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    Author: Tony Ingram

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    The Power Pack of Ken Reid Volume 2 – Living on His Nervs with Queen of the Seas and Dare-a-Day Davy

    • by Tony Ingram
    • April 11, 2019

    The first volume of the collected Ken Reid strips from Odhams’ 1960’s titles Wham!, Pow! and Smash! was largely dominated by monstrous mirth-maker Frankie Stein, with just the final dozen…

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    The Power Pack of Ken Reid Volume 1 – The ‘Orrible Antics o’ Frankie and Jasper!

    • by Tony Ingram
    • March 12, 2019

    Humour titles traditionally tended to be the entry point into the wonderful world of comics for generations of British fans. We may have moved on to 2000 AD or Battle,…

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    Wonder Twins #1 – “Powers, Activate!”: DC Rediscover the Benefits of Fun Comics as 1970s Animated Heroes Return

    • by Tony Ingram
    • February 18, 2019

    On the face of it, there are probably very few DC characters who would seem to be crying out for a revival quite as little as the Wonder Twins. Angel…

    Eyecatcher · Reviews

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    Wildcat: Turbo Jones – An Enjoyable Romp through One of the Less Remembered Corners of the IPC Universe Via the Treasury of British Comics

    • by Tony Ingram
    • January 24, 2019

    Of all the many IPC titles Rebellion recently acquired the rights to, Wildcat would seem on the face of it to be one of the least likely to qualify for…

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    Ron Smith, Farewell to a Legend – Looking Back on the Prolific Career of a 2000 AD Great

    • by Tony Ingram
    • January 11, 2019

    On January 10th 2019, the world of British comics lost one of its finest artists, the legendary Ron Smith, who died at the age of 90 after several years of…

    Blog · Eyecatcher

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    Stan Lee 1922-2018: A Legend in His Own Lifetime

    • by Tony Ingram
    • November 16, 2018

    On November 12th we lost Stan Lee, and within hours the whole world knew about it. Which is no small thing, since the whole world, in general, does not read…

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    The Terrifying Tale of Portman’s ‘Castle of Horror’ (or: a Cautionary Tale About the Importance of Communication)

    • by Tony Ingram
    • October 31, 2018

    From 1972-1995, Marvel UK, a subsidiary arm of Marvel Comics, had what should have been the exclusive rights to publish reprints of Marvel material in the UK (hence the name…

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    Doctor Who Magazine – 39 Years of Happy Times and Places!

    • by Tony Ingram
    • October 11, 2018

    It was precisely 39 years ago that the first issue of Marvel UK’s Doctor Who Weekly went on sale, cover dated 17th October (the date it was due to go…

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    Carlos Ezquerra: A Legend in His Own Lifetime – Celebrating the Work of the “Heart and Soul” of 2000 AD

    • by Tony Ingram
    • October 2, 2018

    As far as comics go, Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (1947-2018) wasn’t one of the biggest names on the largely American-dominated world stage, but he should have been; certainly, the world of…

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    The Vigilant – Classic British Comics Characters Are Reborn as Rebellion’s Shared Universe Breathes New Life into Old Favourites

    • by Tony Ingram
    • August 13, 2018

    It’s been a long wait for the follow-up to events in last year’s Scream! and Misty Halloween Special, Rebellion’s first new outing for the old IPC characters, but it’s finally…

    Eyecatcher · Reviews

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    Von Hoffman’s Invasion Book One – From the Pages of ‘Buster’ and ‘Jet’, Tully and Bradbury’s Mad Scientist Serial is a True Gem of Classic British Comics

    • by Tony Ingram
    • July 18, 2018

    It’s been quite some time now since we learned that Rebellion had acquired the rights to much of the old IPC back catalogue, but the 2000 AD publishers continue to…

    Eyecatcher · Reviews

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    Cave Carson Has an Interstellar Eye #1 – Young Animal’s Bewildering but Compelling Re-Imagining of a Forgotten Silver Age Hero Returns

    • by Tony Ingram
    • March 23, 2018

    DC’s Young Animal line was set up to try new approaches to storytelling, and last year’s Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye fully embraced that mission statement, resurrecting a near…

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    Grey Area: This Island Earth – One of the Best Series that 2000 AD Has Produced in the Last Decade is Collected by Rebellion this Month

    • by Tony Ingram
    • January 5, 2018

    Dan Abnett has never met a pun he disliked, and the title of this series is one of his best. Grey Area is both a place where alien visitors to…

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    Deadman #1 – Vintage Plot Threads Revisited in This Neal Adams Revival from DC Comics

    • by Tony Ingram
    • November 2, 2017

    I’ve always rather liked Deadman as a character; his original series is an undisputed classic, and nobody who has written him since has really failed to make him interesting.  And…

    Eyecatcher · Features

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    Watch the Stars… it’s Starlord (But Probably Not the One You Were Expecting) – Looking Back on 2000 AD’s Short-Lived 1978 Sister Comic

    • by Tony Ingram
    • May 31, 2017

      “Watch the stars!” screamed the cover of issue #1, cover dated 13th May 1978, and for the next six months readers did just that, courtesy of IPC’s classic science…

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    The Legendary Lunacy of Leo Baxendale – A Tribute to One of the All-Time Greats of British Comics

    • by Tony Ingram
    • May 2, 2017

    Leo Baxendale passed away in April, aged 86. Not a bad innings by anyone’s standards. Many comics readesr these days won’t be aware of that, or even aware of Leo,…

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    Doctor Who: A Companion Piece – Half a Century of the Time Lord’s Comic Strip Fellow Travellers

    • by Tony Ingram
    • April 21, 2017

    The new series of Doctor Who has started, and much has been made in the media of the arrival of new companion Bill Potts (Pearl Mackie), who has been heavily…

    Eyecatcher · Features

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    Time And Relative Dimensions In Strips – Looking Back on Over 50 Years of ‘Doctor Who’ in Comics

    • by Tony Ingram
    • April 12, 2017

    With the tenth series of the relaunched Doctor Who debuting this Saturday on the BBC, Broken Frontier’s Tony Ingram looks back today on over 50 years of the good Doctor’s…

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