Black Tower Super Heroes No. 8

 

 A4

B&W

84pp

£7.00

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This is it! Issue number 8 and Rodney Dearth and his Iron Warriorface...DEATH!

 1995 and Major Victory, Hero of the Soviet Union confronts a would be alien invader! 

The Zine Zone Zoot Suit Crew BEFORE the Dark Crisis! 

The Purple Hood needs to find the DoubleAgent! 

Halcon needs to track down and fight the man-killer! 

In Texas yet another would be alien invader lands! 

In Germany D-Gruppe's Panzer handles another extra terrestrial biological entity....

 One month in and Captaion Cosmic is under assault again by aliens wanting the Di of power! 

All this and The Boy Fish, Bring 'Em Back Hank, Presto, Crasher Cave, Argo Under The Ocean, The Werewolf, Wavell and more. 

All leading up to...The Green Skies! and no one asks WHY all these aliens are coming to Earth.

Black Tower Super Heroes No. 7

 

A4

B&W

60 pages

£8.00

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The penultimate issue of Black Tower Super Heroes! 

Featuring Herne the Hunter, Kangy and the Iron warrior!

 The conclusion to The Trial appears to be a verdict of "Death", however, who is the new arrival at the Cosmic Fulcrum and just what is going on?

Also, can any of the magic men help the Druid or is his future looking bleaker by the page?

Black Tower Super Heroes No. 6

 

A4
B&W
80pp
£8.00
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Two issues away from...The Green Skies!

 The Druid (having helped rescue the Zero Heroes last issue) takes a walk to the local chippe with The Avenger. What can go wrong? Well, the ttle reads "In The Hands of Chung Ling Soo" so guess? 

The Z Man tries to waren everyone about The Trial but seems to just confuse people. Meanwhile, the German superheroes who survived Zeit Geist (even if their parallels did not) gather together. Something is going on,,,but what? 

Herne the Hunter continues on his quest while Ace Hart is setting about righting wrongs in his own way. Of course the Iron Warrior is putting in an appearance...as is Ghost Investigator Dene Vernon -but if he survives this one...welll... 

Jasmine deals with Kathatakathalaka in her own way...now but not now -long time ago. Zom would understand! He might also understand Zark in a text story last seen in 1951. Considering he may be a Martian if he's still around his future might be a bit bleak. 

Supernatural justice with The Bat and Madam Foretell is predicting everything but what happens when the skies go green! And there is more but you'll need to buy the book! 

Described as "A solid, cracking read from cover to cover" this is probably the best British anthology out there...all 80 pages of it!

Black Tower Super Heroes No. 5

 

A4

B&W

80pp

£8.00

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It had to happen! Straight from the pages of Zero Heroes "the other guy" becomes....

CAPTAIN COSMIC!! 

No joke. 

Not an imaginary tale! 

Will Earth be happy with its new defender? 

You think it cares?? 

Also features Jack, The Iron Warrior, and enough action (with a touch of humour) to keep you happier than an adult entertainment channel (whatever they are) during lockdown!

Black Tower Super Heroes 4

 

A4
B&W
80pp
£8.00
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Hot off the presses! 

Yes, the fourth issue of BTSH is here and it is so crammed full of eye boggling action that we had to use adamantium staples to keep it all together! 

Kotar, Sabuta along with Tarot and Lady Silvana face the werewolf while the Zero Heroes are in a church surrounded by zombies and what happens to "the other guy" at the end...I'm asking -what happened? 

Jack finds that he could have had a fatal dose, while The Trial continues and the mystery deepens. 

There is more -much much more! 

Blue Saviour is the cover star and a tribute to creator David A. Johnson who brightened up Bath comic marts with his Blue Saviour, Madame Mystery and Enigma comics! 

Black Tower Super Heroes 3

 

 

A4
B&W
80pp
£8.00

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Collecting together the best of the British Golden, early Silver and contemporary ages comics

Black Tower Super Heroes No.2

 

A4
B&W
80pp
£7.00
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Bringing the best of the British Platinum, Golden and early Silver Ages as well as contemporary

Black Tower -The Independents and How You Can Submit Work

 

A4
B&W
94pp
£9.00
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Collected together a selection of the best Independent comics from Black Tower 

- Jemma Webster's AUTOPSIA 

Small Press Guru Uhuru Paul Ashley Brown's now out of print big seller THE TALL TREES 

A selection from the legend that is Ben R. Dilworth 

Oh, and Terry Hooper-Scharfs "Go Bo Explains Einstein."

As an add on to this I will add a post from the Zine Zone blog:

 I was asked by someone how I deal with comic strip submissions and what my deal is with creators.  

