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1825:, and many others, too many titles were launched too quickly in a market which was already swamped by the early 1990s comics boom. In late 1993, Marvel UK would be devastated by the comics market glut and subsequent crash; on September 29, their new Director of Sales, Lou Bank, reported that they were being hurt by "inadequate display of product" at retail " has hindered sale through" and that it was failed there was "simply no room to display" all the comics being made. 3585: 36: 1080:, I was wanting an adventure anthology title more than a superhero one. Super-heroes had never been big sellers in the UK, we had plenty of legends of the past to spin fantasies about. So I went that route, picking existing Marvel characters who weren't really cut from the super-hero cloth." Originally produced stories were included, such as Nick Fury drawn by Steve Dillon, and 142: 2002:, which began broadcasting in the UK in the mid-1990s. Initially, the stories were simply reprints of the US comics based on the series, but eventually the title moved to all-new UK-originated stories, marking the first Marvel UK material featuring classic Marvel characters to be produced since early 1994. 983:

Skinn wrote: "raditional British comics were at the time selling 150,000+ a week, firm sale, no returns. If Marvel and Spider-Man could look British enough for some of that to rub off, everybody would be happy ... But fixing the covers to resemble the non-glossy generic look of weekly anthology

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to revamp the ailing company. Knowing Skinn had significant experience in British comic publishing, Lee gave him the freedom to do what he felt best. Skinn had his own catchphrase in "Dez Sez," which was inspired by Lee's catchphrases from the 1960s. Skinn set out to change Marvel UK as he saw fit,

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and followed the continuity of the US comics, however it was approximately two–three years behind the current run in America. Each book contained approximately two or three Marvel US strips in one issue with possibly a "classic" comic printed as a substitute for a comic in the current run, whilst

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Neary instituted a deliberate policy to feature Marvel US guest-stars in the Marvel UK stories. However, they would only be featured on eleven pages, and these pages were designed to be able to cut from the main story; the eleven pages without the guest-star were run in

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apart from behind a two-way mirror", according to Freeman). Where US Marvel characters were featured, all the storylines were approved by the American editor in charge of that book. Some were more responsive than others to the outlines, with editors such as

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in November, with house ads brashly comparing them to other popular comics as part of a marketing strategy to portray the new Marvel UK as a lean, hungry company that could hold its own against the larger (and implicitly duller) competition.

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with occasional appearance from other horror-related characters). Following Skinn's belief that much of Marvel's strongest material was that published in the 1960s and early 70s, many of these titles showcased strips from that period.

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that this was a "trimming of fat" to allow Marvel UK to focus its marketing efforts on "our strongest characters" and claimed the canceled projects would see the light of day in 1994. Two titles that did still run were spinoffs of

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dubbing the changes "The Marvel Revolution". Taking over in late 1978, the first major change he brought was to have original material produced by British creators. Many of these creators had already worked with Skinn on his title

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was released in the UK. The weekly issues split the stories from the US monthly issues into smaller installments, and it usually took three weekly issues to complete a US monthly issue. In May 1980 the title became known as

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recalled "some legal or distribution restriction in the US on publishing three-part miniseries, which the company would have preferred") that would try out new characters. Freeman and Dan Abnett first wanted to revive

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comics were printed in black and white, even those taken from the American color versions. The UK comics also reprinted several other supporting strips in each issue from other Marvel properties (such as

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offering useful feedback for Marvel UK's editors. Very few Marvel US comics referenced any of the original characters or major events that occurred within the Marvel UK comics, with an exception being

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and drawn by Alan Davis. This title lasted 14 issues before cancellation and would prove to be Marvel UK's last major new title for several years. New material was still being produced, such as the

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who was familiar with the adjustments needed to transform stories from the monthly American comics to the weekly British ones, was employed on a six-month contract to help set the whole thing up.

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For the remainder of the 1980s the company published only a small handful of titles that appealed to superhero fans, but had considerable success on the UK newsstands with licensed titles such as

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Thanks to this licensing deal, reprints of American Marvel Comics material continued to be published in the UK by Panini from the mid-1990s. They continued printing two existing Marvel UK titles

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In 1994, Marvel UK had ceased publishing in the US market and was now only printing a handful of titles — mostly reprints — for the UK market, as well as licensed titles like the long-running

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was the back-up feature. Glossy covers were to be a distinctive feature of Marvel UK weeklies until the "Marvel Revolution" in 1979. The other two titles also changed to this new format. In

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to increase the dose of Hulk action (a house ad showed a stern doctor holding out a handful of pills and saying, "Boredom is a sickness... and there's only one cure. More Hulk action!!!").

