If last month’s competition is anything to go by then this Christmas compo should be really rather popular. First though, the lucky winner of six random issues of Marvel UK’s hilarious The Real Ghostbusters was Steve Wareing of Preston. I’m sure you’ll enjoy them Steve, it was one of my very favourite comics and it holds up extremely well today. Those Spengler’s Spirit Guides alone will be worth your entry!
For the festive season I took a look at the doubles I’ve acquired and realised the prize really couldn’t be anything other than annuals, could it? With one double for the Ghostbusters and no less than three for The Greatest TV Show Ever, are you ready for the ultimate trip back to the 80s?
The Real Ghostbusters Annual is the third in its series and contains the usual mixture of funny strips and hilarious text stories and even a ‘Phantomime’ for the season. The Knight Rider Annuals are the first three yearly treats for Michael and K.I.T.T. fans and include strips and art by none other than David Lloyd (yes, that David Lloyd), background information on F.L.A.G., interviews with cast and crew, special behind the scenes features about the show, its stunts and its stars of both the human and the automotive variety. The prose stories in particular are truly excellent and a real highlight of each volume. They could easily have been adapted into episodes.
The winner will receive their annuals gift wrapped and in time for placing them under their tree in time for The Big Day. All you have to do is answer this very simple question:
Q – Alongside the two above, which other two 80s TV shows have had annuals reviewed on the blog to date?
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 Sunday 14th December 2025.
UPDATE: Congratulations to long-time blog reader Dan Whitehead of Cheshire who correctly identified Airwolf and No.73 as the other two annuals. Hope you enjoy the books Dan and they take you back to Christmases in the 80s!
After this date I’ll contact the lucky winner to ask for their address. Unfortunately, due to rising postage costs the competition is only open to UK and Ireland readers.
Apart from a name written on the inside of the Ghostbusters book and some light wear to the inside back cover of the third Knight Rider annual these are in excellent condition. If you’re planning on giving these as a gift for more than one person just let me know and I can gift wrap them separately or grouped as you wish. Good luck everyone, I hope these will make for a great Christmas present for someone out there!
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