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Paul Neary, Publisher, Editor, Writer, Penciller & Inker Dies At 74
He worked in a variety of capacities on titles such as the Marvel UK line, as well as Captain America, Doctor Who, Eerie, Excalibur, The Ultimates, Squadron Supreme, The Authority, House of Hammer, Death's Head, Hulk Weekly, JLA, Stormwatch, Creepy, Wolverine, Black Panther, Revolver, Punisher, America's Got Powers, ClanDestine, Detective Comics, Nick Fury Vs SHIELD,[...]
Ask Rich: Can You Track Down My First Marvel UK Comics?
And he asks regarding trying to track down the first comic book he ever bought, a Marvel UK reprint from the early-mid nineties from a UK newsagent I have exhausted my own search, but maybe you can help? He writes; Hi Rich, Reader since back in the CBR days here, I'm reaching out in the hope you[...]
Marvel Unlimited Adds Carlos Pacheco's First Marvel Title, Dark Guard
In 1993, the Spanish artist Carlos Pacheco was recruited by Marvel UK to draw the four-issue limited series written by Dan Abnett, Dark Guard, a team book made up of characters from the emerging Marvel UK universe. They were made up of Death's Head II from the Death's Head II series, Albion from Knights Of Pendragon,[...]
Doctor Who Magazine Gets Big-Time Advance Publicity Again
Doctor Who Magazine, originally published by Marvel UK under Dez Skinn, and now by Panini who bought Marvel UK out decades ago, has been covering the BBC television show Doctor Who, and its many spinoffs, under a BBC license since 1979 when it was Doctor Who Weekly before going monthly in 1980 It contains feature[...]
Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett Collected As Monster Marvel Memories
Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett, two names that are resonant with anyone who bought Marvel UK reprint coimic books in the seventies and eighties, especially for Earth 33 1/3, The Fantastic 400 and Doctor Who? cartoon strips that parodies Marvel Comics and Doctor Who characters that ran in the Marvel UK reprint comic books themselves[...]
Speculator Corner: So What Is The First Appearance Of Death's Head Anyway?
Does that mean the value of his previous appearances will rise? It depends – do Marvel have big plans to revive Death's Head, put him in Guardians Of The Galaxy, make his the centrepiece for their next cosmic event? Or is it a trademark move now that Dark Horse are publishing Death Head? Only time[...]
A Few Creative Details For The Marvel UK Revolutionary War
Courtesy of the Starlogged blog at the London Film And Comic Con earlier this month, with the team talking about the current Revolutionary War event at Marvel comics, reviving the old Marvel UK characters of the nineties. An undefined period of time has passed since the original sub-universe and MyS-TECH have been defeated.  In a parallel[...]
Marvel's Revolutionary War – Monday Trending Topics
There is no cloth or leather used in these parts, but rather texturing added in ZBrush Most-Read Comic Stories Monday: First Art: Death's Head II And Marvel UK's Return In January Steve Wacker tweeted this image over the weekend, saying "A very small peek at something that is really, really, actually happening…Revolutionary War starts in January. Speculator Corner –[...]
First Art: Death's Head II And Marvel UK's Return In January
But there's also what seems to be MI5's Pete Wisdom sporting his energy blades as Wolverine claws, and Marvel UK's Dark Angel sticking in With what appears to be a Union flag in the background With the title "Revolutionary War", could we be seeing a UK Vs UK event in the Marvel Universe? As previously announced[...]
Diamond Drops Marvel UK Titles
My first superhero comic book I remember buying was a copy of the Fantastic Four weekly in the early eighties, reprinting Lee and Kirby Fantastic Four in black and white, published by Marvel UK and sold at my local newsagent It would be another eight years until I would discover the existence of a comic[...]
The Typos That Bind
So we're glad to see that Marvel UK is having the same problem. I don't think it's gone to print yet Still time to fix it, you Panini pixies. If not, just try and persuade people that this is the English spelling And at least you are consistent. Bleeding Cool does a fine line in typos[...]
John McCrea Bids Farewell To Marvel UK
But he's also done a number of traditional superhero books along the way. And of late, he's been drawing eight page stories for Marvel UK newstands kids comics, Spectacular Spider-Man and Marvel Heroes. And he's posted a few panel and cover examples on Facebook, telling people he's going to miss working on these stories. Bleeding Cool recently ran[...]