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joke, "that we should completely overhaul him, reduce his power, lose the time travel aspect and set it in present-day England".) The Golden Grenadier would have been a 1950s superhero, a

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became Marvel UK editor-in-chief circa 1990, appointed to revamp the company and make another attempt at the US market. As a stop-gap, he had two short-lived reprint titles created:

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oversaw the establishment of Marvel UK. He was succeeded by UK-based editors Peter L. Skingley (a.k.a. Peter Allan) and then Matt Softly – both of whom were women who adopted male

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In 1973, the US-based editor Isabella was replaced by the UK-based Petra Skingley (credited in the comics as "Peter L. Skingley" and "Peter Allan.") That year, Marvel UK launched

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However, with the exception of some new covers drawn by Marvel Comics' American staff, no original material had yet been produced by Marvel UK. This changed in 1976 when

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Nevertheless, in the US, these comics were initially immensely successful, with some issues being reprinted to keep up with demand. Marvel UK massively expanded, and

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title, initially edited by Stewart Wales. However, as the television series itself went off the air in late 1981, the magazine itself lasted less than two years.

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stories by British creators as well as reprinting the US comics material. Many, but not all, of these original British stories were reprinted in the 1990s by

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covers ... that was the look I wanted, to pull the line of pocket books together visually and make them different to any of our other titles ..."

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to be reprinted every week in the UK publication. Both of these initial series were huge successes and became the mainstays of the Marvel UK lineup;

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was canceled at #16, of which distributor Capital only sold 7,400 copies. Various creators began looking elsewhere for work and Lou Banks left for

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the dialogue of the comics to suit British readers, and for indicating where women needed to be redrawn "more decently" for the British editions.

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was canceled shortly before it was meant to run (January 1994), despite being almost complete; was later put online by Harrison. Paul Neary told

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published by Marvel UK in 1990. It ran for 20 issues (February - November 1990) and featured work by many British comics creators, including

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In March 1980, as part of the "Marvel Revolution," Skinn launched the Marvel Pocket Books line with four 52-page titles. The line began with

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In addition to reprinting the mainstream US comics, Panini started publishing a monthly (later every three weeks) oversized comic, entitled

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also reprinted select Marvel superhero stories during this period. Thorpe & Porter, however, went bankrupt in 1966 and was purchased by

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At some point during Neary's run but before the market crash, Marvel UK was running low on money. They requested an emergency meeting with

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concepts, as well as feature the return of Captain Britain from comic book limbo. As well there was the usual US reprint material, such as

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the decrease to 36 pages marked the reduction of Spider-Man material so that now only half a US issue was reproduced in the UK weekly, and

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had been added to Marvel's list of publications under Tennant's editorship as a second vehicle for the green giant – and now with his own

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Skinn reasoned that Marvel superhero weeklies had been effectively competing with each other in an already crowded market. So while the

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in the 2000s with some omissions, notably all of the UK exclusive stories prior to issue 45. Although these have now been reprinted by

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continued to carry the Marvel UK logo and indicia up to the December 1999 issue (#285), after which it was changed to only Panini UK.

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would later be told that Bevin was livid about being called to London for a mere one million, asking "why are you wasting my time?"

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and similarly the classic Fantastic Four strips resurfaced in a weekly title in October 1982. Both of these eventually folded into

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were dominated by Marvel superhero stories. This arrangement lasted till March 1969, when the last Marvel strip was removed from

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title ran 58 issues until late 1976, when it too was canceled. Towards the end of its run, the Avengers were moved over from

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By 1990, Marvel had told its UK branch that long miniseries were too expensive and that it should produce four-issue minis (

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Beginning about a year and a half later, from late November 1970 to late September 1971, reprints of Spider-Man and the

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was "a 'dead' franchise and there was no value to Marvel in seeking to extend a brand they did not themselves own."

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titles was one thing ... Having "splash" pages and then five or six frames a page just didn't stack up against

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executives Bill Bevin and Terry Stewart to approve a £1m last-ditch strategy. While they got the money, writer

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It was Neil Tennant's suggestion to create an original British Marvel war comic to compete with titles such as

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Vol. 1: "SF Crime Horror Westerns & Comics" (Wilts, UK: Zeon Publishing / Zardoz Books, 1993), pp. 16–29.

