Tom Tully novels

As a kid I acquired a couple of cricket novels by Tom Tully that I'd seen advertised in new Eagle - a recent spot on ebay set me off looking for Tully's (non-comic character related) novels. These are what I've found so far. There are some well-known names contributing art to them.

Tom Tully - Little Ed (1979)

interior art by Lesley Smith

Tom Tully - Ed at large (1980)

cover illustration by Maggie Ling; interior art by Lesley Smith

Tom Tully - Look out...It's Little Ed! (1981)

interior art by Lesley Smith

Tom Tully - the space-waifs (1980)

illustrations by Penny Ives

Tom Tully - the magnificent 11 (1986)

cover art by John Higgins; interior art by Kim Raymond

Tom Tully - the show-down at Seabank (1987)

cover art and interior art by Geoff Senior

Tom Tully - fight on the run (1987)

cover artist unknown to me

Tom Tully - Robbo versus the World (1990)

illustrated by Yvonne Hutton

Tom Tully - Robbo 2, the world 0 (1990)

illustrated by Yvonne Hutton

The Robbo series seems to have been popular in Norway because the stories ran to at least 7 volumes...

All other Geoff Senior mentions on the blog are here

All other John Higgins mentions on the blog are here and here

 

Catawiki auction ending Thur 9th Sep 2021

The current Catawiki auction of original comic artwork is now open - bidding closes this evening - good luck if you bid

Here's a Don Lawrence page from The Trigan Empire

Here's a page (by Edward Kearon) of Robot Archie from a 1968 issue of Lion

Here's a Romero page of Modesty Blaise

Here's a Neville Colvin page of Modesty Blaise

Here's Keith 'Dan Dare' Watson drawing Battle of the Planets (from a 1981 issue of TV Comic)

UPDATED: Hurricanes comic - from DC Thomson

So this is clearly not to be confused with Hurricane comic (from the mid-1960s) but is in fact a 7 issue comic published by DC Thomson in 1994 - it was based on a cartoon series that ran from 1993-97 (it says here). The art is all very cartoon-y and is very different to what you might expect from a DC Thomson title. There's also plenty of photos of football players.

I'd like to comment further on the artists involved but for now I'll just start with scans for the particular issues I have - if you can help fill any gaps just get in touch. Thanks. 

UPDATE: I've added in a better cover scan of issue #4 and found a cover for issue #5
Only the cover of issue 7 remains unaccounted for - the search continues!

Hurricanes comic, DC Thomson, Issue 1

Hurricanes comic, DC Thomson, Issue 2

Hurricanes comic, DC Thomson, Issue 3

Hurricanes comic, DC Thomson, Issue 4

Hurricanes comic, DC Thomson, Issue 5


Hurricanes comic, DC Thomson, Issue 6

Hurricanes comic, DC Thomson, Issue 7 

no cover to hand - can you help?

UPDATED: Asterix presents Kryptix magazine

A further update on my look at Asterix presents Kryptix puzzle magazine...as you'll see from the images below I now have copies of the cover images for issues 3, 4 & 5. I'm still not clear how many issues were actually produced, but it was definitely 5!

Asterix presents Kryptix puzzle magazine, issue 3 (London Editions Magazines)

Asterix presents Kryptix puzzle magazine, issue 4 (London Editions Magazines)

Asterix presents Kryptix puzzle magazine, issue 5 (London Editions Magazines)

Here's an update to my original post (re-produced below) on Asterix presents Kryptix puzzle magazine...a seller on ebay listed issue #1 and I've lifted the images from that. The seller told me that they have 5 issues in their possession - so we may seem them for sale at some point. Anyway, the total number of issues is still unclear.

Here's a title I know almost nothing about...

...from London Editions magazine. Described in the October 1982 edition (volume 5, #7; issue 49) of Denis Gifford's Association of comic enthusiasts newsletter thus...

Scheduled for launch next Tuesday (September 14 1982) is "Kryptix puzzle magazine", a 50p quarterly produced and distributed by London Editions magazines, of Heaton Lane, Stockport, Cheshire. On full sale or return, it will be supported by advertisements in The Sunday Times colour supplement. The 48-page title offers "puzzles and brain-teasers for all the family", featuring the widely-popular cartoon character, Asterix the Gaul. Each issues will carry a competition with £250 in cash prizes"

The image above is the cover from #2 - but I've also found the image below which is un-numbered for some reason

The Comics Price Guide (here) has it lasting 16 issues - if the magazine was quarterly then 6 issues would have it lasting until 1986. I don't think that can have been the case because in issue 62 of Denis Gifford's Association of comic enthusiasts newsletter (volume 7, #1; March/April 1984) has a note that the February 1984 issue (priced at 60p) is the last issue. Unfortunately no issue number or date is given. 

If it was indeed published quarterly then the schedule would have been something like:

Oct 1982

Jan 1983

April 1983

July 1983

Oct 1983

Jan 1984

April 1984

so that's not 16 issues. Hmmm, intriguing.

Any further clues anyone? Thanks

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

UPDATED: Steve Parkhouse for Mad magazine

I've only recently discovered that Steve Parkhouse contributed to the UK edition of Mad magazine. Here's what I've found so far...

