| Comics and magazines 14:58 - Aug 27 with 583 views | BlacknGoldnBlue |
Those of us that are a certain vintage would have been brought up on comics and magazines..
In an age before household internet it was often the only way to get in-depth news and entertainment and posters for bedroom walls or covering school books.
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| Comics and magazines on 15:01 - Aug 27 with 558 views | solemio |
Eagle |  | | |
| Comics and magazines on 15:09 - Aug 27 with 535 views | J2BLUE |
Match - could relieve an hour or two of boredom for relatively cheap. It was basically the tabloid of football mags compared to 442 etc in terms of how it was written.
Various gaming magazines were occasional purchases. As was WWE magazine and music mags like Smash Hits then once I got older, Kerrang. |  |
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| Comics and magazines on 15:10 - Aug 27 with 536 views | bsw72 |
Speed, which evolved into Tiger and then into Eagle. Was also a big fan of the Commando Comic books in the early to mid 80s.
After I got into home computing and moved from my ZX81 to ZX Spectrum 48K (yes the rubber key special) I got Crash Magazine for a number of years, until I moved to Atari 520STFM and then into PCs.
Collected the whole series of Images of War as well, I think around 1988/89 (was reissued about 5 years later). |  | | |
| Comics and magazines on 15:12 - Aug 27 with 520 views | TheBlueGnu |
Razzle - for ahem,"personal", purposes. | |
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| Comics and magazines on 15:30 - Aug 27 with 480 views | Illinoisblue |
Was it Dandy or Beano that had the dog chasing a string of sausages down the road? |  |
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| Comics and magazines on 15:30 - Aug 27 with 478 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
'Buster' from about 5 til I was 11 or so. Also the 'Commando' mini books.
Then 'Shoot' or 'Match' from 12 onwards. |  |
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| Comics and magazines on 15:40 - Aug 27 with 445 views | IndependentlyBlue |
The Victor - Alf Tupper,the Tough of the Track.
Not sure if this was in The Victor but remember a character called Wee Bandy, who was a football god scoring the most spectacular goals, usually to win the match against all the odds.
Also Charles Buchan’s Football Weekly (maybe Monthly) |  |
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| Comics and magazines on 15:58 - Aug 27 with 410 views | wischip |
Lots of Marvel Comics. Plus Tiger, Whizzer & Chips, Action and 2000AD |  | | |
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| Comics and magazines on 16:03 - Aug 27 with 400 views | BasingstokeBlue |
Eagle + Shoot. |  |
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| Comics and magazines on 16:38 - Aug 27 with 352 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Victor. |  |
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| Comics and magazines on 16:39 - Aug 27 with 347 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Comics and magazines on 15:10 - Aug 27 by bsw72 |
Speed, which evolved into Tiger and then into Eagle. Was also a big fan of the Commando Comic books in the early to mid 80s.
After I got into home computing and moved from my ZX81 to ZX Spectrum 48K (yes the rubber key special) I got Crash Magazine for a number of years, until I moved to Atari 520STFM and then into PCs.
Collected the whole series of Images of War as well, I think around 1988/89 (was reissued about 5 years later). |
I loved those Commando comic books too, still have loads of them. | |
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| Comics and magazines on 16:40 - Aug 27 with 344 views | Radlett_blue |
| Comics and magazines on 15:40 - Aug 27 by IndependentlyBlue |
The Victor - Alf Tupper,the Tough of the Track.
Not sure if this was in The Victor but remember a character called Wee Bandy, who was a football god scoring the most spectacular goals, usually to win the match against all the odds.
Also Charles Buchan’s Football Weekly (maybe Monthly) |
Alf Tupper would usually be locked in a shed miles from the track where an event was being held, run to the meeting, be a lap down in the mile race but still come first. Afterwards, his dinner would be fish & chips "wrapped up in the sports pages". |  |
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| Comics and magazines on 16:46 - Aug 27 with 321 views | BlacknGoldnBlue |
I read so many Marvel comics.... Spiderman, X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Secret Wars...to name a few.
School Fun which became Buster.
Smash Hits/Look in.
2000ad - still stands the test of time as started reading them again. | |
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| Comics and magazines on 16:52 - Aug 27 with 311 views | Meadowlark |
Like many of a similar age "Eagle" and "Shoot," but we also got a magazine called "Knowledge" which wasn't really a comic, but was a marvellous source of information and included brilliant illustrations which I didn't quite appreciate at the time.
Beano was always around somewhere, and as my childhood disappeared and my adolescence merged into adulthood I moved on to "The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers" and "Fat Freddy's Cat." Finally "Viz" and "Private Eye."
Tells you all you need to know really.
I also used to like "The Numbskulls" in "Beezer." I expect Mick McArthy was a fan too. |  | | |
| Comics and magazines on 18:37 - Aug 27 with 238 views | GlasgowBlue |
Marvel Comics. My mum bought me this new comic called the Mighty World of Marvel in 1972. Came with a free iron on transfer of a green skinned monster.
I was absolutely hooked. The editor was a bloke called Stan Lee who talked directly to us kids with his own page.
