Favourite comic book memories from childhood..

by Syl Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:00 pm

Who doesn't remember Dennis the Menace? He is now 70 years old. Shocked

Favourite comic book memories from childhood.. Dennis10

Beano comic is celebrating 70 years of its most famous character and the nation's favourite ten-year-old, Dennis The Menace.

Instantly recognisable with his red and black striped jumper and spikey black hair, the character first skyrocketed to fame after appearing in a Beano strip on 17th March 1951. He has been entertaining generations of children ever since.

https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/dennis-the-menace-is-70/

by Syl Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:16 pm

The Beano and Dandy were great, I read them and also bought my son and grandson the Christmas annuals for years.

Being a girl, I also loved the Bunty and the Judy weekly comics.

Favourite characters for me were 'The Four Mary's'...Decades later I still remember all their last names and the adventures they got into. Cool

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https://comicvine.gamespot.com/four-marys/4060-57550/

by Guest Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:33 pm

I used to collect Marvel And DC comics when i was a kid,i had over two thousand spiderman,superman,teen titans, iron man,captain marvel ect ect
i had a big wardrobe packed full of them many 1st additions and today highly collectable ones.

when we moved back to Scotland when i was 18 there was little room in the truck we hired ,my dad promised we would come back for them, we never did my dad has been dead for 30 years and to this day i still haven't forgiven him ,today that collection would be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds Sad

by Syl Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:06 pm

Korben wrote:I used to collect Marvel And DC comics when i was a kid,i had over two thousand spiderman,superman,teen titans, iron man,captain marvel ect ect
i had a big wardrobe packed full of them many 1st additions and today highly collectable ones.

when we moved back to Scotland when i was 18 there was little room in the truck we hired ,my dad promised we would come back for them, we never did my dad has been dead for 30 years and to this day i still haven't forgiven him ,today that collection would be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds

That's a shame, but unfortunately people cant see into the future, if they could I'm sure your dad would have gone back and collected the comics .

My son still has a go at me for giving away his original star wars figures and space ships etc, he had every model available back in the 70's, some were still boxed. Embarassed

by Maddog Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:16 pm

I was never into them. I've never seen any of the movies either.

by Syl Fri Mar 19, 2021 6:32 pm

Maddog wrote:I was never into them. I've never seen any of the movies either.

So what did you read when you were little Maddog?
All kids like to be transported somewhere magical by reading about dare devil characters in comics.

My grandson was mad on Spiderman for a time, insisting he WAS actually Spiderman.

by HoratioTarr Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:07 pm

I was never into the girly comics. I tried Bunty for a while but the Four Mary's bored the arse off me and it was so sickly sugary I couldn't stand it, even at 8 years old. I was a DC comic girl. Superman was my favourite, then Supergirl, then the Green Lantern. I had all those comics, I wish I'd kept them!

by eddie Fri Mar 19, 2021 10:05 pm

I loved Viz comics when I was younger. They were quite unique back then and a little out there.

by Ben Reilly Fri Mar 19, 2021 10:12 pm

I love Spider-Man -- first ever superhero story that was mainly about how he was an ordinary broke guy trying to navigate everyday life -- but my first brush with comics was some of the Batman stories in the late 80s - early 90s. Dark, fantastic, twisted stuff.

I also read some of the Sandman ones in high school, they were good.

by Maddog Fri Mar 19, 2021 10:24 pm

Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:I was never into them. I've never seen any of the movies either.

So what did you read when you were little Maddog?
All kids like to be transported somewhere magical by reading about dare devil characters in comics.

My grandson was mad on Spiderman for a time, insisting he WAS actually Spiderman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hardy_Boys

Even as a small child, I was never into fantasy. I don't ever remember believing in Santa Claus or anything that I would consider fake or unrealistic. At least not by the time I was reading. I watched some of the old Batman show with Adam West, but he couldn't fly or shoot webs out of his hands, so he was somewhat realistic.

I guess the closest I got to anything like that was Godzilla movies and the like.

by Syl Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:37 pm

Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:

So what did you read when you were little Maddog?
All kids like to be transported somewhere magical by reading about dare devil characters in comics.

My grandson was mad on Spiderman for a time, insisting he WAS actually Spiderman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hardy_Boys

Even as a small child, I was never into fantasy. I don't ever remember believing in Santa Claus or anything that I would consider fake or unrealistic. At least not by the time I was reading. I watched some of the old Batman show with Adam West, but he couldn't fly or shoot webs out of his hands, so he was somewhat realistic.

I guess the closest I got to anything like that was Godzilla movies and the like.

You never believed in Santa Claus. Shocked

I bet you were no fun when your dad wanted to creep into your room on Christmas eve all dressed up. santa

by Maddog Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:42 pm

Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hardy_Boys

Even as a small child, I was never into fantasy. I don't ever remember believing in Santa Claus or anything that I would consider fake or unrealistic. At least not by the time I was reading. I watched some of the old Batman show with Adam West, but he couldn't fly or shoot webs out of his hands, so he was somewhat realistic.

I guess the closest I got to anything like that was Godzilla movies and the like.

You never believed in Santa Claus.
I bet you were no fun when your dad wanted to creep into your room on Christmas eve all dressed up.

I might have believed, but I have no recollection of it.

by Vintage Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:59 pm

I used to have Bunty and Judy, my sister had Girl and my brother had the Eagle, used to like them all but especially the Eagle, loved Dan Dare and the Mekon.

by Syl Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:44 pm

Vintage wrote:I used to have Bunty and Judy, my sister had Girl and my brother had the Eagle, used to like them all but especially the Eagle, loved Dan Dare and the Mekon.

We are kindred spirits Vintage.
The Bunty and judy comics were great. Cool

by Maddog Wed Mar 24, 2021 5:31 am

Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hardy_Boys

Even as a small child, I was never into fantasy. I don't ever remember believing in Santa Claus or anything that I would consider fake or unrealistic. At least not by the time I was reading. I watched some of the old Batman show with Adam West, but he couldn't fly or shoot webs out of his hands, so he was somewhat realistic.

I guess the closest I got to anything like that was Godzilla movies and the like.

You never believed in Santa Claus.
I bet you were no fun when your dad wanted to creep into your room on Christmas eve all dressed up.

And that must be a British thing. What would Santa be doing in someones room?

by Syl Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:41 am

Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:

You never believed in Santa Claus.
I bet you were no fun when your dad wanted to creep into your room on Christmas eve all dressed up.

And that must be a British thing. What would Santa be doing in someones room?

Leaving the pressies at the bottom of the bed. santa

by Maddog Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:57 pm

Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:

And that must be a British thing. What would Santa be doing in someones room?

Leaving the pressies at the bottom of the bed.

Yeah. We have one if those tree things over here.

by Syl Wed Mar 24, 2021 6:02 pm

Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:

Leaving the pressies at the bottom of the bed.

Yeah. We have one if those tree things over here.

Gosh...you are so advanced compared to us. Razz

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