Roy of the Rovers

Roy of the Rovers - what a guy! Sure he didn't carry a gun but he did all the shooting he had to do at goal and on goal.

The round ball game has been very popular in certain parts of the world for a very long time - those who are not devotees may find it difficult to fathom that more than a generation of youth were intrigued and excited at the exploits of Mr Roy Race of the Melchester Rovers Football Club.

I wonder if his dad flew a Spitfire?

Thank you Egmont for supplying these snippets of what you have in store online.

Misty...Chilling Tails from the Nether World...

 

OK OK OK...it doesn't have men shooting at each other BUT it does look pretty damn good! My friends at Egmont Publishing have also taken Misty from the nether world and placed her on the internet.


From the sample panels below you can see Misty is involved in some pretty serious scenes. I'm sorry to say I don't really know about Misty or if she was intended for a male or female audience - or does that really matter? If you know more, please share I would like to know more.

 Anyway thanks again to Egmont for sharing.



Johnny Red Part One and Two

Johnny Red was dishonorably discharged from the RAF but managed to find his feet again with the Red Air Force, swapping the green fields below for the ice and snow of Murmansk.

It is very good of Egmont Publishing to send these images my way. I have to admit I really can't remember too much about Johnny Red - even though I have some aged and battered Battle Picture Weeklies lying around waiting to be read again.

Sorry to say the panel look like their out of order - but it looks like a great read!

These are available, online, in full from Egmont Publishing.

Major Eazy

With what appears to be a roving commission around the battle field, Major Eazy roamed the pages of Battle Picture Weekly trying to win the war all by himself. I can't recall the back story to Eazy's reason for being but it would have no doubt been revealed through the issues. From the panels below Eazy helps the recently leaderless to fight another day.

The happy crew at Egmont Publishing have released Major Eazy online as part of their Classic Comics collection.

Charley's War Part Two

As I've mentioned before the good people at Egmont have released a number of their digital classic titles online.

Charley's War is a very well credentialed work. In four parts it follows the fortunes of Charley through the First World War. Just a quick look at panels below and you can see it is pretty gripping and grim stuff.

Of course the huge difference between this story and the pocket war comic stories that came before it are the benefits brought around by continuity. Appearing in Battle Picture Weekly, Charley's war had the time to tell a deeper story.

Charley's War Part One

The good people at Egmont tell me that they have expanded their digital classic comics offering.CHARLEY'S WAR tells the story of Charley Bourne, an underage British soldier, during World War 1. It gives a uniquely frank account of the horrors of war, avoiding the usual heroics depicted in other war comics. CHARLEY'S WAR was originally published in BATTLE PICTURE WEEKLY. BATTLE was known for its hard-hitting, graphic storylines featuring the best of British derring-do with moving accounts of the two World Wars. CHARLEY'S WAR was written by Pat Mills, who also wrote ACTION, CRISIS and created 2000 AD, including work on JUDGE DREDD. Joe Colquhoun was a British comics artist best known for his work on CHARLEY'S WAR. He was also the first artist to draw ROY OF THE ROVERS. After CHARLEY'S WAR finished, Colquhoun drew for MASK until his death in 1987.

In this comic volume, Charley's War Part One, we see Charley Bourne being sacked from his job in London and deciding to join the war effort. He is a typical 'Tommy', neither overly intelligent or especially strong. Rushed to the Western Front, he soon finds himself in the thick of things. After proving himself with a daring attempt to rescue a Tommy runner, Charley is chosen to take part in a night raid on the German trenches. Will the Tommies return alive?

 

 

By the way Egmont Publishing were very nice to supply me with these images. Over the next couple of weeks I'll show you the other goodies they've sent me. More about Egmont can be found here...www.egmont.co.uk