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25 August 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 issues #56, 58 & 60

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 #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.

24 August 2025

The Windsor tapestry - part 6

Some more images from the recently closed 'The Windsor tapestry' exhibition held at the Cartoon Museum in London (here)

Part 1 was here

Part 2 was here

Part 3 was here

Part 4 was here

Part 5 was here

23 August 2025

UPDATED: Nostalgia & Comics

My post the other day about the adverts for Dark they were and golden eyed (here) made me think about comics advertising for other shops...and then boom! this pops up on eBay.

It's for sale here and is Trevor Goring's original artwork for Birmingham's Nostalgia & Comics shop. I'd love to see other adverts for the shop.

Update: the last post produced further examples of adverts so I'm just adding them to the post...

Lew Stringer sent me this

this was also c/o Lew

as was this - the first mention of the shop (in Comic Media News)

this was from Mark Warby

Update: friend of the blog Sam Farnworth has provided this image by artist Simon Parkes. Thanks! Plus I've found a Hunt Emerson advert.

this advert is taken from Alter Image #4 (November 1987)

22 August 2025

The Daredevils, Marvel UK, 1983

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 a covers gallery for the short-lived Daredevils comic from 1983.

All images c/o here.

The Daredevils, Marvel UK, issue #1