1976 No.18 and The Many Faces of Pop (full issues)...

A new issue for you 70s freaks like me, this one is 1976 No.18, and although there isn't an 80s issue this week, those of the other persuasion can console themselves with a fantastic, recently purchased 1984 pop special - The Many Faces of Pop....enjoy...

24th april 1976 - No.18 (Full Issue)

Cover: Flintlock by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Harry North), 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).

The Many Faces of Pop 1984 (Full Issue)

Cover: Spandau Ballet, Bucks Fizz, Eurythmics, New Edition, Modern Romance, Culture Club, Wham!, Paul Young, Fish, Duran Duran, Kim Wilde, Belle Stars, Shakin' Stevens, Nick Heyward, Thomson Twins, Bananarama and Kajagoogoo.

Strips: No Strips

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The Whole Story - The Bionic Woman - Stories 1 and 2.

The success of The Six Million Dollar Man and it's merchandise was unprecedented in it's day, so it was natural that Universal would try to corner the female market too. The Bionic Woman was the female counterpart to Steve Austin, starting as a character in a SMDM story called, as it happens 'The Bionic Woman', Jaime Sommers (Played by Lindsay Wagner) is introduced as an old flame of Steve's, and as the two get to know each other they start doing things as a couple, one of the things being skydiving.  Jaime's parachute gets tangled up on a jump and she crashes to the ground.  Barely alive, Steve begs Oscar to give Jaime the same treatment as him to save her, Oscar agrees, but tells Steve she will have to become an OSI agent to try to compensate for the cost of the operation.  Jaime gets two arms and a leg, but this time she gets an ear instead of an eye, her ear can hear the minutest of sounds at distance and is a useful tool. In the story Jaime's Bionics are rejected by her body and she dies, but there was a furore in the fan base and so much of a furore, a decision was made to bring Jaime back in her own series.  In the series she works as a teacher at Ventura Airbase as a cover, but is called on for missions of national importance, just like Steve.  The strip Started in Look-in on 7th August 1976 and ran until 19th May 1979 when she joined forces with Steve for a new strip called BIonic Action, it was drawn firstly by John M. Burns and Later on John Bolton took up the pencil. You can start reading the whole story here now...

Story 1 - Hong Kong Connection

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

Story 2 - The Indian Boy

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

1976 No.16 and 1983 No.5 (full issues)...

Here are the latest additions to the collection, starting with No.16 from 1976, and with that 1983 No.5, with news of yet another new channel TVam, which started that week, and breakfast was never the same again!...enjoy...

10th april 1976 - No.16 (Full Issue)

Cover: Slik by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Andrew Christine), 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).

29th january 1983 - No.5 (Full Issue)

Cover: Bucks Fizz.

Strips: Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), The Fall Guy (Jim Baikie), Star Fleet (Mike Noble), CHiPs (Barrie Mitchell), Danger Mouse (Arthur Ranson) and It's Madness (Harrry North).

Updated 1972 No.39...

The 1972 No.39 issue has now been updated with a much better scan of the Marc Bolan centrespread, courtesy of Tony from the Look-in Facebook group, thanks to him for that...

23rd september 1972 - No.39 (Full Issue)

Cover: Marc Bolan by Arthur Ranson.

Strips: On the Buses (Harry North), Crowther in Trouble (Tom Kerr), Doctor in Charge  (Tom Kerr), Please Sir! (Graham Allen), Mark Strong (Unknown) Catweazle (John Stokes) Follyfoot (Mike Noble) Les Dawson is Superflop (Arthur Ranson) and Timeslip (Unknown).

1974 No.48 and 1983 No.4 (full issues)...

Hi all, two new retro gems here and now for you to read, starting with a pick up from 1974, that's No.48, thanks to Dan for the Planet of the Apes poster, and to go with that we have the first of a new year, as we step into 1983 for No.4, this issue includes another new strip, Star Fleet which was into it's third week, and the Nutty Boys made a return visit....enjoy...

7th December 1974 - No.48 (Full Issue)

Cover: Gary Glitter by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: Michael Bentine's Potty Time (Arthur Ranson), The Adventures of Black Beauty (Mike Noble), The Tomorrow People  (John M. Burns), Doctor at Sea (John Cooper), Kung Fu (Martin Asbury) and Bless this House (Alan Parry).

22nd january 1983 - No.4 (Full Issue)

Cover: Erica Gimpel and Lee Curreri.

Strips: Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), The Fall Guy (Jim Baikie), Star Fleet (Mike Noble), CHiPs (Barrie Mitchell), Danger Mouse (Arthur Ranson) and It's Madness (Harrry North).

1976 No.6 and 1982 No.46 (full issues)...

Your two for this week are...No.6 from 1976, with an introduction to new Tomorrow Person Mike Bell played by Mike Holoway and he joined the strip that week too, to go with that, we step back to No.46 from 1982 for an issue that Dan has been able to complete for me with the missing Collect-A-Page, thanks to him...enjoy...

31st january 1976 - No.06 (Full Issue)

Cover: Dean Lawrence, Peter Vaughan-Clarke, Elizabeth Adare, Nicholas Young and Mike Holoway by Arnaldo Putzu.

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Andrew Christine), 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).

13th november 1982 - No.46 (Full Issue)

Cover: Toyah (Wilcox).

Strips: Rock on Tommy! with Cannon and Ball (Bill Titcombe), The Fall Guy (Jim Baikie), Into the Labyrinth (Mike Noble), CHiPs (Barrie Mitchell), Danger Mouse (Arthur Ranson) and Haircut 100 (Arthur Ranson).