tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post961760334581061402..comments2024-03-28T07:17:29.768+00:00Comments on STARLOGGED - GEEK MEDIA AGAIN: 1986: ZOIDS COLLECTED COMICS (Marvel UK)SLOW ROBOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-81554372542093042322013-07-31T07:12:59.087+01:002013-07-31T07:12:59.087+01:00Thank you sir, that's very kind. Be sure to s...Thank you sir, that's very kind. Be sure to spread the word!<br /><br />It's a shame to hear about STAR WARS GALAXY. I bought the earliest issues but I didn't stick around. I guess SW has hit another between-movies lull whilst everyone gears up for the new movies. I guess Titan - assuming they manage to hold onto the license for magazines and comics - will launch something new to coincide with the new movies and TV show. <br /><br />I recall they launched a new comic to coincide with the first of the new STAR TREK movies but that seemed to vanish after only a few issues. Mind you, the tie-in action figures turned-up in POUNDLAND (along with some rather nice character drinking glasses) soon after the film did the rounds which suggests the merchandise - generally - wasn't a great seller.SLOW ROBOThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-51880829156864024652013-07-30T10:57:18.466+01:002013-07-30T10:57:18.466+01:00yes the STAR WARS GALAXY COLLECTORS' EDITION h...yes the STAR WARS GALAXY COLLECTORS' EDITION has ceased publication...surprising since the ongoing uk STAR WARS comic has been in print since 1999 under various titles including ' clone wars '....its always a thrill to see what new items you have posted...this blog is an invaluable resource of info and pics<br /><br />edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-8213284129955680632013-07-30T07:43:16.220+01:002013-07-30T07:43:16.220+01:00The ZOIDS POSTER MAGS passed me by completely at t...The ZOIDS POSTER MAGS passed me by completely at the time although I stumbled across one years later and I'll get around to posting that at some point. They're intriguing as they show that not only the toys continued but so did Marvel's promotional tie-in (albeit, judging from the copy I have, pretty dumbed-down) with Tomy.<br /><br />The demise of STAR WARS really wasn't much of a surprise. It was pretty dead in terms of interest at that point. A dearth of new movies meant that interest had waned considerably. It was noticeable that, for the last year-or-so, RETURN OF THE JEDI weekly seemed to be chasing a younger readership (almost certainly reflecting the general state of the industry at the time) even if the concurrent US strips (which, when they dropped to bimonthly, alternated with pre-JEDI reprints) weren't. I imagine that helped inform Marvel's decision to abandon the US strips entirely in favour of another outing of the ROTJ adaptation over the final months. <br /><br />I'm slightly surprised that M-UK didn't add the Star Comics DROIDS and EWOKS reprints to ROTJ but they were diverted elsewhere (SPIDEY COMIC and - eventually - THE MARVEL BUMPER COMIC respectively).<br /><br />All Star Wars merchandise was withering on the vine at that point... the action figures were also shutting up shop at this point.<br /><br />I'd bailed on ROTJ weekly as well (I was buying the last few issues of the US book from comic book stores and POWER PACK's US edition from my local newsagent) but I did feel a pang of nostalgia when I heard it was cancelled and came back for the last issue.<br /><br />I imagine that the current CLONE WARS comic will shutter - in favour of the new series - at some point.<br /><br />Incidentally, it suddenly dawned on me the other day that I hadn't spotted a copy of Titan's STAR WARS GALAXY COLLECTORS' EDITION comic in WH Smith for a while. Has it been cancelled?<br /><br />It was a pleasure to post about the various recent volumes of M-UK stuff. I'll make a point of doing more of it in the future. With luck, the revival of the M-UK GENESIS 92 characters next year will spark some sort of (belated) interest in the original strips.SLOW ROBOThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891511135128944714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024401572816020459.post-24382236959500075132013-07-27T11:26:25.140+01:002013-07-27T11:26:25.140+01:00that zoids comic is one of the great ' what mi...that zoids comic is one of the great ' what might have beens ' in the history of m-uk. there were also several zoids poster mags which you can see here:<br /><br />http://www.zoidstar.com/15/index.html<br /><br />its almost unthinkable now that both the star wars and spiderman titles were both cancelled. 1987-1990 were truly the wilderness years for m-uk. i wonder if the current clone wars comic will be affected by the axing of the show itself..? Lastly just a quick word of thanks for the heads up on the those recent collected volumes from m-uk. i would never have even looked for them if you hadnt told us they were on sale. the hulk volume is amazing..it even reprints posters from the spiderman weekly.<br />edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633073283427830809noreply@blogger.com