Finally .... as its the last post before Christmas, and because its become something of a tradition on this blog, here's a copy of one of the Christmas Annuals I received as a child.
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.
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| '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.
For those not familiar with the contents of this long disappeared comic book (it finished as late as 1993), the characters included 'Morgyn the Mighty' (a sort of poor mans 'tarzan' on an island called 'Black Island'), and 'Alf Tupper' aka 'The Tough of the Track' (a jobbing track runner who could run virtually any distance, make up any lost ground, and beat anyone) .... my what scrapes he got into, including I recall, pole vaulting into a burning bedroom window to save a child, which was a 'world record', but Alf couldn't prove it because the fire burnt the window wall down before it could be measured. Plus numerous others I am struggling to recall.
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.
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| '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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