Didn't realise at the time that they were reprints of America Marvel Comics from the 1960's.
Now I'm the proud owner of a virtually unbroken run of Amazing Spider-Man from 1963 to the early 2000's. Also have a run of Avengers from issue 1 (1963) to 200+, ditto DareDevil and some b=very early 1960's X-Men comics.
Just sent some of them to CGC to get them graded. Time to cash in on those childhood memories. [Post edited 27 Aug 21:10]
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| Comics and magazines on 18:57 - Aug 27 with 211 views | GeoffSentence |
warlord, beano, military modelling and whatever i found in the hedgerows |  |
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| Comics and magazines on 19:07 - Aug 27 with 193 views | EdwardStone |
| Comics and magazines on 16:52 - Aug 27 by Meadowlark |
Like many of a similar age "Eagle" and "Shoot," but we also got a magazine called "Knowledge" which wasn't really a comic, but was a marvellous source of information and included brilliant illustrations which I didn't quite appreciate at the time.
Beano was always around somewhere, and as my childhood disappeared and my adolescence merged into adulthood I moved on to "The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers" and "Fat Freddy's Cat." Finally "Viz" and "Private Eye."
Tells you all you need to know really.
I also used to like "The Numbskulls" in "Beezer." I expect Mick McArthy was a fan too. |
Have am uppie for name checking Fabulous Furry Freek Brothers
And of course Fat Freddie's Cat |  | | |
| Comics and magazines on 19:12 - Aug 27 with 184 views | Whos_blue |
Look in
Eagle
Smash Hits. |  |
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| Comics and magazines on 20:27 - Aug 27 with 134 views | iamatractorboy |
Late 80s, early 90s - Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Adventures (Loved the TV series. Wasn't aware there was a more grown up comic that started it all back in 1984)
Early, mid 90s - Shoot. I swear they did a team competition for stuff like longest throw, furthest kick, fastest player etc and when they got to Town we took the lead in all categories (it didn't last).
Early, mid 90s - Mean Machines Sega. Was a Sega kid growing up
Late 90s - FHM. No further comment. | | | |
| Comics and magazines on 20:37 - Aug 27 with 116 views | IndependentlyBlue |
| Comics and magazines on 16:40 - Aug 27 by Radlett_blue |
Alf Tupper would usually be locked in a shed miles from the track where an event was being held, run to the meeting, be a lap down in the mile race but still come first. Afterwards, his dinner would be fish & chips "wrapped up in the sports pages". |
IIRC Alf was a welder by trade and often had a ‘big job’ to get finished before the race. Can’t for the life of me remember his big rival at the swanky Athletics Club that Alf always pipped at the post. | |
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| Comics and magazines on 20:52 - Aug 27 with 100 views | WeWereZombies |
| Comics and magazines on 15:01 - Aug 27 by solemio |
Eagle |
I started off being fed 'Look and Learn' by Mum but rebelled and got into 'Eagle' before gravitating towards 'Valiant'. Always tried other comics though, the inevitable 'Beano' and 'Dandy', a flirtation with 'TV21' as 'Thunderbirds' and 'Stingray' etc. came on TV/ 'Buster', 'Beezer' and 'Whopper' featured if they were giving away freebies like those cardboard fold with paper glued into them that you flicked downwards to make a bang.
When music took over it started with 'Melody Maker' but I found that staid after a while and became a 'New Musical Express' bore. I did notice that my friends who read 'Sounds' seemed happier though...
Also had a thing for 'Man, Myth and Magic' for a while and when I discovered that you could get underground comics from Orwell Books I usually got hold of 'IT', 'Oz' and 'Frendz' as well as improving my musical tastes with 'Zigzag'.
When I moved to London 'Time Out' got well used. |  |
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| Comics and magazines on 20:55 - Aug 27 with 92 views | SuffolkITFC |
Roy of the Rovers obvs. | | | |
| Comics and magazines on 21:00 - Aug 27 with 70 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Comics and magazines on 18:37 - Aug 27 by GlasgowBlue |
Marvel Comics. My mum bought me this new comic called the Mighty World of Marvel in 1972. Came with a free iron on transfer of a green skinned monster.
I was absolutely hooked. The editor was a bloke called Stan Lee who talked directly to us kids with his own page.
Didn't realise at the time that they were reprints of America Marvel Comics from the 1960's.
Now I'm the proud owner of a virtually unbroken run of Amazing Spider-Man from 1963 to the early 2000's. Also have a run of Avengers from issue 1 (1963) to 200+, ditto DareDevil and some b=very early 1960's X-Men comics.
Just sent some of them to CGC to get them graded. Time to cash in on those childhood memories. [Post edited 27 Aug 21:10]
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I didn't know Spider-Man had been going that long. Three years before the Battle Of Hastings! | |
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| Comics and magazines on 21:13 - Aug 27 with 49 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Comics and magazines on 21:00 - Aug 27 by The_Flashing_Smile |
I didn't know Spider-Man had been going that long. Three years before the Battle Of Hastings! |
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