Marvel UK

[paulbyrnex]

Jan 21, 2018 16:23:18 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Bought the first issue of Complete, never saw it again.

Not sure if I ever saw Exploits: was it UK or US sized?

Exploits was UK A4 ish size. Can't recall what number but my first and only copy was one with an appearence from The Hulk.

I didn't get a Spiderman title regularly till Astonishing Spiderman.

[Philip Ayres]

Jan 21, 2018 17:50:47 GMT paulbyrnex said:

Exploits was UK A4 ish size. Can't recall what number but my first and only copy was one with an appearence from The Hulk.

A quick look on eBay suggests it's issue 16.

[primenova]

Complete felt like it started 88 but checked it seeing the first cover & was later & only lasted a few issues.

[Philip Ayres]

Had my eye on this lot of Spiderman UK 608-610:

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3x-SPIDER-MAN-WEEKLY-no-608-609-610-Marvel-UK-1984-scarce-original-British-strip/401474878414

£42.77!!!!!!!!

Ok the strip is a non reprinted UK exclusive but still.....

[Philip Ayres]

Table time!

First up we have what I think is the first of Marvel UK's monthlies, Rampage, a continuation of an earlir weekly title that published Defenders and Nova.

Weekly comicvine.gamespot.com/rampage/4050-51953/
Monthly comicvine.gamespot.com/rampage-monthly/4050-34318/

This needs some work but my issues are in the loft so the earlier Hulk strips, up to issue 27, and some of the later backups are missing. Will revise when I can get at my back issues.

The MSH column refers to it's companion title Marvel Superheroes

Rampage	Month	X-Men	TWIO	Defenders	Other	MSH
1	July 78			35	Nova: Too Many Heroes
2	August 78			36	Nova: Sky Wars
3	September 78			37	Nova 16: Death is the Yellow Claw
4	October 78			38	Nova 16: When the claw commands
5	November 78			39	Nova 17: Tidal Wave
6	December 78			Annual 1	Nova 18: Final Showdown
7	January 79			Annual 1	Doctor Strange v2 15: Where there's Smoke
8	February 79	GS1
9	March 79	GS1
10	April 79	GS1
11	May 79	GS1
12	June 79	94
13	July 79	95
14	August 79	96
15	September 79	97				353
16	October 79	98				354
17	November 79	99				355
18	December 79	100				356
19	January 80	101				357
20	February 80	102				358
21	March 80	103				359
22	April 80	104				360
23	May 80	105				361
24	June 80	106				362
25	July 80	107				363
26	August 80	108				364
27	September 80	109				365
28	October 80	110	50			366
29	November 80	111	19			367
30	December 80	112	21			368
31	January 81	113				369
32	February 81	114				370
33	March 81	115				371
34	April 81	116	26			372
35	May 81	117	Annual 2			373
36	June 81	118	27 & 28			374
37	July 81	119				375
38	August 81	120	51			376
39	September 81	121	52			377
40	October 81	122	53			378
41	November 81	123	54			379
42	December 81	124	55			380
43	January 82	125	56			381
44	February 82	126	57			382

[Philip Ayres]

Next Marvel Superheroes itself:

comicvine.gamespot.com/marvel-super-heroes/4050-3088/

UXM = Uncanny X-Men. The title had the original strip as a backup as Rampage ran New X-Men. When Rampage stops, replaced by Daredevils which takes MSH Captain Britain, new X-Men comes to Marvel Superheroes for it's last few issues, before it too has Fabulous News and is replaced by Mighty World Of Marvel which carries X-Men on for six issues before it's merger with Daredevils.

The DT/AM prefix to the Captain Britain title refers to the author, either Dave Thorpe or Alan Moore.

