CLASSIC COMICS: COUNTDOWN #1 - PART ONE...

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COUNTDOWN was TV CENTURY 21's natural successor.  Not only did it feature GERRY ANDERSON related strips (in some cases reprints from its forerunner), it was also edited by DENNIS HOOPER, who'd been the art editor on TV21 itself. However, successor it may have been, but it wasn't exactly a success, and after just over a year, changed identity by becoming TV ACTION.  It managed to survive for another year and a half or so, and with its demise, DOCTOR WHO returned to his previous publication, TV COMIC.

For all those who weren't around at the time, here's the first half of the very first issue to give you a taste of it.  If it was one of the weekly comics of your youth, then say hello again to an old friend. The second half will follow in a subsequent post before too long.  Countdown starts now!

BABE Of The DAY - ABI TITMUS...

Today's babe has that gal-next-door

quality that many guys find attractive -

ABI TITMUS.  She can live next door to

me anytime.  In fact, she can move right

in to my house if she'd like to.  (Yeah,

unlikely I know.  Don't rub it in.)

The MAGNIFICENT MIGHTY MOTH...

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When I looked through my recently acquired TV COMIC Annual for 1968 and read the MIGHTY MOTH strips drawn by DICK MILLINGTON, I found myself having a hearty chuckle at them.  Well-written, well-drawn, simple and to the point - what's not to like?  In fact, I got more chuckles out of those few strips than any number of BEANO strips (excepting CALAMITY JAMES) over the last few years.

Is it just my imagination or are modern comics simply not as funny as they used to be back in the'50s and '60s?  You tell me.  Here are a couple of Mighty Moth strips to judge for yourself.  Let me know what you think.  And there'll be more to follow in upcoming posts, you lucky devils!