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Comics Part 2

Hi Alf: In the late l940's there were three kids, my two brothers and myself. We had the Dandy and Beano delivered weekly for several years. They were very popular comics in those days. Later on in the l950's we had the Eagle and Schoolfriend delivered.
I always enjoyed reading the Eagle...Dan Dare and Ming, etc.
 
As a kid in the 40's and 50's Alf I was really lucky. My parents bought me Lion - Grandparents, the Knockout,- an Aunt, the Eagle and two other Aunts, the Radio Fun and Film Fun. Christmas usually brought an Annual off each as well. My other Grandparents (Dad's side) didn't hold with comics so bought me "the Childrens Newspaper" instead, but bits of that was interesting sometimes. I always thought the Eagle was the best.
Mike
 
As I said on another thread - my husband had an updated copy of the Eagle Annual given to him for Christmas and loved it. The Eagle was always his favourite comic. Mine was the Girl, which was the sister comic to the Eagle.
 
if only we had looked after our comics and toy's, look what they are worth now,

a rupert book sold for £16,000 dinky toys thousands, comics hundreds,
hornby train stuff thousands, i could go on,

I WISH I HAD LOOKED AFTER MY TOY'S I'D BE RICH NOW
 
I used to have the Dandy and Beano when I was young, and later the Eagle. It was certainly the Rolls-Royce of boys comics, semi-glossy colour pages and the Leslie Ashwell-Wood cutaway drawing of some modern invention in the middle pages. I've still got scrapbooks of them that I cut out and pasted in. Wish I'd kept the whole comics now, I did keep some for a while but was made to chuck them out after a year or so.
 
Comic swopping was one of my hobbies.
I used to go all over Nechells swopping them with other kids.
They were mainly the magazine type,ie: superman, captain marvel, tarzan,durango kid etc., with a few boxing ones thrown in for good measure.
Wish I had them all now, I wouldn't be sitting here typing this.
 
Adventure, Hotspur, Rover & Wizard, Adventure first published 1933, Hotspur pre- WW2, Rover first published 1922 & Wizard pre- WW2, used to read all of these bought with money from running errands, 1/2d & 1d it all added up!. Len.
 
I always had a boys magazine with Roy of the Rovers in. Never into the girly ones like the Bunty. Mind you i didn't have to buy them as Ron who i did my paper round for used to save me one. Jean.
 
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May 24th, 2005, 20:59. comics thread posted by Di Poppit, type "comics" into search. Len.
 
Oh Len i thought you were wishing me a happy birthday in advance. Pete has many anuals of comics from years ago. They are upstairs in a wardrobe. Must have a look at the dates on some of them. Jean
 
G G Jean, Hope you clocked the year 2005 so older by 3yrs now, your birthday 24th May mine 29th May!. Len.
 
has anyone got a knockout annual from the 60s, i am trying to find the auther of TALES OF ST CLEMENTS it was about a school a boy's only school it was not a picture story.

jake
 
Some of us could have packed up comics by the time that one came out, GIRLS come to mind


The Beezer (called The Beezer and Topper for the last 3 years of its life) was a British comic that ran from (issues dates) 21 January 1956 to 21 August 1993, when it merged with The Beano. Like its sister comic, The Topper, the Beezer was an A3 ( tabloid) publication, meaning it was twice as big as other comics. It shrank down to A4 paper size like the others in 1981
 
I loved Roy of the Rovers and my mom said I should have been born a boy. The girly girls had the Bunty. Pete has Dandy, Beano, Battle, Hotspur, and Roy of the Rovers. His Battle is dated 1979. We have a dresser full of them and a lot date back way before the date mentioned. He also has Knockout Bezzer and some he can't remember. He still reads them but don't tell him I told you. Jean.
 
I remember Mickey the Monkey was on the Topper. But does anybody remember what was on the front of the Beezer ? Now I think of it, cant remember what was on the Dandy front either - more a Beano man meself, dandy was a bit girlie .. lol
I didnt read comics all that much, just on days like today when it was pissing down with rain and dark n dingy.

More into DC comics, which Burkes in Cattell Rd and the paper shop on Cov Rd by the police station seemed to stock loads of. There was Superman / Woman / Girl / Boy, yeah, but do I really remember a Superdog one ???
 
motorman-mike said:
As a kid in the 40's and 50's Alf I was really lucky. My parents bought me Lion - Grandparents, the Knockout,- an Aunt, the Eagle and two other Aunts, the Radio Fun and Film Fun. Christmas usually brought an Annual off each as well. My other Grandparents (Dad's side) didn't hold with comics so bought me "the Childrens Newspaper" instead, but bits of that was interesting sometimes. I always thought the Eagle was the best.
Mike
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Oh happy days Mike
 
There you are Beamer thought you knew everything about anything as long as it began with BBBB
 
Still have all my EAGLE ANNUALS. SOME WITH THE ORIGINAL DUST COVERS ALSO OTHER ANNUALS FROM MY BOY HOOD DAYS as I have said on this forum before I am a HORDER LOL
 
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