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    Revisiting the Treasury of British Comics – Featuring Classic Gems of Yesteryear Including ‘Roy of the Rovers’, ‘Misty’, ‘Marney the Fox’ and the Genius of Ken Reid

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • May 7, 2021

    TREASURY OF BRITISH COMICS WEEK! As part of our themed mini-event this week we’re rounding up some of our previous coverage of the Treasury of British Comics reprint range today…

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    Staff Picks for January 22, 2020 – Billy’s Boots, Folklords, X-Statix and More!

    • by Broken Frontier Staff
    • January 22, 2020

    It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital storefront,…

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    Ken Reid’s World-Wide Weirdies – Another Macabre Collection from the Oddball Imagination of a True British Comics Genius, Courtesy of the Treasury of British Comics

    • by Andy Oliver
    • January 9, 2020

    After years of a puzzling lack of Ken Reid reprint volumes we’ve been spoilt for collections over the last few years with the Treasury of British Comics giving us both…

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    King’s Reach: John Sanders’ Twenty-Five Years at the Top of Comics – Rebellion Announce the 2020 Memoir of a Key Figure in British Comics History

    • by Andy Oliver
    • November 11, 2019

    Another day, another intriguing press release from Rebellion. This time, for the comics history buffs, it’s news of the memoir of major IPC Comics player John Sanders. The full press…

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    Fran of the Floods – The 1970s ‘Jinty’ Tale of Environmental Collapse from the Treasury of British Comics Has a Vital Topicality

    • by Andy Oliver
    • September 27, 2019

    If your vague memories of the 1970s UK girls comics market were limited to twee tales of ballerinas and boarding schools then Rebellion’s recent Treasury of British Comics volumes will…

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    Cor!! & Buster Humour Special – Rebellion’s Entertaining Revival One-Shot is Accessible to New Readers and Crammed Full of Retro Fun for the Old-Timers

    • by Andy Oliver
    • April 18, 2019

    Back in February Rebellion announced an exciting line-up of specials to run through 2019 featuring many of the IPC properties of yesteryear that the publisher has picked up over the…

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    Rebellion Announce ‘Cor! & Buster Special’ for Easter – Classic British Favourites to Return in All-New Material

    • by Andy Oliver
    • January 30, 2019

    Regular Broken Frontier visitors will know we’re huge fans of what publisher Rebellion have been doing with the classic British IPC characters since they began acquiring the rights to so…

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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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    Ken Reid’s Creepy Creations – The Treasury of British Comics Collects Reid’s Gloriously Grotesque Creature Features from the Pages of ‘Shiver and Shake’

    • by Andy Oliver
    • January 3, 2019

    The Chip Chomping Tater Terror of Tring! The Fanatical Fungus Grower of Frogpool! The Boggle-Eyed Butty-Biter of Sandwich! The Barmy Wellington Boot Bee Monster from Barnsley! The Vampire Banana! And…

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    “I Realised at Once that this Was Something Special” – Legendary Artist John Stokes Talks About Classic British Comic Strip ‘Marney the Fox’, Working with Rebellion and His 50-Plus Years in Comics

    • by Andy Oliver
    • January 17, 2018

    BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST COLLECTION OF CLASSIC MATERIAL WINNER!  Having gained the rights to a host of Brit weekly comics of yesteryear, 2017 saw 2000 AD publisher Rebellion release a…

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    Scream! and Misty ‘Halloween Horrorshow’ – Simon Furman and Keith Richardson in Conversation with BF’s Andy Oliver at Orbital Comics on Saturday October 28th

    • by Andy Oliver
    • October 25, 2017

    Halloween is nearly upon us and 2000 AD publishers Rebellion have a double dose of devilish delights on offer for the season. Fans of vintage UK horror comics will no doubt…

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