UPDATED: Cookie - Clearmark comics

I've looked at some comics published by 'Clearmark comics' in the past...

Popular fairy tales here

Were Bears here

The world of Wym here

Tom and Jerry here 

Rupert here

They also published Cookie - the fortnightly for pre-school for children. Issue 1 was definitely published but I'm unsure about issue 2 - any clues welcomed. You'll see that the contents include Henry's Cat, the family Ness, Pound puppies and more

now updated with an actual cover image for issue #2

Cookie comic - a Clearmark comic, issue 1, 21st March 1990, 60p

Cookie comic - a Clearmark comic, issue 2, 4th April 1990, 60p

Cookie comic - a Clearmark comic, issue 2, 4th April 1990, 60p

Slimer - 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 13 issue Slimer comic from 1989/90.

The comic was based on the Slimer! animated series, which was a spin-off of The Real Ghostbusters animated TV show and reprinted NOW! Comics Slimer! strips.

Many of the covers in this title’s run - but not all - were used NOW Comics US Slimer title, which had a longer run. Marvel's title featured reprints from NOW Comics, and NOW Comics utilised MUK material from The Real Ghostbusters in their title, and adapted some of the UK covers for the US market. For example, NOW Comics Slimer! #14 utilised their take on Dave Elliott's cover for The Real Ghostbusters #8...

You can look at other Ghostbusters related comic posts on this blog, as follows...

• Collected Comics here

• The Best of The Real Ghostbusters here

• The Real Ghostbusters - Puzzlebuster here

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #1, October 1989, 45p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #2, November 1989, 45p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #3, December 1989, 45p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #4, January 1990, 45p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #5, February 1990, 45p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #6, March 1990, ??p
Online images of this edition are poor - can you help?
Here’s the NOW Comics edition, which used the same cover…

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #7, April 1990, ??p
Online images of this edition are poor - can you help?
Here’s the NOW Comics edition, which used the same cover…

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #8, May 1990, 50p
Online images of this edition are poor - can you help?
Here’s the NOW Comics edition, which used the same cover…

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #9, June 1990, 50p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #10, July 1990, ??p
 Online images of this edition are poor - can you help?
Here’s the NOW Comics edition, which used the same cover…

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #11, August 1990, 50p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #12, September 1990, 50p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #13, October 1990, 50p

Image sourced from here

Blimey! It's Slimer, Marvel UK, Holiday Special issue #1, 65p

There's a guide to Marvel UK's Slimer! title here on the Ghostbusters Fandom Wiki

There's a guide to NOW's Slimer! title here on the Ghostbusters Fandom Wiki

UPDATED: Robin comic merchandise - an incomplete visual guide

Robin comic was one of the companion titles to the original Eagle comic (along with Girl and Swift) - Robin was aimed at the youngest demographic of the 4 titles. I don't collect Robin material but I thought I should try and record what sort of spin-off ephemera, games etc. exist for Robin.

The main problem with this is that is you google "Robin comic merchandise" you get an awful lot of stuff relating to Batman's young assistant, grrr.

Spin-off books are here

The 1st birthday book is here

The 2nd birthday book is here

The 3rd birthday book is here

The 4th birthday book is here

The 5th birthday book is here

The 10th birthday book is here

The 13th birthday book is here

New additions are highlighted in red

Robin branded envelope

A slightly different 'welcome' card - different editor signature, different address and the Robin now faces the other way

A card welcoming a new member to the Robin club

A letter welcoming a new member to the Robin club

The Robin book of pets

sold by COMPAL at lot 89 in there Summer 2012 (British section) and described thus Robin (1953) 1 13-16 39 Robin Metal Club badge Swift Club badge 2 Robin Birthday Club Cards Robin Birthday Postcard Odeon Film Club postcard. With Boy's World (1963) Vol 1: No 5 and free gift Olympic Medal Ranger 18 June 1966 Victor Summer Special (1968) and Robin 1 (1986) Robin 1 (1953) [fn-] balance [vg/fn] (17) Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £134. No idea what the Robin book of pets is. 

This image is taken from here

and looks a lot like a simpler version of the Swift birthday books that I covered here

A Robin birthday postcard (front and back)...  

...including nice Swift 'stamp' - Swift had launched on 20th March 1954 and this was sent on 20th July 1954 - so exactly 4 months later. 

In the tradition of Eagle / Girl / Swift there were spin-off jigsaws, here's one that I've found so far...

And here's a money box...

I'm sure there must be more stuff out there - can you help?

UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE

I've been pointed in the direction of the 'Dan Dare info' website (here) for some rare Robin merchandise - so here are 5 cards (presumably of set of 6)…

Number 1 - Richard Lion, Peggy, Henry and Pug

Number 2 - Dumpy, Golly and Honeybun

Number 3 - Woppit, Mokey and Tiptop 

Number 4 - Johnny Bull, Woppit, Mokey, Tiptop and Bingo, Bango and Bongo

Number 5 - Johnny Bull, Woppit, Mokey, Tiptop and Bingo, Bango and Bongo

Phil Shrimpton was also kind enough to share some picture of Robin items he's sold on ebay…

Not sure if this is the 6th book they produced or a book for a child's birthday - anyway, it's good to know it exists...now I just need ot find book 4 and 5 and add them in

There was a Robin club (just as there was an Eagle club, a Girl club and a Swift club), in the Eagle club if you were a member for more than a year you got a star to dangle from the hoop on the badge, presumably this was true of Robin as well (even if the symbol may not have been a star)

Not really merchandise but for the die-hard Robin collector out there...

Further images c/o friend of the blog Jeremy Briggs...here's a Robin club badge with a leaf (I think) denoting that the member has re-subscribed to the club...

Jigsaw #3 'At the zoo', now I just need to find images on jigsaw numbers 1, 2 and 4

Dan Dare field glasses

I'm always happy to feature unusual bits of Eagle merchandise on the blog. 

There were...

Dan Dare roller skates here

Dan Dare hairbrush here

Dan Dare tie clip here

Eagle stationery here

Eagle club notebook here

With the compliments of the Eagle club here

Eagle / Girl table tennis medals here

Eagle club cycle pennant here

Dan Dare gyro jeep here

Dan Dare space shooting here

Dan Dare rocket ball here

Dan Dare beach ball here

Dan Dare bagatelle here

Eagle report to members (1951) here

and now it's the turn of the Dan Dare field glasses...