MSH	Month	Avengers	UXM	Captain Britain	Other	Nightraven	Rampage
353	29099	159	44p12->45		Ms Marvel - the Lady's not for killing		15
354	29129	160	46		Ms Marvel - the Lady's not for killing		16
355	29160	161	47		Spider-Woman Dark Destiny		17
356	29190	162	48		GS SVTU 2		18
357	29221	163	49		GS SVTU 2		19
358	29252	164	50		Champions 1		20
359	29281	165	51		Champions 2		21
360	29312	166	52		Champions 3		22
361	29342	167	53		Champions 4		23
362	29373	168	54		Champions 5		24
363	29403	169	55		Champions 6		25
364	29434	170	56		Champions 7		26
365	29465	171	57		Champions 8		27
366	29495	172	58		Champions 8		28
367	29526	173	59		Champions 9		29
368	29556	174	60		Champions 9		30
369	29587	175	61		Champions 10		31
370	29618	176	61		Champions 11		32
371	29646	177	62		Champions 12		33
372	29677	178	62 13-20		Champions 13		34
373	29707	Annual 7	63				35
374	29738	179	63		Champions 14		36
375	29768	180	64		Champions 15		37
376	29799	181	64		Champions 17		38
377	29830	182	65	DT The Return of Captain Britain			39
378	29860	183		DT Outcasts	Avengers 41		40
379	29891	184		DT The Junkheap That Walked Like A Man	Avengers 42		41
380	29921	185		DT In Support of Darwin	Avengers 43		42
381	29952	186		DT Re-Birth	Avengers 44		43
382	29983	187		DT Against the Realm	Hulk Mag 22 Dominic Fortune: Ghoul of my Dreams	Death's Divide	44
383	30011	188		DT Faces of Britain	Marvel Preview 21 Shroud: Walk a Crooked Mile	Death's Divide ptII	45
384	30042	189		DT Friends and Enemies	Evoloution's Nightmare	Killing by Numbers	46
385	30072	190		DT Attack of the Binary Beings	Gullivar Jones: A Martian Genesis	The Hunt	47
386	30103	191		DT If the Push Should Fail	An Ugly Mirror On Weird World & Beauty's Vengance	<Untitled>	48
387	30133	192		AM A Crooked World	The Valiant One, Signing Out		49
388	30164	193		AM The Graveyard Shift	Doctor Strange: This Menace Reborn		50
389	30195	194			Bleeding Stones & Blind Man's Bluff	<Untitled>	51
390	30225	195			Iron Fist 10	<Untitled>	52
391	30256	196				<Untitled>	53
392	30286	197			Iron Fist 13	White Hopes, Red Nightmares	54
393	30317	198	137			White Hopes, Red Nightmares
394	30348	199	137			Sadie's Story
395	30376	200	138			Sadie's Story
396	30407	200	139
397	30437	201	140

[Philip Ayres]

And finally a big table showing which issue was on sale which month from the start of Rampage to the demise of Captain Britain, the entire range of Marvel UK's regular monthly superhero publishing.

MONTH	Rampage	MSH	Daredevils	MWOM	Captain Britain	DWM	Star Wars	Future Tense
July 78	1
August 78	2
September 78	3
October 78	4
November 78	5
December 78	6
January 79	7
February 79	8
March 79	9
April 79	10
May 79	11
June 79	12
July 79	13
August 79	14
September 79	15	353
October 79	16	354
November 79	17	355
December 79	18	356
January 80	19	357
February 80	20	358
March 80	21	359
April 80	22	360
May 80	23	361
June 80	24	362
July 80	25	363
August 80	26	364
September 80	27	365				44
October 80	28	366				45
November 80	29	367				46	140
December 80	30	368				47	141
January 81	31	369				48	142
February 81	32	370				49	143
March 81	33	371				50	144
April 81	34	372				51	145
May 81	35	373				52	146
June 81	36	374				53	147
July 81	37	375				54	148
August 81	38	376				55	149	Future Tense 36
September 81	39	377				56	150	Future Tense 37
October 81	40	378				57	151	Future Tense 38
November 81	41	379				58	152	Future Tense 39
December 81	42	380				59	153	Future Tense 40
January 82	43	381				60	154	Future Tense 41
February 82	44	382				61	155
March 82	45	383				62	156
April 82	46	384				63	157
May 82	47	385				64	158
June 82	48	386				65	159
July 82	49	387				66	160
August 82	50	388				67	161
September 82	51	389				68	162
October 82	52	390				69	163
November 82	53	391				70	164
December 82	54	392				71	165
January 83		393	1			72	166
February 83		394	2			73	167
March 83		395	3			74	168
April 83		396	4			75	169
May 83		397	5			76	170
June 83			6	1		77	171
July 83			7	2		78
August 83			8	3		79
September 83			9	4		80
October 83			10	5		81
November 83			11	6		82
December 83				7		83
January 84				8		84
February 84				9		85
March 84				10		86
April 84				11		87
May 84				12		88
June 84				13		89
July 84				14		90
August 84				15		91
September 84				16		92
October 84				17		93
November 84						94
December 84						95
January 85					1	96
February 85					2	97
March 85					3	98
April 85					4	99
May 85					5	100
June 85					6	101
July 85					7	102
August 85					8	103
September 85					9	104
October 85					10	105
November 85					11	106
December 85					12	107
January 86					13	108
February 86					14	109

[Andy Turnbull]

Picked up some early issues of Rampage recently. I used to own them but they were lost by an irresponsible former friend.

