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What comics did you read as a kiddie?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I was lucky in that I got 2 a week, my Mum paid for one and my Nan paid for one  bless her soul.
The Beano was almost an ever present, then the 2nd one went through phases .. at one time Nutty, original home of Bananaman, then short flings with Buddy and Champ which were more action based boys type comics, and there was a comic called Hoot which was short lived - about a year I think.
And I also got some sneaky reads of my sisters Misty and when she was older her Jackie magazine (I learnt a lot about girls from Jackie!)
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By *yron69Man
over a year ago
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My life as a kid was comics.’
I can remember being excited about the first edition of The Shiver and Shake.
But most popular were
The Victor and Hotspur
Beans and Dandy
Warlord
Battle Action
and those little war comic books like The Commando |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Remember getting excited about the Summer Specials? Big A3 sized editions on shiny paper (that was unusual back in those days as the comics were usually printed on newspaper style paper).
I used to get one to read on the way to the annual Summer holiday at Butlins in Minehead or Porthtowan etc |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Topper......."
 I had the odd Topper in between but never a regular read .. about 2 years ago someone was selling an almost pristine complete years worth (1982 I think) on eBay, so I got them for about £20. Almost like new, been kept boxed away so no ageing or discolouring. A great bit of nostalgia! |
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2000 A.D.
Still have most of them in sealed boxes somewhere in the attic from about prog 400 onwards. Lost prog 1-399 when my mother decided to burn these "worthless comics" taking up space in my bedroom at the time.
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Beano, Disney, Bunty (little picket sized thing) and whatever we could get our hands on in Germany. The American PX was a good source of something different, Spiderman, Batman Snoopy and remember some solider one as well. Asterix was a favourite and still pick them up occasionally now. My grandad also used to save up the comic strips from English newspapers, Andy Cap and alike and post them over every couple of months.
There was a lot more to comics than the kids get now. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"2000 A.D.
Still have most of them in sealed boxes somewhere in the attic from about prog 400 onwards. Lost prog 1-399 when my mother decided to burn these "worthless comics" taking up space in my bedroom at the time.
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Haven't got the comics but I've still got some 2000AD, Judge Dredd and a Rogue Trooper annual(s). |
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"Misty, Jackie, Smash Hits and an other mag I can't remember the name of that use to have song lyrics in. "
I’d forgotten Misty & Smash Hits, reminded me of another one that did the rounds at school, Look-In, mixture of music, movies and general stuff |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I loved Beano... especially Denis the Menace & Gnasher...fond memories"
My mate was convinced it was pronounced G-nasher and wouldn’t accept that the G was silent |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The titles wouldn't tell you a thing.. different language but I had my favourite series  "
Were they funny cartoon strips or more magaziney format? Did the teen girls mags have lots of pics of dishy male pop stars? |
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Blimey my mine is going back a long time here!
Think it was Bunty and Judy first
Then onto Jackie
Then Look-in and Just 17 and smash hits I think!
We always got the annuals for Xmas. Always made me laugh when my brother unwrapped the Jackie one and I unwrapped the Beano  . My mum always got them mixed up |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Blimey my mine is going back a long time here!
Think it was Bunty and Judy first
Then onto Jackie
Then Look-in and Just 17 and smash hits I think!
We always got the annuals for Xmas. Always made me laugh when my brother unwrapped the Jackie one and I unwrapped the Beano . My mum always got them mixed up "
I learnt pretty much everything I know about periods from my sisters Jackie magazine!! |
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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
Asterix and Obelix books I had aplenty as a small child.
Later it was comics:
- Conan the Barbarian
- G.I. Joe
- The Uncanny X-Men
- Todd McFarlane's Spiderman
- Spawn! 
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles graphic novels
- Infinity Gauntlet series (I still own 3 pristine copies )
Yep, I was a geek |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"That's bringing back memories
Beano and Dandy for sure, then 2000AD when I was a bit older"
My older brother used to get 2000AD - never really got into it myself but maybe I was too young to appreciate it at the time |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The titles wouldn't tell you a thing.. different language but I had my favourite series
Were they funny cartoon strips or more magaziney format? Did the teen girls mags have lots of pics of dishy male pop stars? "
They were not girlie! Actually the main characters were boys and my favourite childhood books were often based around mini kids gangs getting up to lots of troubles and adventures |
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"Asterix and Obelix books I had aplenty as a small child.
Later it was comics:
- Conan the Barbarian
- G.I. Joe
- The Uncanny X-Men
- Todd McFarlane's Spiderman
- Spawn!
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles graphic novels
- Infinity Gauntlet series (I still own 3 pristine copies )
Yep, I was a geek "
Was?  |
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Beano, Beezer, Cor!!, Dandy amongst others, but I used to get hold of ma Cousin's copies of Jackie or whatever she was reading at the time and draw moustaches and glasses on the pictures of David Cassidy or whoever   |
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"Blimey my mine is going back a long time here!
Think it was Bunty and Judy first
Then onto Jackie
Then Look-in and Just 17 and smash hits I think!
We always got the annuals for Xmas. Always made me laugh when my brother unwrapped the Jackie one and I unwrapped the Beano . My mum always got them mixed up
I learnt pretty much everything I know about periods from my sisters Jackie magazine!! "
Hahaha. Bet my brother did too x |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Jinty and Misty were my first ones."
My sister had Misty as I said earlier .. a bit ahead of its time before vampires and shit like Twilight etc became big in more recent years - I used to read them all! |
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None. I was bought the Dandy once for a cub scout camp. Sadly my reading was so poor that I could read a simple kids comic (dyslexic). I tried to follow the plot through the images but it just felt a little immature to me. However I did enjoy the packet of sherbert double dab that came attached to the front. Obviously anything a bit more than the Dandy would have totally been unreadable. My inability to read put me off all literature as a kid. My favourite book growing up was the Readers Digest Road Map of the UK. I would spend hours planning routes and from a very young age I was the family navigator. No Sat navs back then and we travelled a lot. |
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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Asterix and Obelix books I had aplenty as a small child.
Later it was comics:
- Conan the Barbarian
- G.I. Joe
- The Uncanny X-Men
- Todd McFarlane's Spiderman
- Spawn!
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles graphic novels
- Infinity Gauntlet series (I still own 3 pristine copies )
Yep, I was a geek
Was? "
I might still have a teensy tiny little streak |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Lots of Marvel stuff
British... Planet of the Apes Weekly, Captain Britain, Spider-Man, Complete Fantastic Four, Rampage, Hulk Weekly, Warrior (Non Marvel)
US...Uncanny X-Men, Daredevil, Iron Man, Invaders, Star Wars, Fantastic Four, Dr Strange, Marvel Premiere, Marvel Preview and a few others as well.
As an adult I can recommend a lot by Ed Brubaker (Criminal in particular), Brian K Vaughn (Y that man) and Bendis (Powers and Daredevil)
Phew... |
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