tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post8229686766055985659..comments2024-03-29T08:31:38.748+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Happy 40th birthday, Spider-Man Comics Weekly!Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-23410002493948191332015-03-13T09:13:56.240+00:002015-03-13T09:13:56.240+00:00Comic sales declined rapidly between 1970 & 19...Comic sales declined rapidly between 1970 & 1980 (and onwards). Head cheese Dez Skinn took over Marvel (from Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant!) and has said it was fighting a losing battle, and that UK kids never took to super-heroes so he had to increasingly disguise the comics as sci-fi or war comics... or reinvent and create new comics designed to be merged with another title within months. All just screamed failure after failure to me, even as a kid. I hated the general direction British Marvel took, after a great start, and I hated that other stupid kids seemingly preferred the unfunny Beano or stupid Roy Of the Rovers. I mean, you could read about Spider-Man! Still Bitter.Dan Avenellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06828776463409474824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-15954405128479683112013-12-09T21:45:12.598+00:002013-12-09T21:45:12.598+00:00I have issues 1 - 400 in near mint condition, each...I have issues 1 - 400 in near mint condition, each one kept in it's own plastic sleeve. I've not read any of them for years but just seeing a cover on the internet brings all the stories flooding back. Brilliant!Steve Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-2739317089511739862013-10-30T22:13:20.968+00:002013-10-30T22:13:20.968+00:00i wish i still had my old british marvels...i saw ...i wish i still had my old british marvels...i saw a bunch of "spiderman tv comics" in the market in brighton today.allan danonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-29355459142321143402013-02-10T03:09:46.581+00:002013-02-10T03:09:46.581+00:00There was - I remember seeing the ad myself. And t...There was - I remember seeing the ad myself. And the previous one for MWOM.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-62788598450059427762013-02-09T18:02:21.656+00:002013-02-09T18:02:21.656+00:00Dandy, I'm pretty sure you're right about ...Dandy, I'm pretty sure you're right about there being TV advertising for SMCW.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-9239981620229946982013-02-09T12:23:53.118+00:002013-02-09T12:23:53.118+00:00Wow, I remember it still. Wasn't there TV ads ...Wow, I remember it still. Wasn't there TV ads for SMCW as well? I'm sure I saw one or two during an episode of Tizwas, Magpie or The Tomorrow People! You had to be up early on a Saturday morning to get to the newsagent before they sold out of MWOM so when SMCW came out there was double the reason.<br /><br />Thanks for the memories!Dandy Forsdykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03625590371965127469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-6646708463735419162013-02-08T23:51:14.204+00:002013-02-08T23:51:14.204+00:00'Twas indeed a good comic, especially in the f...'Twas indeed a good comic, especially in the first year, but I had seen most of the Thor and Iron Man strips in Fantastic about 6 years before. I still enjoyed re-reading them, but I don't think I learned much I didn't already know. Shame about the dodgy printing once it switched to glossy covers 'though. I've still got all the early, paper-covered issues of SMCW and MWOM, plus a smattering of glossy ones. 40 years, Stevie - who'da thunk it?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com