'The Victor' .... An Exciting Read For A Boy |
Its 'The Victor' annual from 1967 .... I admit its not particularly 'Christmassy', but for a lad just leaving the Beano and Dandy fully behind (we were innocent for longer back in the day), it was a big step to tackle comic books that had real written stories, as well as cartoon characters.
'Morgyn The Mighty' ... Worlds Strongest Man |
Even after looking it up in Wikipedia, I can't recall them, although 'The Hammer Man', a knight with a hammer instead of a lance rings a vague bell.
In fact the only other thing I can recall from this comic (which I read religiously for at least six years if not longer), is the front and back cover, which was usually a 'true' account of heroism by a British or Empire soldier, against either the Germans or Japanese in WWI or WWII. Often 'our lad' would die, but take half a division of the 'Hande Hochs' or 'Banzais' with them first.
Now that I recall this, I moved from 'The Victor' comic briefly into the world war combat square war magazines, which contained only those kind of stories, but then into the world of DC and Marvel .... ah well, happier and more innocent days, which is what I wish you all for the coming year.
A few memories evoked when saw this post. The Eagle was better but I was happy to see the post.
ReplyDeleteI could only afford one comic .... The Victor was the one I chose, so the delights of 'The Eagle' escaped me. Happy Xmas Frank and happy memories.
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