According to Steve Thomas of The Comic Project "The Black Tower Adventure series is a ten issue run and full of gems that very few comic fans know about!"
Thank You, Steve. Oh and he is not talking about the 1980s zine version....
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Thank You, Steve. Oh and he is not talking about the 1980s zine version....
He's talking about these. And he is quite right. The book was Black Tower's flag-ship title yet it was never pushed or publicised as some other books so....why not?
All the books are A4 with a card cover so are given the European classification of Comic Albums. All have between 50+ to 80 pages and yet, as part of Black Tower's "fair deal" for comic fans the series all have the same cover price of £7.00 -even the first issue. Adventure was intended as a springboard for trying out different characters but to provide a good read for those into comics.
Now the details!
PublisherTerry Hooper-Scharf/Black Tower Books
LanguageEnglish
Pages 67
BindingSaddle-stitch
Paperback
Interior Ink Black & white
Weight 0.26 kg
Dimensions (centimetres) 20.98 wide x 29.69 t
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In 1984 the A5 (digest sized) Black Tower Adventure first
appeared featuring some later-to-be top UK comic book and was a must-read in
Small Press circles and sold so well that even the publisher does not have a
full run!
The title was put on hiatus in 2007 but in 2010 was
relaunched, bigger and better than ever!
This first issue of volume 2 contains: Part 1 of the mega
series Return Of The Gods:Twilight Of The Super Heroes which comes in
at 43 pages! Thaddeus Twatt In The Twatt-Verse -first part of a truly microscopic
titanic tales (which makes sense if you read it!). And those Third Level
sorcerers Kotar & Sabuta race to face The Deadly Dilemma Of Sigismund
Benfriggisund! The cold war between China
and Russia
couldn’t get any hotter in the 1980s but one strip that appeared in the new
talent comic Preview was The Phoenix Team and that story has been much
requested over the years as the team, and the Soviet Red Star Squadron, stumble
into The
Evil of the Salamander and his master plan.
And more? Well, of
course there is!
Language English
Pages 69
Binding Perfect-bound
Paperback
Interior Ink Black & white
Weight 0.26 kg
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Things begin to pick up apace as Thaddeus Twatt and Tomas go
on foot to explore The Fearful Fate Of Friggia. Both, naturally, oblivious to the mystery
and action that continues in Return Of The Gods:Twilight Of The Super
Heroes. In a more, uh, “fun” vein, we learn why using reptilean DNA to
replace human limbs might not be a good idea in Out On A Limb! Of course, when dealing with criminal gangs the
Crimson
Cowl packs a punchline.
And how could we forget Kotar & Sabuta as they
confront...The Ghost! So, you may ask, if you are old enough, “Whatever
happened to the 1980s craze for Yucca plants?” Well, we learn the deadly secret
in The
Day Of The Yucca!
There is also the obligatory “much, much more”!
Language English
Pages 72
Binding Perfect-bound
Paperback
Interior Ink Black & white
Weight 0.27 kg
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Things get grim as heroes begin to fall and the truth is
realised in Return Of The Gods:Twilight Of The Super Heroes part 3. Lady
Sivana and Tarot help Kotar & Sabuta tackle a nasty
lycanthrope problem. With things looking VERY grim will Thaddeus Twatt and
Tomas escape The Fearful Fate Of Friggia? Ben Dilworth provides not one -not
two -THREE Purple Hood strips.
Is there more? Can there possibly be more? Don’t be silly -YES!!!!!
Language English
Pages 56
Binding Saddle-stitch
Paperback
Interior Ink Black & white
Weight 0.23 kg
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Krakos takes care of some burglars who have to “take the heat”
in a very literal sense! The
Purple Hood deals with a suicide banker so you have to ask how that
will turn out? Kotar & Sabuta rescue
a young woman in Antarctica , but what
mysterious force took here there and how is it connected to Kotar? The action
gathers pace in Return Of The Gods: Twilight of the Super Heroes as more
mystery enfolds those taken from Earth…and those on Earth.
Thaddeus Twatt and nephew Tomas land on The Jungle Planet -and it
looks as though this could be their deaths as Thaddeus realises too late what has colonised the planet!
The Thinker decides that thinking alone can get a little boring
while one of China 's
Phoenix Team has to deal with..well, you'll see and it’s probably not what you
expected!
What more could you ask for? More? You got it!
Language English
Pages 60
Binding Saddle-stitch
Paperback
Interior Ink Black & white
Weight 0.24 kg
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It's the penultimate part of RETURN OF THE GODS:TWILIGHT OF
THE SUPER HEROES and on Earth and in space heroes confront the invading
Boarmen! Who will pay the ultimate price for defending the planet and how many
will fall on Neo Olympus?
Kotar and Sabuta try to have a quiet night in but..well...you
remember they are Third Level Sorcerers with enemies, right?
Xendragon (see Tales of Terror 1)investigates The
Legacy of Frankenstein which might not be as straight forward as it
sounds.
Thaddeus Twatt and Tomas are held by the Crystallids and we
hear of their origins and get a glimpse at how the eccentric scientist may not
be all he seems.
Lord of the Flies teaches a very naughty boy a lesson. No
school children were harmed in the making of this comic strip.
