Reboot...1993 No.20 and 1994 No.10...

We made it!!...here are the final two reboots, and a double dose of Mark Owen, as he appears on both covers.

In the first one, No.20 from 1993, three new strips have appeared 'Mac' and 'Justin Gibbs and his Massive Fibs', neither of which i'm sure are based on TV series, anyone out there heard of them?, also 'Chuck Rock' based on the computer game some people may remember.  This one is mine and complete.

And finally to No.10 from 1994, the full issue that isn't actually a full issue, the double sided poster in the centre has been removed, but every 'readable' page is there.  This is from my collection too.  That is where the Look-in story ended, a mere shadow of it's 70's incarnation, but we can't stop progress can we?

The checklist is now complete and you can now access every page from HERE.

What's the the game plan now? well, it's been a hard slog doing this reboot, especially the parts where there was constant scanning, and i'm not too keen to go back to that sort of workload, so what i'm going to do, is do 2 new issues every weekend, that gives me the full week to scan and prepare them. 'The Whole Story' will stick around and there will be a new addition to that mid-month, but no end of month update now as you will be getting new issues most weekends as time allows, this will please some people as they have been wondering when the reboot will end!  Obviously this will only continue as issues allow, after that, I may reboot the issues that I have in full, about half my collection is good for that, then....who knows?

If anybody can help me out with missing issues, or pages message me.

See you next weekend for the first two fresh issues.

22nd May 1993 - No.20

Cover: Take That with Mr. Blobby.

Strips: Mac (Gray), Scooby-Doo, Chuck Rock, Justin Gibbs and his Massive Fibs and Garfield (Jim Davis).

12th March 1994 - No.10

Cover: Mark Owen.

Strips: Chuck Rock, Scooby-Doo and Garfield (Jim Davis).

Reboot...1991 No.10 and 1992 No.13...

1991, and yet another change of logo, the final change as it happens.  As you were with the strips, this is mine and complete.

On to 1992, Bill and Ted have replaced Galaxy High School, and in this issue was a free door hanger, a scan of which is included.  This is also mine and complete.

9th March 1991 - No.10

Cover: Wil Wheaton, LeVar Burton, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner.

Strips: Galaxy High School, Scooby Doo (Gray) and Garfield (Jim Davis).

28th March 1992 - No.13

Cover: Will Smith (The Fresh Prince as he was then).

Strips: Scooby Doo (Gray), Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures and Garfield (Jim Davis).

Reboot...1989 No.18 and 1990 No.26...

1989 and Look-in had truly descended into kiddie land, with not a single action strip to be seen now, comedy and cartoons were the order of the day, surprising, as they were trying to appeal to the teenage pop market too.

No.18 is mine and complete.
By the time we get to 1990 the strips were sparse, just three in this whole issue, Look-in was fast becoming just a teen magazine with more focus on the music and entertainment side of things.  As colour printing had obviously become cheaper the whole magazine was in colour too.
No.26 is mine and complete too.

29th April 1989 - No.18

Cover: Yazz.

Strips: Strip Mix - Bugs Bunny and Friends, Scally, The Trap Door and Garfield (Jim Davis), Duckula (Arthur Ranson), Dogtanian, Super Gran (Harry North), The 5 Star Life (Gray) and Galaxy High School.

30th June 1990 - No.26

Cover: Sonia and Big Fun.

Strips: Galaxy High School, Garfield (Jim Davis) and Scooby Doo.

Reboot...1988 No.27 and No.41...

1988 and just two issues here, the full issue is No.27.  The strip mix should read across two pages but I had the ingenious idea (well I thought it was!) to cut and paste the strips so they could be read within CDisplay, but you can get the untouched version later on in the file. This one is mine and complete.

The other one is No.41, DM returns and we complete the trilogy of 'intelligent' vehicles with the flying version, non other than Airwolf, still never hit the spot for me like Knight Rider did and still the best of the three.  This one I got off the internet, I think it was from the Mag-A-Zone gang so thanks to them.

2nd July 1988 - No.27

Cover: Pepsi & Shirlie, Inspector Gadget, Henry Winkler, Bobby Ball and Tommy Cannon.

Strips: Strip Mix 1 - The Trap Door, Jimmy Cricket, Roger Ramjet (Andy) and Garfield (Jim Davis), Gilbert, Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (Arthur Ranson), Inspector Gadget, The 5 Star Life (Gray),

and Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe).

4th October 1988 - No.41

Cover: Morten Harket.

Strips: The Story So Far - Boris Becker, Danger Mouse (Arthur Ranson), The A-Team (Barrie Mitchell), Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), Airwolf (Gray) and Strip Mix - No.73 (Harry North), Alias the Jester (Arthur Ranson), Inspector Gadget and Scooby Doo (Bill Titcombe)

Reboot...1987 No.52...

On we go to 87, just one issue here, No.52.  This is from my collection and is complete...

19th December 1987 - No.52

Cover: Andrea Elson, Alf, Anne Schedeen, Max Wright and Benji Gregory.

Strips:   Strip Mix 1 - Gilbert (Harry North), The Trap Door, Didier Dodo - The Wide Awake Chef (Andy) and  Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), 73, The A-Team (Arthur Ranson), Scooby-Doo (Bill Titcombe), The 5 Star Life (Gray) and Strip Mix 2 - Jimmy Cricket, Roger Ramjet, Inspector Gadget and Garfield (Jim Davis).

Timeslip Complete...

A big thank you to Dan who has managed to get me page 2 of Timeslip for issue 36 from 1972. This now gives me the full run of Timeslip.  Timeslip is the strip that I had to buy Look-in to see, without it I probably wouldn't have become a regular reader and the site and blog would not have happened.  This also means I can do Timeslip in the whole story soon. Thanks for that one Dan.

