Over on the awesome FANSCENE British Comic zine archive, curator David Hathaway-Price has added online only resources offering a fantastic snapshot of early comic retailing in the UK.
Now added to the site are two early Forbidden Planet catalogues, published thanks to zine collectors thanks to Peter Hansen, and the late Trevor Hughes, both featuring covers by a young Brian Bolland.
Back then the focus of the London-based retailer – then operating just one shop, in Denmark Street – was very firmly on comics. Forbidden Planet’s offering, across stores in several UK cities, is much wider today.
“I’m not sure how interested people are in price lists, but the covers to these are lovely,” David says.
If you are interested in reading the lists, you can find the read only PDFs here on FANSCENE
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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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