Well that was a bumper competition last month, wasn’t it? I’m overjoyed to announce Lee Yeates from Kingston upon Thames, Surrey as the recipient of the first 14 issues of Fleetway’s Big Comic Fortnightly from 1988. That was quite the parcel to post and I’m glad it’s been met with such enthusiasm at the other end. Lee has even said he’s going to frame the comics once he’s read them! Unfortunately, Lee hasn’t taken a photo yet but if they do I’ll update the post. I don’t have quite as many comics to give away this month but they do include their free gifts!
Marvel UK‘s Havoc was a revelation to me when I discovered it in 1991 and for that entire summer I ran to the newsagent every week for my next fix of Deathlok, RoboCop, Ghost Rider, Conan and the Star Slammers, as well as the contemporary 90s entertainment news of course. It was a brilliant comic and deserved so much more success than it received. To me, it was so much better than other weekly anthologies such as 2000AD. No, really.
The first few issues came with free gifts and in order to complete my nine-issue collection I’ve ended up with doubles of #1 and #2 with their introductory booklet and poster. Just to be transparent here, the booklet is no longer attached by its staples to the cover and the poster of Deathlok has a couple of little holes where the staples used to be, and it appears the staples must’ve got wet at some stage in the house of the person I bought them from, as they’ve left little stains. But the comics are complete and it’s rare to find them with their gifts at all.
Just like every month, if you want to be in with a chance to grab these for yourself you just have to answer a simple question:
Q – What TV duo did I liken the pairing of human Michael Collins and the Deathlok computer to?
When (you think) you’ve got the answer you can either email it to me at [email protected] (all emails will be deleted after the winner has been selected, I’m not fancy enough to have a newsletter or stuff like that), or use the contact form on the right-hand side of your desktop screen or under this post on mobile. Your entry must be with me by midnight on Monday 14th July 2025.
After this date I’ll contact the winner to ask for their postal address. Unfortunately, due to rising postage costs the competitions are only open to UK and Ireland readers. If you win I’ll ask if you could take a photo of you with your prize for inclusion in the next month’s competition post. You don’t have to, but you do get to show off if you do.
I especially loved the characters in the Deathlok, RoboCop and Ghost Rider strips and was so excited to get another chunk of their adventures every single week. Havoc was an absolute bargain at the time and here you are getting two of them for free! Remember to come back on Friday 1st August 2025 for a competition you’ll really want to get your Claws into.
