6 January 2025

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 updated with the cover for issue #39 & #49

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
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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



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 #39, undated


Here's issue #49

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. 

5 January 2025

UPDATED: Comics Diaries

I've looked at the diaries produced by EagleGirl & Swift before, but in separate posts, so I thought I might usefully pull that information together into a single post.

I've now started adding other comics / comic strips to this listing - all new entries are shown in red

Eagle
Diaries were produced for at least 1951-63. No diary would have been produced for 1950 (Eagle launched in mid-April so that would have made no sense). I have copies of diaries for the following years...1951-63, so I'm just missing any produced from 1964 onwards. 
Diaries typically look like this...

Girl
This auction lot mention a Girl diary for 1953. Looks very similar to the 1956 one!

Only example I've ever seen - no idea how many were produced. This is for 1956.





Swift
Only example I've ever seen - no idea how many were produced

Judge Dredd diaries
For the year 2000...


and these images (all swiped from here) of a numbered limited edition version of the year 2000 diary as well





Doonesbury desk diaries
Doonesbury desk diary for 1984

Doonesbury desk diary for 1985


Doonesbury desk diary for 1988


Doonesbury desk diary for 1989


Doonesbury desk diary for 1991



Princess Tina diary 1968
image c/o Janis Cross (on the "Girls comics - UK" facebook group)

Princess Tina diary 1973


with more details here c/o friend of the blog Jeremy Briggs


TV21 diary for 1970
Originally priced at seven shillings in 1970 Letts published a much coveted, TV21 “desk diary”, featuring photographs from many of the Gerry Anderson series. Produced so it could be used for any year during the 1970s, they’re considered quite rare today, offered for eye watering prices unblemished on auction sites. Perhaps Anderson Entertainment should take note. “The price put it out of the range of many a fan of the time,” recalls John Freeman, “including me.”