Old-fashioned Comics: Francisco Solano López

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Wednesday, 27 May 2026

Galaxus the Thing from Outer Space (1969-1978) from Buster - Compiled and edited by H. C.

This compilation is formed by material from the Buster Book 1969-1979

and the Buster Holiday Fun Special 1969-1974 with

the only exception of the Holiday Fun Special 1970.

Comic Launched In: Buster

Other Comics: Also Appeared in The Birthday Book for Boys 1972

Written by Scott Goodall

Artwork: Solano López

Story

A young boy encounters an extra-terrestrial in the form of a tiny

ape-like being small enough to fit into his shirt pocket.

GALAXUS forms a bond with the young boy who feeds

him and hides him from the

authoritarian forces who hope to track him down.

But GALAXUS has an incredible ability which will

ultimately protect himself and his friend in times

of danger - GALAXUS can transform his body to the size

of a multi-storey building in a

matter of seconds IF he is made angry!

https://www.bustercomic.com/galaxus.html

180 Pages

Compiled and edited by H. C.

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

this magnificent compilation.

Crazy Car Capers from Jet (1971) - Francisco Solano López. Compiled and edited by H. C.

Crazy Car Capers

Concept:

The strip was clearly inspired by the Hanna-Barbera cartoon

Wacky Races and featured an ongoing serial about an unusual
car race around Britain.

Prize: the ultimate prize for the winner of the championship was a

substantial £ 100,000, a very large sum at the time (equivalent.to over

£1,3: million in today's money).

Characters:

The main contestants were four British drivers,

often relying on national stereotypes for humour.

Bulldog Brown: an English racer who drove a coal powered car.

Mac Macintosh: a Scottish character

Dai Williams: a Welsh character:

Paddy O'Toole: an Irish character.

Plot:

The racers competed in various legs of the race, often facing

disruption from agents of the fictional eastern : European nation

of Mundavia and their operative, Colonel Kutch.

Artist: the artwork for the strip was provided by Francisco Solano López.

"Crazy Car Capers" was a serialized comic strip featured in the British

weekly anthology Jet, published by IPC Magazines,

from 1 May 1971 to 25 September 1971.

https://grokipedia.com/page/jet_british_comics

57 Pages

Compiled and edited by H. C.

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

this magnificent compilation.

Professor Kraken Integral (Knockout and others 1962-1964) Solano López (#01-#03) & Tom Kerr (#04)

Professor Kraken was a distinguished British scientist who investigated

bizarre cases of science gone wrong, and then tried to set things
right again.

One such instance was the plague of giant animals that threatened

Britain, results of exposing normal animals to a mixture

of weed-killers and fertilisers.
He was often accompanied on his cases by fellow scientist Professor Needler

and his assistant Chris Blower.

Comments: Kraken seems to have been inspired by the similar Professor Challenger.

From the Vaults of Time

Knockout from #1239 [24-11-62] to Valiant and Knockout to #0034 [25-05-63]

Art: Solano López

The Time Machine

Valiant and Knockout from #0035 [01-06-63] to Valiant Companion
Paper to Hurricane #0075 [07-03-64]

Art: Solano López

Kraken and the Giant Menace

Valiant Companion Paper to Hurricane

#0076 [14-03-64] to 0096 el [01-08-64].

Art: Solano López

Kraken and the Ogre from the Past

Valiant Companion Paper to Hurricane

from # 0097 [08-08-64] to # 0103 el 19-09-64,

Art: Tom Kerr

Later, in the Valiant Summer Special of 1967 and 1968, a reduced version of From the Vaults of Time was published, with resizing and deletion of vignettes, modifying the title of the adventure: The Day of the Dinosaurs and Return of the Monsters.