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Dan Dare And Other Comic Favourites
Topic Started: Mar 29 2010, 01:22 PM (440 Views)
Blacksmith
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Jeff Hall
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One of my favourite comic heroes, Dan Dare, will be celebrating his 60th anniversary on 14th April, as will the comic in which he made his debut in the very first issue, Eagle.

I used to love his battle with the Mekon, but there were so many good comics around at the time for both boys and girls, so I thought I would open this up for people to add their own reminiscenses and say what their favourites were.

I was buying comics for my grandchildren recently, and looked at the range on offer. In my opinion they are very poor and are nowhere near the standard of the comics we used to read. Or am I being too nostalgic?
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Bart P. Cozner
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Blacksmith
Mar 29 2010, 02:22 PM
One of my favourite comic heroes, Dan Dare, will be celebrating his 60th anniversary on 14th April, as will the comic in which he made his debut in the very first issue, Eagle.

I used to love his battle with the Mekon, but there were so many good comics around at the time for both boys and girls, so I thought I would open this up for people to add their own reminiscenses and say what their favourites were.

I was buying comics for my grandchildren recently, and looked at the range on offer. In my opinion they are very poor and are nowhere near the standard of the comics we used to read. Or am I being too nostalgic?

I don't remember the original Dan Dare, but in the mid-Seventies, there was a re-vamped Dan Dare in the 2000AD comic (where Judge Dredd began...), with really futuristic style clothing, etc. Then, they changed it again, and the clothing became more contemporary, and the style of the stories became quite Star trek-ish....
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I loved the Eagle. Especially the cut-away illustrations in the middle. Battleships areoplanes- brilliant illustrations and well drawn.

The Eagle was deliberately started to combat the increasing US violence and horror comics - they eventually got banned.


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alfred E nueman
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ANARCHY RULES !

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Blacksmith
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Anybody remember the Victor? It was great for war stories and football stories.

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fatlad
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I loved the Eagle and the Victor.

Also Loved Roy of the Rovers.

Also them small Commando books about the wars, they were great!
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Was it in the Hotspur that someone had a magic patch on his trousers?

Very few pictures in them and my older brother had it and I had the Beano.

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i read many comics as a kid and they were fascinating and informative,
my kids have them for xmas annuals and such like which are absolute rubbish, stupid storyless wastes of paper infact,

when i go abroad theres always uk comics the war story type im always gripped by them.

ive got about 100 origional marvel comics from the 60's stashed away
biddle and webb auctioneers valued them at £20 - £30 each,
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fatlad
Mar 29 2010, 05:41 PM
I loved the Eagle and the Victor.

Also Loved Roy of the Rovers.

Also them small Commando books about the wars, they were great!

Yes, I remember those Commando Comics as well and, I agree, they were great.

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Blacksmith
Mar 29 2010, 05:17 PM
fatlad
Mar 29 2010, 05:41 PM
I loved the Eagle and the Victor.

Also Loved Roy of the Rovers.

Also them small Commando books about the wars, they were great!

Yes, I remember those Commando Comics as well and, I agree, they were great.

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thats the fellahs Blackie, you can still buy them as well if you look hard enough!

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Gosh I never realised you lot were that old :D
I used to have a ray gun, that made a buzzing noise and lit up when I pulled the trigger I'll let you into a little secret Iwas Dan Dare.
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Dan Dare crashes in the jungle and is captured by some cannibals. They say they are going to boil him in a big pot, he says you cant do that, im Dan Dare im famous, everybody knows me. Oh really says the cannibals... ok then we will go into the jungle and the first person we meet, if they know who you are, we wont eat you. So they walk into the jungle and Dan Dare is thinking there is no chance of anybody knowing me in this jungle. As they walk through they see a guy in the distance, as he gets closer he shouts 'Hello dare'

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robert capa
Mar 29 2010, 08:04 PM
Dan Dare crashes in the jungle and is captured by some cannibals. They say they are going to boil him in a big pot, he says you cant do that, im Dan Dare im famous, everybody knows me. Oh really says the cannibals... ok then we will go into the jungle and the first person we meet, if they know who you are, we wont eat you. So they walk into the jungle and Dan Dare is thinking there is no chance of anybody knowing me in this jungle. As they walk through they see a guy in the distance, as he gets closer he shouts 'Hello dare'

:silence:

is it me or am i missing the punchline there?


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valleyblue
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Read loads of 'em when I was growing up...can't remember which one it was had Alf Tupper - The tough of the track. A miner??? who could out do any toff at sport.

The Commando books were crushed by the rise of PC but I have seen them around in Cardiff.
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fatlad
Mar 29 2010, 08:30 PM
robert capa
Mar 29 2010, 08:04 PM
Dan Dare crashes in the jungle and is captured by some cannibals. They say they are going to boil him in a big pot, he says you cant do that, im Dan Dare im famous, everybody knows me. Oh really says the cannibals... ok then we will go into the jungle and the first person we meet, if they know who you are, we wont eat you. So they walk into the jungle and Dan Dare is thinking there is no chance of anybody knowing me in this jungle. As they walk through they see a guy in the distance, as he gets closer he shouts 'Hello dare'

:silence:

is it me or am i missing the punchline there?


