A huge, bumper set of press releases from Beano publisher DC Thomson today with the statement of their Heritage Comics collections of traditional material. fans of British Comics have long yearned for DCT to check out their archives in the exact same method The Treasury of British Comics has been at Rebellion. The down side for some will be that it’s digital-only releases however on the positive side it does bring a great deal of work unseen for many years back for visitors to enjoy. full details in the press releases below.
Spellbound volume 1
A special chilling new release from Heritage Comics, Spellbound volume 1 is out now as well as offered to buy digitally on Kindle as well as ComiXology. With a new introduction, a choice of vintage features, as well as a cover gallery, traditional chills as well as thrills await inside…
September 1976 saw a strange new publication sharing newsagent’s shelves next to Bunty, Judy, Mandy, as well as other traditional youngsters comics. Spellbound explained itself as the ‘all secret story paper for girls’, as well as it featured nothing however strange, mysterious as well as spine-tingling tales designed to provide its young visitors chills with their thrills.
Throughout its run, those visitors encountered otherworldly experience with ‘The Supercats’, schoolyard sorcery with ‘I Don’t want to be a Witch’, ancient Egyptian princesses stalking the streets in ‘When the Mummy Walks’, as well as a bewitched time-travelling torch in ‘The shop at Shudder Corner’. Clearly, Damian Darke — ‘The Master of Mystery’ — was in fine, if frightening company, when he stepped out of the shadows of his library of strange stories in Spellbound‘s very first issue.
More than 40 years after it merged with sibling comic Debbie, the tradition of Spellbound lives on as it returns to cast its spell in this special collection!
Experience the strange as well as sinister tales told by the mysterious Damian Darke, with artwork by, among others, Brian Lewis (House of Hammer, world of the Unknown: Ghosts), as well as get entangled in the enchanting serial ‘I DON’T want TO BE A WITCH!’, featuring early artwork by prolific British comics artist, Norman Lee (Mandy, Judy), whose unique style graced most of Spellbound‘s covers.
Plus new Spellbound stories by Georgia Standen battle (Commandos Vs Zombies series), Daniel McGachey (They That Dwell in Dark Places, By No Mortal Hand), as well as featuring early work by rising comic art stars Anna Morozova (2000AD, Rocky of the Rovers) as well as Lauren Knight (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, golden Rage).
Commando Presents… The fear Files: volume 1
Something wicked this method comes, as commando presents… THE fear FILES: volume 1! This digital anthology collects four supernatural-themed commando comics to excitement as well as pleasure visitors of all ages!
This collection brings together four spine-chilling 63-page stories from Britain’s longest-running war comic, Commando, in bloodcurdling black-and-white art. featuring ghoulish vampires, werewolves, witches, as well as ghosts, this spine-chilling choice of comics is sure to send a chilly shiver down the back of your neck!
Get yours on Kindle as well as ComiXology today!
Commando #104 GHOST WITH A gun
This fighting patrol numbered the ghosts among its ranks!
Corporal Benny Walker’s name will never go down in history — however he was the leader of the strangest fighting patrol the British army had ever known. It was some patrol that one!
Benny, six yanks as well as a couple of ghosts. Yes, the ghosts used uniforms as well — as well as didn’t they tear into the Germans!
This traditional commando from the 1960s epitomises the golden age of the comic, with a story from the mysterious Du Feu, his only credited Commando, together with Spanish comics legends Cueto as well as Chaco — this commando is going to haunt anyone who misses it!
| story | Du Feu | Art| Cueto | original Cover | Chaco |
Commando #984 night OF FEAR
The tales of vampires in Transylvania were only myths… weren’t they?
Transylvania is an eerie land of legends, of werewolves as well as vampires, of hauntings as well as spine-chilling screams in the dark.
Not the most welcoming location in the world to crash-land in at dead of night — particularly when your Mosquito has been damaged, not by Nazi flak… however by a swarm of countless large, black bats!
This cherished however hair-raising commando is a fan favourite, commonly requested to be reprinted — as well as it’s remove to see why. With an fantastic trio of British comics greats, Alan Hebden, Patrick Wright as well as Ian Kennedy — all at the height of their powers — this commando is scarily good!
| story | Alan Hebden | Art| Patrick Wright | original Cover | Ian Kennedy |
Commando #5381 operation SILVER BULLETS
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