Best of British remembers Scream!

By John Freeman on September 26, 2025 • ( 0 )

Alongside a tribute to Ray Brooks, the actor perhaps best known as the voice of the animated icon Mr. Benn, and many other nostalgia-driven features, the latest issue of Best of British looks back at the short lived weekly horror comic, Scream!

Ian Wheeler looks back at the title that is enjoying new life today thanks to 2000AD publisher Rebellion, exploring its origins with input from editor Barrie Tomlinson, and looks at why the title was brought to an abrupt end.

Designs for Scream's fictitious editor, Ghastly McNasty snip

Every issue of Best of British magazine is packed with features that celebrate classic entertainment, transport, food and drink, and the great British countryside.

Available from TG Jones on the high street, and on subscription, this issue also celebrates 70 years of BBC Radio 2’s Pick of the Pops, brings us the story of the Royal Train, and more.

Best of British readers are at the heart of this title. As well as taking their suggestions on board, their voices are heard through the Yesterday Remembered memoir section, along with the Postbag and Question Time pages.

• Best of British is online at bestofbritishmag.co.uk

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John Freeman

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.