"Great News Chums!" was the dreaded phrase that met British comic fans in the 1970's when they opened up their favourite weekly only to find that from next week, it would be merging with a crap publication you never bought. I can't guarantee that we won't merge this blog with one on, say, Taiwanese politics. But for now, enjoy a trip into pre-1985 graphic goodness.

Tuesday 12 May 2009

Spooky fun for kids!


This 1974 softcover spin-off from kids comic Buster mixed humour (Rent-a-Ghost, Davy Jones' Locker, The Creepy Crawleys), adventure and 'true life' ghost stories














Frankie Stein was one of the most popular characters in weekly comic Whoopee! and here gets his own 1976 special (though he had to share it with Mervyn's Monsters, Weird Wolf, Ghost Ship, Headless Harry and the dull Crabbe's Crusaders)


Shiver and Shake was a weekly comic that mostly (though not exclusively) had stories with a spooky theme. Characters included here are Ghoul Getters Ltd, Scatty Bat, The Hand, Frankie Stein, Sweeney Toddler, Creepy Car, Lolly Pop, Scream Inn and the legendary Grimly Fiendish (as later immortalised by The Damned). The comic itself was defunct by 1977!

The Damned perform Grimly Fiendish:
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