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Comics from 1940/50s

Started By Alan, Nov 19 2011 05:03 PM

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#16 OFFLINE   Minerlad

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Posted 21 November 2011 - 03:28 PM

Alf Tupper.

#17 OFFLINE   eddiedunc

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Posted 21 November 2011 - 09:19 PM

View PostMinerlad, on 21 November 2011 - 03:28 PM, said:

Alf Tupper.
The tough of the track, worked as a scrap metal dealer with a bath for a sidecar. Trained on fish and chips.
What about Wilson?

#18 OFFLINE   vinty

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Posted 21 November 2011 - 09:45 PM

Did anyone read Film Fun

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Posted 21 November 2011 - 11:15 PM

The amazing Wilson? wasn't he some kind of immortal? What about sgt braddock VC the RAF bomber pilot.did sgts ever pilot planes?BTW Alf Tupper made his living by selling coal briquttes.Roy of the rovers(Melchester?)As for the American comics,i used to go to a stall in the old indoor market and spend hrs on a sat morn perusing them.i had 100's,mainlyDC superman.Bought a single for a shilling and every now and then paid half a doller for a compliation,wonder what they would be worth today.I've still got some 1960's Victor,wizard etc xmas albums in the loft,i'll dig 'em out and refresh my memory

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 12:00 AM

You could well be sitting on a fortune.

#21 OFFLINE   Alan

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 09:19 AM

You'd be amazed at how little they're worth Tessmop. I bought some 1930s Dandy and Beano comics at a collectors fair and they were just £2 each

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 12:00 PM

I suppose that, in times of recession, there's less money available for indulging in 'collection-style hobbies' which just cost money.

While things like diy/crafts/grow-your-own all flourish because they help us to save/earn money.

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 01:45 PM

My favourites were Reveille and one called Spick and Span.

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 05:38 PM

sure there used to be one called Radio Fun,,with Arthur Askey ,and Tommy Trinder, how did we laugh at those,
looking back now they were as funny as tooth ache,

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 07:19 PM

there certainly was Skyman http://www.bustercom...k/radiofun.html but long before my time

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 07:44 PM

There were Radio Fun and Film Fun. I think they disappeared in the early 50s if not sooner. Film Fun used to have regular comic strips of Old Mother Riley, the Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy etc. Radio Fun was as Skyman describes it

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 07:44 PM

cant see the knockout mentioned

#28 OFFLINE   tessmop

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Posted 22 November 2011 - 09:51 PM

Film fun was well in to the 50's.

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Posted 18 December 2011 - 08:26 AM

I used to get Hotspur, Hornet, Victor, Valiant Buster and Ranger (which later amalgamated with Look & Learn) My dad used to get just as much pleasure out of them as I did!

Remember my sister used to bring me one of the American ones home every Saturday when she got paid from her paper round - Superman, Batman etc
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