The second Shrinker
story (Return of the Shrinker) ended in BUSTER dated March 21st, 1964
(Ray Moor’e and Steve Holland’s BUSTER
Index 1960 – 1995 wrongly says it concluded on Feb. 15th, 1964). In the end
of that story the evil scientist Capek found himself in the hands of the law
and was put behind bars at last, but promised to return and claim his revenge. And
return he did in BUSTER dated May 2nd, 1964. Gang boss Madago devised and flawlessly
executed a daring plan to free Capek hoping that the two can form a team and
become the richest men in the World. He underestimated the cunning of the evil
scientist who used the crime syndicate’s resources to perfect his new shrinking
machine and then turned it against the gang boss. With Madago out of the way,
Capek is now the biggest crime boss alive, fully equipped to unleash his plot
against the World.
The splash panel on
the cover of the next issue featured Thunder Boult - the Magician Who Went to War.
The issue contained the first episode of a new suicidal mission against the
dreaded German Gestapo in enemy-occupied France.
A week later a new Maxwell
Hawke story was introduced:
Mighty McGinty and his fighting crew are now in darkest Africa where they are attacked
by a band of natives. The harder the fight, the more he likes it!
The mighty young
Saxon Edmund, a.k.a. Black Axe, carried on with his ruthless
war against Viking invaders of Britain.
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
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