1979 No's 9, 12 and 26 (full issues)...

Let me take you back to 1979, for that is where the three issues for this week come from, We had Dick Turpin and CHiPs on TV, Boney M and Blondie in the charts and Battlestar Galactica was the big movie of the year.  By no strange coincidence all these appeared in Look-in too that year, and you can read about them today.  We start with No.9, and then follow with No.12, both of these issues have been completed by David, so big thanks to him, finally there is one of mine, No.26, with thanks to Dan for a few pages of this one too.  Enjoy everyone...

24th february 1979 - No.9 (full issue)

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 Bolton), Starcruiser (David Jeffris), The Bionic Woman (John Bolton), and Mind your Language (Bill Titcombe).

17th march 1979 - No.12 (full issue)

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 Bolton), Starcruiser (David Jeffris), The Bionic Woman (John Bolton), and Mind your Language (Bill Titcombe).

23rd june 1979 - No.26 (full issue)

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

Strips: The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe), Dick Turpin (Martin Asbury), Enid Blyton's Famous Five (Mike Noble), Bionic Action (Ron Tiner), Meet the Smurfs! (Peyo), and Mind your Language (Bill Titcombe).

1976 No.35, 1979 No3 and 1979 No.6/7 (full issues)...

It's a Grease Battle Royale this week, but we start with 1976 No.35 from Dan, then you can get Olivia inside 1976 No.3, thanks to Dan for a few pages in this one too, or if you prefer John, then go for 1979 No 6/7, Thanks to David for the remaining pages for that one.

You lucky bionics are still getting treated well too, there is a Jaime poster and an Oscar poster in these issues, we really do spoil you...

Enjoy everyone...

21st august 1976 - No.35 (full issue)

Cover: LIndsay Wagner and Bay City Rollers 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).

13th january 1979 - No.3 (full issue)

Cover: Olivia Newton John and 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 Bolton), Starcruiser (David Jeffris), The Bionic Woman (John Bolton), and Mind your Language (Bill Titcombe).

10th february 1979 - No.6/7 (full issue)

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 Bolton), Starcruiser (David Jeffris), The Bionic Woman (John Bolton), and Mind your Language (Bill Titcombe).

The Whole Story - Enid Blyton's Famous Five - Stories 1 and 2...

As usual a bit late with the mid-month, but we have a new series starting today.  Enid Blyton's Famous Five was the 70's take on Blyton's famous tale about four kids who had a seemingly endless supply of summer breaks at various places, and who alway seem to find trouble wherever they go.  The Five are George (Michelle Gallagher), Julian (Marcus Harris), Dick (Gary Russell) and Anne (Jenny Thanisch). The Five in question is completed by George's dog Timmy (played by Toddy) a Border Collie, who is invaluable as both a clue finder and an ice breaker when they are met by difficult people.

The places were usually on or around Kirrin Island owned by George's father and nearly every crime is covered in some 21 books in the series, The books have been covered in a number of adaptations in comics, radio and of course on TV.  This particular one, like the rest, is just a series of stories adapted from the original books, only a handful of them made it into Look-in.  In all, 18 stories made it to TV over two series, a third series was planned which would have seen to the remaining books, but the Blyton estate vetoed anyone using the characters in new stories, so sadly the idea was binned.

I didn't see the point in wasting space on stories that had just been shown on TV, and if not for Noble's beautiful artwork, would have gotten bored very quickly.  Still, it lasted quite a while and seemed to be enjoyed by readers in the main.

As each story is a pretty good length, I will be uploading them 1 a month, The first story is a short prologue before the first one, so I've uploaded that aswell for today.

Story 1 - Prologue

Story: Adapted by Darell Waters (from the original story by Enid Blyton)

Art: Mike Noble

Story 2 - Five Have A Mystery to Solve

Story: Adapted by Darell Waters (from the original story by Enid Blyton)

Art: Mike Noble

1976 No.33, 1978 No.52 and 1979 No.5 (full issues)...

Surprise!!  I will be busy tomorrow, so this weeks update is going live today, three more for you, starting with 1976 No.33 from Dan, then from me it's 1978 No.52, including an amazing poster of Kate Bush, thanks to Dan for supplying that for me, and finally for today there is No.5 from 1979, big thanks to David for help completing that one, enjoy...

7th august 1976 - No.33 (full issue)

Cover: Lee Majors, Richard Anderson and LIndsay Wagner 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).

16th december 1978 - No.52 (full issue)

Cover: Eric Morcambe, Ernie Wise, Sean Connery and Bruce Forsyth 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), Starcruiser (David Jeffris), How the West was Won (John M. Burns), The Bionic Woman (John Bolton), and Mind your Language (Bill Titcombe).

27th january 1979 - No.5 (full issue)

Cover: Richard O'Sullivan 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 Bolton), The Bionic Woman (John Bolton), and Mind your Language (Bill Titcombe).

1976 No.28, 1978 No's 50 and 51 (full issues)...

A double helping of Jaime Sommers this week, starting with one from Dan, that's No.28 from 1976, and thanks to Dan for the Rats stuff for 1978 No.50, finally, it's thanks to David again for help in completing 1978 No.51, enjoy people...

3rd july 1976 - No.28 (full issue)

Cover: LIndsay Wagner 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).

9th december 1978 - No.50 (full issue)

Cover: Lindsay Wagner and Barry Evans 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), Starcruiser (David Jeffris), The Bionic Woman (John Bolton), and Mind your Language (Bill Titcombe).

16th december 1978 - No.51 (full issue)

Cover: Beau Regarde, Gladys, Annie Sue, Father Abraham and the Smurfs 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), Starcruiser (David Jeffris), The Bionic Woman (John Bolton), and Mind your Language (Bill Titcombe).