FabSwingers.com forum: What comics did you read as a kiddie?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I was lucky in that I got 2 a week, my Mum paid for one and my Nan paid for one

bless her soul.

The Beano was almost an ever present, then the 2nd one went through phases .. at one time Nutty, original home of Bananaman, then short flings with Buddy and Champ which were more action based boys type comics, and there was a comic called Hoot which was short lived - about a year I think.

And I also got some sneaky reads of my sisters Misty and when she was older her Jackie magazine (I learnt a lot about girls from Jackie!)

Which ones do you remember reading?

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

My life as a kid was comics.’

I can remember being excited about the first edition of The Shiver and Shake.

But most popular were

The Victor and Hotspur

Beans and Dandy

Warlord

Battle Action

and those little war comic books like The Commando

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By *iceButtSlimMan
over a year ago

somewhere

I only ever had the Dandy once a week, use to have it delivery with the newspaper. Think I still have them in a box up in the loft from way back in 1884.

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

I used to get the beano occasionally and I would read the marvel comics at my friends house across the street. Happy days!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

oor wullie And the broons in fact I still read them to this day

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By *VineMan
over a year ago

The right place

Oh! And while not strictly comics. I did have a lot of Astrrix books. I loved them.

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

TV 21.....it sounds like a porn mag

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When younger had the Beano. When got a bit older it was 2000AD.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Remember getting excited about the Summer Specials? Big A3 sized editions on shiny paper (that was unusual back in those days as the comics were usually printed on newspaper style paper).

I used to get one to read on the way to the annual Summer holiday at Butlins in Minehead or Porthtowan etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Beano, Beezer and Dandy

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By *irtydevil666Man
over a year ago

bristol

Topper.......

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Topper......."

I had the odd Topper in between but never a regular read .. about 2 years ago someone was selling an almost pristine complete years worth (1982 I think) on eBay, so I got them for about £20. Almost like new, been kept boxed away so no ageing or discolouring. A great bit of nostalgia!

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By *immyinreadingMan
over a year ago

henley on thames

Roy of the rovers

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By *ojobinksMan
over a year ago

swindon

Beano, dandy and beezer and I would get the annuals every year for Xmas. Used to love them and marvel as well of course.

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

I used to have Whizzer & Chips. Later on I got the rebooted version of The Eagle.

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By *cloversCouple
over a year ago

Hull

My gran bought the beano weekly - it was read by every grandkid that went around

Bunty for me personally and in my teens- Blue Jeans

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By *ookie46Woman
over a year ago

Deepest darkest Peru

Bunty and Mandy comics

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By *oubleswing2019Man
over a year ago

Colchester

2000 A.D.

Still have most of them in sealed boxes somewhere in the attic from about prog 400 onwards. Lost prog 1-399 when my mother decided to burn these "worthless comics" taking up space in my bedroom at the time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I used to have Whizzer & Chips. Later on I got the rebooted version of The Eagle. "

Exactly the same here

Were you a Whizzite or a Chipite?

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

Beano, Disney, Bunty (little picket sized thing) and whatever we could get our hands on in Germany. The American PX was a good source of something different, Spiderman, Batman Snoopy and remember some solider one as well. Asterix was a favourite and still pick them up occasionally now. My grandad also used to save up the comic strips from English newspapers, Andy Cap and alike and post them over every couple of months.

There was a lot more to comics than the kids get now.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

First the Beano and Warlord

Then 2000ad

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

2000AD, Victor, Commando, Misty which was for my sisters haha, Dandy,Beano, Roy of the rovers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Misty, Jackie, Smash Hits and an other mag I can't remember the name of that use to have song lyrics in.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"2000 A.D.

Haven't got the comics but I've still got some 2000AD, Judge Dredd and a Rogue Trooper annual(s).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Commando books, 2000AD and the broons at christmas.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

"Misty, Jackie, Smash Hits and an other mag I can't remember the name of that use to have song lyrics in.

I’d forgotten Misty & Smash Hits, reminded me of another one that did the rounds at school, Look-In, mixture of music, movies and general stuff

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By *iddlesticksMan
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

Not so much comics but I used to get shoot and smash hits.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Not so much comics but I used to get shoot and smash hits. "

I used to get Shoot at the start of the season for the free League Ladders

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Anyway, new audience in for the evening shift .. what comics or magazines did YOU read as a kiddie?

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By *innie The MinxWoman
over a year ago

Under the Duvet

Beano, Dandy, Horse and Hound

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The titles wouldn't tell you a thing.. different language but I had my favourite series

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By *ir SupremacyMan
over a year ago

Bolton

Readers wives x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved Beano... especially Denis the Menace & Gnasher...fond memories

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By *igNick1381Man
over a year ago

BRIDGEND

That's bringing back memories

Beano and Dandy for sure, then 2000AD when I was a bit older

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I loved Beano... especially Denis the Menace & Gnasher...fond memories"

My mate was convinced it was pronounced G-nasher and wouldn’t accept that the G was silent

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Readers wives x"

Ah ha, yeah! Found in the bushes down the park ....

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"The titles wouldn't tell you a thing.. different language but I had my favourite series

Were they funny cartoon strips or more magaziney format? Did the teen girls mags have lots of pics of dishy male pop stars?

