ANOTHER TV ACTION 12-ISSUE (Plus 2) COVER GALLERY...

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In the previous TV Action cover gallery, I showed you issues 59-70, which represented all the ones published when I lived in my previous house.  Numbers 71-82 came out after we'd moved elsewhere, so I thought, just for balance, I'd show you them as well.  I'm unsure as to just how long I continued to buy the comic after 82, though I likely bought at least an occasional issue until it's subsummation into TV Comic, TVA's final issue being 132.

It was a fairly good comic, all things considered, and though I mainly associate it with my previous home, there are elements of the title (such as the announcement of the create a villain for Dr Who competition winner and the baddie's subsequent appearance in the strip) that remain firmly part of early memories of my current residence, first moved into in 1972.

Anyway, that's enough tedious waffle from me - enjoy the colourful images below and revive some of your own reminiscences of this relatively short-lived weekly periodical from the faraway '70s.

And while we're here, I may as well show you the last issue which carried the regular red-backed masthead, as well as the following issue which sported a slightly newer one incorporated (sort of) within the artwork.  This new masthead lasted until the final issue (132), and then it was all over for TV Action, aside from having second-billing as part of TV Comic for a while.  Feel free to share any memories or observations you have of this weekly title in the comments section.

ACTION IN TV COMIC...

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I treated myself to a sequential trio of issues of TV Comic recently, including the first combined number with TV Action.  Truth to tell, as Dr Who and Dad's Army had started in TV Comic, as had Droopy (if I recall rightly - so it was probably a reprint), it was pretty much the same as it had always been, apart from the inclusion of the TV Action logo on the cover.  One of my very favourite comic strips is Mighty Moth, created, written, and drawn by the mighty Dick Millington, who had been editor of TV comic between the years 1967 and '73.  So here's the three Mothy strips from my trio of issues - you're sure to get a laugh out of them, especially from the dialogue in the final panel of the second strip.

You didn't think I was going to leave you hanging in regard to the Tom & Jerry strip, did you?  Below is the second page to the cover story, which probably wouldn't be permitted nowadays because of the perceived levels of 'violence', cartoon violence though it is.