British Update: Free Gift Farrago – Vulcan #2 – Spider, Steel Claw, Trigan Empire and More
*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: One of the earliest attempts to coherently re-present the Fleetway/IPC classic adventure series was 1975’s Vulcan, an experimental weekly which was smaller than usual – closer to American comic-book size – contained many colour pages, and reprinted in sequence several much-loved series from the past: The Spider, Kelly’s Eye, Trigan Empire, Robot Archie, Sabre, Mytek the Mighty and the Steel Claw. Launched successfully as a trial in Scotland, a national edition was rolled out in late ’75, and ironically lasted fewer issues than the trial run! The slick paper was a bit fragile, and copies of the short-lived series don’t sustain damage well, so we’re delighted to have a VG/FN copy of issue #2 of the National edition in this week, with the free gift – Magical Numbers Card Game – in FN! The game was originally presented in a punch-out card, and this copy is unpunched, all pieces in situ (though a couple only just). The comic itself would be Fine but for a small ‘puncture’ mark in the top ‘C’ of the logo. The comic and the gift together are on sale at £30. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD