UPDATED: The incredible crash dummies - the comic

UPDATE 18/05/26: now with the cover for issue #4

From 1993 when, inexplicably, crash test dummies had a moment in the sun comes this tie-in comic The incredible crash dummies. It lasted at least 5 issues. Amy more information welcomed.

The incredible crash dummies comic, Redan, 1993, issue 1

The incredible crash dummies comic, Redan, 1993, issue 2

interior pages from issue #2

I can;t read the issue numbers here so...

I'm guessing the comic on the left is either issue 3 or 4

The issue on the right is number 5

The comic in the middle is titled 'The best of The incredible crash dummies' - no idea how many issues this ran to 

The incredible crash dummies comic, Redan, 1993, issue 4

Here's a slightly better cover image for 'Best of' - you can see it's the same cover as for issue #2

Tom & Jerry - Fleetway Editions

There are a LOT of Tom & Jerry comics out there and I certainly don't intend to do covers galleries for all of them. However, covers galleries for shorter run Tom & Jerry titles feel more achievable. 

I don't know much about this particular title so for now I'm just kicking off this gallery and will come back to it in due course once I find out more about it. More information at this stage is very welcome.

This is a Tom & Jerry title produced by Fleetway Editions - which (since Fleetway merged with London Editions) means that it might follow on directly from the London Editions numbering on the blog post yesterday. Time will tell.

Tom & Jerry #13, Fleetway Editions, April 1995, £1, monthly

Tom & Jerry #18, Fleetway Editions, September 1995, £1.10, monthly

Tom & Jerry - London Editions

There are a LOT of Tom & Jerry comics out there and I certainly don't intend to do covers galleries for all of them. However, covers galleries for shorter run Tom & Jerry titles feel more achievable. 

I don't know much about this particular title so for now I'm just kicking off this gallery and will come back to it in due course once I find out more about it. More information at this stage is very welcome.

Tom & Jerry, London Editions, #2, monthly, 85p

 Tom & Jerry, London Editions, #5, monthly, 85p

 

Eric Parker - miscellaneous work, part 8 (of 23)

I've recently begun a lengthy series of blog posts all about renowned illustrator Eric Parker (check out his Wikipedia entry here) who had a 50 year (!) career as a comic illustrator.

I've looked at Roughs (part 1) here
Roughs (part 2) here
Roughs (part 3) here
Roughs (part 4) here
Female heads (part 1) here
Female heads (part 2) here
Female heads (part 3) here
Female heads (part 4) here
Pubs (part 1) here
Pubs (part 2) here

Overseas (part 1) here

Overseas (part 2) here

Overseas (part 3) here

Overseas (part 4) here

Overseas (part 5) here

Overseas (part 6) here

Overseas (part 7) here

Overseas (part 8) here

Overseas (part 9) here

Overseas (part 10) here

UK scenes (part 1) here

UK scenes (part 2) here

UK scenes (part 3) here

UK scenes (part 4) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 1) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 2) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 3) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 4) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 5) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 6) here

Life drawings (part 1) here

Life drawings (part 2) here

Life drawings (part 3) here

Life drawings (part 4) here

Life drawings (part 5) here

Life drawings (part 6) XXXX

Life drawings (part 7) here

Life drawings (part 8) here

Life drawings (part 9) here

Life drawings (part 10) here

Gentlemen is here

Horses (part 1) is here

Horses (part 2) is here

Furniture is here

Old soldiers (part 1) is here

Old soldiers (part 2) is here

Old soldiers (part 3) is here

And now we turn our attention to a final (albeit large selection of his work). Next up is his work on "Sexton Blake". These are a variety of sizes - from the very small to the quite large.

Comic Cutz - the art of Barrie Mitchell (part 4)

The Barrie Mitchell exhibition that took place in Ryde in February 2026 had many highlights and a LOT of art. I tried to take photos of all the art but there was too much! Anyway, here's the start of a long series of posts all about the art that was there...

1). Harlem Heroes was here

2). paintings of cars was here

3). his work for Red Dwarf was here

And now (finally!) some football art

Mark Hateley...

George Best...

Jim Baikie - Orkney exhibition, part 7

For approximately the umpteenth time I'm indebted to Norman Boyd for his help with this blog. This time he was kind enough to send me some of his holiday photos from a recent trip to the Orkneys. 

Whilst there he was able to visit the exhibition all about the local artist that was on (from 03/05/25 - 21/09/25) at the Orkney museum in Kirkwall. Comics artist Jim Baikie was the focus of the exhibition. Norman took a lot of photos so I'll spread them over a number of posts, enjoy!   

Part 1 was here

Part 2 was here

Part 3 was here

Part 4 was here

Part 5 was here

Part 6 was here

UPDATED: Superted - Marvel UK

Inspired by this post (from friend of the blog Michael Carroll) I thought I'd start trying to fill in the gaps in his (our? my?) knowledge of Superted comic. You know what though? Michael's right...there isn't much out there about Superted comic. A covers gallery is better than nothing though...

Now (23/05/26) updated with covers for issue #17 & #23

Now updated with the cover for issue #28

Superted issue 1 - 10th March 1990

Superted issue 2 - 24th March 1990

Superted issue 3 - 7th April 1990

Superted issue 4 - 21st April 1990

Superted issue 5 - 5th May 1990

Superted issue 6 - 19th May 1990

Superted issue 7 - 2nd June 1990

Superted issue 8 - 16th June 1990

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Superted issue 9 - 30th June 1990

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Superted issue 10 - 14th July 1990

Superted issue 11 - 28th July 1990

Superted issue 12 - 11th August 1990

Superted issue 13 - 25th August 1990

Superted issue 14 - 8th September 1990

Superted issue 15 - 22nd September 1990

Superted issue 16 - 6th October 1990

Superted issue 17 - 20th October 1990

Superted issue 18 - 3rd November 1990

Superted issue 19 - 17th November 1990

Superted issue 20 - 1st December 1990

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Superted issue 21 - first monthly issue - cover date TBC

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Superted issue 22 - undated

Superted issue 23 - undated

At some point Redan were publishing a Superted comic - see below - these issue are #26 & #40 so I wonder if they just took over the licence from Marvel UK at some point and just carried on with the numbering (rather than re-starting from #1?)

Superted comic #28, undated

Superted comic #35, undated

Superted comic #39, undated

Superted comic #40, undated

Here's issue #49

Superted #56

Superted #58

Superted #60

and here's issue 61 - but how much longer did it last?

So like Michael says there's a lot we don't know about Superted ...

 - how long it ran for?

 - did Redan take over the licence and numbering from Marvel UK

 - when did it end?

...but hopefully we'll fill in a few gaps as we go along. I'd have to say that the covers of Superted appeal to me much more than the likely contents.

Interestingly Redan also published this summer special at some point - as you can see the cover of issue 4 (published by Marvel UK) has been re-cycled for this cover.