I will point out from the outset that even I work for free!  

With comic events restricted there is little chance of selling a lot of books to cover costs then leave a profit. For people who just want to find some place to get their first strip published I have The Independents an anthology meant to give new creators a chance to see their work in print. Anything submitted is owned by the creator and not myself or Black Tower the deal is published once and two free copies of the title the strip appears in.

You are not being ripped off. I pay for the copies you get (and any tax) after all the editing work. You get a comic with your work in that you can show around.

In case anyone wonders I edit (and all that involves), publicise and even pay US taxes on books sold. I write and draw.  Ben Dilworth, Our Man in Osaka, does likewise. Neither of us sadly get paid. It is just how comics are at the moment when people are brainwashed that there is only Marvel, DC, Image, Oni et al.  Maybe in the future comic buyers will realise there is far more out there -it's why I am thinking of organising a one day comic mart.

Black Tower: Chronos The Watchman

  

A4

B&W
40pp
Price: £7.50 (excl. VAT)
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John Tempus, a world travelling adventurer travels by ship to Gull Island, a desolate place
on which stands an ancient, war-scarred tower, left to him by an uncle he never knew.

An uncle that he soon finds is far from dead.

An uncle who reveals to him a family curse that he cannot avoid. A duty he
will carry out until his death.

John Tempus has now become the next Chronos Watchman and he is all that
stands between our world and that of...

KAOS!

Cinebook Ltd: Amazonia 4 - Episode 4

 

Authors: LEO & Rodolphe; illustrated by Bertrand Marchal
Age: 15 years and up
Size: 18.4 x 25.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages

£7.99 incl VAT

ISBN: 9781800441637
Publication: June 2025
 

Lost in the middle of the Amazon rainforest along with Brazilian Navy officer Délio, Kathy Austin did manage to establish contact with the being she came to investigate – though not for long enough to ascertain whether he’s of alien origin or not, as the strange individual immediately ran off to assist the Germans about to be slaughtered by the Natives. What is his connection with those former Nazis desperately looking for a lost submarine full of gold? …

After the last page of the previous volume I had expected our rather "Germanic" duo to be dead with native arrows in them. But, no, and we find out more about the Doktor and his connection to Jo which still does not clear up the question of what Jo is? An alien that was caught and ended up in a freak show? A genetic experiment of some sort?  There is still a lot to be learnt (no spoilers).

And as the plot twists in the US and elsewhere our two jungle stranded heroes come across their prize -the much discussed submarine.

At one point I thought "Oh, they are explaining who Jo is" - but then I am not getting caught out like that. Past stories have thrown up unexpected surprises and this story is developing well. The art is great and the colours by Sebastien Boulet adds much more atmosphere to the scenes.  

So.... I wonder what we will learn next about the enigmatic Jo?

Cinebook Ltd: Michel Vaillant - Legendary Races 3: Disastrous Season

 

Authors: Denis Lapière & Vincent Dutreuil
Age: 12 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 64 colour pages
Publication: May 2025

ISBN: 9781800441590

£11.99 incl VAT

1970. The Formula One season is about to begin, and Jean-Pierre Vaillant unveils his new prototype to the two pilots of Team Vaillante – his brother Michel and Steve Warson. He hopes that his radical innovations will give Vaillante an edge against the extremely fierce competition. 

Unfortunately, the 1970 season is going to prove disastrous across the board, and the relentless quest for performance deadly, inciting the drivers to fight for an in-depth reform of racing safety rules …

It must be my age. When I first read this series in the 1970s (in Germany) in Zack I was hooked including the racing sequences. For (I am really old) decades those memories stuck in my mind so that when Cinebook announced that they were publishing the series in English I was excited. This album arrived and I opened it and...nothing.

The speeding cars and onomatopoeia  are all still there but I could not get as excited.  Let me make it very clear that this is NOT a criticism of the book.The well paced and character driven story including that question mark ending -it's all top notch.  The art could not be better! I loved it and it is all very accurate for the period (and I am old enough to recognise the likenesses of certain racers!) and when you add in the fantastic colour work of Isabelle Charly there is nothing to complain about. 

It is a superb book but I just can't put myself in those races any more like I used to as a kid. Rather than race death to the finishing line it's more like "When is the next toilet break?"/ "Hmm.Am I going too fast?" and "that last turn means I no longer need a toilet stop!!" So definitely an age thing😂

Other than an old man moaning I have to admit that the series is just as good as it was "back in the day" (notice they never say which day?). I've read it twice and have looked at the art more than a few times and layouts/design cannot be faulted either. So I do recommend this.

Now I am off to my cardboard box racer to see if I can "hit a ton"!!

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