UPDATED: Worzel Gummidge monthly

I've looked before (here) at Marvel UK's Worzel Gummidge weekly so I thought it only right that I also look at its predecessor title Worzel Gummidge weekly. This ran for a dozen issues in 1981/2 and at least some of the issues contain comic artwork by John Cooper.

Worzel Gummidge monthly, Marvel UK, issue 1, October 1981

Worzel Gummidge monthly, Marvel UK, issue 2, November 1981

Worzel Gummidge monthly, Marvel UK, issue 3, December 1981

Worzel Gummidge monthly, Marvel UK, issue 4, January 1982

Worzel Gummidge monthly, Marvel UK, issue 5, February 1982

Worzel Gummidge monthly, Marvel UK, issue 6, March 1982

Worzel Gummidge monthly, Marvel UK, issue 7, April 1982

Worzel Gummidge monthly, Marvel UK, issue 8, May 1982

Worzel Gummidge monthly, Marvel UK, issue 9, June 1982

Worzel Gummidge monthly, Marvel UK, issue 10, July 1982

Worzel Gummidge monthly, Marvel UK, issue 11, August 1982

Worzel Gummidge monthly, Marvel UK, issue 12, September 1982

All images taken from here

UPDATED: Buster Puzzle Books - incomplete listing, can you help?

Spotted this on ebay the other day and I thought I'd see if I could scoop up images of the cover of the 'Buster puzzle book' as they were a series I'd not come across before. Here's what I've found so far...The series ran from 1975 to at least 1985...

Now added in the 1976 special (thanks to Cristiano Pereira) - so that just leaves 1980 and 1986+ to find 

Buster puzzle book 1975 (25p)

Buster puzzle book 1976 (25p) 



Buster puzzle book 1977 (30p)

Buster puzzle book 1978 (35p)

Buster puzzle book 1979 (40p)

Buster puzzle book 1980 (??p)
no image to hand

Buster puzzle book 1981 (45p)

image c/o Comics UK website

Buster puzzle book 1982 (50p)

Buster puzzle book 1983 (50p)

Buster puzzle book 1984 (55p) 

Buster puzzle book 1985 (60p) - on the right

UPDATED: Denis Gifford books

Having recently failed to acquire this book below it made me wonder of there are any other Denis Gifford books I don't know about out there.

So I thought I'd better see what books I think exist and then see if anyone can spot any gaps, right then, in date order we have as follows...

New addition this time is a collection of comics reprints.

A). Comic reference books

Discovering comics (1971)

Stap me! The British newspaper strip (1971)

The British comic catalogue 1874-1974 (1975)

Happy days - one hundred years of comics (1975)

(published by Jupiter books)

Victorian comics (1976)

British comics and storypaper guide! 1982

The international book of comics (1984)

This book is available with a variety of covers and comes in softback and hardback...

First up a WH Smith exclusive (softback)

Next up a WH Smith exclusive (hardback)

Next, normal edition (hardback)

Next, normal edition (softback)

and then there's this edition too...(softback, 1990)

The complete catalogue of British comics (1985)

Encyclopedia of comic characters (1987)

Happy days - one hundred years of comics (1988)

(published by Bloomsbury books)

Comics at war (1988)

The Eagle book of cutaways (1988)

The best of Eagle annual, 1951-1959 (1989)

The story paper price guide (1989)

The comic art of Charlie Chaplin (1989)

The international book of comics (1990)

The best of Girl annual, 1952-1959 (1990)

Christmas comic posters (1991)

Discovering comics (1991)

Super Duper Supermen! (1992)

(also available as a book of postcards)

Space aces! (1992)

(also available as a book of postcards)

B). Other Denis Gifford books with comic content

Run, Adolf, run: the world war two fun book (1975)

Stewpot's fun book (1977)

The Morecambe and Wise comic book! (1977)

Quick on the draw (1978)

Eric and Ernie's TV fun book (1978)

The two Ronnies comic book! (1978)

C). Catalogues of Denis Gifford's collection

Here are some more images relating to the book that made me write this post initially...

And now a book in Italian...

and now we can add in another Denis Gifford production from 1975...a one-off this, yes, it's "Penny comics of the thirties". A 2nd volume was planned but never produced.