Charity shop gem of the year - admittedly it's only January, but a tough one to beat

[brixtonbrood]

The Smalls are currently enjoying the delights of The Iron Legion, a selection of Doctor Who (Tom Baker) comics strips from the 1980s by Gibbons, Mills and Wagner. I haven't even read it myself yet, and it will have to be very good indeed to beat the fun I'm having seeing them enjoying it.

Sometime soon I will need to dig out my old 2000AD collection - I knew there was a reason why I wanted to be a parent.

Comments

[teaparty.net (from livejournal.com)]

If it's not a rude question, what issues have you got?

[brixtonbrood.livejournal.com]

It's not a rude question, but it is difficult, because when I said "dig out" I meant it kind of literally - furniture moving would be involved. Maybe 1985-1990 - that kind of era, not all of it.

[teaparty.net (from livejournal.com)]

Well, if you ever do dig them out, and you think T&S (or, indeed, Mum and Dad) might be interested and can be trusted not to eat them (etc.), then I'd be interested in a temporary swap for reading purposes, as I have the first 330 or so (1977-1984ish) - so it sounds like our collections dovetail fairly nicely.

[major-clanger.livejournal.com]

Somewhere (probably my mum's attic) I have some of the old Doctor Who Magazine issues featuring those stories, together with backup strips by a then little-known duo of Alan Moore and David Lloyd.

[k425.livejournal.com]

I loved 2000AD. It came out at just the right time to really hit my scifi nerve.

[oxyrhynchite.livejournal.com]

Good to see you've started them on the Classics. :)