Ah, Misty -- the spooky girls' comic that wasn't just for spooky girls!
Tag: Girls’ comics
In-Shallow Profile: Marvel UK’s Bea Comic
Until recently we weren't even able to prove that Marvel UK's Bea comic lasted for more than one issue... and now we have all of them!
A Mere Coincidence? Hmm…
Strange Goings-on in British Comics... It couldn't all be a mere coincidence, could it? Or *could* it? Or... Couldn't it? Or maybe not!
British Comics Top-10 Issue-Count Chart – 2021b edition!
2000AD displaces another comic on the Top-Ten Issue-Count List, but... there's been an unexpected twist! Will things ever be the same again? Read on to find out!
My Guy Timeline
My Guy magazine was famous for its romance-based photo-stories and helpful advice columns, but does its cheerful, optimistic facade hide a dark, dangerous past filled with treachery, murder and poison-tipped darts? (Well, no, it doesn't, but this is worth a read anyway, I promise!)
Rusty Staples: Year Three
April 15th is the Feast of St. Aples, the patron saint of writing about comics, which is why I chose this date -- exactly three years ago -- to launch my comics blog, which was of course named after St. Aples himself. Happy Birthday to us! Hooray!
British Comics Top-10 Issue-Count Chart – 2021a edition!
The officially unofficial guide to the most successful British Comics ever! (In terms of the number of issues, that is.)
Comics That Never Were #3
Welcome, readers, to the long-unawaited third episode in our sporadic and unreliable series in which your Uncle Rusty takes a look at comics that didn't actually exist in this universe but should have... In the 1970s (a sort of prototype version of the 1980s, but with wider ties, longer hair, and orange and brown wallpaper) … Continue reading Comics That Never Were #3
Rusty’s Reviews Round-Up
To save you literally whiles of searching through this blog, here are all of Rusty's reviews in one place!
Pocket-Money Comics: Marilyn
Marilyn was a comic aimed at young women that ran for over ten years and presented its readers with comic-strips, prose fiction and articles all based around love and romance. The title, presumably, was chosen to imply an association with Marilyn Monroe: the comic was launched in 1955 shortly after Ms Monroe became massively famous. … Continue reading Pocket-Money Comics: Marilyn