Boys Adventure comic blog

[Richard S.]

Looks like 2 more pages of art from Leo Baxendale's lost masterpiece Supercomic are up for sale later this month...

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/05/updated-leo-baxendales-supercomic.html

[Richard S.]

'Cuirass' comic, published by Harrier comics in 1988, how many issues ACTUALLY exist? A puzzle set by Rob Hardingham

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/05/update-cuirass-harrier-comics-puzzle.html

[Richard S.]

My covers gallery for 'Street Sharks' comic (1997) is now complete for issues 1-9, the question now becomes 'did it make it to issue 10 (or higher)?' - any help much appreciated

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/05/updated-street-sharks-comics-1997.html

[Richard S.]

More progress on my covers gallery for Marvel UK's 'Beep! Beep!' comic (1989/90) - whaddya mean you've never heard of it?

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/05/updated-beep-beep-marvel-uk-198990.html

[Richard S.]

'Smooshees' - a young kids title from Fleetway (published in 1988/89). This was a tie-in to a toy range by the looks of is. Anyway, a covers gallery has begun...

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/05/smooshees.html

[Richard S.]

I've finally found the time to work out the difference between all the Blacksad books that have been published so far. I love what I've read to date and now know what to read next.

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-blacksad-books.html

[Barrington Boots]

Blacksad is brilliant! Amazon has the second part of They All Fall Down listed as available later this year.

[Richard S.]

A bit more on Glenn Fabry's first ever comic workin' klass super hero

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/05/updated-workin-klass-super-hero-1-glenn.html

[Richard S.]

2 pages of original Carlos Ezquerra art from the Strontium Dog story 'Journey into Hell' are (for me) the standout item in the Catawiki auction this week. These (and other pages) are highlighted below.

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/05/catawiki-auction-this-week-carlos.html

[Colin YNWA]

Wow to say those are great Strontium Dog pages is a bit of an understatement. Amazing pages.

[Richard S.]

Can anyone help a friend out with these back issues? 'Irish classics in picture story' is REALLY obscure (even for me, ha ha!). Even a cover image would be much appreciated, thanks!

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/05/irish-classics-in-picture-story-1956.html

[JohnW]

Can anyone help a friend out with these back issues? 'Irish classics in picture story'

The Mercier Press is still in business, on the off-chance that there's an institutional memory that holds some record of this.
I've never seen these comics, but they bear all the hallmarks of a failed attempt to grab some of that pocket money that Irish kids were spending on Eagle and other English heresies.
With their suggestion of wholesome clean-limbed nationalism they strike me as exactly the sort of thing my Gran would have bought me had they been around a generation later.
Instead she bought me Battle Action – and look what became of me.

[Richard S.]

I've long wanted to catalogue the issues of Super Detective Library that contained Rip Kirby strips and a recent listing on ebay gives me a chance to do just that...

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/05/rip-kirby-super-detective-library.html

[Richard S.]

A very late shout-out for this auction of Oliver Frey art that's up for sale today - there's at least one page of comic art (from Look & Learn), other material that may be original art (or just prints) plus some of his 'racier' material too!

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/05/oliver-frey-art.html

[Richard S.]

A quick reminder about these 2 Leo Baxendale pages that are up for auction later today - I'll update the blog later with prices realised

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/05/leo-baxendales-supercomic.html