ComicCollection

Sharing my comic collection from the ‘70s, ‘80s & beyond. Marvel, DC, IPC, DC Thomson + strange & rare titles. Mostly British but some American. Fun & nostalgia

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@cartoonistdiary It’s probably hard to find - Ebay or similar is probably your best bet. Chipper was still featured in the Birmingham Mail the last time I bought it & there was also a club to join but not sure if it’s part of the newspaper nowadays.

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Chipper on Parade, 1984. Compilation book of the long running Chipper comic strip from the Birmingham Mail newspaper (formerly the Evening Mail)

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Final instalment of the Blade Runner strip published in Marvel UK’s Return of the Jedi comic No.31 (Jan 1984). Featuring Roy Batty’s iconic ”tears in rain” monologue. #ripRutgerHauer

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Marvel UK’s Spider-Man, No. 615, 22nd December, 1984. Contains Peter Parker’s Xmas List. Merry Christmas, web slingers & True Believers! #stantheman #Christmascomics

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Marvel UK’s Return of the Jedi, No. 28, 28th December, 1983. Featuring a fantastic Blade Runner strip. The cover reminds me of that old joke about Vader, Luke & Christmas. The punchline is: “...because I have felt your presents (Presence)!” #Christmascomics #crackerjokes

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Marvel UK’s Thundercats, No. 41, 26th December, 1987. Contains Thundercats mini-poster no. 20. #Christmascomics

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The Marvel Bumper Comic, No.7, 24th December, 1988. The mystery of the mysterious Christmas present on the front cover is revealed in The Real Ghostbusters centrefold poster. #Slimer #Christmascomics

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School Fun, No. 11, 24th December, 1983. ‘Snow’ other comic like it! I particularly like Roland’s festive disaster in Grange Hill Juniors. Just say no (to Roly helping with the Christmas decs)! #Christmascomics

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The Christmas Beano, 26th December, 1987. Dennis, Gnasher & Walter’s take on Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer... #Christmascomics

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The Christmas Beano, 27th December, 1986. Dennis & Gnasher’s take on The Twelve Days of Christmas... #Christmascomics

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Marvel UK’s The Thing is Big Ben No.1, 28th March 1984. Ol’ blue eyes is back! Featuring Iron Man, Captain America, Donald Dogfly & a pin-up of The Thing. #stantheman #StanLeeForever

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Marvel UK’s The Mighty Thor No.13, 13th July 1983. Featuring A Marvel Classic Cover pin-up. #StanLeeForever

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Marvel UK’s The Original X-Men No.11, 13th July 1983. Enter the Sub-Mariner! & just look at the state of breakfast with the X-Men! Also featuring a Spidey vs X-Men pin-up & the origin of The Beast. Seeing this reminds me of how much I loved the X-Men comic. #StanLeeForever

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Marvel UK’s The Incredible Hulk, no. 17, 21st July 1982. Featuring part two of ‘What if the Hulk had Bruce Banner’s Brain?!’ guest starring The Fantastic Four, space action with Iron Man & a fantastic centrefold poster. #ForeverStanLee #stantheman

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A sad day for all comic fans with the loss of Stan Lee. UK Super Spider-Man No. 300, 8th November 1978. The collector’s issue features the origin of Spider-Man. Stan the Man, the greatest hero of the Marvel universe. #Excelsior #ForeverStanLee

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Who you gonna call? Marvel’s The Real Ghostbusters! The first issue (26th March 1988) came with a free badge. Nice to see Winston in the spotlight with Winston’s Diary - A Day in the Life Of Winston Zeddmore. Enjoy the final moments of Halloween 2018! 🎃 👻

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@BarrieEditor1 Ba-dum-tish!

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Scream! No.2, 31st March 1984. Not for the nervous! A free spooky spider was given away with the comic & the “Spiders Can’t Scream!” cover makes me think of the last episode of Doctor Who.🕷 #halloween 🎃

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Get Along Gang No.6, 25th May 1985. Featuring ‘Bingo’s Escape from Badger Mansion’ game & the Haunted House maze with Zipper the cat. 🎃 #happyhalloween

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Marvel’s It’s Wicked! No.1, 20th May 1989. Featuring Ghostman Bat & his Black & White Rat (I kid you not!), Clare Voyant & the real star of Ghostbusters, Slimer. Why not Impress/alienate some of your chums at tonight’s Halloween party with Slimer’s ghoulish jokes? 👻 #halloween