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Monday 27 July 2015

Update...

I've just been going through 1972 for future posters and found Arthur English to add to the Follyfoot collection, I went right through 1972 and didn't spot Desmond Llewelyn (The Colonel), if you know whether he was a poster let me know, if you can scan him for me....better!

Get the update with Arthur HERE.

Look-in One Pagers - Set 2...



Here is the second lot of Look-in posters, including the Follyfoot crew and Sapphire & Steel.
To let you know I will only be upping single posters and groups/series that I have complete sets for. Obviously I am hoping as my collection gets larger I will be able to complete more sets, if you have any of the missing issues, and are thinking of sending me scans, please include any posters, wherever possible, that would be really great.

Anyway onward...



Classic

Follyfoot
Steve Hodson
Gillian Blake
Christian Rodska

Collect-a-Page

Cliff Richard
Kate Bush

Sapphire & Steel
David McCallum
Joanna Lumley

Saturday 25 July 2015

1976 No.47 and 1979 No.12...

Two more 70's gems here for you.  From 1976 we have No.47 and that's from my collection, also from David, we have No.12 from 1979.  Also a bonus of an updated No.9 from 1978, I recently bought a second copy of  this issue and this one has the first page of Man from Atlantis, which was missing from my previous one, I have added this to the issue and re-upped it.  All issues are complete.


13th November 1976 - No.47

Cover: Arrows by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe), The Six Million Dollar Man (Martin Asbury),
It's Flintlock (Bill Titcombe), Space: 1999 (John M. Burns),
The Bionic Woman (John. M. Burns) and Doctor on the Go (Harry North).


17th March 1979 - No.12

Cover: Boney M by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe), The Six Million Dollar Man (Martin Asbury),
Enid Blyton's Famous Five (Mike Noble), Meet the Smurfs! (Peyo),
How the West Was Won (John M. Burns)The Bionic Woman (John Bolton)
and Mind Your Language (Bill Titcombe).



25th February 1978 - No.9 - Updated

Cover: Patrick Duffy, Belinda Montgomery and Victor Buono by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe), The Six Million Dollar Man (Martin Asbury),
ABBA Exclusive Official (Arthur Ranson), Man from Atlantis (Mike Noble),
The Tomorrow People (Leslie Branton)The Bionic Woman (John Bolton)
and Doctor on the Go (Bill Titcombe).

Sunday 19 July 2015

Oops...

You got the new feature a day early because I clicked publish by mistake whilst I was preparing it ...!!  Oh well enjoy...

Look-in One Pagers pt.1...


Posters were always a mainstay in Look-in from it's very early days when, on 20th March 1971 Roger Moore appeared as the first one. Early posters had the added attraction of being 'signed' with a facsimile autograph.  As Look-in continued, the pop content in particular became very important and on 23rd September 1972, Marc Bolan became the first double page centre spread to appear.  Posters continued throughout the 70's including football stars in 'On the Ball' and sports stars in 'Sports Arena'.  Then on 29th March 1980 came a new look to the posters, starting as 'Police File', which included separate posters of all the members of The Police, week by week, along with statistical information (DOB, favourite colour etc.), and also the autographs returned  This was followed by Blondie, then on 7th June 1980 Cliff Richard became the first poster to adopt the title Collect-a-Page. over the next decade, under this banner just about anybody who was anyone was featured in this section.  Look-in's highest ever sales, recorded in the early 80's, were attributed to the pop content, and Collect-a-Page was a huge part of this in the 'Smash Hits' era.

I started a section in the site called Look-in one pagers in which I wanted to catalogue everyone who appeared as a one page poster in Look-in.  I'm going to start again, but this time they are going to be 1500 pixel scans, so you can collect them in your own file, and they'll be big enough that, if you're so inclined, you can print the odd one or two favourites, and put them on your wall and relive the 70's/80's all over again!

Posters are in two categories Classic and Collect-a-Page, I'll upload a few from each every Monday.

Here are the first batch....




Classic

The Persuaders
Roger Moore
Tony Curtis

Timeslip
Cheryl Burfield
Spencer Banks

Collect-a-Page

Police File
The Police

Saturday 18 July 2015

1976 No.43 and 1979 No.9...

Here are the next two.  We move all the way to No.43 in 1976, from my collection, and from David is another 1979 issue, that being No.9.  Both are complete.  Come back on Monday for the start of a great new blog feature.


