UPDATED: Dennis comic - Marvel UK

Michael Carroll's timeline of Marvel UK comics (here) has an array of interestingly short-lived comics on that I thought I should create cover galleries for them. Sometimes this is easier said than done but let's start off with the 19 issue Dennis comic from 1989/90.

This would have been called Dennis the menace (since it's based on Hank Ketcham's US comic star) but here in the UK that was obviously a non-starter as an idea. It also makes it really hard to search for! 

UPDATED (22/08/06); thanks to friend of the blog Richard Gilham we can now add the covers for issues 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15 to the covers gallery

UPDATED (22/07/26); thanks to friend of the blog Richard Gilham we can now add the covers for issues 3, 4, 5, 6 & 9 to the covers gallery

UPDATED (22/06/26)

I'm indebted to Frank Motler for highlighting these two 'Dennis' publications. Any more out there?

150 adventures of The Pickle, Corgi Cartoons, Hank Ketcham

Dennis annual 1988

and to friend of the blog Richard Gilham for supplying the images below of issues 1 & 3 of the Dennis special that publishers London Editions produced

Dennis special #1, London Editions

Dennis special #3, London Editions

UPDATED (20/05/26)

There are further appearance of Dennis (Mitchell) in the following publications...

an annual from Marvel UK...

...and this special (#2) from London Editions

UPDATE: I've now found the cover to issue 7. Interestingly the title has been amended from Dennis to Dennis Mitchell (which is the full name of the character - perhaps DC Thomson had been in touch to say the original title was too confusing???)

Dennis comic, #1, 30th November 1989, Marvel UK, 45p

image from here

Dennis comic, #2, 14th December 1989, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis comic, #3, 28th December 1989, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis comic, #4, 11th January 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis Mitchell comic, #5, 25th January 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis Mitchell comic, #6, 8th February 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis comic, #7, 22nd February 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis comic, #8, 8th March 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

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Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #9, 22nd March 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #10, 5th April 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

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Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #11, 19th April 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #12, 3rd May 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #13, 17th May 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #14, 31st May 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #15, 14th June 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis comic, #16, 28th June 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

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Dennis comic, #17, 12th July 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

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Dennis comic, #18, 26th July 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

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Dennis comic, #19, 9th August 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

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UPDATED: The incredible crash dummies - the comic

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

UPDATE 21/08/26; now with the covers for issues 3, 5, 6 & 7 [available on ebay here]

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 3

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

The incredible crash dummies comic, Redan, 1993, issue 5

The incredible crash dummies comic, Redan, 1993, issue 6

The incredible crash dummies comic, Redan, 1993, issue 7

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

12 rare Fleetway comics

Here's my guide to various rare Fleetway comics that I've picked up over the years. Think I've missed stuff out? Just let me know. Note that I've excluded 2000AD from this list as that's not really my area of expertise.

1). Colin Curly comic collection - see more details here

2.) More Colin Curly comics - see more details here

3). Donkey Kong jungle action special - see more details here

4). Sonic the comic poster magazines 1-8 - see more details here

5). Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles volume 2 - see more details here

6). Scouse Mouse - 6 issues published by Fleetway (prior to its merger into Whizzer and Chips) - see more details here

7). Battle Action Force - see more details here

8). Blue Peter holiday special - see more details here

9). Oink! Smokebuster special - for more details see here

10). Fun and games comic - for more details see here

11). Action comic - 23rd October 1976 - for more details see here

12). Round the Bend! TV special

Haven't got this - would love this!

More details here

UPDATED: Cartoon Aid

I've looked before at publications associated with the Cartoon Aid charity (like Band Aid but with more cartoons and less Bob Geldof) - if you missed them they are as follows...

a). the Olympic book is here
b). Bryan Hitch's work in the Kidz book is here
c). Mike Collin's work in the Kidz book is here
d). Terry & Sheila Bave's work in the Kidz book is here
e). Simon Donald's work in the Kidz book is here
f). Cartoon Aid auction at Sotheby's & a festival in Margate is here

g). Waddington's jigsaw (from the Margate festival is here)

h). Scare Bears monster party book is here 

i). a REALLY big tome called Cartoon Aid here 

j). the 'Loadsa Funnies' telethon book featuring Judge Dredd art by Jim Baikie is here

k). same book but a Dredd strip by John Wagner & Mike Collins is here

l). same book but art by Bryan Hitch and Reg Smythe is here

m). same book but art by Davy Francis is here

n). same book but contributions by humour artists is here

o). same book - contributions by John M Burns, Dave Gibbons and others is here

I've started looking at some of the contents of this big book, so far I've looked at Asterix (here and here) and then I've found that there is some DC Thomson material in there (here) and then I've found some Achille Talon material (here) and some Look-In (here). The Lucky Luke material is here. 

There was also a t-shirt here

There was also a Dutch version of the book here

Then there were more Olympic volumes XXXXX

Then there was the "white volume, carry case and GOSH cartoon book" here

It turns out there was another style of carry case available too...

Commando at the National Army Museum (2011) - part 1

Looking through some of photos the other day I came across a bunch from 2011 that had somehow never been recycled onto the blog. To make up for that here's my first batch of images from the 2011/12 Commando themed exhibition that ran at the National Army Museum (in London's Chelsea). My original review for it is here

Here's the Commando team - Calum Laird on the left, Scott Montgomery in the middle and George Low on the right.