Wow, what a response I had to last month’s competition to win nine issue of Wildcat’s 12-issue run! Clearly the short-lived comic still has its fans, as well as those intrigued by it but never had the pleasure of enjoying it (beyond the reviews on the blog). However, while the response was great in numbers the same can’t be said of the answers. I asked what three comics I’ve nicknamed ‘The Barrie Tomlinson Trilogy’ on the blog. The answer was that he edited Wildcat, Super Naturals and my personal favourite Ring Raiders.
Huge congratulations to Guy Alderson of Tyne and Wear who was the only person to give the correct answer. As I packaged up your comics I could just imagine the delight I’d have felt opening them if I’d been in your shoes! I’m positive you’ll enjoy every single page! Believe it or not I’m going even bigger this issue and not just with the amount of issues I’m giving away; these were also some of the thickest comics we collected as kids. I hope the postie is ready for this parcel!
What we have here are the first 14(!) issues of Big Comic Fortnightly, the hit comic from Fleetway Publications based on their successful book series. (A book series currently receiving its own real time read through every Christmas on the blog.) To write an article for another website I needed #14 of Big Comic Fortnightly and ended up having to buy all of these in one big bundle. Now, on the 37th anniversary of its premiere issue they can be all yours! Just answer this easy-peasy blog question:
Q – Which character has appeared as a highlight in every Big Comic Book review on the blog?
When (you think) you’ve got the answer you can either email it to me at oink.blog@icloud.com (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 you can find on the right-hand side of your desktop screen or under this post on mobile. Your entry must be with me by midnight on Saturday 14th June 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 can 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.
You could read all of these in real time in true OiNK Blog fashion and count down to Christmas 2025 yourself! A buffet of classic strips from Buster, Cor!, Whoopee, Whizzer and Chips, Cheeky, Wow, Jackpot, Monster Fun and Krazy, I anticipate this’ll be a popular competition this month so get your answer in! As for next month’s prize, it’ll be here to cause a bit of Havoc on Tuesday 1st July 2025.
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