Puss in Boots comic - pilot issues

In his The complete catalogue of British comics (page 188) Denis Gifford notes the following about a title call Puss In Boots

1969 pilot issue, 24 pages

1970 pilot issue, 24 pages

different editions of this unpublished comic

Here's what those comics looked like. They were up for auction recently here

1969 pilot issue

1970 pilot issue

The most obvious difference between the two issues is the pattern on the giant wall picture.

Big Value Comic (1995)

Big Value Comic was a short-lived (just 18 issues in total) all reprint comic from 1995 featuring material from Buster, Whizzer and Chips, Whoopee and Big Comic Fortnightly. 

Here's my (incomplete) covers gallery...

Big Value comic #1, February 24th 1995

Big Value comic #2, March 10th 1995

Big Value comic #3, March 24th 1995

Big Value comic #4, April 7th 1995

Big Value comic #5, April 21st 1995

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Big Value comic #6, May 5th 1995

Big Value comic #7, May 19th 1995

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Big Value comic #8, June 2nd 1995

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Big Value comic #9, June 16th 1995

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Big Value comic #10, June 30th 1995

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Big Value comic #11, July 14th 1995

Big Value comic #12, July 28th 1995

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Big Value comic #13, August 11th 1995

Big Value comic #14, August 25th 1995

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Big Value comic #15, September 8th 1995

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Big Value comic #16, September 22nd 1995

Big Value comic #17, October 6th 1995

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Big Value comic #18, October 20th 1995

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JNPs - an incomplete list

Following on from my post the other day about Nutty / Krazy (here) it occurred to me that a list of Juvenile New Projects would be a good idea / fruitless project! So far it's a pretty short list but stuff will get added to the list over time I'm sure.

So far we know about...

13). 2000AD - here's a page from MACH1 - you can see the JNP coding in the bottom right hand corner of the page

41). Here's Nutty / Krazy

55). Captain Britain

as per this article here

69). On page 105 of 'Cover story - the 2000AD design of Robin Smith' Robin notes that JNP69 was the code for Zarjaz comic. This was to be a 2000AD spin-off title.

any help filling in any of the gaps in between would be much appreciated!

Dez Skinn has pointed out that JNP55 [Captain Britain] pre-dated 2000AD (JNP13) by about 5 years so the numbering makes no sense (unless they re-booted the JNP numbering system at some point).

Shiver and Shake - the editor writes

I looked here at a rare example of headed notepaper from a comic (in that case it was Monster Fun), now another example has surfaced (c/o Ian Hare) and my thanks to him for allowing me to share it here...

...if you know of any other examples of these 'letters from the editor' then do get in touch

Hit the jackpot

I'm always happy to feature comics free gifts on the blog especially more 'modern' ones - not just pre-war stuff given away with the regular issue of a comic. 

So this is right up my street - a free gift from Jackpot comic given to all readers whose joke was judged the funniest of the week.

This is currently up for sale on ebay here - bidding starts at 99p and runs until early evening on Saturday. Good luck if you bid!

All the jokes...

The editor declare joke  #6 the winner

 

Best of Misty Monthly

A quick look at 1986's The best of Misty monthly. I'll list out the stories re-printed in each issue and, where I can identify them, the artist involved.

The best of Misty monthly issue 1 (printed by IPC) - February 1986

Red knee-white terror! art by John Richardson

Hunt the ripper, art by Jesus Redondo

School of the lost...

Danger in the depths

The dummy, art by John Richardson

The best of Misty monthly issue 2 (printed by IPC) - March 1986

The not so genial genie

Cave of dread, art by John Armstrong

The four faces of Eve, art by Brian Delaney, script by Malcolm Shaw

Spend, spend, spend

The best of Misty monthly issue 3 (printed by IPC) - April 1986

The eyes of the gorgon 

Queen's weather

Hush, hush, sweet Rachel

Seal song

Alien seed

The best of Misty monthly issue 4 (printed by IPC) - May 1986

Who's a pretty boy then?

The queen's hair

The body snatchers

The guardian lynxes

Examination nerves, art by John Richardson

The love and the laughter

The best of Misty monthly issue 5 (printed by IPC) - June 1986

The final piece

Titch's tale..., art by John Richardson

Hangman's alley, art by Jesus Redondo

The family

Screaming point!, art by Jesus Redondo

It's a dog's life

The best of Misty monthly issue 6 (printed by IPC) - July 1986

Safe until morning

Slowcoach

Curse of the condor

House of horror

Last encounters

The day the sky grew dark, art by Romero

House of faith...

