forward to seeing what stories I have read before.

[AndyB]

Best of Whizzer and Chips Monthly January 1985, April 1985
Whizzer and Chips 13/6/81, 7/5/83 (No. 700), 9/3/85, 20/4/85, 27/4/85, 4/5/85, 25/5/85
Best of Whoopee Monthly July 1985, November 1985, December 1985
Wow 32 8/1/83

And "reading copies" of:
Buster Comic Library 11, 12, 13, 20
Dandy Comic Library 21, 32, 57
Beano Comic Library 49, 56, 72
Beano Puzzle Book 20
Nipper 3, 5 and... 1.
The big comics were £21. The reading copies were £2 for a wee bag.

[abacus]

Back from carboot today still struggling to find uk comics apart from recent ones which I'm not interested in collecting, however bought the follow dc comics.

Dc G.I. Combat July1975 50p
Dc G.I. Combat Apr1975 50p
Dc Star Spangled War stories June1975 50p
Dc Weird War tales Aug1975 50p

Hope next week to find those illusive UK comics.

[starscape]

Car boot sale today, got a couple of Hotspur annuals for £3 (he had lots more annuals and a few comics, so I'll go back again for some Warlords at least), another guy had a load of Commandos, so I got 10 for £5. I chose the weird ones, like Romans, time travellers etc. Shame they seem to have gone back to just the World Wars now. It vastly reduces the appeal for me. I also got a life size cut out of Dredd. I presume it was for Lawman of the Future as it has that Stallone look. Could have been for the movie I guess but it's still very much a comic form, rather than movie-esque. That cost a whole 20p!

[bigd-ek]

Continuing my 'quest' this year to re-collect all the UK annuals I once owned in the 70s:

4 annuals bought in antique shop off Byres Road in Glasgow last weekend
Dandy Book 73
Topper Book 73
Topper Book 74
Sparky Book 75

All in great condition, £15 total and the owner agreed I was getting a bargain.
I remember saving up my pocket money for a couple of weeks to buy the 74 Topper (50p) from our local newsagent after I saw it's great cover displayed in the front window - I was 8 and it was probably the first thing I ever saved for!

[bigd-ek]

Sparky Book 1972 off eBay - really nice condition for only £4

The stories and art are all quite brilliant with a special mention for the 'Years to remember' feature with numerous glorious double page spreads. I remember buying this at a jumble sale held in my primary school in (probably) 1974 and being really pleased with my purchase - well I've got that feeling once again!

[bigd-ek]

Bought 2 Marvel UK annuals off eBay for only £6 combined

The Incredible Hulk 78
The Avengers 78


I don't recall ever having originally owned a copy of either book and in fact was completely unaware of the Hulk annual until I stumbled across this copy on eBay. Both really nice condition and although I've already got all the stories elsewhere in my US Marvels they are a welcome addition to my ever expanding collection of UK annuals from the 70s.

[Richard S.]

Thunderbirds - the comic collection. Was £25, down to £8,99 in the book warehouse! 264 pages of comicy goodness, looks great.

[bigd-ek]

Collected a couple of e-bay purchases from the post office this morning;

Spider-Man Annual 1976
Spider-Man Annual 1977

All stories with art by the great Ross Andru. I've never owned either of these UK annuals before, although I remember my cousin spotting the 1977 annual in a jumble sale just before me. I was absolutely gutted, but he was good enough to lend it to me after he'd read it.

[SID]

The entire run (2nd) of Vulcan. Cost me a couple of quid but was worth it to get all the 28 issues.

[stevezodiac]

Not a comic but last Saturday I picked up the last issue of The Daily Herald for a quid - the next day it was relaunched as The Sun. This was in 1964 and the Sun started life as a broadsheet newspaper. The Daily Herald has a full page ad for the Sun inside. Today I picked up another copy of the last Daily Herald but it was a bit different so obviously a different pressing. Ephemera fair in Bloomsbury tomorrow where I usually find some comics or vintage magazines.

[abacus]

Back today from carboot,bought the following--

Thunderbirds annual 1992 paid 50p
Thunderbirds annual 1993 paid 50p
Wild West comic annual 1955 paid £2
Goodies Fun Book 1977 paid 50p
This is a paperback book and has the crossword inked in but is full of various comic strips such as Invaders from space, Sweet tooth, Wagon Train and of couse the Goodies.used condition.
Tiger annual 1958 paid £1
Tiger annual 1960 paid £1

Passed up the chance of buying old Eagle annuals because even at the time of the 50s comic I thought they were slightly disappointing.

[Marionette]

Five issues of Spellbound, leaving me with only seven to go to complete the set. Whatever shall I do once that is achieved?

[Phoenix]

Five issues of Spellbound, leaving me with only seven to go to complete the set. Whatever shall I do once that is achieved?

Write a detailed index of it along the lines of your Tammy Project, but including information about the whole content, not just synopses of the serials and completes, and set the paper in its context.