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M.I.K.
To my knowledge there were two Buster Books Of Spooky Stories published, one cover-dated 1975 and one 1976. The following story is from the latter. According to an article by Edward Berridge in Hibernia‘s Thirteenth Floor collection, the Buster Book Of Spooky Stories was conceived as a way of using strips from an unpublished horror comic which would have been named Chiller, but didn’t surface due to the publishers getting cold feet. This may be where the other Curtis Bronson story published in the book is from but not the one reproduced below. This one is actually an altered reprint from elsewhere.
So where did this story originate? From the pages of a comic called Smash! , circa 1969. The Buster Book version has been changed so that it features the character of Curtis Bronson. The character Bronson replaces originally had blonde hair, no moustache and went by the name of Angus McCraggan.
And the mysterious Septimus Drood? He was originally beardless and went by the name of Cursitor Doom. I’ll be telling you more about him when I post the second half of this tale.
Continued Next Week!
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Ghastly McNasty
The police are closing in on Uncle Terry but he can still find time to enjoy the tourist attractions in Blackpool.
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Ghastly McNasty
Terry is now in Blackpool where he’s not too popular with the locals! Terr Smash!!!
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Ghastly McNasty
Uncle Terry has given the coppers the slip. Now he’s off to Blackpool but I don’t think he’s interested in going on any of the rides. This episode is quite touching!
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M.I.K.
Sick of zombies yet? Well, if you aren’t, The Dead is a new ongoing zombie comic, out this august. It’s written by Alan Grant and illustrated by Simon Bisley with cover art by Glenn Fabry.
Britain has been overrun by zombies, but in Oxford a team of firefighters, allied with a pair of misfit soldiers, are about to strike back.
The official website has more information and a three page preview of the first issue. The preview seems awkward to view full-screen, (for me, at least), so I’ve included it below.
The Dead interview
The Dead MySpace
Official website
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Ghastly McNasty
It’s Monster Monday again! Uncle Terry is alive and on the loose. If you see him, do NOT approach!
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Ghastly McNasty
It’s Monster Monday again! With Kenny still in hospital it’s up to Uncle Terry to try and figure out how they can be reunited. Looks like Terry’s got his own style of doing things “You badd! Youu go waaayy!
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Ghastly McNasty
Kenny and Terry are now seperated and it looks like Terry is about to show why eveyone calls him Monster.
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M.I.K.
Some of you may be aware that a Doomlord collection, “The Deathlords of Nox” was published by Hibernia a couple of years back, and a great little collection it is too, but while looking through old copies of Eagle recently, I noticed something odd. Hibernia’s version of the story was missing 3 pages.
Whether this was an oversight on the part of David McDonald, who compiled the collection, or simply done to keep the pagecount down, I don’t know, but needless to say, the omission seems to have gone unnoticed. The three pages aren’t essential to enjoy the rest of the story but they are quite fun and I think say a lot about the character of Doomlord himself.
The pages fit into the story after the episode that has Doomlord posing as a department store Santa. Here they are for your delectation…
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Ghastly McNasty
Time for this weeks Monster fix for all you horror comic fans out there. Catch up on the adventures of Kenny Corman and his rampaging Uncle Terry.
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Ghastly McNasty
After a few false starts the Theatres of Terror is now the perfect platform to showcase the remainder of one of Scream’s greatest story lines ‘Monster’. Monster tells the story of Kenny Corman and his hideously deformed uncle Terry. Both outcasts in a cruel world, Uncle Terry’s nasty habit of savagely killing anybody who crossed his path, forced the heroic pair to go on the run. Monster followed their journey across Britain as they attempted to get Uncle Terry to a doctor in Scotland that would be able to help him with his anger management.
Originally penned by the great comic supremo Alan Moore, Monster survived the cull at IPC Magazines and was continued to conclusion in sister comic Eagle.
You can view the entire story line, as published in the 15 issues of Scream! the UK’s greatest kids horror comic from the early Eighties, by visiting The Gallery on our main site Back from the Depths. For those desperate to know what happens next on this incredible journey you can catch up on the story so far by clicking the thumbnail below.
Starting now, and continuing right here over the next few weeks, prepare for the conclusion of the one of the greatest stories ever told. Ladies and gentlemen, Monster.
More next week…
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