childhood comics

[nev coss]

As the last edition of the Dandy is to be published on it's 75 th birthday, what comics did you have as a kid?
I had the Dandy , the Beano and the Topper, then later on the Hotspur

[tippexx]

Those and when a little older ..... Hornet, Lion, Tiger and of course the Eagle. Mates and myself couldn't afford to buy them all .... so swaps were the thing.

[H4rty82]

Beano for me. Never really liked Dandy, have no idea why.

[SmokeyDave]

Beano, Dandy, Whizzer & Chips (I think that was a comic, or was it characters?), I remember being given the first edition of 2000AD by my Grandfather who worked in a newsagent, that was surreal. Also Victory for every kids wartime fix, and Lookin.

[nev coss]

Those and when a little older ..... Hornet, Lion, Tiger and of course the Eagle. Mates and myself couldn't afford to buy them all .... so swaps were the thing.

same here, used to read them all , never got on with the Eagle though

[Bad-Yeti]

Wasn't allowed comics

[Zigatoh]

Never was into those kinds of comics, give me cerebus, sandman, hellblazer and the like any day

[Stevieboy]

Same as you Zig....love Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Mark Millar, Swamp Thing, Constantine, Sandman et al
I cut my teeth on DC Thompson's stuff like Warlord and Bullet then a few years later I became a huge 2000AD fan
Shame the Dandy is going...kids just aren't into comics at all these days....PlayStation seems to have killed all interest

[MrDowse]

Same as you Zig....love Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Mark Millar, Swamp Thing, Constantine, Sandman et al
I cut my teeth on DC Thompson's stuff like Warlord and Bullet then a few years later I became a huge 2000AD fan
Shame the Dandy is going...kids just aren't into comics at all these days....PlayStation seems to have killed all interest

+1

do you remember Warrior magazine? I'm still hoping for a movie version of Moore's Marvelman series.

[Bigboned]

Beano was a religion for me with my paper round money, dandy never did it for me although I used to get compared to desperate Dan ! Eagle and the mekon later on and now smut and viz! Yes they are comics!!!

[Stevieboy]

+1

do you remember Warrior magazine? I'm still hoping for a movie version of Moore's Marvelman series.

Everyone bangs on about Watchmen but Miracleman was far superior...maybe one day the legal nightmare surrounding ownership will and and allow Gaiman to finish it off....

Best comic ever though has to be V for Vendetta. I read it at least once a year and it never fails to blow me away!

[Vortigan]

I was another one for Dandy and Beano I remember getting the end of year annuals too,they were an absolute joy!

[TJCoro]

The Gay Blade!




Hello! My name is BJ, BJ, Coro, and I just looooove Zoro!

[KidKimura]

I'm a big Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman fan too, as well as Frank Miller, Mark Miller, and Daniel Way.

Growing up I read whatever marvel stuff the newsagents had, x-men, spiderman etc. and for a while I collected Sonic the Comic. I would get the Beano if they had sweets with it :-)

I somewhat rediscovered comics a few years ago, and I love anything with Deadpool in, and really loved the whole Dark Reign thing marvel did. Aside from the superhero stuff I think Chew was really fun and original, and I loved the Scott Pilgrim books.

[Cigar-aficionado]

Much older so Valiant, Victor and Lion