{"id":34621,"date":"2025-12-25T09:02:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T09:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=34621"},"modified":"2025-12-23T18:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:03:34","slug":"the-treasury-of-british-comics-annual-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2025\/12\/25\/the-treasury-of-british-comics-annual-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Treasury of British Comics Annual 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Stephen Brotherstone<\/strong>, Dave Lawrence<\/strong>, Scott Goodall<\/strong>, David Roach<\/strong>, Chris Lowder<\/strong>, Keith Richardson<\/strong>, Suyi Davies Okungbowa<\/strong>, James Tomlinson<\/strong>, Ned Hartley<\/strong>, Peter Milligan<\/strong>, Willie Paterson<\/strong>, Martin Baxendale<\/strong>, Edison Neo<\/strong>, Ken Reid<\/strong>, Horatio Altuna<\/strong>, Steve White<\/strong>, Jes\u00fas Redondo<\/strong>, Henrik Salhstr\u00f6m<\/strong>, Solano Lopez<\/strong>, Eric Bradbury<\/strong>, Carlos Cruz<\/strong>, Francisco Fuentes Man<\/strong>, Juan Arancio<\/strong>, Mervyn Johnston<\/strong>, Frank Langford<\/strong>, Ian Kennedy<\/strong>, Vanyo<\/strong>, Bret Parson<\/strong>, Josep Gual<\/strong>, Staz Johnson<\/strong>, James Harren<\/strong> & various (Rebellion Studios)
\nDigital only eISBN: 978-1-83786-721-9; 978-1-83786-727-1 (Webshop Exclusive)<\/p>\n

This book includes Discriminatory Content<\/strong> produced in less enlightened times.<\/em><\/p>\n

Win\u2019s Christmas Gift Recommendation: True Brit Comics Class\u2026 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ooh, look! One more!<\/p>\n

Just like the bumper seasonal hardbacks they celebrate, Treasury of British Comics<\/strong> Annuals blend old classics with all-new material, and although this year\u2019s selection probably won\u2019t last you all through 2026, it is packed with wonderful yarns that you will certainly read over and again. Combining original modern material with strips from Jag Annual 1971<\/strong>; Smash!<\/strong> November 16th<\/sup> 1968; Monster Fun<\/strong> July 5th<\/sup> 1975; Boy\u2019s World<\/strong> February 19th<\/sup> – October 3rd<\/sup> 1964; The Birthday Book For Boys 1972<\/strong>; Misty <\/strong>February 24th <\/sup>1979; Whizzer & Chips<\/strong> December 20th<\/sup> 1980; Action <\/strong>May 1st<\/sup> 1976; Wildcat Holiday Special 1989<\/strong>; Battle Action Force <\/strong>November 1st<\/sup> 1986; Valiant Annual 1969<\/strong>; Action Annual 1977<\/strong>; Buster <\/strong>December 28th<\/sup> 1991; Wham! Annual 1972<\/strong> and Monster Fun<\/strong> October 2024, and kicks off with a strange team up tale fresh off the drawing\/key boards of Stephen Brotherstone, Dave Lawrence & Henrik Salhstr\u00f6m. It was lettered – like all the new material here – by Jonathan Stevenson.<\/p>\n

\u2018Helmet Head & El Mestizo: \u201cOn the First day of Christmas…\u201d \u2019 <\/em>pairs the aging mercenary with the robot sheriff to save a frontier town – and that aforementioned ROBOT SHERIFF! – from ruthless scavengers, after which a classic tale of murderous child soldiers sees the \u2018Mouse Patrol\u2019<\/em> (by an unidentified writer and the incredible Eric Bradbury from Jag Annual 1971<\/strong>) still looking for their POW dads on the battlefields of North Africa in 1942. This time the three lads (Blackie Knight<\/em>, Ginger Nobb<\/em> & Cyril North<\/em>) and their chimp chum Cleo<\/em> ride their stolen tank into a Nazi super weapon test and gleefully turn it on the astounded Afrika Corps!
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\nPresented as Original Art Archive Scans published in Smash!<\/strong> November 16th<\/sup> 1968, \u2018A Short Cut Home!\u2019<\/em> is limned by Francisco Fuentes Man and details how a nasty Earthman outsmarts himself after blackmailing gentle – but clever – aliens, after which Monster Fun<\/strong> July 5th<\/sup> 1975 supplies a Ken Reid comedy classic scripted by a mystery gagster. \u2018Martha\u2019s Monster Make-Up\u2019 <\/em>allows her to mould faces like putty and, here, get rid of a really obnoxious family guest…<\/p>\n

