British Update: Long Hot Summer – Tornado and Vulcan Specials from the 1970s
*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: Two more of the extra-thick Specials which were produced for the traditional British Holiday Market, designed to give parents a bit of peace by keeping the kids distracted for longer! Both of these are Fleetway/IPC Specials, hailing from the 1970s, a decade which launched some interesting if evanescent series. We have the 1976 Vulcan Holiday Special, which, like its weekly sibling, gathered the finest of UK adventure series, including the Trigan Empire, Steel Claw, Mytek the Mighty, Saber King of the Jungle and more! This scarce item, the only Vulcan Special, is GD at £25, generally very respectable shape but a little loose at the staples. From a few years later, Tornado debuted in 1979, starring psychic teen delinquent ‘Wolfie Smith’, rebellious slave ‘Black Hawk’ and superheroic parody ‘Captain Klep’. Again, 1979’s Summer Special was the only Special for the short-lived Tornado and is FN at £30. SORRY, THESE HAVE NOW SOLD