30 April 2024

Eric Parker overseas (part 3 of 10)

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

and now we turn our attention to the start of a series of illustrations of foreign climes...







29 April 2024

Tiger - launch issues

Ace comics auctions Phil-comics (find them here on eBay) have excelled themselves in one of their recent auctions with some outstanding Tiger rarities. 

I looked at their sale of Tiger #1 (with free gift) - here
I looked at their sale of Tiger #2 (with free gift) - here
and they also had a poster advertising Tiger issues 1 & 2 (which sold for £228)...









28 April 2024

Into Battle! - the exhibition, part 1

It's just finished but for anyone who missed it, here's part 1 of my look at the 'Into battle! - the art of British war comics' exhibition. 

Lots of lovely original Keith Burns art on display as you'll see








27 April 2024

Comic (shop) bags - Marvel UK

A recent sale on ebay caught my eye...yes, it was for a Marvel UK themed plastic bag! £22 the winning bid


The same seller also sold this collection of comic shop bags... £17 the winning bid this time







26 April 2024

Mike Noble - Look and Learn

I've started (thanks to friend of the blog Bill Storie) showcasing just some of the art of Mike Noble. I've grouped together the images into a number of 'themes'...

Captain Scarlet was here
And now we move onto some of his work for Look and Learn









25 April 2024

Thundercats - collected comics

Thanks to Jamie Morrison (of the Marvel UK comics Facebook group) for allowing me to share this covers gallery for collected (Marvel UK) Thundercats reprints...

Thundercats collected comics, issues 1 & 2 (Marvel UK)

Thundercats collected comics, issues 3 & 4 (Marvel UK)

Thundercats collected comics, issues 5 & 6 (Marvel UK)

Thundercats collected comics, issues 7 & 8 (Marvel UK)

Thundercats collected comics, issue 9 (Marvel UK)


24 April 2024

UPDATED: The real Ghostbusters - collected comics

I'm not a collector of Marvel UK's 'The Real Ghostbusters' comic but I've seen that the collected editions seem to be quite expensive so I thought I'd see if I could identify how many there are.

Ideally I'd love to be able to tell you what stories they reprinted (and from which issues) and which issue of the comic the cover has come from but, sadly, I can't. 

Instead if you can help me fill the gaps in the covers gallery below (#8 and #10) and confirm if the series went beyond #11 that would be very helpful!

Enjoy!  

UPDATE: I've now identified that there was an issue 13 - so I've added that to the gallery.

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 1

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 2
from 1989

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 3
from July 1990

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 4
1991 Summer special

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 5
from February 1992

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 6
from May 1992; the cover had been originally used on issue #90

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 7
from December 1992

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 8
image not to hand


The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 9
Holiday special 1993

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 10
image not to hand - can you help?


The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 11
produced in 1994

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 12
image not to hand - can you help?

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 13
image c/o here



and there was this too

There was also a Winter special - no image of that to hand