I do miss the B&W magazine era of Marvel.

[Philip Ayres]

Just won the 1980 Marvel UK Team Up Winter Special: the Byrne/Claremont Spiderman/RedSonja story in MarvelUKovision!

I've been told it also has Marvel Team Up 100 in it!

[Philip Ayres]

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980s-Spiderman-comics-collection/263580768393

If you bid that low, I won 20 Marvel UK Spider Man at £1.24, you deserve to get outbid!

Contains two of he UK exclusive strips

[Philip Ayres]

Over the weekend Burns challenged me to find the last issue of the original UK Spiderman comic - number 666 - just to read the Fantastic News For All Our Readers.

I have found one on eBay:

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SPIDERMAN-BRITISH-WEEKLY-666-SPIDEY-1985-DECEMBER-14-MARVEL-FINAL-ISSUE/142715892247

However at that price Silver Acre can F*** the F*** off!`

[Pinwig]

Silver Acre always seem overpriced to me but that's an impressive fleecing attempt!

[The Doctor]

There is one on Ebay for a tenner!

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Where? Link?

[The Doctor]

Andu showed me it on his phone. You shall have to ask him as I do not have an Ebay account.

-Ralph

[Andy Turnbull]

No. Andu showed you the same one that Phil found that was far too expensive.

Andy

[The Doctor]

The one you showed me was £9.99!

-Ralph

[Andy Turnbull]

Apr 10, 2018 22:49:38 GMT The Doctor said:

The one you showed me was £9.99!

-Ralph

No.

No it wasn't.

I showed you other issues around that there were 9.99. There was only the 1 listing for 666 and it was the same one Phil had found.

Andy

[The Doctor]

I am not going mad!!!

Anyway, Phil needs to find #666! Ralph must know if it contains Great News For All Our Readers!!!

-Ralph

[Andy Turnbull]

Apr 10, 2018 22:53:24 GMT The Doctor said:

I am not going mad!!!

Anyway, Phil needs to find #666! Ralph must know if it contains Great News For All Our Readers!!!

-Ralph

Never said you were.

Andy

[The Doctor]

Ralph must know how Marvel UK's longest running title ended!!!

*foams at mouth*

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Last Sunday's winnings arrived this morning, more doubles for my chums.....

.... and they'll be even more shortly cos www.ebay.co.uk/itm/273129778429

Collection of "Spider-man comics dating from the early Eighties (1983) Some of them are curled at the corners but most are in decent condition. There are 75 in total. The issues are:
538,539,550,551,554,555,558-562,575,577,579-581,583,585,587,589,590,593-600,603-611,613-616,618,619,621,624-626,629-634,636,643,645,654-656,658,659,661,664,666 plus 1 summer special.

I may need to shift those later kid friendly issues, not sure I want them. My wants list, post Amazing Friends, comes down to 612, 620 & 625

[The Doctor]

#666!!!

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

I cannot find Phil's posts on Marvel UK! How was Spidey #666?

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

I can!

I thought I'd posted about it. Remind me Friday when home!

[The Doctor]

I look forward to finding out what the Exciting News For All Readers was.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

Unusued Rourke idea:

downthetubes.net/?p=45760

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

An unusually large haul of MUK picked up at Glenrothes Comic Run (MUK stuff usually thin on the ground at marts). Slimer #5 and #6, all of The Incredible Hulk Presents with the free Hulk tattoo with #1 and the 19 issues of the fortnightly ST:TNG (with the free gift issues of the sew-on patch and poster) before it's very brief monthly incarnation. Uncanny X-men Easter Special 1992. Also: Overkill #1 with the poster!

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

Nice!

[The Doctor]

Andu grabbed some issues of HAVOC and the oversized early 90's X-Men reprints.

There were some Punisher issues but I think I still have my copies.

A good day for Marvel UK haulage!

-Ralph