Here’s the cover for Panini’s upcoming 300-plus page Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Anthology, heading to bookshops on 2nd November 2023 and available to preorder now for just under £30.
When Doctor Who Weekly launched in 1979, it was the inimitable Tom Baker incarnation of the immortal Time Lord who graced its very first comic stories.
Now, Panini Comics is releasing a complete collection of Fourth Doctor comic strips, currently priced at under £30 for the 324-page book, taken from the early years of Doctor Who Weekly and Doctor Who Monthly.
Featuring 16 wild and witty tales by writers such as Pat Mills and John Wagner, and art by Dave Gibbons, this collection sees the Doctor encounter robotic centurions, deceptively furry and cuddly space tyrants, deadly psychic vampires and a whole lot more!
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “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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I hope that whoever has the rights can release all the Doctor Who Polystyle comic strip comics that started with The Klepton Parasites in 1964.
Panini own the rights to the Polystyle “Who” strips, assuming them in the transition from Marvel UK.
So not available from Canadian Amazon – but I can international order apparently from UK.
Might be worth waiting to see if it filters through Amazon’s systems to your country?
Given that Paul Neary is not listed in the credits, it might not actually be a completely complete collection. (“Timeslip” from Doctor Who Weekly 17-18)
The article in the new Doctor Who Magazine (593), out today, suggests the emphasis is on the main strips of the early incarnations of the publication. There’s no suggestion it includes the back ups, too