Mad magazine (UK edition) cover art for issue 151 (signed by Steve Parkhouse)

Mad magazine (UK edition) cover art for issue 153 (signed by Steve Parkhouse)

Mad magazine (UK edition) cover art for issue 155 (signed by Steve Parkhouse)

Mad magazine (UK edition) cover art for issue 156 (not signed by Steve Parkhouse)

He also contributed some interior art to this issue

I understand he also contributed to 'Surefire cliches' in this issue

Mad magazine (UK edition) cover art for issue 157 (not signed by Steve Parkhouse)

Mad magazine (UK edition) cover art for issue 161 (not signed by Steve Parkhouse)

Mad magazine (UK edition) cover art for issue 166 (not signed by Steve Parkhouse)

All other mention of Steve Pakhouse on the blog can be found here

Catawiki auction ending Thur 9th Sep 2021

The current Catawiki auction of original comic artwork is now open - bidding closes next Thursday

Here's a Don Lawrence page from The Trigan Empire

Here's a page (by Edward Kearon) of Robot Archie from a 1968 issue of Lion

Here's a Romero page of Modesty Blaise

Here's a Neville Colvin page of Modesty Blaise

Here's Keith 'Dan Dare' Watson drawing Battle of the Planets (from a 1981 issue of TV Comic)

Jonny Quest - the real adventures

I've looked before at comics from Titan comics (here) and I wanted to look at another title I know very little about. Jonny Quest - The Real Adventures ran in 1996/7 for, I think, 9 issues (see below for more details). 

The title reprinted strip material previously published by Dark Horse Comics as The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, based on the animated updated version of the 1960s original show. That series ran for twelve issues and three specials, but Titan’s title did not run the course due to disappointing sales, the TV series not proving a success in the UK.

 

So, without further ado, here's my covers gallery. As ever, there are a few (!) gaps so if you can help out do let me know.

Jonny Quest - the real adventures comic, Titan comics, issue 1, October 1996

Jonny Quest - the real adventures comic, Titan comics, issue 2, November 1996

image not to hand - can you help?

Jonny Quest - the real adventures comic, Titan comics, issue 3, December 1996

image not to hand - can you help?

Jonny Quest - the real adventures comic, Titan comics, issue 4, January 1997

image not to hand - can you help?

Jonny Quest - the real adventures comic, Titan comics, issue 5, February 1997

image not to hand - can you help?

Jonny Quest - the real adventures comic, Titan comics, issue 6, March 1997

Jonny Quest - the real adventures comic, Titan comics, issue 7, April 1997

image not to hand - can you help?

Jonny Quest - the real adventures comic, Titan comics, issue 8, May 1997

image not to hand - can you help?

Jonny Quest - the real adventures comic, Titan comics, issue 9, June 1997

image not to hand - can you help?

I note that in issue #82 (June 1997) of Comics International lists issue #9 in the 'Advance listings' section but in issue #83 Jonny Quest is listed as cancelled. I'm therefore assuming it runs until issue 9.

Tiger #1 sells for a roarsome sum

The latest compal comics (here) saw a copy of the first issue of Tiger reach a truly breathtaking £2,200 (hammer price)

The description of the lot (here) describes the lot thus...

Lot # 74:

Tiger No 1 (1954)
First Roy of the Rovers by Stewart Colwyn (Frank S. Pepper)
Bright cover with migrating rust marks, two 1" tears to front cover margin, four 1" tears to back cover margins [vg/fn]
£60-80

Here's the screenshot showing the hammer price...

So that (reasonable estimate) was comprehensively smashed - I can't believe the price. I don't have notes on prices realised for key British #1's but this must rank as one of the highest prices paid for a post-war British comic. Astonishing. 

Gosh announce Marshal Law Super Babylon print

Gosh comics have announced the production of a limited edition Marshal Law print

Right here it says...

The atmosphere in the superhero filled basement has become decidedly icy, as Marshal Law, San Futuro’s meanest cape killer, returns to Gosh! in this exclusive print by the master of manic masterpieces Kevin O’Neill! Extremely limited at an edition of just 50, this signed, A3 Giclee, on high-white smooth archival paper, features the iconic image that originally graced the cover of Marshall Law: Super Babylon. 

Created by Pat Mills (the final boss of entertaining genre comics that make a point) and Kevin O’Neill (the king of the beguiling yet unsettling line), Marshal Law debuted in 1987 at Marvel’s Epic imprint, before heading up a stonking lineup of British talent in the short lived anthology Toxic! More recently collected in a deluxe format by DC, Marshall Law is one of the most iconic figures in British comics. In the spirit of Judge Dredd and with no small influence on the current hit series The Boys, Marshal Law is a violent, satirical comic about a futuristic law official charged with policing super-heroes gone rogue by any means necessary, all the while fighting his own self-loathing for being the thing he hates most: a super-hero. 

Our exclusive print is a grisly visual, depicting superhero hunter Joe Gilmore, aka Marshal Law, doing what he does best: dispensing the ultimate justice to a sickening and pathetic super hero. “Just another day in paradise” as the big man would say.   

Remastered from the original art, this A3 Giclee is printed on 315 gsm high-white, smooth, 100% cotton stock paper. Signed by Kevin O'Neill, the print is limited to an edition of 50, and retails for £45

You can buy a maximum of 3 copies of the print

All other references to Kev O'Neill on the blog can be found here