PART TWO OF BUSTER & THE BIG ONE - 1965 ISSUE...

 

Johnny Samson, previousy Thunderbolt Jaxon.
Art possibly by Hugh McNeill?

And now, the second instalment in this three-part series of a complete issue of BUSTER & The BIG ONE from 1965.  Just think - the year in which this comic went on sale, THUNDERBALL was the then-latest BOND movie, The BEATLES were still together, The SAINT was still on television, CHARLTON HESTON's body double from BEN HUR - CHRISTOPHER TRACE - was still presenting BLUE PETER, I was still a young lad with the future in front of me, and everything seemed right with the world.  (At least from my perspective.)  And, perhaps even more importantly (as far as U.K. kids were concerned), there was still a thriving comics industry in this country and we were spoilt for choice as to which weekly pictorial publication we wished to purchase.  (How different to the way things are today.)

So, if you're of a certain age and were a Buster reader back when the comic was a mere five years old, enjoy this look back at not only a vanished periodical, but a vanished era;  when there were no such things as mobile 'phones, personal computers, ipads, DVD players, TVs in every room, and seemingly unlimited pocket-money - and life seemed no worse for the lack of them.

Art by various artists

Sinbad Simms.  Art by Eric Roberts

Jon of the Jungle.  Art possibly by Jordi Bernet?

For Part Three, click here.  For Part One, click here.