Welcome on this blog full of information about British comics and offcourse the comics.
A British comic is a periodical published in the United Kingdom that contains comic strips. It is generally referred to as a comic or a comic magazine, and historically as a comic paper.
British comics are usually comics anthologies which are typically aimed at children, and are published weekly, although some are also published on a fortnightly or monthly schedule. The top three longest-running comics in the world, The Dandy, The Beano, and Comic Cuts, are all British, although in modern times British comics have been largely superseded by American comic books and Japanese manga.
You can access the information and comics through the sidebar.
The comics are mostly in packages from around 100mb, inside these rar-packages you will find the comics in cbr format.
There are no DC Thomson related comics on the site, because i had to remove these.
I was used to have a summerbreak each year june-august, to visit festivals and other events, go riding my bicycle, go walking and other things to do outside. Because all the restrictions with Covid, i canceled these breaks a few year. But since everything is back to โnormalโ i am planning a break again this year. Meaning there will be no update june-august, the last before the break will be in may and the next somewhere in september. I will still be watching the blog, make some changes and update a few pages, whenever i find some time. You can leave links in the comments like you are used to, i will be downloading these but not process and prepare them, i will save them for the 1st update after the break.
You can view the comics with any cbr-reader like CDisplay or ComicRack.
Most comics are from the 50’s-80’s with some 90’s.
I only place issues from last century,
so no issues newer than the year 1999.
I did not scan the comics myself only collect them from various sites on the internet, internet archive, Usenet Newsgroups and torrents.
So thanks to all the scanners and uploaders.
This blog is purely ment to preserve the comics and to enjoy them, no financial meanings are involved, if you like the comics buy them as long as they are availabe, because nothing can beat the feeling of reading a real comic.
If you find something wrong (downloads, numbering, information) please let me know so that i can correct the error.
Thanks to the following sites for the information :
And Avengers #063 = http://www.mediafire.com/file/kujo5zkoq9zn2db/Avengers_MV_063.cbz
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UPDATE 17-11-2017
Mostly with the help from Leegs, Leemcdaid, Mr. Tweedy, Mumuchi, Robert
Adventures of Biggles (9) – New Title
Air Ace Picture Library (7)
Avengers Marvel (1)
Battle Picture Library (56)
Boys World (55)
Buster (114)
Captain Britain (23)
Champion (11)
Cheeky Weekly (4)
Cor!! (4)
Cracker (5)
Fury (1)
House Of Horror (1)
Jackpot (1)
Krazy (1)
Mask (17)
Nikki (7) – New Title
Ring Raiders (7) New Title
School Fun (2)
Star Wars (12)
Strip (1)
Super Naturals (6)
Tammy (5)
Toxic (32) – New Title
TV Comic (2)
Valiant (4)
Victor (1) – In Books and Specials
War Picture Library (1)
In Various
Jinty (2)
Top Cat (1)
Tracy (2)
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Biggles? My hero. Both him and you ๐
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Thanks, Biggles is here in the Netherlands also a very popular comichero, i think i have about 25 papercomics in Dutch with Biggles.
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I only have his books. We do not get his comics in Malaysia. A very nice dicovery for me. Thanks.
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Hi. Just notice Air Ace PL 240 is mis-identified as 215.
Cheers!
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Thanks for letting me know, i will make a note of it at the downloadpage.
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No worries mate.
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Amazing job!!!
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Only 378 books this time. I guess compared to some of the past updates this is slowing down. Sure doesn’t feel like it though. Thanks for the additions.
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You are welcome. I hope someday we reach the point where there are no more issues needed to fill the gaps and i can retire finally.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson โ ‘Its the not the Destination, It’s the journey.’
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Thanks for the latest update to everyone involved – and really good to see some more Picture Libraries (Battle no 1446 was interesting as I can see how it was scanned).
I was hoping to make the update with these, but looks like I missed the bus:
Battle Picture Library 31-40:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/1ojn78dwvr5l/BattlePictureLibrary04.zip
41-47, 49-50
http://www.filefactory.com/file/645zxbrxi80b/BattlePictureLibrary05.zip
And well done on the new Blog.
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Thanks, no problem, i will make another small update this week.
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Another 6 Battle Picture Libraries:
http://www13.zippyshare.com/v/iSdDkjEt/file.html
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you Sir!
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Tks for the links. BPL page will fill out nicely. Seems popular coz I have to wait for zip04 to become less busy to download.
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๐๐ Battle Picture Library gets its cover on the sidebar.๐
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Yes, i though that it deserved a better place on the blog.
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Corrected version of Battle 1446:
http://www3.zippyshare.com/v/WffdL2Z8/file.html
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Thanks. Was wondering about the scan ๐
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Hello sir, I am Vinoj from india can you upload Buck Ryan comics. Please
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When i find some i will place them offcourse. Most likely on my Newspaperblog.
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There are 3 early Buck Ryan stories on CB+, complete with new front pages:-
http://comicbookplus.com/?cid=3358
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Fantastic, Paw. I’m a big fan of the British stripes of the 1950s, especially Buck Ryan. I’m working to create an archive available to all fans like me.