Here is the link to the  issue including the complete Timeslip strip...

2nd September 1972 - No.36

Cover: Tribal Cannibal by Gerry Embleton

Strips: Crowther in Trouble, On the Buses (Harry North), Doctor in Charge,

Please Sir!, Catweazle (Gerry Embleton), Follyfoot (Mike Noble),

The Fenn Street Gang, Les Dawson is Superflop (Arthur Ranson),

Mark Strong and Timeslip.

Mid Month update...Battlestar Galactica Stories 3 & 4...

Here are the last two Battlestar Galactica Stories.  Next month get the Battlestar Galactica file, and the first story in a new series...How the West was Won.

Story 3 - The Fever

Story: Angus P. Allan.

Art: Martin Asbury.

Story 4 - Enslaved

Story: Angus P. Allan.

Art: Martin Asbury.

Reboot...1986 No.8 and No.11...

Next two - No's 8 and 11, from Daz's archive and they are complete...

15th February 1986 - No.8

Cover: Paul Young.

Strips:   Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), The A-Team (Gray), Robin of Sherwood (Mike Noble), Knight Rider (Barrie Mitchell), Alias the Jester (Arthur Ranson)

and The Story So Far - Paul Young (Steve McGarry).

8th March 1986 - No.11

Cover: Shakin' Stevens.

Strips:   Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), The A-Team (Gray), Robin of Sherwood (Mike Noble), Knight Rider (Barrie Mitchell), Alias the Jester (Arthur Ranson)

and The Story So Far - Paul Young (Steve McGarry).

Reboot...1986 No.32 and No.7...

A new year starts, it's 1986 and here are the first two.

First the full issue No.32.  This from my collection and is complete, Robin of Sherwood had gone through a major change by this issue, in that the lead of Robin had been taken over from Michael Praed, the new actor was Jason Connery and he also, of course, had been replaced in the strip.

The other issue goes back to No.7 this is from Daz's archive and is complete too....

1986 Checklist

2nd August 1986 - No.32

Cover: Spandau Ballet.

Strips: The Story So Far - Steve Cram (Steve McGarry), The A-Team (Gray), Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), Robin of Sherwood (Mike Noble), Alias the Jester (Arthur Ranson)

and Knight Rider (Barrie Mitchell).

8th February 1986 - No.7

Cover: Paul King.

Strips:   Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), The A-Team (Gray), Robin of Sherwood (Mike Noble), Knight Rider (Barrie Mitchell), Alias the Jester (Arthur Ranson)

and The Story So Far - Madonna (Steve McGarry),

Reboot...1985 No.50...

He is the last issue for now from 1985, it's No.50.  This issue has no full size cover and I couldn't fint one online, all the strips are there though, and it's from Daz's archive.  Danger Mouse has now finished after a fine run, to be replace by 'Alias the Jester', and the top quality strips just kept coming after that...!!

See you in a day or two to start the next year...1986.

7th December 1985 - No.50

Cover: Wham!

Strips: Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), The A-Team (Gray),

Robin of Sherwood (Mike Noble), Knight Rider (Barrie Mitchell), Alias the Jester (Arthur Ranson)

and The Story So Far - Duran Duran (Steve McGarry).

Reboot...1985 No.48 and No.49...

Here's the next two for you, No.48 and No.49....one more to go for this year.

These are from Daz's archive and complete...

23rd November 1985 - No.48

Cover: Duran Duran.

Strips: Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), The A-Team (Gray),

Robin of Sherwood (Mike Noble), Knight Rider (Barrie Mitchell), Danger Mouse (Arthur Ranson)

and The Story So Far - Duran Duran (Steve McGarry).

30th November 1985 - No.49

Cover: Lewis Stevens, ?, ?, ?, Pui Fan Lee, ?, Gary Beadle ,Mandy Mealins and Keith Jayne.

Strips: Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), The A-Team (Gray),

Robin of Sherwood (Mike Noble), Knight Rider (Barrie Mitchell), Danger Mouse (Arthur Ranson)

and The Story So Far - Duran Duran (Steve McGarry).

Reboot...1985 No.37 and No.43...

Here's the next 2, No.37 and No.43 from 1985.  In No.43, Knight Rider has returned for a second run and a new series of strips started called 'The Story So Far', giving a background to a host of famous stars of the day, in this issue the story of Wham! continues.  These are both from Daz's archive and complete...

7th September 1985 - No.37

Cover: Christopher Reeve.

Strips: Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), The A-Team (Gray),

Robin of Sherwood (Mike Noble), Street Hawk (Barrie Mitchell), Danger Mouse (Arthur Ranson)

and Super Gran (Harry North).

19th October 1985 - No.43

Cover: Bucks Fizz.

Strips: Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), The A-Team (Gray),

Robin of Sherwood (Mike Noble), Knight Rider (Barrie Mitchell), Danger Mouse (Arthur Ranson)

and The Story So Far - Wham! (Steve McGarry).

Reboot...1985 No.26 and No.32...

Here are the next two in line No.26 and No.32, both are from Daz's archive and are complete...

22nd June 1985 - No.26

Cover: Annabel Croft.

Strips: Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), The A-Team (Gray),

Robin of Sherwood (Mike Noble), Street Hawk (Barrie Mitchell), Danger Mouse (Arthur Ranson)

and Super Gran (Harry North).

3rd August 1985 - No.32

Cover: Cyndi Lauper.

Strips: Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), The A-Team (Gray),

Robin of Sherwood (Mike Noble), Street Hawk (Barrie Mitchell), Danger Mouse (Arthur Ranson)

and Super Gran (Harry North).