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A Note

 

Having completed two books I am set to start lettering the third which is a graphic novel (over 100pp) and then I have to finish art on another project then letter some other books.

Since Mr Dilworth became ill BT has become a one man show and no one seems interested in working on projects for the fun of it (I certainly do not get paid!).  So things can go fast or slow. I will update on projects as and when I can.  

Just awaiting the ordered proof copies of CB3 and BTSH 2/1 then I can post how to order.

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Black Tower Super Heroes 2/1 Final Cover

 

Comic Bits 3 Final Cover

 

CB 3 and BTSH 2/1 Update

 Here is the update for anyone interested out there.

Comic Bits 3 was finally finished late last night after a few technical problems which, honestly, never happened in the old cut and paste days before computers and PDF. Just fixing things I don't like (as well as some cover text) about the cover and it should be on sale later this month.

 And... Black Tower Super Heroes volume 2 number 1is now completed. 80+ pages that I lost the dialogue text to but that never worries me as the story actually got improved. I blush at my genius 😂

This is NOT the final cover but the mock up. Apart from the Ben Dilworth art everything else has to go.  Again, a later this month release.

Then onto the next book!

If I could pay I would have a team of artists!

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Comic Bits No. 2 THE British Golden Age of Comics magazine!

 

Ed T Hooper-Scharf
A4
B&W
80 pp
£8.24
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The second issue of the magazine celebrating creators, titles and characters of the British Platinum, Golden and Silver Ages of comics. 

In this issue William A. Ward finally gets some long deserved recognition for his contribution to comics John McCail gets "bigged up" something rotten!

 We look at comedian and actor Bob Monkhouse's comic creation career 

Steve Dowling -Father of the Garth newspaper strip speaks to Denis Gifford (the ONLY interview he ever gave) 

There is a look at Dennis M. Reader and his comics work that spawned some of the UKs first super heroes. 

also a look at William Fletcher Thomas, Ernest Wilkinson, Jos Walker, Mary Byfield and William H A Chasemore... oh, and LOTS of lovely art and stripwork!

Comic Bits:1 THE British Golden Age of Comics magazine!

 

A4
B&W
80pp
Text, comic strips and some rare photographs!
£8.24

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The return of THE British Golden Age of Comics magazine! 

Interviews with Mike Western, John Cooper and Jon Haward plus a look at Ally Sloper on film, Defining the Ages of British Comics, William McCail plus a lot of art and stripwork. 

At this price -cheap!

D-Gruppe: The Zeit-Geist Saga (trade)

 

A4

B&W

164pp

£12.40

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Germanys first super heroes have fumbled along since the “Externsteine Event” One day something crashes into forestry followed by a “white out” event and the appearance of the Pied Piper of Hameln and then the appearance Frederick Barbarossa seemingly out of history at D-Gruppe headquarters and his calling them into action. 

At the Place of the Gods, D-Gruppe meets heroes from other German parallels –all targeted and some destroyed by a seemingly all powerful being known as “Zeitgeist” and the race is on to find and stop “It” But there is a traitor amongst the heroes. 

They were Germanys first. Germanys best heroes. But will they live long enough to succeed in their task? 

This book collects together the first adventure of D-Gruppe –Revenge Of The Ice Queen– along with the three part Zeitgeist saga and the 2012 annual that concluded the German super hero epic— plus other features! Art by Ben R. Dilworth and Art/Stories by Terry Hooper-Scharf

D-Gruppe Annual

 

A4
56pp
B&W
£8,15
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For D-Gruppe, Germany's first and only super team, things seem to have gone quiet since the Cross-worlds Zeitgeist event. 

However, Tarot, the mystic, detects a great evil below D-Gruppe's very own HQ. 

The ultimate evil has returned and this time it isn't just a question of whether D-Gruppe can stop it but how many of them will die trying?

Part 2 of the Zeit Geist saga contained in that volume

D-Gruppe No. 4

 

A4
B&W
34pp
£7.95
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This is it! The final showdown with Zeitgeist -but with heroes already dead can D-Gruppe and the other heroes stop the world destroyer?? 

Plus -Kopfmann's first appearance before D-Gruppe and the origin of The Mummy -and a new feature The D-Gruppe Fact File. 

You want more???? 

You ain't getting it!

D-Gruppe No. 3

 

A4
B&W
24pp
£5.50
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Now gathered at The Place Of The Gods, D-Gruppe meet heroes from other worlds that have been attacked or face attack by the Zeit-Geist. 

Sent to seek out the enigmatic being, the group realises that something is wrong -and Zeit-Geist strikes from within!

D-Gruppe No. 2: Zeit-Geist

 

A4

B&W

22pp

£5.69
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Following the events of issue 1, Kopfmann has strengthened D-Gruppe but when confronted by a series of unusual events and equally unusual abductors, can the team face the threat of the world destroying Zeit Geist?

