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Showing posts with label Marvel UK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marvel UK. Show all posts
12 May 2026
UPDATED: Superted - Marvel UK
Inspired by this post (from friend of the blog Michael Carroll) I thought I'd start trying to fill in the gaps in his (our? my?) knowledge of Superted comic. You know what though? Michael's right...there isn't much out there about Superted comic. A covers gallery is better than nothing though...
Now (23/05/26) updated with covers for issue #17 & #23
Now updated with the cover for issue #28
Superted issue 1 - 10th March 1990
Superted issue 5 - 5th May 1990
Superted issue 8 - 16th June 1990
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Superted issue 9 - 30th June 1990
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Superted issue 10 - 14th July 1990
Superted issue 15 - 22nd September 1990
Superted issue 16 - 6th October 1990
Superted issue 20 - 1st December 1990
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Superted issue 21 - first monthly issue - cover date TBC
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Superted issue 22 - undated
At some point Redan were publishing a Superted comic - see below - these issue are #26 & #40 so I wonder if they just took over the licence from Marvel UK at some point and just carried on with the numbering (rather than re-starting from #1?)
Superted comic #39, undated
Superted comic #40, undated
Here's issue #49
Superted #56
and here's issue 61 - but how much longer did it last?
So like Michael says there's a lot we don't know about Superted ...
- how long it ran for?
- did Redan take over the licence and numbering from Marvel UK
- when did it end?
...but hopefully we'll fill in a few gaps as we go along. I'd have to say that the covers of Superted appeal to me much more than the likely contents.
Interestingly Redan also published this summer special at some point - as you can see the cover of issue 4 (published by Marvel UK) has been re-cycled for this cover.
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James Hansen,
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Superted
27 April 2026
Get along gang weekly - covers gallery, part 2
I'm indebted to friend of the blog (and mad keen Marvel UK collector) Richard Gilham for taking the time to share these covers from his collection. Yes, it's the start of a Get along gang covers gallery! Marvel UK published 93 issues in total from April 1985 to January 1987.
Part 1 (issues 1-8) was here
Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #9, 30p, 15th June 1985
21 April 2026
UPDATED: VR Troopers - from Phoenix Press
UPDATE (21/04/26) - now with covers for issues 2 & 3 of the Marvel UK magazine added
I've looked before at independent comics publisher Phoenix Press...
Iznogoud comic here
Phantom 2040 comic here
...and here's another addition to their work, yes it's the "Saban's VR Troopers - official 3D comic" - a tie-in to the populat TV series of the time (1995/6).
The Phoenix Press title is definitely much harder to find than the version that Marvel published. The art (and writing) in these comics is uncredited and might best be described as competent.
Here's what you're looking for...
Saban's VR Troopers - official 3D comic, Phoenix Press, issue 1, September 1995
Saban's VR Troopers - official 3D comic, Phoenix Press, issue 2, October 1995
Saban's VR Troopers - official 3D comic, Phoenix Press, issue 3, November 1995
Saban's VR Troopers - official 3D comic, Phoenix Press, issue 5, January 1996
Saban's VR Troopers - official 3D comic, Phoenix Press, issue 6, February 1996
currently for sale here
The German edition of the comic had the same covers (and presumably the same contents) but they were published a few months after the British version.
cover not to hand - can you help?
The German edition of the comic had the same covers (and presumably the same contents) but they were published a few months after the British version, so, in the absence of the British edition, here's the German version
German covers are taken from here
There were also this from Marvel comic - albeit with no comics content. Again I'm unsure how long this lasted.
Saban's VR Troopers magazine, Marvel, issue 2, 13th December 1995
Saban's VR Troopers magazine, Marvel, issue 3, 10th January 1996
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