Black Slink The Shadow Spy (1949)

Drawn by George Ramsbottom (b 1903 d 1989) who produced work for D. C. Thomson's Dandy and Beano;  Invisible Dick  was his contribution to The Dandy in 1937. This strip (the Black Slink) appeared as a one pager over four issues of Adventure 1263 - 2nd April, 1264 - 9th April, 1265 -16th April and 1266 -23rd April 1949.

This was not the last appearance of the character as he returned in 1950 in (again in Adventure) a prose serial illustrated by Ramsbottom Dixon Hawke and The Black Slink in Adventure 1339 16th September -but this Black Slink was a villain so, in my opinion, a separate entity to the 1949 hero.

 

Dixon Hawke and The Black Slink

Black Tower: Come On Steve!

 

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Steve The Horse the creation of Roland Davies was a hugely popular newspaper comic stripin the UK and the Steve movies of the 1930s had an international audience. 

Learn how Davies got started in animation and comic strips as well as more about his career as a fine artist. 

And, of course, see some of the Steve strips reprinted and Ben R. Dilworth's modern take on the innocent character!

Black Tower: Dene Vernon -Ghost and Mystery Detective

 

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After more than 70 years John McCail's ghost and mystery detective, Dene Vernon is back. 

In this Classic Comic Fun reprint four of Vernon's terrifying cases -The Burning Heart! -The Terror of Steinlitz Castle! -The Evil From The East! and The Silent Pool Mystery.

Black Tower: Hurricane Hurry -The Stranger On A Horse

 

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Hurricane Hurry is seemingly always at the right place and right time to come across bush-whacking skunks, low down varmints and plain old killers.

Under cover U.S. Marshall or Pinkerton Man? Or just a stranger on a horse "moving along"?
William A. Wards Western hero slaps-irons and uses his fists to deals out some Wild West justice.

Reprinting strips not seen in 60-70 years.

Black Tower -The Ultimate British Comics Gold Collection

 

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Combining volumes 1-6 (still available as individual issues but that works out far more expensive) of the BT Golden Age British Comics Collections (minus adverts) this is the ultimate for any Golden Age collector or historian or just plain comic lover.

Features....

Ace Hart

TNT Tom

Electrogirl 

Wonderman 

The Phantom Raider

Captain Comet 

Acro Maid

Phantom Maid

Dene Vernon

The Iron Boy

The Boy Fish

Professor Atom

The Tornado

Powerman

Wonder Boy

Slicksure

Masterman 

Dane Jerrus

Alfie

Tiny Tod

Maxwell The Mighty 

Back From The Dead

Zeno At The Earth's Core

Colonel Mastiff

Ally Sloper

Super Injun

Super Porker  (oo-er, no, Madam, ooh),

Tiger Man

King Of The Clouds

Captain Comet 

and MANY others!

Plus text features defining The Ages OF British Comics (Platignum, Gold, Silver), the artist William A. Ward and more.

If you knew nothing about British comics of the Platinum, Golden and Silver Ages then once you buy and read this book you'll be a goddam omic intellectual dinosaur! Yipes!

All in that beautiful Iron Warrior cover exclusively drawn for Black Tower by that meta-gargantuoso talented Ben R. Dilworth!

I sold my family to be able to get this book out! Help me buy them back by purchasing your very own 

whizz-o copy today!

Black Tower Gold Volume 6

 

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Yes! Now at issue 6 and bringing you more lost strips of the British Golden Age of Comics.There's a collection of strips featuring non other than TNT Tom and one of the weirdest UKGA characters -the Iron Boy.

Ever heard of Ingy Roob? Or his pet "Stretchy"? You will have if you read this issue.How about Dennis M. Readers Cat Girl?

Two other UK comics are reprinted in full, both from 1946 and the only issues ever published:Lucky Dice and The Fudge.

Black Tower -keeping UK comics history alive!

Black Tower Gold Volume 5 -Back From The Dead

 

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William McCail’s 1940 classic is reprinted for the first time in 60 years.

If you are into British Golden Age comics or early comics in general this is for you.

Robert Lovett rises from the dead and finds he has some startling powers: deaths follow, as does a Scotland Yard detective determined to track down the mysterious killer!