OUT NOW!!! Halcon Lord of the Craterland No. 1 July 2020

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Halcon Lord of the lost craterland. Created by Nat Brand (Len Fullerton) in 1940 for Swan Comics and seen occasionally in various Black tower titles now gets his own one off books thanks to Ben Dilworth. 

Action and fun all the way with stories such as - 

"Alligator", "Lake Monster", "Monkey", "Pteranodon", "Into the Moon" and "Alien". 

The twist ending to "Werewolf" even had the old bearded one surprised!

A Little Midnight Horror No. 6 July 2020

Stransky & Labbat
Ed. B. R. Dilworth
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The final gut-wrenching issue of the magazine that will whiten your hair! 
They dared us not to publish -so we did! 
Stories include: 
"Watch Your Step" 
"Lady Silana" 
"You Pay For What You Use" 
"Death Is Just The Beginning" 
"Asimov's Horror" 
"Death In The City" 
and more!

OUT NOW! A Little Midnight Horror No. 5 (of 6)

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The 5th in the 6 issue series of hair-whitening short stories from Stransky and Labbat is here -edited by the Big Man from Osaka Ben R. Dilworth. 

Stories include "Vampire"; "Tree", "The Wicked", "Scream"m "The Ghost Dance", "The Rule of Wolves" and more. 

Illustrated text stories for bedtime, on the bus or during lunch"!

Johnny Neg -OUT NOW!

Writer/Artist:Ben R Dilworth
Characters created by Terry Hooper-Scharf
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Ben Dilworth gives his own spin on the character Johnny Neg: a hard-boiled detective in a unique universe. 

What does a detective sound like in a place where everything can -and has- happened? A decadent place where the end of the world is assured to occur? 

1984 meets the Apocalypse on steroids! 

Text stories include: "Let's Talk It Over", "BrainDrainer", "Stamp" and "StokeHeadDead" 

Strips include: "Mutoids", "Home", "Mob Rools", "Love Robot", "Suicide Balls" and "The Ghost Bar" 

And for added delectation --there is a GoBo insert (you DO know who GoBo is, right?

Tales Of Wonder No. 16

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This is what all the sci fi readers have waited for -issue no. 16 of a one issue run...that may sound odd but we promise you it is all explained in the book. 

No time warps or fancy alien interference just some creator having fun! 

D. H. Wilberton contributes "Dawn Light" and "War" while Ben R. Dilworth gets his pen hand in there (that is a turn of phrase..come on -it does NOT mean he has a hand that is a pen for goodness sakes!) with "Conquest" while Stransky & Labbat contribute "They Bite" and "The Menace" 

With some illustrations this is a must for anyone wanting quick sci fi reads and look at that cover!

TheThinker No. 1

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From within the Plain of Absoluteness where Actuality crosses with Counter Actuality and interstitial space is the highway comes The Thinker. Surveying the world -our own?- and looking for a glimmer of light in the eternal darkness of existence.

 Sit back and prepare for some mind warping!

Black Tower Gold Vol 6

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Yes! Now at issue 6 and bringing you more lost strips of the British Golden Age of Comics.There's a collection of strips featuring non other than TNT Tom and one of the weirdest UKGA characters -the Iron Boy.

Ever heard of Ingy Roob? Or his pet "Stretchy"? You will have if you read this issue.How about Dennis M. Readers Cat Girl?

Two other UK comics are reprinted in full, both from 1946 and the only issues ever published:Lucky Dice and The Fudge.

Black Tower -keeping UK comics history alive!

Black Tower Gold Vol 5 -Back From The Dead

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William McCail’s 1940 classic is reprinted for the first time in 60 years.

If you are into British Golden Age comics or early comics in general this is for you.

Robert Lovett rises from the dead and finds he has some startling powers: deaths follow, as does a Scotland Yard detective determined to track down the mysterious killer!

Black Tower Gold Vol 4

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The fourth volume of this series features some great finds of the lost era of British comics:

Ace Hart The Atom ManCaptain Comet -Space RangerTNT TomClive Lynn -Space ReporterSuperstooge"The White Gorilla"Atomic TuffyCast Iron ChrisSigord

and many others!

Black Tower Gold Vol 3

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This is the third volume in Black Tower Comics’ collection of Golden Age British comic strips that have not seen print for 50-60 years!

Included in this volume is a bumper crop of Ace Hart:The Atom Man strips and an article on the character.

A complete 1949 comic in Smugglers Creek; Denis Gifford’s Search For The Secret City and science fiction legend Bryan Berry’s rendition of Kid Carter -Teenage Tec! A must for all comic collectors and historians.

Black Tower Gold vol 2

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The second collection of British 1940s comic strips featuring Maxwell The Mighty, Slicksure, Iron Boy,Alfie, Ace Hart and more.

Featuring the work of Golden Age Greats Alf Farningham and Harry Banger.

Specifically designed to feature more humour than the previous volume this should be a treat for all comic collectors. Reprinting the full content of The Meteor and The Rocket Comics from 1948.

Black Tower Gold vol 1

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For the first time in 60 years some of the lost gems of the British Golden Age of Comics are reprinted!

Scanned and cleaned to the best standard possible -see The Phantom Raider, Ace Hart, Secrets Of The Super Sargasso Sea, Phantom Maid, Electrogirl, Skybolt Kid, Wonder Boy, Dene Vernon, Professor Atom and many, many others!

Its fun and action all the way -The British Golden Age shines through!

Cruisers In The Clouds

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If you have any interest in history or the development by the pioneers of hot-air ballooning,including the first use of parachutes in the 1800s,then this collection of articles by John Lea from 1905 and illustrated by H. J. Hodges,is for you.