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uch great pacing world building and storytelling in wildcat this feels very rushed which is all the more frustrating since i never bought the merged comic and have waited all these years for this as our heroes leave to return to the ship they crash land again in what feels like a tacked on two part story they meet the sens protens a race of psychic aliens who turbo instantly distrusts and even gets into fist fights with but it s actually a funny little tale from beginning as it does with turbo and robo about to be sacrificed by the aliens to them becoming best friends within a few pages however just as it feels like it s getting going it ends again the problem is that wildcat was meant to contain long form storytelling there were no individual tales as such in each of the main strips instead they were designed to be never ending naturally moving from one scenario to the next i loved that about it but of course this simply wouldn t work in eagle there were four main character strips in wildcat plus the anthologies the wildcat completes there was only room for two at a time in eagle and the little panel at the end of the above story tells the reader loner s story would restart the following week it s painfully obvious turbo s was curtailed to make room for other strips in a shared environment then there s another two part tale which ends with news of joe alien returning so turbo was clearly also used to fill some gaps between strips in eagle it s a shame because the character development for turbo was excellent in wildcat yet here it has to stop in order to get the stories told quickly and out of the way as such he s back to being the person he was at the beginning including shouting constantly at poor old robo their developing friendship in wildcat all but forgotten robo also never stops calling him master despite protestations which i ll admit does lead to some laughs when turbo tells him off for it at the most inopportune of moments there s a scene where turbo is furious when an alien kills a human upon meeting because it deemed them unimportant bit of a cheek getting angry about that considering his own actions when meeting some of the more imaginatively designed alien characters speaking of designs the art is as superb as always ian kennedy gets top artist billing despite only drawing the first two strips however he did design all of the main characters and the wildcat itself vanyo is our most prolific artist here and their monsters are as imaginative as always i m sure these would ve thrilled eagle readers just as they did for me in wildcat back then there are a few one shot stories for turbo as well some are a bit like the wildcat completes however whereas those were satisfying and told a complete clue is in the name tale with a proper beginning middle and end these turbo jones stories feel frustratingly short one introduces two species of fish like aliens with what seems like really interesting origins and in another a full scale intergalactic war forms the background to the story but both of these are just dropped never to be heard about again were these ideas of barrie s he was originally going to flesh out in wildcat later on there are other genuinely funny moments such as when we see robo trying to calm a terrified turbo as it turns out this heroic chisel chinned leader of humans who takes no nonsense from any alien monster is terrified of the dentist the final eagle tale then shows just how horrible humans can be and questions whether we deserve to settle on another planet at all it s something wildcat often considered in its stories this tale seems to mirror the real world even today and the hateful minds of far too many people thankfully the more enlightened version of turbo jones is on hand to make them see sense in his own way naturally i ve loved rereading the turbo strips from wildcat again it s just frustrating how the epic nature of that comic had to be so obviously cut short because of the limited space and time available in the comic it merged into if anything the stories i ve finally read now for the first time only confirm just how different wildcat was and just how original its style of storytelling was compared to the more episodic nature of its contemporaries however i still look forward to seeing how loner s story pans out in the second graphic novel he proved very popular with eagle readers and hung around for a lot longer as a result his book is somewhat thicker than turbo s for now volume one ends with the strips from the wildcat specials and a selection of covers and pin ups featuring characters from the turbo jones strip unfortunately the gorgeous cover for 1 by ian isn t included parts of it are used for the book s cover but it still would ve been nice to see it in full colour alongside the rest that kind of sums up the continuation of the story after wildcat s premature end what s here is good but it could ve been so much more reaffirming my belief that the end of wildcat was one of the cruelest cancellations in comics history you can purchase both wildcat volumes at the rebellion online shop back to winter special wildcat menu barrie tomlinson ian kennedy vanyo comic promos mighty marvel checklists the mighty marvel checklist week 46 10 june 2026 phil boyce 2 comments saturday 10th june 1989 that stipple effect on brian williamson s and dave hardwood s cover for the real ghostbusters really was ubiquitous with marvel uk at the time wasn t it while on transformers and action force simon coleby joined the team with his first cover and he impressed from the start that skateboard story emblazoned on the cover of the real ghostbusters would end up becoming very familiar to readers not only would it pop up again in a collected comics special but also twice more in the regular comic before the end of its run this issue also contained the announcement of the sequel movie this was the first mention of ghostbusters ii despite its release being just a few months later the comic would go all in with promotions competitions and even serialised the adaptation as its first imported back up strip the exciting news in transformers was that from next week the uk stories would finally be written for the new 5 page black and white format survivors came to an entertaining and somewhat intriguing ending this issue setting up a superb character arc for decepticon pretender beast carnivac having allied himself with autobots he witnessed his friend catilla s murder and left the team swearing vengeance against the decepticons but going out on his own not wishing to endanger his new sort of allies a superb character and some great stories to come on the letters page a fan complained that combat colin wasn t in one issue so dreadwind promised it wouldn t happen again until next time well there you have it the milestone issue of doctor who magazine did get top billing after all i still think he should ve been given the honour last week when it was just released but i suppose the crossover between the time lord and death s head was equally as exciting an event and an executive decision was made what s shocking about this week s checklist is that a new issue of thundercats wasn t given the don t miss slot that s a first for this series last week popeye showed up to promote his own monthly comic and unlike the checklist entries it wasn t much of an event for me personally because i was never a fan of the cartoon however i was very much a fan