Comics

When summers were special

When summers meant SPECIALS! Childrens comics seem to be dying out altogether now, but back in the 80's not only did you have a pretty wide selection of TV tie ins you also had Summer Specials. These varied in format from extended stories to poster books - which is what I came across today.

Basically you get some pictures, a bit of info about the main characters and a big old poster to put on your wall (they both have tell tale push pin holes, so they were both on my wall at some point).

The A-Team and He-Man were probably my favourite shows when I was little. In fact He-Man is responsible for my never sticking in at the Boys Brigade (schedule clash!).

I don't have much left from this time in my life; my He Man and BattleCat figures have gone, as has my die-cast A-Team van and 6 inch figures (who all wore jumpsuits for some reason, remember that?).

Nevertheless, these posters were there man, they witnessed my childhood!