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Thanks for the link.
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have you looked on http://thelongbox.net/ theres lots of diferent comics ?
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Thanks for the link.
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Hello I was wondering if anyone knows what you would receive if your letter was published in 1974 valiant comics. My dad lost his comic after moving and I’ve managed to find the comics eBay and buy it. He said he received a letter from captain hurricane and a badge but I’ve struggled to find anything on the internet about this.
Hope you can help me with his Christmas present!
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Some Wizard comics, 233, 236, 249, 250, 252, 317, 334, 345, 370, 394, 402:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/31wnqehfvt8h/Wizard.zip
Classic Action Holiday Special 1990:
http://www31.zippyshare.com/v/4qNyNGzV/file.html
And if anyone is interested two books on Frank Hampson:
The Man Who Drew Tomorrow:
http://www31.zippyshare.com/v/5TARQHec/file.html
Tomorrow Revisited:
http://www31.zippyshare.com/v/FwPgqOSk/file.html
And a Powerman story by Brian Bolland from Powerman 19:
http://www31.zippyshare.com/v/AIyuBiS7/file.html
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Thanks, great work.
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Thanks! I’m a great fan of Frank Hampson and own “The man the who drew tomorrow”. I missed “Tomorrow revisited”.
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10 more various picture libraries of variable quality:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/6gmwgfzuyu8h/PictureLibrary04.zip
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Thanks Mr tweedy – your scans are always wonderful to behold – mainly as they are not the mainstream scanners material but real gems from the past from series others have forgotten
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Thanks, glad you like them. I have been cleaning up some old scans I have so they see the light of day and trying to add things I think no one else will. Have a few more weird and obscure things planned for next year.
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Thanks, i love weird and obscure, i will be looking out for these. Perhaps i find some time next month to start with my new pulp and old magazines blog, that will have some weird and obscure things also i believe.
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If it is as diverse and interesting as you last lot of libraries it will be most welcome.
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Looking forward to the update and the new blog.
I have found one more war picture library in my archives:
http://www59.zippyshare.com/v/wQQqqRFc/file.html
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Thanks. I have an update in the planning for next week, with lots of Valiants also.
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Thank you Sir. Your posts are always fascinating especially when it includes comics that never make it to my part of the commonwealth. A real eye opener when that happens.
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Now you have curious. Which part of the Commonweath do you live in sir. I am a Canadian mysejf.
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Malaysia Sir. Where getting the issues late was the norm hahaha! Actually even now ๐
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What a dunce I have been. Just realised that the Fleetway Holiday Specials long stories and Monthly are actually reprints. Stumbled on their issue numbers while indexing as some are again reprinted in the Prion collection.
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Btw those who are into indexing their collection the following is another good resource if you only have the title, especially if you draw a blank at GCD.
https://comicvine.gamespot.com/war-picture-library-10-up-periscope/4000-207743/
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*UPDATE 27-11-2017*
Battle Picture Library (25) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
Boys World (1) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
Disneyland (1)
Love Story Picture Library (2) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
Pocket Detective Library (1) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
Spellbound (1) Thanks to Leegs
Valiant (390) Thanks to Leegs
War Picture Library (1) Thanks to Leegs
Wizard (11) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
In Various Picture Libraries
Club War Library (1) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
Combat Picture Library (2) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
Film Picture Library (1) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
Picture Stories of World War II (1) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
Schoolgirls Adventure Library (1) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
Star Love Stories (1) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
War Hero Library (1) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
In various
Adventures of Mark Tyme (2)
Classic Action Holiday Special (1) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
Frank Hampson (2) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
Powerman Story (1) Thanks to Mr. Tweedy
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Looking at my USB drives to see if I need to move things around to accommodate all those Valiants. My computer says that folder is 75.5 GBs That seems a little werd as they are stored on 16 GB drive.
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I think that is impossible yes, my Valiant folder is almost 15gb.
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Another War Picture Library Annual?. Interesting. Tks to Mr Leegs and Mr Tweedy and Boutje777 of course.
Is there hope to see Cdo Annuals being posted here?
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Presuming Cdo means Commando I checked on Grand Comics Database and could not find any listing for that title.
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We (GCD) know they exist, but we do not have specific information on them, such as dates or format. If you have this, please provide it so that we can add the title.
Regards,
Ramon
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There is a website that has this information i believe,
https://www.commandocomics.com/
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I am currently indexng what I have. Hopefully soon I will be able to help you guys flesh out your Fleetway libraries database as I use your Cdo Database a lot.
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Just a little trivia. The 1st feature story in the WPL 1976 Annual is actually the issue that was posted preceding the Annual. (WPL 488). ๐
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Unfortunately GCD is currently in read-only mode due to server issues. Not sure when we will be able to index again which is annoying as I am in the middle of two books. Also can’t access the feature which allows me to keep track of my collection.
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For the record there was a War Picture Library Annual from 1976 to 1981. I believe the first and last ones are on ths site
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