Very much a main attraction, full-colour painted serial \u2018John Brody and the Green Men\u2019<\/em> ran in Boy\u2019s World<\/strong> from February 19th<\/sup> to October 3rd<\/sup> 1964. Crafted by Willie Paterson & Frank Langford this is an epic African adventure in the manner of She<\/strong> and other fantasy movies, following the eponymous troubleshooter into a fantastic submerged kingdom and civil war against devilish priests, bloodyhanded tyrants a and a lot of undersea beasties…
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\nIt\u2019s followed by Ned Hartley, Steve White & Stevenson\u2019s new parody yarn \u2018Imagine if <\/em>Gums<\/em><\/strong> Was Published in <\/em>Action<\/em><\/strong>…\u2019 <\/em>which speaks for itself – albeit rather messily – prior to Tom Tully & Ian Kennedy revealing how colour-changing \u2018Kid Chameleon\u2019<\/em> (The Birthday Book For Boys 1972<\/strong>) continues searching for his parents\u2019 assassin. If not for those reptiles who had raised him in the Kalahari desert, he would have no chance…<\/p>\n

Author unknown & Josep Gual reveal the monster-hunting surprise two girls unleash on \u2018The Island\u2019<\/em> (from Misty <\/strong>February 24th <\/sup>1979) after which school spoof \u2018Strange Hill\u2019<\/em> (by another unknown & Martin Baxendale from Whizzer & Chips<\/strong> December 20th<\/sup> 1980) neatly shuffles us into an all-new yarn from David & Emily Roach pitting stellar sorcery savants in \u2018Vanessa From Venus vs. Spellbinder\u2019<\/em>.
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\nThanks to another Original Art Archive Scan we get to see superspy \u2018Dredger\u2019<\/em> (by Chris Lowder & Horatio Altuna from Action <\/strong>May 1st<\/sup> 1976) settle with a KGB hit squad in all his mean, messy glory prior to James Tomlinson & Jes\u00fas Redondo Rom\u00e1n detail why the undead don\u2019t like space travel. \u2018The Wildcat Complete: Vampire!\u2019<\/em> was originally seen in Wildcat Holiday Special 1989<\/strong>, and our seasonal session adopts a rather bleak note for \u2018The Fighting MaGees\u2019<\/em> (Peter Milligan & Solano Lopez from Battle Action Force <\/strong>November 1st<\/sup> 1986) as brothers Jack<\/em> and Micky<\/em> endure the hell of the Gallipoli landings and are forever changed…<\/p>\n

From Valiant Annual 1969<\/strong> Carlos Cruz Gonz\u00e1lez and that unknown writer provide a vivid adventure for a certain inventor and his robot assistants as \u2018The House of Dolmann\u2019<\/em> face plundering pop sensations The Spectrums<\/em> whilst Juan Arancio\u2019s Original Art Archive Scans for Action Annual 1977<\/strong> pit white explorers against a jungle packed with \u2018The Wild Ones\u2019<\/em>…
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\nMervyn Johnston\u2019s \u2018Captain Crucial\u2019<\/em> clashes with a very busy Kris Kringle<\/em> courtesy of Buster <\/strong>December 28th<\/sup> 1991, whilst anonymous & Vanyo detail how ordinary folk finished off \u2018The Loch Tregar Terror\u2019 <\/em>(Wham! Annual 1972<\/strong>). One last new yarn by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Edison Neo & Barbara Nosenzo reintroduces hairy giant robot \u2018Mytek the Mighty\u2019<\/em> in a show of brute strength and authorial foreboding before we close the fun & games with a vegan bloodbath triggered by Keith Richardson & Brett Parson\u2019s \u2018Count Carrot\u2019<\/em> – as previously predigested in Monster Fun<\/strong> October 2024…<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all you get here, but remember this is a book you still can buy and receive instantly. The internet probably has others. You should check that out in a bit…
\n\u00a9 1964, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1991, 2024, 2025 Rebellion Publishing IP Ltd. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Stephen Brotherstone, Dave Lawrence, Scott Goodall, David Roach, Chris Lowder, Keith Richardson, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, James Tomlinson, Ned Hartley, Peter Milligan, Willie Paterson, Martin Baxendale, Edison Neo, Ken Reid, Horatio Altuna, Steve White, Jes\u00fas Redondo, Henrik Salhstr\u00f6m, Solano Lopez, Eric Bradbury, Carlos Cruz, Francisco Fuentes Man, Juan Arancio, Mervyn Johnston, Frank Langford, Ian Kennedy, … <\/p>\n

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