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Past Perfect back with another fine mix of comics, film and other features

By John Freeman on March 2, 2025

The team behind Past Perfect, a ‘zine originally known as “Reviews from the Floor of 64” first published back in 2008 as a comics magazine dedicated to everything to do with Britain’s Power Comics, have just released their 235th issue.

Edited by Paul Ware and available on subscription, individual back issues of this print zine, which now covers more than comics, are also offered on eBay.

No.235 features a review of Tobe Hunter’s “vampires in space” classic, Lifeforce (rated 18!), and the final episode in the zine’s review of The Mighty World of Marvel, looking at Issue 100; more from Star Trek Continues in a very clever episode, “What Ships Are For” plus Doctor Who‘s U.N.I.T. and the fan favourite “The Daemons”.

Plus, there are items on Thor, Iron Man, Luke Cage, and Jack Kirby’s Fourth World, too, on sale here on eBay.

Past Perfect has also published their second issue of their Conan the Barbarian dedicated zine, Conan, offering more on artist Barry Windsor-Smith and the conclusion of the Makkalet War, plus the arrival of John Buscema as resident artist. With a couple of side-quests into the pages of Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian, to boot! Check out this latest issue here on eBay.

For subscription information to Past Present contact Paul Ware at pd.wareAThotmail.co.uk (replace AT first @)

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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.