Absurdly awesome covers from 1930s boys' magazine: The Hotspur

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Awww, no weasels?

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Early conceptual art for Zardoz.

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I already know the plot of the story about the giant spiky snail. Maximum speed of what, one foot per hour?

it’s a zombie giant snail.

Pretty sure we had a Christmas compendium of the Hotspur floating about the house when I was a kid.

Batman and the BatJet:

I’m sure that 14th cover must be the inspiration for Billy the Fish (link to VIZ, so work-place caution, natch)

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I must get these. As many as possible.

I see at least one available on eBay.

But look how ahead of its time it was!

Star War stories… in 1940?!

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Batman vs. the Absurdly Large Pencil

Oh, man, these are just splendid.

I bet the stories suck hard enough to drag a musk melon through a garden hose, but who cares? Those covers have enough awesome to last a week.

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I don’t know what the big deal is, aren’t giant snails rather common on your hooo-mans earth?

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Does anyone else see a car being attacked by a bunch of primitive Bender robots in the seventh one down?

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Hitchbot is avenged.

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Anyone know what the “d” stands for in “Price 2d”?

Are these out of copyright by now?

I’m assuming yes so it won’t be a faux pas to ask if anyone has a torrent link?
I could only find a torrent of the first 3 issues…

My guess is Two Dimes, or twenty cents.

In England? Are you sure?

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Nope, I take it back. I was thinking too USsian. Sorry.

EDIT: It’s tuppence. Ref Wiki.

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