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

Blimey my mine is going back a long time here!

Think it was Bunty and Judy first

Then onto Jackie

Then Look-in and Just 17 and smash hits I think!

We always got the annuals for Xmas. Always made me laugh when my brother unwrapped the Jackie one and I unwrapped the Beano

. My mum always got them mixed up

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By *lackieMan
over a year ago

Swinton

Tiger,roy of the rovers

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Blimey my mine is going back a long time here!

Think it was Bunty and Judy first

Then onto Jackie

Then Look-in and Just 17 and smash hits I think!

We always got the annuals for Xmas. Always made me laugh when my brother unwrapped the Jackie one and I unwrapped the Beano

. My mum always got them mixed up

I learnt pretty much everything I know about periods from my sisters Jackie magazine!!

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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest

Asterix and Obelix books I had aplenty as a small child.

Later it was comics:

- Conan the Barbarian

- G.I. Joe

- The Uncanny X-Men

- Todd McFarlane's Spiderman

- Spawn!

- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles graphic novels

- Infinity Gauntlet series (I still own 3 pristine copies

)

Yep, I was a geek

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"That's bringing back memories

Beano and Dandy for sure, then 2000AD when I was a bit older"

My older brother used to get 2000AD - never really got into it myself but maybe I was too young to appreciate it at the time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The titles wouldn't tell you a thing.. different language but I had my favourite series

Were they funny cartoon strips or more magaziney format? Did the teen girls mags have lots of pics of dishy male pop stars?

They were not girlie! Actually the main characters were boys and my favourite childhood books were often based around mini kids gangs getting up to lots of troubles and adventures

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By *asycouple1971Couple
over a year ago

midlands

Beano, Look In, whizzer and chips, Buster

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By *entlemenpipMan
over a year ago

not far

I was a marvel kid especially x-men comics are still a major part of my life

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

"Asterix and Obelix books I had aplenty as a small child.

Later it was comics:

- Conan the Barbarian

- G.I. Joe

- The Uncanny X-Men

- Todd McFarlane's Spiderman

- Spawn!

- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles graphic novels

- Infinity Gauntlet series (I still own 3 pristine copies

)

Yep, I was a geek

Was?

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Beano, Beezer, Cor!!, Dandy amongst others, but I used to get hold of ma Cousin's copies of Jackie or whatever she was reading at the time and draw moustaches and glasses on the pictures of David Cassidy or whoever

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

"Blimey my mine is going back a long time here!

Think it was Bunty and Judy first

Then onto Jackie

Then Look-in and Just 17 and smash hits I think!

We always got the annuals for Xmas. Always made me laugh when my brother unwrapped the Jackie one and I unwrapped the Beano

. My mum always got them mixed up

I learnt pretty much everything I know about periods from my sisters Jackie magazine!! "

Hahaha. Bet my brother did too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jinty and Misty were my first ones.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Jinty and Misty were my first ones."

My sister had Misty as I said earlier .. a bit ahead of its time before vampires and shit like Twilight etc became big in more recent years - I used to read them all!

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By *inell1Man
over a year ago

Ipswich

Another one here for the Beano and Look-in...also had a sneak peek at the Eagle comic that my big brother used to get

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Twinkle and I absolutely loved it.

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By *isfits behaving badlyCouple
over a year ago

Coventry

None. I was bought the Dandy once for a cub scout camp. Sadly my reading was so poor that I could read a simple kids comic (dyslexic). I tried to follow the plot through the images but it just felt a little immature to me. However I did enjoy the packet of sherbert double dab that came attached to the front. Obviously anything a bit more than the Dandy would have totally been unreadable. My inability to read put me off all literature as a kid. My favourite book growing up was the Readers Digest Road Map of the UK. I would spend hours planning routes and from a very young age I was the family navigator. No Sat navs back then and we travelled a lot.

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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest

"Asterix and Obelix books I had aplenty as a small child.

Later it was comics:

- Conan the Barbarian

- G.I. Joe

- The Uncanny X-Men

- Todd McFarlane's Spiderman

- Spawn!

- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles graphic novels

- Infinity Gauntlet series (I still own 3 pristine copies

)

Yep, I was a geek

Was?

I might still have a teensy tiny little streak

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

Twinkle, Mandy, Bunty, Judy

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By *ackandsashaCouple
over a year ago

West Dublin

Warlord, Victor, Scream, Commando, and anything else I could get my hands on.

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By *ackandsashaCouple
over a year ago

West Dublin

Oh, and the Eagle. Classic. Dan Dare rules

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

M.a.s.k , commando and beano

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lots of Marvel stuff

British... Planet of the Apes Weekly, Captain Britain, Spider-Man, Complete Fantastic Four, Rampage, Hulk Weekly, Warrior (Non Marvel)

US...Uncanny X-Men, Daredevil, Iron Man, Invaders, Star Wars, Fantastic Four, Dr Strange, Marvel Premiere, Marvel Preview and a few others as well.

As an adult I can recommend a lot by Ed Brubaker (Criminal in particular), Brian K Vaughn (Y that man) and Bendis (Powers and Daredevil)

Phew...

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