16th October 1976 - No.43

Cover: Gerry Francis by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe), The Six Million Dollar Man (Martin Asbury),
Slik Stories (Alan Parry), Space: 1999 (Mike Noble),
The Bionic Woman (John. M. Burns) and Doctor on the Go (Harry North).


24th February 1979 - No.9

Cover: Jon Pertwee by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe), The Six Million Dollar Man (Martin Asbury),
Enid Blyton's Famous Five (Mike Noble), Meet the Smurfs! (Peyo),
How the West Was Won (John M. Burns)The Bionic Woman (John Bolton)
and Mind Your Language (Bill Titcombe).

Tuesday 14 July 2015

HTWWW pt. 4 and file...

Here is the last part of How the West was Won, and for huge fans there is the extra bonus HTWWW file, which includes some of the stuff that appeared in Look-in about the series.
Next month we start the strip that made me want to buy Look-in, and is still one of the best strips ever to appear in it....Timeslip - The Whole Story.


How the West was Won - Story 4 - The Trail Robbers

Story: Angus P. Allan
Art: John M. Burns


The 'How the West was Won' File


Sunday 12 July 2015

1976 No.24 and 1979 No.6/7...

Here are the latest two.  We take a slight step back for a missed issue, No.26 from 1976 from my collection, and more from David, a 1979 issue, and that is No.6/7 (a double issue due to a strike at the time).  Both are complete.


5th June 1976 - No.24

Cover: Mud by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe), The Tomorrow People (John M. Burns),
Man about the House (Alan Parry), Space; 1999 (Mike Noble),
The Six Million Dollar Man (Martin Asbury) and Doctor on the Go (Harry North).


10th February 1979 - No.6/7

Cover: John Travolta by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe), The Six Million Dollar Man (Martin Asbury),
Enid Blyton's Famous Five (Mike Noble), Meet the Smurfs! (Peyo),
How the West Was Won (John M. Burns)
The Bionic Woman (John Bolton)
and Mind Your Language (Bill Titcombe).

Monday 6 July 2015

Supersonic book pt.4...

Here is the last part of the supersonic book, both printable and readable in the same file as usual.  If you unpack all the readable files into the same directory and then zip them all together again, you should get one readable file with all 32 pages.  Or you can go to STUFF on the Checklist site and the link for the book will give you the whole readable version.


Supersonic book of Superstars - Part 4





Saturday 4 July 2015

1976 No.27, 1980 No.23 and bonus 1975 No.26 Updated...

Two more issues, and a very apt Wimbledon cover on 1976 - No.27 from my collection, and another of David's issues is No.23 from 1980.  There is also a bonus of a better copy of 1975 - No.26, purchased recently, which includes the very first ever Six Million Dollar Man strip, all issues are complete.


26th June 1976 - No.27

Cover: Jimmy Connors, Evonne Cawley, Guillermo Vilas and Bjorn Borg by Sheridon Davies.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe), The Tomorrow People (John M. Burns),
Man about the House (Alan Parry), Space; 1999 (Mike Noble),
The Six Million Dollar Man (Martin Asbury) and Doctor on the Go (Harry North).

(n.b. The SMDM strip in this issue gives a very rare credit to Angus Allan)


31st May 1980 - No.23

Cover: Nigel Hayward, Indra Ove, Kwame Kwei Armah, Melissa Wilson and Peter Harrison
by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe), The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist
(Arthur Ranson), Worzel Gummidge (Mike Noble)Meet the Smurfs! (Peyo), Charlie's
Angels (Jim Baikie)Battlestar Galactica (Martin Asbury) and Mork & Mindy (Bill Titcombe).


21st June 1975 - No.26 - Updated

Cover: Stuart 'Woody' Wood and Lee Majors by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Andrew Christine), The Six Million Dollar Man (Martin Asbury),
Doctor on the Go (Unknown), The Adventures of Black Beauty (Leslie Branton),
The Tomorrow People (John M. Burns) and Bless this House (Alan Parry).