Danse macabre

Reflections, art by John Armstrong

The best of Misty monthly issue 7 (printed by IPC) - August 1986

The sad eyes of sorrow art by John Richardson

Song of Petina

An eye for an eye..., art by Jesus Redondo

Day of the dragon

Run, rabbit, run!

If only...

Who killed teacher?

Going...going...gone! art by John Armstrong

The best of Misty monthly issue 8 (printed by IPC) - September 1986

Catch me if you can...

Cry baby!

Mummy

The uglies, art by John Richardson

Miss Cassidy's cat...

The power of young Melissa, art by Romero

Fancy another jelly baby?

The treatment

The devil's dummy

Malice in wonderland

Nobody's child

The lighthouse keeper's daughter

Monster of green acres

Roots

Best of Misty Monthly - part 4 (of 4)

A quick look at 1986's The best of Misty monthly. I'll list out the stories re-printed in each issue and, where I can identify them, the artist involved.

Part 1 was here

Part 2 was here

Part 3 was here

The best of Misty monthly issue 7 (printed by IPC) - August 1986

The sad eyes of sorrow art by John Richardson

Song of Petina

An eye for an eye..., art by Jesus Redondo

Day of the dragon

Run, rabbit, run!

If only...

Who killed teacher?

Going...going...gone! art by John Armstrong

The best of Misty monthly issue 8 (printed by IPC) - September 1986

Catch me if you can...

Cry baby!

Mummy

The uglies, art by John Richardson

Miss Cassidy's cat...

The power of young Melissa, art by Romero

Fancy another jelly baby?

The treatment

The devil's dummy

Malice in wonderland

Nobody's child

The lighthouse keeper's daughter

Monster of green acres

Roots

Best of Misty Monthly - part 2 (of 4)

A quick look at 1986's The best of Misty monthly. I'll list out the stories re-printed in each issue and, where I can identify them, the artist involved.

The best of Misty monthly issue 3 (printed by IPC) - April 1986

The eyes of the gorgon 

Queen's weather

Hush, hush, sweet Rachel

Seal song

Alien seed

The best of Misty monthly issue 4 (printed by IPC) - May 1986

Who's a pretty boy then?

The queen's hair

The body snatchers

The guardian lynxes

Examination nerves, art by John Richardson

The love and the laughter

Blue Peter holiday special - Eric Bradbury

Another snippet from the 'Blue Peter holiday special' (1976)...

This time I've included it because the art is by Eric Bradbury. It mainly looks like Eric Bradbury, some of it doesn't quite look like his work so I'm going to put this down as a bit of a Bradbury 'rush job' - anyway, over to you to see if you can catch the crook...

Blue Peter holiday special - the IPC archive

From the one and only 'Blue Peter holiday special' (1976) comes this glimpse into the IPC archive - whoever Mr Clarke was what a job he had looking after the IPC archive, enjoy these rare images.

new Eagle photo locations

Following on from some recent posts about the actors in the new Eagle photo strips (fumetti) I thought I'd show some of the locations used in the strips...

7th August 1982 - Waterloo station

The general walks down the steps at Waterloo station (from issue dated 27th November 1982)

The outside of Kings Reach Tower (according to the newsagents) from new Eagle 12th March 1983

ThFrom 23rd April 1983 - a parade of shops in Ham (in South West London)

From 30th July 1983 and the Uglees are wandering around near Kingston station on the road to Richmond, old bingo hall just visible in frame 3

Rare British comic original art up for sale this weekend

Spotted on ebay here's a couple of lovely items on offer from seller d.g100 [not me!]

The first is here and is a Carlos Ezquerra commission re-creating the cover of Battle from October 1976 - bid from £550 or make an offer...bidding closes at Sunday lunchtime.  

Here's a few images...

The seller also has (here) a Charley's War cover from 1980 by Joe Colquhoun - same price as above and, again, bidding ends on Sunday lunchtime. 

IPC juvenile group - who was who?

From the Comics 101 convention brochure we have the question...who's who on the elephant?

Conrad from 'Space Spinner' guesses Alan Grant with the big tie and John Wagner with the paste.

Barrie Tomlinson ID's John Sanders top right and maybe art editor Royman Browne climbing the ladder.

There may be some clues in this image taken from the Comics 103 brochure just 2 years later