The final issue of Collectors Gazette, cover dated October 2025, still on sale, includes an article by Gerald Edwards about the market for reprint Golden/Silver Age DC comics – specifically, the Atlas publications range.
The article gets cover featured, with an early Batman Comic (No 18) which gives a flavour of Gerald’s feature.
“This cover was changed by Atlas,” Gerald tells us. “They removed much of the blurb at the top right and added “and Robin” to the Batman logo. They only did this for a couple of issues, but it makes an interesting collectors item for the cover variant fans!”
Also in the issue, Alwyn Brice takes a trip through time in “What Was the Year?”, while Matt Nolan proves that “Size Doesn’t Matter” with big fun on small tracks. Step into toy history with “Harmless Fun”, the story of Langen and its toy guns of the early 20th century.
This month’s “Corgi Castings” showcase classics from the Ford Mustang to the Mercedes 300 SL, and Subbuteo table football is in focus in “Flick to Kick”. Plus, in “Titanic Teddies”, meet the remarkable bears linked to the legendary ship, and in “Collecting the Champions”, discover how Benson Bryan built a business from his love of vintage buses.
Diecast Collector and Collectors Gazette merge
The Collectors Club of Great Britain recently announced the merger of Diecast Collector and the long-running Collectors Gazette, to create the UK’s ultimate monthly magazine for collectors of diecast models, vintage toys, tinplate, model railways, and more.
“This exciting merger unites two of the UK’s most respected collecting publications, allowing us to offer even greater value to our readers,” they explained. “Readers can look forward to enjoying the best of both magazines in a single publication.
The new-look Diecast Collector will feature a dedicated Collectors Gazette section in every issue, showcasing: vintage toys and tinplate, model railways, auction roundups, one ultimate price guide, market insights from trusted Gazette voices and emerging trends to spark new collecting passions.
“This merger represents a positive step forward for the collecting community and the industry as a whole,” the publisher continues. “Existing subscribers need not take any action as subscriptions will continue as normal, ensuring uninterrupted delivery of all the content you love.”
• If you’d like to revisit past issues of Collectors Gazette, you can still find them on Pocketmags – available issues from 2013 onwards
• For subscription offers, take a look at what’s available with Diecast Collector magazine right here
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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