A few of my
old Starblazer small format comic digests.
Although, I
didn’t collect them religiously, if I came across one (or two as they always
seem to come in pairs) I would invariably pick it up.
Doing a
little research on them it appears there were 281 issues, starting in April
1979 and ending in January 1991.
It began
with one issue per month, changing at issue four to two a month.
The
publication did suffer from poor distribution, coupled with a downturn in the
popularity of science fiction and in comics generally.
I must admit
if they were still being published and I could still pick them up at the local supermarket I probably still would.
They were cheap little bits of comic book entertainment, with proper
traditional line artwork and a nice
little throw away sci-fi story to boot.
That clone ranger is Dr Manhattan!
ReplyDeleteFascinating Mike. I love the look of these, They remind me of a small 2000AD. I can see why you like them. When I'm in Germany I often browse train station bookshops, which have huge comics sections. Two really popular ones, small format just like starblazer, are Perry Rhodan [sci fi] and John Sinclair [creepy]. I think they've been going years.
ReplyDeleteI used to read Perry Rhodan books years ago Woodsy. Still got them in the loft somewhere. I 've seen those digest mags you're talking about when I'm abroad . I 'd buy then if it wasn't for the fact they're all in German! ; )
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