New British news stand comics / magazine on sale this week include 2000AD 2152 (read our news item), Action Combat 106, Action GTX 109, Astonishing Spider-Man 38, Beano 4006, Lego Friends 64, Lego Ninjago Issue 55, Lego Star Wars 52, Mega 87, The Phoenix 405, This Is… Halloween and Thomas and Friends 771.

Action Combat Magazine 106

Astonishing Spider-Man 38

Beano 4006

Lego Friends 64

Lego Ninjago Issue 55

Lego Star Wars 52

Mega 87

The Phoenix 405 – cover by Robin Boyden

This Is… Halloween 2019

Thomas and Friends 771

Commando issues 5267 – 5270 are still on sale, as is Judge Dredd Megazine Issue 412.

Judge Dredd Megazine Issue 412

Specials still on sale include the Beano Summer Activity Special… not that we got that much summer!

Beano Summer Activity Special 2019

All these titles are available from newsagents, including WHSmith, and some are available in supermarkets.

• Can’t find the news stand title you’re looking for? Try www.newsstand.co.uk – or seek out the publishers’ web shops!

Art by Nick Miller. We’ve got a range of merchandise featuring this art on sale via CafePress

• Looking for new comics on sale in comic shops? Visit Diamond Previews at www.previewsworld.com

• Looking for your local British or Irish Comic Shop? Our Comic Shop Map is right here

• Get all your previous comic releases at GetMyComics, a UK-based online comics subscription service – also distributors of ComicScene and To the Death

• If you’re an independent comics publisher with a title out this week, why not comment below and let us know where to get it?

WEB LINKS

• Aces Weekly | Facebook
Digital anthology published by David Lloyd

• 2000 AD | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | YouTube | iPad app | Android | Web Shop

• Beano.com | Facebook | Twitter

• Commando Comics | Facebook | Twitter | DC Thomson Heritage Comics on Facebook | Twitter

• The Phoenix | Facebook | Twitter

• Titan Comics | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

DIGITAL COMICS DISTRIBUTORS

• ComicHaus – the App and Marketplace/Database for indie comic books. Offers a huge range of independent comics, many as digital downloads

• Comixology UK

• DriveThru

• Buy Commando Comics on AmazonUK (Affiliate Link)

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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.

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Categories: 2000AD, British Comics, downthetubes Comics News, downthetubes News

Tags: Action Combat, Action GTX, Astonishing Spider-Man, Beano, Comic Shops, Commando, downthetubes News, GetMyComics, Judge Dredd Megazine, LEGO Friends, LEGO Ninjago, LEGO Star Wars, The Phoenix