Part 1 of the Zeit Geist story arc.

note:events in D Gruppe 1-6 take place BEFORE the Return Of The Gods story in BT Adventure.

D-Gruppe No. 1: The Revenge of the Ice Queen

 

A4
B&W
31pp
£6.19
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Germanys first super team created in the 1970s when there were no German created super heroes. 

D-Gruppe first saw print in the 1980s in this story "The Revenge Of The Ice Queen" written and pencilled by Terry Hooper-Scharf and inked/lettered by Ben R. Dilworth. The back-up strip is Deutscher Michael in "Carnival of Death" by John Erasmus.

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One Book Completed. One being finished and more on the way!

Well, despite all the setbacks recently I have now finished lettering and editing the Werewolves story for Black Tower Super Heroes Vol. 2 number 1.  

I want to finish off Comic Bits 3 (almost completed) so that it will be a double February release.   

As noted previously I will be reprinting the full strip which I believe was a one off, of a long forgotten  early Silver Age British super hero.  No hints or clues -all will be reviewed in CB 3!

The lettering then needs to start on the Parallel Motions story for BTSH 2 and I am hoping that will appear in March. 

After that a lot of strip work to finish for summer release,

So fingers crossed kiddoes
 

Cinebook Newsletter 217 - January 2026

 

Dear Reader, 2026 is out of the starting blocks, and Cinebook will be there throughout the year with wild and exciting adventures of all kinds, for all ages – we promise! And we start right away with the concluding chapter of Amazonia, in which British spy Kathy Austin must decide what to do with the Nazi submarine full of gold she’s found in Brazil – though there are a few other people who might have their own ideas … She’ll also have to deal with the superpowered albino she was after in the first place. Busy girl, Kathy! In the latest Bluecoats, Blutch and Chesterfield find themselves looking after an extremely young new recruit, Pucky, who enjoys banging on his drum a little too much for everyone’s comfort. But, well, surely you can’t blame a kid for being enthusiastic about his new job, right? What harm could there be in it …? As for Buck Danny, his latest Classics adventure takes us back to the 50s and the Cold War, for a brand-new two-parter full of vanished nuclear scientists, cutting edge supersonic jets, dastardly KGB plans, and a whole lot of edge-of-your-seat dogfights and action sequences. No spoilers, obviously, but it’s another wild ride – and the conclusion comes out next month! Finally, we’d like to let you all know that volumes 1 and 10 of Lucky Luke have been reprinted and are once again available for purchase. Time to complete your collection – or start a new one if you haven’t given the Lonesome Cowboy a try yet! January with Cinebook – new year, new fun! Good news from the UK! Another Cinebook title has made it into the shortlist for the Excelsior Awards: The Bank 1 – The Waterloo Insider is one of the contestants for the Black category award! The Excelsior Awards are an endeavour aimed at encouraging children to read, and the winners are chosen by young readers from hundreds of participating UK schools every year. There are different categories for different age brackets. This year, the Black category is aimed at 'grown-ups': teachers, librarians, and other school staff. Two years ago, Redbeard 1 - A Short Drop and a Sudden Stop! won in the same category. We’ll be crossing fingers for The Bank– and congratulations to the authors Pierre Boisserie, Philippe Guillaume, and Julien Maffre!! Amazonia 5 Leo, Rodolphe and Bertrand Marchal Episode 5 Kathy Austin and her Brazilian Navy partner have finally stumbled upon the lost German submarine but quickly discover that they aren’t the first to set foot in it since it was abandoned. Then Reinhart and the doctor, the two Nazis looking for the gold hidden in the U-boot, arrive … Read more The Bluecoats 19 Lambil & Cauvin Drummer Boy After yet another bloody battle, the Union Army organises a recruiting drive during which Blutch attempts to dissuade an obviously too young boy from signing up. To no avail, though, and before long the kid, Pucky, joins them as … a drummer boy! … Read more Buck Danny Classics 9 Frédéric Zumbiehl, Frédéric Marniquet and André Le Bras Flight of the Rapier 1951. A plane carrying an American general and 40 nuclear technicians makes an emergency landing off the coast of Ireland. When rescuers reach the spot, though, they find nothing – no life rafts, no bodies … The West cannot afford to leave anyone with knowledge of atomic weapons in enemy hands … Read more Amazonia 5 Episode 5 The Bluecoats 19 Drummer Boy

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Black Tower Silver Age Volume 1 -Electroman featuring Electro Girl

 

A4

B&W

52pp 

£8.00

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1951 at the start of the UK Silver Age of comics appeared Electroman! 

Then he vanished to become a legend. 

After 70 years he is back -Dan Watkins a criminal wrongly accused of murder and given the electric chair by the State. 

But then...Dan did not die. He was a reformed person and what is more he had a double existence as newspaper boy Dan Watkins and righter of wrongs - Electroman! 

