The cover of the first issue of December
1963 featured Maxwell Hawke, the World-famous ghost hunter. The splash panel
relates to the episode of MH and Knell of Doom story on page 2
in which the hero is blinded by jets of dazzling light that leap from the eyes
of the brass mask on the hideous door-knocker at the entrance to the ancient
Darkacre Priory…
Phantom Force 5 was an
adventure story set in WWII. I am allergic to serials of this kind, I probably
O.D.’d on them by watching too many on TV when I was a kid.
The cover of the 1963 Christmas edition of
BUSTER was a deviation from the usual concept because it had no adventure ingredient.
This beautiful cover was included in my Buster Christmases series on KAZOOP!! in the end of 2013 but I said I was going to show the complete run, so here it is
once again:
Captain X Tiger-Shark premiered
in the Christmas edition the week before. It was a story of a sinister 20th century
pirate and his wondercraft of the deep.
As I
explained in my introduction to this series HERE, I started it hoping perhaps
it will attract the attention of BUSTER collectors with spare copies of the
title and they’ll help me fill my few remaining gaps. Please, contact me via
e-mail if you have copies to sell or swap and don’t mind shipping abroad because
I am not in the UK. I have 25 – 30 spare copies from the early 60s and might
help fill some of your gaps, so e-mail me for a list and details about
condition. See my blogger profile for the address.
MY
WANTS FOR BUSTER:
October 29, 1960
December 24, 1960
December 31, 1960
January 21, 1961
February 4, 1961
February 11, 1961
July 15, 1961
September 23, 961
December 30, 1961
June 20, 1964
July 4, 1964
July 11, 1964
