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Sunday 31 August 2014

Sept Update...1979 No.37 and 1976 No.9...

Here is your September update, it includes issue 37 from 1979 as promised, all but one of the Dick Turpin Strips are now available, also here, 1976 - No.9.

No.37 is mine, and thanks to cheekydog for No.09, both are complete, enjoy...


8th September 1979 - No.37

Cover: Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart, Jimmy Saville, Nicholas Ball, Keith and Tim Atak
and Jimmy Pursey by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Sapphire and Steel,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action, Dick Turpin and Mind Your Language.


21st February 1976 - No.9

Cover: Sally Thomsett, Richard O'Sullivan and
Paula Wilcox by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, The Tomorrow People, Man about the
House, Space: 1999, The Six Million Dollar Man and Doctor on
the Go.

Saturday 30 August 2014

Reboot...1979 No.48 and 1980 No.2...

Last one for 79.  No.48 it's Daz's and complete, oh and Charlie's Angels arrive in this one...


24th November 1979 - No.48

Cover: Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd and Shelly Hack
by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Sapphire and Steel,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Charlie's Angels, Battlestar Galactica and Mind Your Language.

...and we start 1980 with No.2, again Daz's and complete. You can also access the 1980 checklist now
too.



5th January 1980 - No.2

Cover: Jon Pertwee by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Sapphire and Steel,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Charlie's Angels, Battlestar Galactica and Mind Your Language.

Friday 29 August 2014

Reboot...1979 Issues 46 and 47...

Issues 46 and 47 here for you, one more on 79' to do, then on into 1980.  These are both Daz's and both complete.


10th November 1979 - No.46

Cover: ABBA by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Sapphire and Steel,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action, Battlestar Galactica and Mind Your Language.


17th November 1979 - No.47

Cover: The Dooleys by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Sapphire and Steel,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action, Battlestar Galactica and Mind Your Language.

Thursday 28 August 2014

Reboot...1979 Issues 43 and 44...

No.40 is available on the checklist, so we continue with next two in line, 43 and 44, both Daz's and both complete.  No 43 has the very first Battlestar Galactica strip, another Martin Asbury classic.


20th October 1979 - No.43

Cover: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Maren Jensen
and Lorne Greene by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Sapphire and Steel,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action, Battlestar Galactica and Mind Your Language.


27th October 1979 - No.44

Cover: Darts by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Sapphire and Steel,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action, Battlestar Galactica and Mind Your Language.

Wednesday 27 August 2014

Reboot...1979 No's 38 and 39...

Here are two more from 79'.  You'll notice No.37 has been omitted, this issue has never been uploaded as yet, so isn't classed as a reboot, but for you Dick Turpin fans, look out for it as part of next weeks September update.  On with issues 38 and 39, both Daz's and both complete...



15th September 1979 - No.38

Cover: Barry Evans and Zara Nutley by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Sapphire and Steel,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action, Dick Turpin and Mind Your Language.


22nd September 1979 - No.39

Cover: Joanna Lumley, David McCallum, Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart,
Barry Evans, Richard O'Sullivan, Peter Barnes, Kermit, Benny Hill,
Lee Majors, Lindsay Wagner and Toddy by Arthur Ranson

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Sapphire and Steel,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action, Dick Turpin and Mind Your Language.

Tuesday 26 August 2014

reboot...1979 No's 35 and 36...

Two more from Daz here, No's 35 and 36, both are complete...



25th August 1979 - No.35

Cover: Duggie Brown, Andrew Schofield, Ray Kingsley, Vivien Frankland,
Frank Carson, Billy Butler and Bernard Wrigley by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Sapphire and Steel,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action, Dick Turpin and Mind Your Language.


1st September 1979 - No.36

Cover: The Boomtown Rats by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Sapphire and Steel,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action, Dick Turpin and Mind Your Language.

Sunday 24 August 2014

Reboot...1979 No's 33 and 34...

Double header here, things speed up a bit again, as the latter end of 79 is made up of Daz's issues in the main.  One of the most revered and popular strips Look-in ever did arrives today, Sapphire and Steel have been assigned!!  No.33 is mine and complete, No.34 is a Daz issue but is complete too.



11th August 1979 - No.33

Cover: Joanna Lumley, David McCallum, Robin Williams
and Pam Dawber by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Sapphire and Steel,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action, Dick Turpin and Mind Your Language.


18th August 1979 - No.34

Cover: Elvis Presley by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Sapphire and Steel,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action, Dick Turpin and Mind Your Language.

Friday 22 August 2014

Reboot...1979 No.31 and bonus 1973 Holiday Special...

The next 1979 issue arrives, it's No.31, is mine and is complete.  The Smurfs are back in colour this week.
32 is available on the checklist, Sapphire and Steel arrive in the next reboot which will be issue 33.
Also, there is a bonus of the 1973 Holiday Special, there is only one strip in the whole thing, hope you are all Cassidy fans...!!  Thanks to Zeg for the scans.


28th July 1979 - No.31

Cover: Racey by Arnaldo Putzu

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Dick Turpin,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Bionic Action,
Meet the Smurfs! and Mind Your Language.


28th July 1979 - No.31

Cover: Stephen Lewis, Bob Grant, David Cassidy
and Ed 'Stewpot' Stewart by Arthur Ranson

Strip: The Adventures of David Cassidy.


