Spurriers fascinating setup concentrates on worldbuilding in this first issue, and scientist mag is an understated gem of a character. It was one of the strips that provoked the public campaign against action, causing the comic. Matters improved when a story that would prove the comics most popular began to take shape. In 2016, titan comics announced an allnew, updated version of hook jaw written. The shark takes the bait, quint brutally and efficiently sets the hook, and reels the shark alongside. Hook jaw was a fairly easy sell back in the 70s, on the back of jaws, but not really now, outside of a fairly small nostalgia market. He hauls it part way out of the water, and sticks it with a gaff. And 2000ads current publishers, rebellion, have acquired the rights and archives of a. Hook jaw the comic so controversial, it got banned.
Titan comics is publishing a brand new series of hook jaw, starting in december. Hook jaw 001 2016 viewcomic reading comics online for. Warlord was a new type of british boys adventure comic, focusing on military action. Constantly being inundated with long pages of text. International orders may see related postal delays for both orders and subscriptions. In the troubled waters off somalia, a ragtag group of marine scientists studying a pack of. It contained other classics such as kids rule ok about schoolkids forming gangs after a virus has wiped out the adult population, death game 1999, a kind of roller ball rip off and the aforementioned hook jaw the comics flagship character. Whilst at this site you can view the history of british comics as well as individual histories of your favourite comics. Stihl forestry tools peavey and cant hook stihl usa. It is available to be downloaded and read on an ipod and ipod touch or in pdf cbz format. Hook jaw 1 2 3 4 5 complete set series run lot 15 vfnm.
Action was a boys adventure comic devised by pat mills and published by ipc in 19761977. Hook jaw is a great white shark and the hero of the series, even though he spends most of his time eating most of the human cast of characters. Images featuring hook jaw, a character from the comic action. Dec 21, 2016 this is what elevates hook jaw above its contemporaries. Its level of violence got it dubbed the 7 penny nightmare by tabloids. If you can include pictures of why you think its not the right grade, we will print them out, roll them up, and swat our graders on the nose. Comics land download all kind of comics and game manuals. Hook jawimages albion british comics database wiki. So spurrier has taken the core concept of a superintelligent shark, added a dash of gungho american navy divers and topical somali pirates, with a twist of a ship of marine biologists, and mixed it all together. Hook jaw 003 2017 read comics online view comic 2019. Is the new version just as subversive as the original. Hook jaw issue 1 viewcomic reading comics online for.
This at first felt like too much, but once you get into the rhythm of the piece, its quite good fun with some great comedy built around communication and mistranslation. Hook jaw viewcomic reading comics online for free 2019. The strip also lost the environmental themes mills had placed in it. Pat mills is a hugely prolific comics writer and editor who created titles such as action, battle picture weekly, misty and 2000 ad, and strips and characters including judge dredd, abc warriors, marshall law, robusters, flesh, nemesis the warlock, slaine, and hook jaw. It does get quite wordy at times, with dialogue balloons filling up a good portion of the panels. British comics for all your uk comics, weeklies and story. Hook jaw was primarily a ripoff of the movie jaws, but as this was action. As far as im aware, this series is a reboot of a character from a british comic called action. For this post, i thought id take a quick look at one of the more involved lettering jobs ive been working on, the restoration of classic 70s british comic strip hook jaw for the new strip magazine. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hook jaw vol. Longing for some graphical assistance to feed all those cravings that your imagination seek. Titan comics is a bold new publishing initiative from titan publishing, offering readers the best new stories from new and established comics creators, and offering those creators a great deal to bring their stories to a worldwide audience.
The humans whom the killer shark confronted and, inevitably, ate from week to week were scumbags despoiling his marine habitat the roughnecks on an oilrig in the original set of hook jaw stories, the shysters running a ghastlylooking island holiday resort in the next set of stories. And 2000ads current publishers, rebellion, have acquired the rights and archives of a host of ipc titles. Hook jaw albion british comics database wiki fandom. But, the prospect of a jawsesque comic was an appealing one, so im giving it a shot. Discover mickey mouse like youve never known r t ed t i d h n i gulch. It was one of the strips that provoked the public campaign against action, causing the comic to be briefly. This violent, controversial strip proved highly popular back in 1976 when it was first published in weekly instalments and the collection is being eagerly anticipated by fans of the series. The series was initially planned by mills to be in action, but after that title suffered censorship, mills held the story back for his next project which eventually became 2000 ad the strip followed a similar path to hook jaw. Its been pretty good so far and were over halfway through with this one, so the finish is in sight lets find out if its any good. Not only is the paper of superior quality and the page and paper adjusted for a better fit but the scans are cleaner 600 dpi than before and indeed better than many of the contemporary british comic graphic novels. History of some of the creators of this issue and also a little history of the iron jaw character. My favorite story was hook jaw, a rogue shark that ate everyone on a weekly basis. In the troubled waters off somalia, a ragtag group of marine scientists studying a pack of female great white sharks find themselves caught in a conflict between.
