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Monday, 22 June 2026

Barack the Barbarian - Complete Series (2009) - Compiled by Voltaire57

Barack the Barbarian is a comic book series published by Devil's

Due Publishing beginning in June 2009.

It was written by Larry Hama, with art by Christopher Schons.

Barack the Barbarian originally appeared in a four-issue mini-series.

The story features the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama as a

Conan the Barbarian-style figure. It also features other politicians like Sarah

Palin, George W. Bush, and Dick Cheney in fictional roles.

The series was followed by a one-shot, The Fall of Red Sarah

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Thanks to Voltaire 57 for these magnificent albums

The Black Sapper from Hotspur - Compiled and edited by H. C.

See.-

- The Beezer issues ?; artist Glass.

- The Hotspur issues starts prior to 601 - finishs after 619; artist Patrick.

(Fighting the Khansus whoo had invaded Britain).

- The Hotspur starts prior to issue 652 - finishs after 665; artist Patrick.

(On the trail of a gang of international crooks led by the mysterious and sinister Octopus).

The Hotspur starts prior to issue 734 - finishs after 736; artist Shone.

(Capturing scattered gang leaders from the previous series).

Writer:- The Hotspur editorial team. Artists:- Jack Glass; Terry Patrick; Keith Shone.

Main cast:- The Black Sapper.

The Black Sapper (he had no other name as far as I am aware), started as a criminal in his early adventures. But later in (new?) stories published in the Hotspur, he fought on the side of law and order.

The Sapper made use of his marvellous drilling machine the Worm, which could burrow through the earth and other materials. (Called the Earthworm in the original series). The worm had a crew of one man, although occasionally it did carry a second person. The machine, cylindrical in shape has a large screw on the nose of the machine. The later series mentions that the worm was designed by Professor Jordan and his son, Johnny and that it is atomic-powered. (Hotspur issue 619). The machine was also lightweight, being made with metal that 'was half the weight of aluminium, but tough enough to act as a heat shield for a moon capsule'. (Hotspur issue 611).

The Sapper wore a tight black suit (similar to a frogman's suit), and a black helmet. The worm and the Sapper's uniform remained the same in both the early and later series. Although the later version of the worm had up to date equipment, such as an outside camera so the Sapper could see what was happening above ground on a television screen.

In the first series drawn by Patrick, Britain has been invaded by an eastern race the Khansus. The Black Sapper fights along side the British resistance in the fight back against the invaders. A later series would see the Sapper on the trail of a gang of international crooks led by the mysterious and sinister Octopus.

The series drawn by Shone sees the Sapper having broken up the international gang of crooks in the last series, hunting down the scattered leaders. A complication arises when the Sapper is blinded by an explosion. He enlists the aid of a young orphen boy Jeff, to act as his eyes. This is possibly the last Sapper series to be published in the Hotspur, but this needs to be confirmed.

The following adventures of The Black Sapper are from issues an original Sapper story from the Beezer issue number not known; and from The Hotspur issues 603; 611; 652; 665 & 736.

http://www.victorhornetcomics.co.uk/sapper.html

201 Pages

Compiled and edited by H. C.

We thank H. C. for his courtesy in offering our reader

this magnificent compilation.

Davy Crockett - A Comprehensive Summer Collection. Part Two - Contributed by Jens Terje

David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American frontiersman, soldier, politician, and folk hero. He is more often called Davy Crockett. He also has the nickname “King of the Wild Frontier”. He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives from

1827 to 1831 and again from 1833 to 1835.

Fighting in the Texas Revolution, he was executed in the Battle of the Alamo at the age of 49...

Jens Terje offers us the following files:

Bob Crockett 01-02 (2001-2003) German

Cowboy Picture Library 1956-59 (Various)

Davy Crockett - Intégrale Vaillant 01-12

(Coelho-Kline-Ollivier) [1957-69] French

Davy Crockett - Walt Disney (Various)

This magnificent contribution by Jens Terje consists of 4 parts, which include

an exhaustive repertoire of comics related to this popular legendary character.

Many thanks to Jens Terje !!

Rick Random from Super Detective Library (1954-1959) 2 vols. - Compiled and edited by H. C.,

The improbably named Rick Random was a soldier in the Cosmic War who later
became an operative of the Interplanetary Bureau of Investigation in the mid 22nd century.
His investigations into various crimes took him to many of Earth's offworld colonies.

Rick debuted in Fleetway's Super Detective Library #37 and featured in 27 stories

in the title between 1954 and 1959, many of them by the writer and artist team

of Harry Harrison and Ron Turner, who fairly quickly replaced his

creators as his regular creative team.

Many of his stories were later reprinted in other IPC/Fleetway titles in the 1960s including

the Buster Book 1962 (in which Rick was renamed 'Dick Brando'), Buster Adventure Library

and Valiant Picture Library (in his Valiant appearances, he was renamed Nick Martin),
as well as the Super Picture Special 1969.

The story S.O.S from Space was later reprinted in the 1978 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special,
after which Rick was revived for a new story, Riddle of the Astral Assassin
by Steve Moore and Ron Turner in 2000 AD progs 113 to 118 in 1979.