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Thread #73682   Message #1282899
Posted By: Roger the Skiffler
28-Sep-04 - 03:46 AM
Thread Name: BS: Nostalgia? (UK comics)
Subject: RE: BS: Nostalgia? (UK comics)
The "print" comics like Wizard, Hotspur & Rover in the 1950s all had stories about living under occupation and heroic resistance. One was set in WW2 and had "Men in Grey" as a resistance group who wore long coats, trilby hats and masks and were know by numbers. There were two others set in the present or future with Asian oppressors (thinly disguised Japanese called Kushantis or Klovanians)running the UK with a rod of iron and brave locals fighting back. Then there were the working class sportsment Alf Tupper, the scrap merchant goalie and Wilson the 100 (?)year old athlete.
Like other 'Catters of a certain age I moved from Radio Fun to Dandy & Beano then to Rover, Wizard and Hotspur, then the Eagle. Now it's Saga Magazine!

RtS