of the cartoon characters starring in their own marvel uk summer special this week i m not sure why one of them is dressed as a magician to promote it though probably something to do with a strip inside but it s a strange choice without context i have happy memories of renting tom jerry videos from my local shop as a child often containing well over an hour of hilarious cartoons the store only had a few of their tapes so i became very familiar with them as did my parents i have a distinct memory of laughing really hard and my parents enjoying watching me at the episode where tom was a classical pianist and jerry was asleep inside the piano and once woken by tom s playing his revenge was taken in the usual highly original variety of ways however i never bought any of their comics i remember seeing them advertised but still images were never going to be as funny as the high octane insanity of the cartoons as far as i was concerned did i miss out if you picked this up or any other tom jerry comics let me know i m intrigued as to how they could possibly translate successfully to the page after this special clearmark obtained the comics licence in the uk and the next year released a monthly tom jerry comic which lasted only seven issues next week geoff senior finally returns to cover duties to launch aspects of evil in transformers so you won t want to miss that in just seven days come and join in the checklists conversation here or on bluesky instagram facebook transformers 222 instagram death s head 8 back to week 45 mighty marvel checklist menu brian williamson dave harwood simon coleby oink contributors davy francis shoebox part two 7 june 2026 phil boyce 4 comments electric soup was scotland s adult humour comic with 17 issues released between 1989 and 1992 followed by a 10th anniversary special a while later in 1999 think viz but with thick regional accents in every panel and plenty of jabs at local politicians celebrities and even whole scottish cities there was quite the collection of these inside davy francis shoebox so i was looking forward to seeing plenty from the cowpat county creator unfortunately as i began to flick through them i soon came to realise this was a case of davy s friends being inside rather than the man himself thankfully eventually his unique art style popped up in 16 the penultimate issue of the run and the last of the regular issues in this box he also returned for the 10th anniversary special altogether we ve got three new strips from davy and one spoof i m sure fans of the blog will enjoy first up a rather more adult and scottish spin on one of oink s favourite spoof targets desperate dan of the dandy although fans of another oink blog comic should get a kick out of this too as a pig pal it s strange to see bad language in one of davy s strips but i m not for one second saying it shouldn t have been this is an adult comic after all there are less of the usual background gags than we were used to with his oink pages but i did laugh at the picture of mother davy s predator isn t half bad though right obviously look beyond the glasses his desperate dan is how i imagine a 90s hollywood live action take on the character would be so it feels perfect for the time of this comic moving on to the anniversary special and i have to warn you about this next strip it s blurred until you click on it for a reason it s very adult and i didn t want the images just sitting out there on the blog for all to see as you scroll on your morning commute originally drawn by tommy somme in the regular comic for the 10th anniversary special davy took over art duties for helmetman now you know this is an adult viz like comic so just think about what that superhero name could mean for a second before deciding to click i ll admit this is only here because it was drawn by davy who was creating a follow up for an established strip one that readers had an expectation of i ve never been a fan of this type of humour though maybe oink spoiled me yes oink could be cheeky at times but it was done in a genuinely original funny way and the comic was hilarious at all times whether it was one of those moments or not humour that relied solely on shocking the reader is a one trick pony to me and grows tired very quickly unfortunately for me the vast majority of electric soup is like this frustratingly it needn t have been this way in the few strips that don t use overly adult themes as the sole gag ooh nude bits and extreme language in a comic hehehe aren t we hilarious there are some genuinely brilliant moments davy himself supplies one in the y front which apart from the occasional rude joke reminds me very much of his oink strips by this i mean every panel has something to laugh at with plenty of sight gags that take the narrative captions and turn them into something else entirely leaning heavily into the ridiculously bizarre it s just gloriously stupid if electric soup had more of this kind of adult enough humour i d have loved these comics davy wasn t the only contributor capable of realising there s more to comedy for grown ups than boobs and genitalia while frank quitely could be just as guilty as the rest he also had the ability to see beyond the shallow schoolboy jokes and give us something properly funny in fact the final strip i want to show you is his but with the sheer amount of gags and silliness you d swear davy had written the script it s a spoof of alien³ so for the second time there s something here that readers of the aliens section of the blog should find funny i really enjoyed this film as a teen and as an adult i think the special edition is fantastic so much so i d rank it right alongside the first two movies thankfully i can still have a giggle at the things i love when their spoofs are done well and this is done very well indeed much like davy s y front oo er every panel had me chortling it s just relentless especially if you know the film well see no need for the so called adult humour that just ends up being adolescent and childish this alien³ strip and davy s non blurred pages above show that at least some of the people behind electric soup were genuine comedic talents it s just a shame their work is hidden amongst such unfunny nonsense maybe if i was a teenager i d have laughed at the rudeness here the first time i saw it but after growing up with the quality of oink i doubt it you can thank me later for trawling through all of these for the few gems within looking at some of the magazines still inside the shoebox i m a bit concerned about having to do so all over again with titles such as sweet fa and uc but then again i knew this going in and having a quick flick through they seem more professional genuinely aimed at adults with a proper sense of humour and include more oink contributors so while the subject matter of football or the sunday sport might not appeal to me i m still looking forward to the gems i can locate for you in the next part of this series later in the summer back to part one davy s shoebox menu oink contributors menu main oink menu davy francis frank quitely oink media coverage oink s comics cuts oink on kev f s podcast 5 june 2026 phil boyce leave a comment five years ago almost to the day i told you about oink cartoonist kev f sutherland s brand new podcast comic cuts known around the sty for his hilarious meanwhile series and two of my own personal favourites from oink s entire run the three scientists and 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