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Friday, 25 September 2026

More Discoveries

 When I wrote that I found another unlisted anywhere British hero from the British Golden Age. It was pointed out to me by someone who reads Comics Bits magazine that in the last two or more years I have found a couple dozen characters that are forgotten.

The British Golden Age reprint books do not sell -it is really a work of love (and finance draining) and so I decided that what I will do is publish the strips of these characters in Comic Bits although how many issues I publish depends. People who read it tell me they learn something new and love it but, again, sales are very poor which I did not expect since I run blogs and Face Book pages with a lot of members who are Golden Age fans (I am told).

We'll see if I can get an issue out by Christmas so keep checking back!

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Thank You for the Comments and a quick update!

 Sorry for delay in replying to Comments but Blogger never told me there were any and after all these years I never expect any!

THANK YOU for commenting.

As for me....I did it again.  Yup, quite by chance I found another previously unlisted British super hero from the 1940s -as outlined in Comic Bits 3 I keep finding these characters and mainly when I am not looking so, from now on, I will NOT be looking for old British characters (I may be lying there).

More news later.

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A4

Colour/BW

80pp

£10.00 UK

https://www.lulu.com/shop/terry-hooper/comic-bits-no-3-2026/paperback/product-q6wqden.html?page=1&pageSize=4

Comic Bits is the only journal dealing with the Platinum, Golden, Dark and Silver Ages of British comics and the creators involved.

This edition looks at the number of British "Bat men" -characters lost to time. The Bat by William McCail stars in his only ever appearance

We take a look at Tom Browne and Oliver Veal recognised as creators of what became the "British style" for over 100 years.

Prolific creator Terry Bave and his wife Sheila give us a glimpse of working in Silver age weekly comics.

Then there three rarities: the first is the origin of T.N.T. Tom a true star of Swan comics. Secondly we have the other star of Swan in Dene Vernon -Ghost Investigator. His very first pouting from 1940.

Third...well, a massive shock was the discovery of a super heroine not mentioned in any sources and this one off appearance drawn by E. H. Banger (we look at his career in this issue as well) -after 60 years Wanda the Wonder Girl is revealed!

Comic strips from some of the greats of British comics add extra zing to this issue.


Thursday, 23 July 2026

A. Soloway All Star Comic volume 5 -anyone have scans or copies?

  Now I know that over the many years I ask and ask and ask and to date have never received any type of response....I am an eternal optimist (without the ternal aspect).

I amn looking for scans of A Soloway's All Star Comic from vol. 5 no. 1 onward. After years of searching online I have given up. 

So make an old man happy. If you have scans let me know at  hoopercomicsuk@yahoo.com

Thank You

Saturday, 18 July 2026

Ah Wong

 Still a classic strip though it could send the PC crowd into seizures. But this is comic book history.







The Black Rider Returns!



































The Atomic Age Comic

 


Does anyone have any scans or can scan The Atomic Age Comic?  What scans I have are pages...well...NOT scans. The pages were photographed back in the old Yahopo group days.

If anyone can help:hoopert1957@gmail.com

Tuesday, 19 May 2026

The Ultimate British Golden Age Comics Collection

 



A4
Paperback
B&W
405 pages
Price: £25.00 (excl. VAT)Prints in 3-5 business days

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