Comic names from yesteryear

[tony ingram]

Re: Comic names from yesteryear

I had the Victor on subscription for years!

Alf Tupper - the tough of the track. Middle distance runner who never trained, always ate fish and chips immediately before races and more often than not came from the back of the field to win!

Anybody remember Billy's Boots? Billy was a brilliant footballer if he wore these old boots (originally owned by a mythical 'famous' footballer from years before) and useless without 'em.

Brilliant!

Ah, yes-the legendary Deadshot Keen's boots, as I recall? Though I couldn't quite stop myself disliking Billy. Talentless little berk, trading on someone else's skills! And how many times did his old granny have to absent mindedly chuck his magic boots away before he took the hint and stopped leaving them lying around? It happened at least once a year!

[rossobantam]

Re: Comic names from yesteryear

I had the Victor on subscription for years!

Alf Tupper - the tough of the track. Middle distance runner who never trained, always ate fish and chips immediately before races and more often than not came from the back of the field to win!

Anybody remember Billy's Boots? Billy was a brilliant footballer if he wore these old boots (originally owned by a mythical 'famous' footballer from years before) and useless without 'em.

Brilliant!

Only this week I was reading an Alf Tupper story...where some no-good tries to nobble a greyhound with some steak dosed with sleeping powder. Only, feeling famished, Alf polishes off the steak himself.....makes his run later that day interesting..he wins of course!

Funny how the early Victors (60's) were full of plenty of non-WW2 stuff.... strips about safaris, climbers (Robin Carew...aka Robinson Crusoe!), runners, boxers, adventurers etc ...and contained quite a few word-only stories ie no artwork/strip to go with them

As a 70's kid, I started on Shiver & Shake, then went to Warlord, and Battle (my favourite) from issue 1 onwards, March 1975

In the early 70's a neighbour used to leave me a huge pile of comics outside the back door every now & then...still gives me a warm glow when I remember that feeling of seeing the huge bundle before me!
Topper, Beezer, Victor...all sorts in it.
Kids nowadays don't know what they're missing!

[suzannewozere2]

Re: Comic names from yesteryear

Misty

[Ian D]

Re: Comic names from yesteryear

We'll do the adventure ones first, I'll kick off with :
Bullet
Hotspur
Victor
2000AD
Scorcher
Eagle
Battle

I had the Victor on subscription for years!

Alf Tupper - the tough of the track. Middle distance runner who never trained, always ate fish and chips immediately before races and more often than not came from the back of the field to win!

Anybody remember Billy's Boots? Billy was a brilliant footballer if he wore these old boots (originally owned by a mythical 'famous' footballer from years before) and useless without 'em.

Brilliant!

[tony ingram]

Re: Comic names from yesteryear

OK, offhand:
Dandy, Beano, Magic, Topper, Beezer, Sparky, Cracker, Buzz, Hoot, Nutty (all DC Thomson humour, with the Dandy still the longest running comic in the world), Hotspur, Rover, Wizard, Adventure, Skipper, Victor, Warlord, Bullet, Target, Commando (DC Thomson war/adventure titles, only Commando is still going), Bunty, Judy, Tracey, Mandy, Romeo, Spellbound, Diana, Princess, Tina (DC Thomson girls titles), Valiant, Lion, Vulcan, Battle, Star Lord, 2000AD, Target, Hurricane, Tornado, Crisis, Revolver, Scorcher, new Eagle, Action, Speed, Tiger, Scream, Judge Dredd Megazine, Diceman, Roy of the Rovers (IPC-Fleetway sports/adventure/war/SF titles, only 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine still going), Jackie, Misty (IPC girls titles), Terrific, Fantastic, Smash, Pow, Wham (Odhams 'Power Comics'), TV Comic, TV21, Look-In (miscellaneous TV related), Creepy Worlds, Tales of Suspense, Astounding Tales and about a dozen more I can't remember (Alan Class), Eagle, Swift, Robin, Girl (Hulton Press), Buster, Whizzer & Chips, Whoopee, Cor, Monster Fun, Krazy, Cheeky, Oink, Wow, School Fun, Shiver & Shake, Knockout (IPC humour), Spider-Man Comics Weekly, Mighty World of Marvel, Savage Sword of Conan, The Titans, The Superheroes, Planet of the Apes, Dracula Lives, The Avengers, Star Wars Weekly, Dr Who Weekly/Monthly, Fury, Complete Fantastic Four, Captain Britain, Hulk Comic, Forces in Combat, Future Tense, Valour, Marvel Action, Marvel Super Adventure, Marvel Team-Up, Marvel Superheroes, Rampage Weekly, Rampage Monthly, Chiller, Blockbuster, Savage Action, Monster Monthly, The Daredevils, Transformers, Zoids, Secret Wars, Strip!, Thor & X-Men, Star Heroes, Young Romance, Scooby Doo, Rupert Weekly, Worzel Gummidge, Frantic, Marvel Madhouse, Overkill and about thirty more with nearly identical names to some of those already mentioned (Marvel UK), Mickey Mouse Weekly (Longacre), Tarzan (Williams Publishing), Disney Time, Harold Hare, Puck, Judge, Comic Cuts, Illustrated Chips, Tiger Tim, Lot o' Fun, Picture Fun, Comic Life, The Rainbow (miscellaneous nursery comics) and Warrior (Quality Comics). Phew.

I'll try and think of some more later.

[suzannewozere2]

Re: Comic names from yesteryear

Little star.
Disneyland.
2000AD
warlord
commando
Judy
Beezer

[Lord Clod]

Re: Comic names from yesteryear

What about Robin ? and shiver & shake ?

[Oggy]

they were very similar though

[Aidan]

Used get the Dandy every Xmas - as popular as the Beano over here for some reason....

[Oggy]

Annuals were kool at christmas something I looked forward to my nan got me the Star Trek and Doctor Who annuals each year, i have loads of my old annuals and bought a few off Ebay too.

[Oggy]

I have a crush on Cruella DeVil from the disney cartoon, not Glenn Close, even find her sexy for some obscure reasoning. Can't recall Trix though.

[Aidan]

If I were you Momma I'd get a copy of that Victor & frame it.
Bet none of ye ever had a crush on a comic character - as I had on Disappearing Trix from Buster ( as a very young man...)

[tanas]

I used to get a Cor! annual every year for Christmas so I assume there was a comic out but never had it

[Oggy]

Twinkle.
Harold Hare
Jack and Jill
Disneyland.
Pippin

[foxy]

theres also.whizzer and chips.twinkle,blue jeans,was there also one called topper or was that a character called that,got a few of the old annuals and comics in the loft ,must bring em out for good read again lol