The Iron Warrior rushes to the rescue down the Amazon way while
The
Bat (but probably not the one you think) and Reverend Merriwether, God's Demon
Thumper put in appearances.
Its 60 pages of Black Tower Action!
Language English
Pages 81
Binding Perfect-bound
Paperback
Interior Ink Black & white
Weight 0.29 kg
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Yes! It's 80 page
Giant time! (Well, 81 pages)
The final chapter in Return Of The Gods:Twilight Of The Super
Heroes. Everything is finally revealed as the heroes on Neo Olympus
mourn their dead and learn that one of their number must also die! Meanwhile, on Earth, things seem to be
turning more favourably….we think.
Thaddeus Twatt has brace himself certain death as his past
catches up with him and he faces the Ultimate Crystallid!
The Purple Hood versus The flame! And we don’t mean he has to
sort out a chip-pan fire, either.
Whatever Happened To Mark Tyme? A good question because
he appears to be lost in time and one German hero, Zeit Meister, survivor from
a destroyed parallel Earth, is determined to find him.
Atomic Tommy has a slight alien problem to deal with and the
Missing Link is caught up in it
all.
Dr Sorrow has problems while Ben R. Dilworth takes us back to a
re-telling of the origin of Runestone!
It's 80 pulse-pounding pages of graphic delineation! (plus
an extra blank page because we’re keeping it real!).
Language English
Pages 60
Binding Saddle-stitch
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Interior Ink Black & white
Weight 0.24 kg
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The First part of a new series! How do you follow up Return
Of The Gods after many heroes have died while others have gone into
seclusion or retirement and yet heroes are
needed? "The Cross Earths Caper" is how! And when we say “Cross
Earths” we mean the multi-verse, time and space and….buy it and see!
In the final part of the Xendragon story our hero confronts
the Legacy
of Frankenstein and things could get from very bad to fatally bad.
And following his confrontation with the Ultimate Crystallid
there are tragic if not fatal consequences for Thaddeus Twatt in the final part
of The
Jungle Planet.
Silvermaigne tracks down a vampyre. The Thinker over thinks and Dilworth’s
re-telling of the origin of Runestone continues apace. Oh. And more. Well, of
course there is!
Language English
Pages 58
Binding Saddle-stitch
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Interior Ink Black & white
Weight 0.24 kg
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At last! After cameo appearances in Tales of Terror and one
strip over the last twenty years, Herbert Kirby’s THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE
returns in two tales to horrify!
Plus, The Thinker...thinks DOOM! He over stresses at times but we see that as
him just being a kind of cosmic pressure release valve (he does tend to fart). Meanwhile, having discovered the Iron Warrior
in the African jungle, three adventurers are about to get a shock that ends in
a loud “Bang!”
In the UK
a wizened old man offers to give a rather over inebriated Kelvin Nolan his
helmet -which creates a few misunderstandings in Kelvin Nolan and His Helmet of
Power! Runestone, with the help
of his science pal, George, begins to test the rune stone that has embedded
itself in his hand and is in for a few surprises.
In The Cross-Earths Caper (pt.2) Bristol is, quite
virtually, The Wild, Wild West Country..and Selenites threaten to destroy Earth
with a huge interplanetary cannon. Why?
Well, maybe a misunderstanding but have no fear –Earth’s finest from the
1920s have been unfrozen and are ready to fight. Thought that ought to be
mentioned.
Language English
Pages 65
Binding Saddle-stitch
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Interior Ink Black & white
Weight 0.25 kg Dimensions (centimetres)
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This is it!!
Yes, the one that someone has been waiting for! It may well have been you but you just never realised it.
Runestone gets to try out his new powers as he faces...The
Beast of Exmoor! And believe us this ain’t no puma or leopard. That might be weird enough but this Beast is
a tool of the Celtic dark god himself!
Kelvin Jones gets to try out his shiny Helmet of Power and by
this point some may ask if he’s capable of even using a TV remote control.
Our heroes are on a parallel Moon and fighting off Selenites
in The
Cross Earths Caper! And their new mysterious companion, “Bob” deisplays
some super human abilities leading to the question: who the hell is “Bob”??
Kotar has his
hands full in a solo adventure while Lady Silana faces a demon of her own. The
quest for the Iron Warrior continues in the Amazon and this one has a few
surprises for our lady adventurers.
There is a prequel to two British Golden Age comic strips in
Return
To Lost Man's Gulch and more...including The Thinker and The
Phantom Detective -all in the UKs TOP SUPER HERO-ACTION COMIC!
Language English
Pages 54
Binding Saddle-stitch
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Interior Ink Black
& white
Weight 0.23 kg
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The 10th and final issue of volume 2!
Our three lady adventurers are in the Amazon and have
encountered the ape-men but are they ready for Rodney Dearth and his Iron
Warrior to return?
The Cross Earths Caper concludes and for one hero it is the
parting of the ways and two others face life altering situations and many
months away…only to find on their Earth they were hardly gone a few
seconds. Ben Dilworth concludes the
re-telling of Runestone's origin.
There are lots of other goodies and this issue guest stars a
gun-toting crime-buster that Elliott Ness would love - The Clock! Sit back and
read Ben Dilworth’s crime-busting tale –it’s far better for you than the
internet! Its just too much fun!
More fun than Ya Ya Han.
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