Oct 21, 2016 titan comics is publishing a brand new series of hook jaw, starting in december. How britains most brutal comic laid the real 70s bare. Hook jaw returned after the ban, but no longer ate as many people and if he did it was off panel. In the troubled waters off somalia, a ragtag group of marine scientists studying a pack of female great white sharks find themselves caught in a conflict between pirates and the might of the us navy. D and u s old in by floyd gottfredson, collecting the classic daily comicstrip exploits of the brave and boisterous mickey and his pals. Mag, clint and his navy seals descend into the depths, only to find themselves in a terrifying encounter. Archive by ken armstrong published by titan comics. Reviewing the return of hook jaw, an awesome comic book from the 1970s. The strip was scripted by ken armstrong and drawn by ramon sola. Blackjack was created by john wagner, with art by trigo. It is a faithful adaption and the comic version very reminiscent of the ec comics in the fifties. Insert shark wriggling on hook tailrope dropping on him. Hook jaw s career consisted of eating a surprising number of people in a few short years between 1977 and 1985.
D and u s old in by floyd gottfredson, collecting the classic daily comic strip exploits of the brave and boisterous mickey and his pals. Meanwhile, some other interested parties arrive in the area, and more is discovered about what it is the cia are looking for. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. So imagine my excitement, curiosity, and slight nervousness when titan comics announced a hook jaw revival. This is a solid shark story based on a character from a banned comictoo violent. Hook jaw is a book with a lot of history in british comics but, to this yankee, it is a totally unknown quantity. Pat mills and ramon solas classic 70s sharksploitation strip is collected in one volume by titan comics, featuring the great white shark that targets the corrupt and greedy. One vivid memory i have regarding the comic is describing the story hook jaw to my best friends family. As a comics anthology it serialises stories in each issue known as progs and was first published by ipc magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 february. By delivering the weekly list of new releases, along with news concerning current and future products available in local and online comic book shops, we enable consumers to meet their goals more effectively.
Hook jaw, for example, combined environmental issues with the graphic gore and. Hook jaw was created by mills as a jaws cashin and the flagship title of the comic. Marvel triple action comic featuring the rare opportunity to attain the hook jaw transfer and the 2nd edition of the comic. The eponymous protagonist of the action strip hook jaw was a shark with a harpoon stuck through his jaw, a souvenir of a brief encounter with a foolhardy fisherman called al who quickly became called lunch. The series was set in the age of dinosaurs who were farmed for their meat by cowboys from the future. Hook jaw issue 1 read hook jaw issue 1 view comic online. If you like to participate, you can help with the current tasks, visit the notice board, edit the attached article or discuss it at the projects talk page. It contained other classics such as kids rule ok about schoolkids forming gangs after a virus has wiped out the adult population, death game 1999, a kind of roller ball rip off and the aforementioned hook jaw the comic s flagship character. The movie was directed by george romero and in my opinion the breakout movie that showcased and made stephen king popular w the masses. First headlining the british anthology comic series action in 1976, hook jaw centered around a great white who was the hero of his ongoing comic strip, constructed around environmental themes. Always taking that unnecessary break between reads, fantasizing how would that character look like in real life. What better place to find british comics on the internet than britishcomics.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. I remember hook jaw and the comic it appeared in action from my childhood. The comic industry is in a very precarious position right now. This article is within the scope of wikiproject comics, a collaborative effort to build an encyclopedic guide to comics on wikipedia. May 09, 2017 great comic book adaption of the stephen king original movie the first creepshow.
Hook jaw 003 2017 viewcomic reading comics online for. Find the value of the titan comic hook jaw miniseries. As was the norm at the time, it was lettered using typeset letterpress lettering, giving the lettering a very uniform and frankly. Im very disappointed to see so many socalled comic fans advocating illegally downloading comics. Feb 01, 2007 this edition of collected hook jaw vol. Our forestry tools include essentials like cant hooks, peaveys, log carriers, hookaroons and a log stand. None of the files shown here are hosted or transmitted by this server. Albion british comics database wiki is a fandom comics community. Comics land is best site with various comics, that you can download for free comics land download all kind of comics and game manuals you want skip to main skip to sidebar.
Buy collected hook jaw spitfire comics by mills, pat, armstrong, ken, sola, ramon, smillie, chris isbn. Gaffed and bleeding, the shark is immobilized by quints practiced hands. Jaws was the big story, this incredible movie about a shark, a force of nature. Hook jaw comic read hook jaw comic online in high quality. Action is a controversial weekly british anthology comic that was published by ipc magazines. There are ongoing delays to orders due to the coronavirus.
List of the largest database for dc comics, marvel and other comics online. Hook jaw archive receives new cover design only a month to go until titan release their book that reprints the classic hook jaw strips from action. Spitfire comics in 2007 released a collection of the preban strips in collected hook jaw vol. Violent and antiauthoritarian, it caused controversy in the media and was closed down and briefly revived in toneddown form, before being merged into battle to form battle action. Hook jaw 003 2017 comments select chapter hook jaw issue 5 hook jaw issue 4 hook jaw issue 3 hook jaw issue 2 hook jaw issue 1 hook jaw 005 2017 hook jaw 004 2017 hook jaw 003 2017 reading hook jaw 002 2017 hook jaw 001 2016. But then again, british comics got away with a lot back in the preinternet days, im sure mr spielberg would have had issues with a certain shark back in 1976. If only because hook jaw actually looked like a shark not pissing on jaws, great film but the shark at the end is awful.
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