This collection contains: 

The Birth of Electroman 

The Treasure of El Chimborazo 

The Million Dollar Robbery 

3 Ring Circus 

Electroman and Tim meet Benjamin Franklyn 

The Great Train Robbery 

plus - Electro Girl Battles the Gremlins' Pot-War Plot

Halcon Lord of the Craterland No. 1

 

A4
24pp
B&W
£6.00
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Halcon Lord of the lost craterland. Created by Nat Brand (Len Fullerton) in 1940 for Swan Comics and seen occasionally in various Black tower titles now gets his own one off books thanks to Ben Dilworth. 

Action and fun all the way with stories such as - 

"Alligator", "Lake Monster", "Monkey", "Pteranodon", "Into the Moon" and "Alien". 

The twist ending to "Werewolf" even had the old bearded one surprised!

The Tower of Power!

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A Quick Update and CB 3

 

 After a few days of set back I can report that I am now up to page 71 of lettering on the next book which means it will be out in February along with Comic Bits 3  

It can take a while but I get there.

Below the unfinished CB3 cover

OOOH

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The Green Skies Vol. 3 Part III

 

 A4

B&W

208pp

£16.45

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The gathered Sol Defence fleet is prepared to make its final stand led by Johnny Apollo the Z Man. If it fails to halt the invaders then the doomsday weapon will be detonated and destroy the entire Sol System. 

Meanwhile, unaware of the threat in space, Jack Flash, the Avenger and others prepare for a final show down with the Many Eyed One; a final confrontation they know they do not have the power to win. 

Is this Humanity...the Earths...final day?

The Green Skies Vol. 3 Part II

 

A4

B&W

126pp

£15.33

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Following on from events in Green Skies V. 3 Part I the Clone Zone Boyz are increasing in number while those who created them, the Vampirons, continue to plot and await the arrival of their 'God' -The Many Eyed One. 

The Druid finds that his physical and mental state are deteriorating and even the Rev. Merriwether cannot help him. 

Shockingly, the Clone Zone Boyz claims someone close to Merriwether and this leads him to team up with two 'unsavoury' characters. 

In space Krii and Tyn hrrn face a seemingly unstoppable enemy. 

On The Moon the Selenites and representatives of other worlds meet and decide that Johnny Apollo, the Z-Man, is the only one who can lead the counter invasion fleet. 

With the enemy striking Mars and then the Moon things look grim

The Green Skies Vol. 3 Part I

 

A4

B&W

124pp

£15.34

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It all began in 1987 and the Black Tower Universe has seen alien attacks, heroes kidnapped to be put into the middle of a war of the gods. 

Despite the deaths and losses the heroes -crime fighters, super powered and members of the magical union have come back but now unaware that alien races are escaping through the Sol system and that a mysterious space fleet is heading towards the inner planets, they find themselves trapped or distracted. 

The Many Eyed One is finally coming. 

The Multiversal Council has quarantined Earth and forbidden any to help. 

The evil has spread and there is treachery striking at the very core of Earth's defenders

Phantom Detective -The Hellfire Cab

 

Ben R Dilworth
A4
B&W
14pp
£6.18
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There are times you REALLY want to see the sight of a cab coming along the road. 

Then there are times that you REALLY do not want to see a cab...especially the Hellfire Cab and its passenger. 

For the Phantom Detective it could all just be another supernatural scuffle before tea and scones. Or it could be DEATH

The Collected Ben R. Dilworth

 

Ben R. Dilworth
A4
Illustrated text/Haiku
84 pages
paperback
Price: £12.38
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Collecting together the best selling illustrated prose of Ben R. Dilworth.

In Osaka Brutal, the Haiku Gold Belt holder presents his own personal Haiku beating the ear drums like a Taiko ensemble!

In Aesop's Fables the childhood favourites become rather darker and threatening. 
Originally intended for his own daughter, Dilworth had second thoughts because of the darker stories. You never heard these fables at Sunday School!

Osaka Brutal

 

Paperback

A4

12 Pages

Price: £5.17 (excl. VAT)

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When Ben Dilworth revealed he had a Golden Belt award for Haiku and offered up a book titled “Osaka Brutal” my first thought was that I was going to get a nob-stop martial arts classic based in Osaka, Japan.

I was slightly disappointed.

Osaka Brutal  is a collection of llustrated Japanese Haiku by a very tall Englishman living in Japan.  If you have never come across Haiku before this may surprise you but there are a great many people in the UK and Europewith an intense interest in the art.

Black Tower got the Golden Belt wearer though!

The Masked Marshal & Friends

 

A4

B&W

18pp

£7.00

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 He rode the Wild West dispensing two gun justice and wore a mask. Driven by the need to exact justice and bring law to the West, the Masked Marshal had no idea the cost he would eventually pay. 

In this comic the Marshal is joined by other popular Black Tower characters such as The Iron Warrior, The Clock, The Owl and the Purple Hood. 

Dilworth, Stransky and Labatt producing more action and fun

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