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maryanddavid

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Re: Oddities from the past, and wotnot
« Reply #75 on: 03 February, 2012, 02:16:45 PM »
I think this is an original cover.

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Re: Oddities from the past, and wotnot
« Reply #76 on: 03 February, 2012, 04:36:19 PM »
Got a copy of that in a box somewhere.
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« Reply #77 on: 04 February, 2012, 10:38:04 PM »
Recently bought a copy of Battle off E-Bay, which had the old promo/advert for the forthcoming release of 2000ad inside.
Now theses will be familiar to most i guess, but as the Galaxy's Greatest turns 35 this month, i thought this particular oddity from the past was worth another show.

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« Reply #78 on: 04 February, 2012, 10:46:59 PM »
Pah, typical Tharg bombast.  Betelgeuse is hardly 'the heart of the galaxy' - it's on the Orion Spur with the rest of us, and even further to rimward than we are. 

Nice scans though!
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Re: Oddities from the past, and wotnot
« Reply #79 on: 04 February, 2012, 11:13:20 PM »
'But one man fought on'. Lol. NESSSSSSY!!!!
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Re: Oddities from the past, and wotnot
« Reply #80 on: 04 February, 2012, 11:51:54 PM »
Good stuff, what issue of Battle is it from?
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« Reply #81 on: 05 February, 2012, 11:35:03 AM »
The four page promo was in Battle and Valiant dated 19th February 1977. Ive been lead to believe it was also in Whizzer and Chips (19th Feb - half page advert, 26th Feb - full page advert), and was also in the Feb issue of Action, but i have no date for that one, im afraid. Think most IPC comics would have carried the promo around that February time.
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« Reply #82 on: 05 February, 2012, 06:44:40 PM »
That Gibson Comic Collector cover is beautiful. The guy is the master of the airbrush!
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« Reply #83 on: 05 February, 2012, 08:33:50 PM »
According to an online inflation calculator, that £10 would be around £35 these days...

Tharg was generous with his cash then...
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Re: Oddities from the past, and wotnot
« Reply #84 on: 06 February, 2012, 04:12:47 PM »
Quote from: Steve Green on 05 February, 2012, 08:33:50 PM
According to an online inflation calculator, that £10 would be around £35 these days...

Tharg was generous with his cash then...

Your not kidding, back in '77, it was a hard enough job to find the 8p needed for 2000ad, (oh the good old bad old days).
Cant imagine what it would have felt like to suddenly have ten whole english pounds to play with. Did anyone on here ever win the tenner i wonder?
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Re: Oddities from the past, and wotnot
« Reply #85 on: 06 February, 2012, 05:16:35 PM »
Quote from: Steve Green on 05 February, 2012, 08:33:50 PM
According to an online inflation calculator, that £10 would be around £35 these days...

And 2000ad is now 35 years on. Odd eh? or is it a cons theory?
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« Reply #86 on: 06 February, 2012, 05:32:22 PM »
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Re: Oddities from the past, and wotnot
« Reply #87 on: 06 February, 2012, 07:01:28 PM »

I liked the idea of the symbols

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Re: Oddities from the past, and wotnot
« Reply #88 on: 08 February, 2012, 04:48:34 PM »
It was only 4 pages and here they are.
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