The one thing that I have found an utter disappointment is the lack of interest in the reprint books amongst "British Golden Age comic fans". Sales of the 500+pp collection since first published over a decade ago -4 copies. The smaller self contained volumes -zero. No joke: not a single copy has sold despite all the (as I grew to know) false "Oh, sounds great -I'll be buying that one!" and so on and so forth.
What I did was send a couple of the single volumes plus a copy of the Collection (which is all of the books under one cover) to two long time British Golden Age comics collectors. I waited and began to think of the likely negatives I would hear back. That, it seems, was just my paranoia.
Both men loved the single volumes. Both described the collected book as "Utterly mind-blowing" and "I am speechless" -one offered to pay for the book but as they were gifts that was rejected outright. There were characters and strips both men had never heard of or had heard of but never seen a printed version. One pointed out that a proper price for the collected book would be £50 -"That would still be £200 cheaper than if they tried to buy some of the actual very rare comics!"
"Back From The Dead I have seen an original copy of and the quality is awful due to war time printing. Every scan or partial scan I've seen all have the same flaws and some parts hardly readable -the full book reprinted is a gift from Heaven!"
Neither person believed that the books were not selling.
The intention was to remove the books from sale and just keep them private for my own use but, I got persuaded to give it a final go. So, as things will be changing once the postal strike is over I thought "Why not?"
Do I expect people to start buying? No. But I have to try so here are the links.
Why are you still here? Go buy and make me rich (like that'll happen!)
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For the first time in 60 years some of the lost gems of the British Golden Age of Comics are reprinted!
Scanned and cleaned to the best standard possible -see The Phantom Raider, Ace Hart, Secrets Of The Super Sargasso Sea, Phantom Maid, Electrogirl, Skybolt Kid, Wonder Boy, Dene Vernon, Professor Atom and many, many others!
Its fun and action all the way -The British Golden Age shines through!
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The second collection of British 1940s comic strips featuring Maxwell The Mighty, Slicksure, Iron Boy,Alfie, Ace Hart and more.
Featuring the work of Golden Age Greats Alf Farningham and Harry Banger.
Specifically designed to feature more humour than the previous volume this should be a treat for all comic collectors.
Reprinting the full content of The Meteor and The Rocket Comics from 1948.
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This is the third volume in Black Tower Comics’ collection of Golden Age British comic strips that have not seen print for 50-60 years!
Included in this volume is a bumper crop of Ace Hart:The Atom Man strips and an article on the character.
A complete 1949 comic in Smugglers Creek; Denis Gifford’s Search For The Secret City and science fiction legend Bryan Berry’s rendition of Kid Carter -Teenage Tec! A must for all comic collectors and historians.
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The fourth volume of this series features some great finds of the lost era of British comics:
Ace Hart The Atom Man, Captain Comet -Space Ranger, TNT Tom, Clive Lynn -Space Reporter, Superstooge, "The White Gorilla", Atomic Tuffy, Cast Iron Chris, Sigord.....
and many others!
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William McCail’s 1940 classic is reprinted for the first time in 80 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!
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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!
And if you want all of the above in one huge volume then....
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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 HartTNT TomElectrogirl Wonderman The Phantom RaiderCaptain Comet Acro MaidPhantom MaidDene VernonThe Iron BoyThe Boy FishProfessor AtomThe TornadoPowermanWonder BoySlicksureMasterman Dane JerrusAlfieTiny TodMaxwell The Mighty Back From The DeadZeno At The Earth's CoreColonel MastiffAlly SloperSuper InjunSuper Porker (oo-er, no, Madam, ooh),Tiger ManKing Of The CloudsCaptain 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!
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