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had been created by Skinn before he joined Marvel UK, but was purchased by Marvel when he joined the company.

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There were a number of editors in charge of overseeing the UK editions. Although based in the United States,

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Tenant left in 1977 and was replaced by Nick Laing. In early 1978, Laing oversaw the launch of Marvel UK's

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obtained the license to print Marvel material in 1995 and took over the UK office's remaining titles.

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Eventually, the Marvel UK logo itself was dropped. One of the final comics to have it was a licensed

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By the late 1970s, sales of Marvel UK titles had begun to fall and it was on a visit to the UK that

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as of issue #88. The Apes adventures lasted until 1977, the final months as a co-feature with the

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for the job (in reality, they were Petra Skingley and Maureen Softly). They were then replaced by

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myth. It also featured Captain Britain among many other Marvel Comics heroes, such as Iron Man.

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in one of Moore's first major ongoing strips.) In October 1981, inspired by the success of its

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cancellation it was merged with the weekly Spider-Man comic (which changed its title again, to

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Marvel UK began to establish itself as a major publisher of weekly comic titles (along with

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In 1974 two new weeklies were added that departed from the usual superhero fare. These were

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and Marvel comics. Thus it was that in the early 1960s brand-new American-printed copies of

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weekly comic market. Marvel UK later produced original material by British creators such as

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was to be the flagship superhero comic (with Thor, Iron Man, Avengers, Fantastic Four, and

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lasted fifty issues before being canceled in early 1976, at which point it was merged into

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bent on world domination. Some of these titles were also reprinted in the UK anthology

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strips as backup. It was initially a success but eventually combined with Marvel UK's

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periodicals, including comic books; that ban was lifted in 1959. The British company

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from #14. All other Pocket Books were cancelled after issue 28 in July/August 1982.

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Skinn drew on the design of the traditional UK Picture Library titles (such as

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starting as a back-up feature. The new title allowed an entire issue of the US

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Chibnall, Steve. "The Sign of the Tee Pee: The Story of Thorpe & Porter,"

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and Hulk (although the Hulk was replaced three issues after the re-launch by

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remains one of Marvel UK's most important historical titles. (The Marvel UK

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and the toy-based strip the Micronauts continued from their previous run in

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featured a mix of Marvel reprints and original UK comics; while the titles

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spinoff, and its characters were used to anchor several other titles like

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being priced at a reasonable level. In addition to this Panini continued

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Skinn saw the Hulk as the lead feature of another adventure style comic.

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in 1993, with staff members dressed as superheroes and Death's Head II.

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Marvel UK's fifth superhero title, also debuting in 1975 (October), was

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eventually began reprinting stories starring such obscure characters as

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from issue #231. The non-superhero launches continued in early 1975 as

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Dakin, John and Larry Speerloop. "Marvel UK Now Producing Own Strips,"

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With the failure of its US titles the company was folded into Marvel's

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that became the top seller; it ran for 193 issues, four annuals, and a

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TV series (which at that point had already been running for 16 years),

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Down the Tubes: "Genesis ’92″: Looking Back and What Might Have Been"

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In September 1981 Captain Britain got his own strip in the pages of

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as an original character. This last one was dropped as Marvel felt

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In 1972, seeing a gap in the popular weekly comics market of the

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along with the rest of the weekly and Annual stories as part of

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was launched, featuring a hero created for the British market.

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had started at 40 pages but dropped to 32 before the launch of

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Who's Who in American Comics, 1928-1999. Accessed 29 May 2011.

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and magic than the traditional superhero fare. Titles such as

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spinoff, was canceled while at the printers. Mark Harrison's

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Gary Gillatt, ed. (15 December 1999). "Gallifrey Guardian".

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Lowrey, Nigel (August 2008). "The Saga of Captain Britain".

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In March 1975, Marvel UK launched a new weekly title called

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The Mighty World of Bronze Age British Marvel (1972–1979)

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were made of their characters. During this flush period,

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which ran from March to August 1977 before merging with

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who launched the first critically acclaimed volume of

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featured new stories in colour as well as reprints of

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started out with originally produced Hulk stories by

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The Thought Balloon (2012). Accessed August 2, 2012.

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