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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 15, 2019 15:56:34 GMT -5
Going back I think you missed this Marvel title that started in late 1980... I'm not sure if it actually had Steranko Nick Fury stories or not, the ad in another Marvel comic of the time lists Micronauts, Seeker 3000 (Marvel Premiere), Starlord, Paladin (Marvel Premiere), and Warlock. Can't imagine room for anything else. With #36 it goes monthly and has Star Trek, and 'Space Knights' might refer to Rom?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2019 16:00:49 GMT -5
Thanks. If I've missed anything, feel free to let me know or add a cover. Maybe I should cover the pocketbooks, too!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2019 16:37:37 GMT -5
Oh, and I could do a "DC in the UK" topic at some point if people were interested?
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 15, 2019 19:07:46 GMT -5
Thanks. If I've missed anything, feel free to let me know or add a cover. Maybe I should cover the pocketbooks, too! I saw ads for some of the pocketbooks in the Doctor Who magazines, looked like some early Ditko in the Spider-Man ones like this one... and Kirby in The Fantastic Four. Another title was Chiller. I don't know how long these lasted. Were they b&w inside? Curious about any DC comics too!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2019 19:12:23 GMT -5
They were indeed black and white inside. I'll include some soon!
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Post by Confessor on Jul 15, 2019 20:40:04 GMT -5
I think it'd be a good idea, having reached the chronological end, to revisit a thing or two, including the various reboots of the UK Star Wars title and the numerous changes that Spidey's comic had over its 666-issue run. Now you're just playing to the gallery! I saw ads for some of the pocketbooks in the Doctor Who magazines... The Marvel UK pocket books of the late '70s were some of the very first comics I ever had. My Mum used to buy them for me, but it was so early and I was so young, that I don't really remember which issues I had. I'm pretty certain I had at least one Spider-Man issue and a Fantastic Four one, but I also recall having an early Iron Man story (when he was in the clunky bathtub armour) in one of the books, so that may've been a Titans pocket book. I'm pretty sure I couldn't really read them either, that's how young I was!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 4:58:48 GMT -5
Well, it's a good idea you had. There are some pretty cool annuals, too. You know, as a kid, I felt that was one area Americans could be envious of us. Their annuals were just comics with a few more pages. Our annuals were hardback books with reprints, features, text stories, etc. I felt smug.
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Post by Confessor on Jul 16, 2019 7:08:34 GMT -5
There are some pretty cool annuals, too. You know, as a kid, I felt that was one area Americans could be envious of us. Their annuals were just comics with a few more pages. Our annuals were hardback books with reprints, features, text stories, etc. I felt smug. Oh yeah, UK annuals were great. Bigger size, nice hardcover exteriors, better quality paper and printing...they were far superior to U.S. annuals.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 7:45:03 GMT -5
I found this at a car boot sale when I was about 12: In addition to a US reprint and two text stories, there was also an episode guide for the live-action series. I remember putting a tick next to each episode as I eventually saw them (Rhino Video released some episodes on VHS).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 8:43:30 GMT -5
Okay, at the beginning of this topic, we learnt of Spider-Man Comics Weekly, debuting in 1973: Three years later, The Super-Heroes merged with Spider-Man Comics Weekly to become Super Spider-Man: In 1979, The Mighty World of Marvel ceased publication. It was merged with the Spidey title, but the Spidey title became Spider-Man Comic: Bearing in mind, too many images in a post could be unfair to those with slow internet connections, we'll find out what the long-running Spidey title morphed into tomorrow. Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel (oops, wrong superhero). Obviously, as shown above, it didn't renumber whenever it had a metamorphosis.
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Post by chaykinstevens on Jul 17, 2019 16:58:59 GMT -5
Super Spider-Man merged with the Titans (issues #199–#230) and Captain Britain (issues #231–254) before Dez the Knife turned it into Spider-Man Comic. The merger with the former Mighty World of Marvel, Marvel Comic, came later. According to Wikipedia, the merged title was called The Spectacular Spider-Man Weekly and Marvel Comic for three issues, before the name was shortened to the Spectacular Spider-Man Weekly. Marvel Comic's numbering was quickly revived for the monthly title Marvel Super-Heroes, best remembered for the revival of Captain Britain by Dave Thorpe, Alan Davis and Alan Moore.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2019 5:07:47 GMT -5
Here's The Spectacular Spider-Man Weekly: In 1980, it became this: It morphed into this in 1981: More soon (is three images per post about right for people with slower internet connections?).
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Post by chaykinstevens on Jul 18, 2019 16:00:16 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it actually had Steranko Nick Fury stories or not, the ad in another Marvel comic of the time lists Micronauts, Seeker 3000 (Marvel Premiere), Starlord, Paladin (Marvel Premiere), and Warlock. Can't imagine room for anything else. As you guessed, Future Tense didn't contain any Steranko SHIELD stories. These had already been reprinted in the Titans and Captain Britain, except for the Centurius story from #2, which they had skipped for some reason. Was Fury's face retouched to make it look less like he was weaing an eye patch? I don't know why they included Paladin, as it wasn't sci-fi. The editor must have really liked Tom Sutton artwork, as he also drew Seeker 3000 and Star-Lord. Launching with Star Trek would have made more commercial sense than holding it back until #6. The Micronauts reprints featured excellent Pat Broderick/Armando Gil artwork. With #36 it goes monthly and has Star Trek, and 'Space Knights' might refer to Rom? Future Tense had picked up Rom reprints when Forces In Combat was merged into it. Rom #19-22 included Saga of the Spaceknights backups, so maybe they were reprinting them here. Unusual to see an artist's name on the cover. I wonder whether Gil Kane would have been flattered or annoyed that they were trying to use his name as a selling point. I don't suppose they were paying any of the artists for the privilege of reprinting their work.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2019 7:08:44 GMT -5
1983 saw Spidey's title become Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends: It became Spider-Man in '84: It then became Spidey Comic in 1985: It was then cancelled after 666 issues (eerie!). Earlier on in the topic, I shared the 666th cover, which didn't even feature Spidey prominently.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2019 7:36:43 GMT -5
Okay, let's revisit Marvel UK's Star Wars Weekly, which began in 1978: In 1980, it became The Empire Strikes Back Weekly: With its 140th issue, it became a monthly title: It became Star Wars Monthly with its 159th issue: They then restarted the title, calling it Return of the Jedi Weekly: And that comic ended in 1986: Thank you to Confessor for reminding me about this.
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