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It's you - "Hello Dare" - "Hello There"???? :D OK so it was unlikely they'd come across an Irishman in the jungle but's that just the sort of thing that would happen to the mighty DD
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valleyblue
Mar 29 2010, 09:39 PM
Read loads of 'em when I was growing up...can't remember which one it was had Alf Tupper - The tough of the track. A miner??? who could out do any toff at sport.

The Commando books were crushed by the rise of PC but I have seen them around in Cardiff.

It was the Victor:

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fatlad
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Mar 29 2010, 08:51 PM
valleyblue
Mar 29 2010, 09:39 PM
Read loads of 'em when I was growing up...can't remember which one it was had Alf Tupper - The tough of the track. A miner??? who could out do any toff at sport.

The Commando books were crushed by the rise of PC but I have seen them around in Cardiff.

It was the Victor:

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Used to love alf tupper.

There was also Billys Boots as well iirc!
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Great topic Blacksmith! :applause:

Commando, Victor, Roy of the Rovers

Tiger was my favourite but they ruined it when they merged it with ROTR

Loved Skid Solo and Billys Boots

Happy days :rolleyes:
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Mar 29 2010, 10:09 PM
Great topic Blacksmith! :applause:

Commando, Victor, Roy of the Rovers

Tiger was my favourite but they ruined it when they merged it with ROTR

Loved Skid Solo and Billys Boots

Happy days :rolleyes:

they dont make em like they used to

In fact they dont make em like that at all

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fatlad
Mar 29 2010, 09:30 PM
robert capa
Mar 29 2010, 08:04 PM
Dan Dare crashes in the jungle and is captured by some cannibals. They say they are going to boil him in a big pot, he says you cant do that, im Dan Dare im famous, everybody knows me. Oh really says the cannibals... ok then we will go into the jungle and the first person we meet, if they know who you are, we wont eat you. So they walk into the jungle and Dan Dare is thinking there is no chance of anybody knowing me in this jungle. As they walk through they see a guy in the distance, as he gets closer he shouts 'Hello dare'

:silence:

is it me or am i missing the punchline there?


:blink:

Not exactly PC, but it made me laugh!
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Migster
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Such is the influence of Commando magazine and schoolboy stuff like that, that even now when I've got a SA80 (the standard issue rifle) on me, it's about 10 seconds before I make the "uh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh" machine gun noise to myself.
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Mar 30 2010, 08:54 AM
Such is the influence of Commando magazine and schoolboy stuff like that, that even now when I've got a SA80 (the standard issue rifle) on me, it's about 10 seconds before I make the "uh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh" machine gun noise to myself.

I do the same, but only when alone in the kitchen with the egg whisk and a list of instructions stuck on the fridge.... :D
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mccp
Mar 30 2010, 03:27 PM
Migster
Mar 30 2010, 08:54 AM
Such is the influence of Commando magazine and schoolboy stuff like that, that even now when I've got a SA80 (the standard issue rifle) on me, it's about 10 seconds before I make the "uh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh" machine gun noise to myself.

I do the same, but only when alone in the kitchen with the egg whisk and a list of instructions stuck on the fridge.... :D

LOL

was just talking to a mate on sunday in the pub about when we used to play army and the noises we udes to make.

Also recall runnung arounf with a bit of poo on the end of a stick chasing the girls


oh they were the days

:D
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fatlad
Mar 30 2010, 04:00 PM
mccp
Mar 30 2010, 03:27 PM
Migster
Mar 30 2010, 08:54 AM
Such is the influence of Commando magazine and schoolboy stuff like that, that even now when I've got a SA80 (the standard issue rifle) on me, it's about 10 seconds before I make the "uh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh" machine gun noise to myself.

I do the same, but only when alone in the kitchen with the egg whisk and a list of instructions stuck on the fridge.... :D

LOL

was just talking to a mate on sunday in the pub about when we used to play army and the noises we udes to make.

Also recall runnung arounf with a bit of poo on the end of a stick chasing the girls


oh they were the days

:D

OH we used to do that as well :D

Kids today don't know the joy of running around with a bit of dog poo on a stick :D
yelling "POOOOOOOOOOOOO" at everyone
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valleyblue
Mar 30 2010, 05:19 PM
fatlad
Mar 30 2010, 04:00 PM
mccp
Mar 30 2010, 03:27 PM
Migster
Mar 30 2010, 08:54 AM
Such is the influence of Commando magazine and schoolboy stuff like that, that even now when I've got a SA80 (the standard issue rifle) on me, it's about 10 seconds before I make the "uh-huh-huh-huh-huh-huh" machine gun noise to myself.

I do the same, but only when alone in the kitchen with the egg whisk and a list of instructions stuck on the fridge.... :D

LOL

was just talking to a mate on sunday in the pub about when we used to play army and the noises we udes to make.

Also recall runnung arounf with a bit of poo on the end of a stick chasing the girls


oh they were the days

:D

OH we used to do that as well :D

Kids today don't know the joy of running around with a bit of dog poo on a stick :D
yelling "POOOOOOOOOOOOO" at everyone

I used to run around chasing the girls with something else in my hand. I used to get the cane a lot at school.
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