Starlord Annuals

Ziggy72 · 06 August, 2003, 08:10:26 PM

Just bought a copy of Starlord Annual 1982 from a local charity shop (50p in case you wondering). I noticed that although the pics of the Starlord comics are on site the annuals are strangely absent. Any chance we can have them online soon as I would like to know who wrote the Strontium Dog story (yeah I know it was probably Wagner!). What a poor annual though, loads of pages on concorde and Flash gordon, and a dismal comic page count. The Blake 7 and Dr Who stuff was good reading even if I am not even a big fan. All in all if you don't have this then don't rush out and find it.

Oddboy · 06 August, 2003, 08:45:07 PM

There was a Starlord Annual 1982??

The comic itself only ran for 22 weeks in 1978 - what's it doing having an Annual out 4 years later?
Heck Starlord was even dropped from the merged title "2000AD & Starlord" in 1979 when Tornado merged with the comic.

Trout · 06 August, 2003, 08:48:52 PM

Well, it would have come out in mid-1981, which is less of a discrepancy.

It does seem odd, however.

- Trout

paulvonscott · 06 August, 2003, 08:52:44 PM

There were three annuals (80-82?)

Basically it was common IPC policy to continue annuals on beyond the life of the comic if they sold. Other examples incluce Action, Valiant, Lion.

Smiley · 06 August, 2003, 08:54:38 PM

That's the one with Blake's 7's Liberator on the front. The full colour Ezquerra Stront story is the only thing that saves it (if only they'd put it in the 2000AD annual for the same year, that'd have been the best annual ever).

Fleetway were always putting out annuals for dead comics.

Wils · 06 August, 2003, 08:59:48 PM

Hmmm. This sort of puts me off some of my annual buying plans. If the Starlord annuals are that dodgy, I might miss them out after I finish collecting the Action and BPW ones (gives PVS a slight nudge).

Only question is, what do I move on to collect then?

Marbles · 06 August, 2003, 09:00:22 PM

AFAIK lots of deceased comics still had annuals published at that period. Not sure why, must have been a market for them.
I know 'Roy Of The The Rovers' still had an annual until fairly recently despite the comic being defunct.
I know we hhave the bumper size issues, but I still hanker for Xmas 2003 '2000AD', 'Starlord', 'Tornado' and 'Battle Action' hardback annuals.

Come on Thargy, make it so !

Pyroxian · 06 August, 2003, 09:07:57 PM

Heck, I've got a 1972 (or somewhere thereabouts) Eagle Annual.

Steve

W. R. Logan · 06 August, 2003, 11:52:34 PM

Found these images but cant split them:

1980

http://www.whom.co.uk/chairs/1980.jpg>

1981

http://www.whom.co.uk/chairs/1981.jpg>

1982

http://www.whom.co.uk/chairs/1982.jpg>

La Placa Rifa,
http://www.2000ad.nu/classof79/>W. R. Logan.

http://www.2000ad.nu/classof79/images/Co79_logo.gif>

ARRISARRIS · 07 August, 2003, 12:08:59 AM

Wasnt there two Tornado annuals. Possibly 1981 and im sure it had Blackhawk on it fighting some wolves????

W. R. Logan · 07 August, 2003, 12:36:37 AM

There?s a http://www.2000adonline.com/index.php3?zone=prog&page=specials&choice=tornado80>Tornado page on this very site that would answer your question.

http://www.2000adonline.com/covers/specials/mediumres/tornado80.jpg>

http://www.2000adonline.com/covers/specials/mediumres/tornado81.jpg>

La Placa Rifa,
http://www.2000ad.nu/classof79/>W. R. Logan.

http://www.2000ad.nu/classof79/images/Co79_logo.gif>

Wils · 07 August, 2003, 01:14:07 AM

Cheers, Logan. That's another two annuals to add to my list.

Richmond Clements · 07 August, 2003, 02:15:03 AM

I've got a Lion annual from 1966, and the Dalek book from around the same time, unfortunatley, they are unreadable pish.