Marvel UK fans will not want to miss out on this
Rob Kirby
From Cents to Pence: Marketing Mighty World of Marvel, the first British Marvel weekly, back in 1972
How the original Marvel UK team “sold in” the first ever weekly superhero comic in Britain to potential readers…
Marvel UK’s “Apeslayer” – The Culprit Revealed?
No, it’s not Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys fame. Another Marvel UK myth now fully debunked thanks to author Rob Kirby
From Cents to Pence: Can You help solving a “Betty Boop” Marvel UK mystery?
Can you help solve a Betty Boop puzzle?
“From Cents to Pence”, a massive Marvel UK history, nears completion
A project on the history of Marvel UK over twenty years in the making takes one giant step toward publication…
In the Spotlight: Marvel UK’s European Comic Reprints
Over on his Boys Adventure Comics Blog, downthetubes contributor Richard Sheaf has highlighted the inclusion of a strip from Le Lombard‘s Franco-Belgian Tintin comic magazine in a short-lived Marvel UK comic. It’s an example of European reprint by the company,… Read More ›
Lost Marvel UK Projects: Mutator, created by Paul Neary and Tom DeFalco
During the tail end of the busy period in the 1990s when Marvel UK was developing numerous projects for the US Direct Sales market, one of the last unpublished proposed series was Mutator, which we’ve brought to a little bit… Read More ›
Brits invade BackIssue magazine
The April 2013 editin of TwoMorrow Publishing’s BACK ISSUE (#63) watches the USA’s and UK’s comics worlds cross over in our “British Invasion” issue. Featuring a history of Marvel UK by Rob Kirby, the Beatles in comics, DC’s British talent… Read More ›
Marvel UK Book Author seekes final imagery
Author Rob Kirby, who has been working on a history of Marvel UK since, well, the company folded back in the 1990s if not earlier (all right, I’m probably exaggerating but that’s how it feels!), is on the hunt for… Read More ›