Wednesday 20 August 2014

Reboot...1979 No.30...

This issue had printing problems, which has left a lot of the B&W pages badly affected.  They are readable but if you can supply me with better scans of this issue, that would be great.  It is possible that a large run of this issue (if not every copy) is in the same state though.  This issue again has no second colour strip, there was a 'Music at the Movies' feature in that position.
It's mine and it's complete, however.


21st July 1979 - No.30

Cover: Greg Evigan with 'The Bear' by Arnaldo Putzu

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Dick Turpin,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action and Mind Your Language.

Monday 18 August 2014

Reboot...1979 No.28...

No second colour strip again, there was instead, a Famous Five Feature.  This one is mine again and complete...


7th July 1979 - No.28

Cover: Jenny Thanisch, Michelle Gallagher, Toddy, Gary Russell
and Marcus Harris 
by Arnaldo Putzu

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Dick Turpin,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action and Mind Your Language.

Saturday 16 August 2014

Error and Reboot...1979 No.27...

Ken wrote to tell me that the Tomorrow People story from the 1977 Annual has an error, the last two pages should be joined so they read across the two pages.  Thanks to Ken for pointing this out, and you can get an updated version with the joined pages added....it's HERE...

...and now to today's reboot, No.27, it's from me and complete.  (n.b. no second colour strip in this issue, for a few weeks before Sapphire and Steel started, Look-in alternated between having features and double page colour Smurf strips on these pages, this week had a tennis feature).




30th June 1979 - No.27

Cover: Tracy Austin, Roger Moore and John McEnroe
by Arnaldo Putzu

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Dick Turpin,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!,
Bionic Action and Mind Your Language.

Friday 15 August 2014

Mid-month update...Space: 1999 Pt 3 & 4...

By way of a mid-month update, here are the next two complete Space: 1999 stories...



Space: 1999 - Story 3

Glow in the Night
Story: Angus P. Allan
Art: John M. Burns


Space: 1999 - Story 4

The False God
Story: Angus P. Allan
Art: Mike Noble


Thursday 14 August 2014

Reboot...1979 No.26...

Here's your next, it's from me, and it's missing a two page colour 'Meet the Smurfs!' strip, no biggie really, but if you do have it for completions sake...sorry if you are a huge Smurfs fan...!!!!



23rd June 1979 - No.26

Cover: Debbie Harry, Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox
by Arnaldo Putzu

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Dick Turpin,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Bionic Action,
Meet the Smurfs! and Mind Your Language.


Tuesday 12 August 2014

Robin Williams 1951 -2014...


Robin Williams 1951 - 2014

Sad to hear too about the death of someone who joined the Look-in journey in 1980, when the series 'Mork and Mindy' joined Look-in as a strip, drawn by then resident comedy artist Bill Titcombe.

Robin Williams was a brilliant comedy actor, but he could turn in some amazing straight performances too, if you can watch the end of Bicentennial Man without a tear you are hard hearted..!!

Perhaps his best remembered performance though, is as Mrs Doubtfire, for me, that one is hard to beat.

RIP Robin.

Reboot...1979 No.25...

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am missing No.24, so we continue with No.25, which is mine and complete.
If anyone has No.24, it would be great if you could send me the Dick Turpin strip, which would give me the full run of the strip...if you want to scan the full issue that would be good too...!!!


16th June 1979 - No.25

Cover: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear
by Arnaldo Putzu

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Dick Turpin,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Bionic Action,
Meet the Smurfs! and Mind Your Language.

Sunday 10 August 2014

Reboot...1979 No.23...

Another great issue, No.23 which is from me and complete...


2nd June 1979 - No.23

Cover: Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno by Arnaldo Putzu

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Dick Turpin,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!, Bionic Action,
CHiPs and Mind Your Language.

Friday 8 August 2014

Reboot...1979 No.22...

Next up is No.22, and another great strip starts - 'CHiPS'.  This is one of mine, pg2 of 'Enid Blyton's Famous Five' is damaged, if you can help...


19th May 1979 - No.22

Cover: Erik Estrada, Larry Wilcox, Lindsay Wagner
and Lee Majors by Arnaldo Putzu

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Dick Turpin,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!, Bionic Action,
CHiPs and Mind Your Language.

Thursday 7 August 2014

Reboot...1979 No.21...

...and the next, the issue is from me and complete...



19th May 1979 - No.21

Cover: Robin Williams and Pam Dawber by Arnaldo Putzu

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Dick Turpin,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!, Worzel Gummidge,
The Bionic Woman and Mind Your Language.

Monday 4 August 2014

Reboot...Issue No.20...

Next for you is No.20, which is from me and complete...


12th May 1979 - No.20

Cover: Showaddywaddy by Arnaldo Putzu

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Dick Turpin,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!, Worzel Gummidge,
The Bionic Woman and Mind Your Language.

Friday 1 August 2014

Reboot...1979 Issue No.18/19...

Another double issue, this one is again from me, and is complete...



5th May 1979 - No.18/19

Cover: The Boomtown Rats by Arnaldo Putzu

Strips: The Benny Hill Page, Dick Turpin,
Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Meet the Smurfs!, Worzel Gummidge,
The Bionic Woman and Mind Your Language.