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Advantages: Keeps my 8 year old son amused/is cheaper than other comics/magazines
Disadvantages: None

...inside page with, of course, Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, who else?!. Other cartoon stories include oldies such as Ball Boy, The Numskulls, Little Plum, The Bash Street Kids, Minnie The Minx, Rodger the Dodger, Billy Whizz, with a few new ones amongst them such as Ivy The Terrible and Tim Traveller. My son loves The Beano so much that in almost 2 years he has collected roughly 100 copies. Where does he keep them? Having tried to get him to part ...
...beloved Beanos being recycled, we found out that you can actually purchase Beano Binders to hold your comics in. I purchased a couple on the Internet by going into www.beanotown.com but have to admit that, although the binders are great at keeping all his comics together and in one place, they are quite pricey (about £5-£6 if I remember rightly). Joining the Beano Club is also well worth it - £15 for kids, £17 for adults. This gives you a whole year's ... Read review

Advantages: Bizarre stories, very funny, good artistry, disregard for superhero convention
Disadvantages: Sometimes patchy jokes

...on a motorbike with a flaming skull for a head?” DESPERATE EXEC #67 ½ - “Or an Amazon woman with an invisible jet?” DESPERATE EXEC #33rpm - “No – I got it! A team of freaks lead by a man in a wheelchair!” DESPERATE EXEC #1 – “You’re all a bunch of screwballs! Get the hell out of my office! YOU! Take this down!” SECRETARY – “Yessir!” DESPERATE EXEC #1 – “We’ll just give some guy a cape, say he came from space and give him super senses. And x-ray ...
...guess what? He wrote The Flaming Carrot too. Flaming Carrot is a joy to the lovers of surreal humour amongst us. If you’re a fan of Reeves and Mortimer or Big Train, chances are Flaming Carrot will strike a chord with you. The Flaming Carrot follows its titular hero through many a bizarre adventure. His powers are like Batman’s – he has none. This is my favourite thing about the character – he is a complete simpleton, on a par with Homer Simpson. ... Read review

Advantages: Original and intelligent
Disadvantages: NONE

This graphic novel is wrote by Frank Miller but also includes his art along with inkist Klaus Janson and colourist Lynn Varley. The story take place 10 years after Bruce Wayne retires from his career as Batman. He has become an old man, not being an actual superhero years of physical torture have taken their tole on Bruce. Since his retirement Gotham City has gone down hill. Criminals rule the streets and are taking over. Ofcorse there is only so ...
...morals command him to take up the mask and belt again for one more fight! This time he becomes more of a vigilanty as he sees no way to save gotham without being ruthless. He teams up with a new Robin a girl this time) and the proceed to try and save Gotham. Unfortunately not everyone agrees with his methods and a certain someone (*SPOILER - Superman *SPOILER) comes in to stop Batman. The fight all comic book fans have been waiting for is upon us! ... Read review

Advantages: Pictures, appeals to kids
Disadvantages: it is underated

The Hobbit is a timeless classic that been fantastically been brought to life in this comic like version of the hobbit. Tolkiens vivid image and ideas about middle earth have been adapted into amazing pictures accompanied by the text. This is a great story with dwarves, wizards, hobbits, dragons, elves and many more fantastic creatures. This has got to be one of the top ten books to read and it appeals to children as well becasue insted of all writing ... Read review

Advantages: Impressive debut with some fantastic art.
Disadvantages: A bit of a copy-cat, falling for some of the Sandman's pitfalls.

...issue mini-series 'The Sandman Presents Lucifer: The Morningstar Option' from 1999 and the first four issues of the regular comic which began a year later, forming another three-part serial and a final, separate short story. It's clear even from this first collection that the recognisable Sandman style is being followed diligently, allocating a finite number of issues to a particular story before moving on to the next and filling the spaces with ...
...the titular protagonist, Lucifer (or whatever name your culture bestows him) is much more prominent in these plots than Gaiman's Sandman was in the long run, though like Dream his role is pushed to the background in the short stories, presuming this book is going to be reflective of the series as a whole. In a further, clearly intentional homage to Sandman, the series would conclude after seventy-five issues in 2006, but now we're getting ahead of ... Read review