Football's Comic Book Heroes

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Acton, P.; Jarman, C. M. (1994), Roy of the Rovers: The Playing Years, Queen Anne Press, ISBN 978-1-85291-548-3 McAlpine, Duncan (1996), Comic Book Price Guide 1996/97 Edition, Titan Books, ISBN 978-1-85286-675-4 A Roy of the Rovers computer game was released, on the Commodore 64, [70] Amstrad CPC [71] and ZX Spectrum [72] in 1988. It was split into two parts: the first an adventure game, in which– taking the role of Roy Race– the player had to find and rescue the kidnapped Melchester team, before then playing the second part, which consisted of a charity match to raise funds for the club. The fewer players recovered before the match began, then the smaller the team who could take part. In the extreme, Roy would be the only player for Melchester. The game received mixed reactions; the Spectrum version received 7/10 from Your Sinclair, but only 3/10 from Sinclair User. [73] Johnston, Rich (25 August 2016). "Rebellion Buys Fleetway Archive – Roy of the Rovers, Oink, Tammy, Battle, Whizzer And Chips And More". Bleeding Cool . Retrieved 4 November 2016. Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer and later manager named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers. The strip first appeared in the Tiger in 1954, before giving its name to a weekly (and later monthly) comic, published by IPC and Fleetway from 1976 until 1995, in which it was the main feature.

This personalised football comic featuring whoever you want and their grassroots football team is the perfect football gift. Retro, high spec comic with the opportunity for the buyer to add a personalised message. In 1978 DC published a special in which their boy Superman took on the greatest boxer of all time in the ring. Written by Dennis O’Neil and drawn by Neal Adams, it was a special treasury edition that never made it to any newsagents I frequented as a kid. But there was an ad for it in every DC comic I read and the cover was enough in itself to make me salivate.Challenge Your Chum to quiz football: a quiz for readers to move a ball up and down the printed pitch into the goal by answering football questions. Roy of the Rovers stories– Monthly Magazine", Roy of the Rovers.com, archived from the original on 9 December 2009 , retrieved 22 June 2010

Big Match Preview: illustrated preview of a big match for the following week-end. This week: Southampton versus Everton. After an invitation to attend One Tournament a special National football tournament, the tournament plays out every young boys dream. In the interests of keeping the strip exciting, it seemed that no season for Melchester Rovers could ever consist of mid-table obscurity. Almost every year, the club was either competing for the major honours at the top of the domestic and European game, or struggling against relegation to lower divisions. Often, such spells of good and bad fortune and form would directly succeed one another—a Rovers team that won the European Cup one year could find itself struggling to stay in Division One the next. [45] [d]issues of TIGER and Scorcher from 12 October 1974 to 30 August 1980 ( Industrial action prevented publication of 3 issues in December 1978 and a further 5 in May and June 1980) a b "Behind the Scenes – The Writers", Roy of the Rovers.com, archived from the original on 14 December 2010 , retrieved 21 June 2010 In February 2008 it became apparent that "Match" would once again face fresh circulation challenges when it was announced that the BBC would be launching Match Of The Day magazine into the weekly football marketplace and "Shoot" declared their intention to return to weekly publication, although this didn't last long as Shoot closed in June 2008. Rose, Neil (April 2004), "Race Against Time", When Saturday Comes, archived from the original on 28 August 2010 , retrieved 21 June 2010

Behind the Scenes – The Artists", Roy of the Rovers.com, archived from the original on 30 December 2010 , retrieved 21 June 2010 Clearly Charles Schulz used baseball as a metaphor for life. But the question is what about Charlie Brown’s record in the sport itself? The Spandau Special", Roy of the Rovers.com, archived from the original on 22 June 2008 , retrieved 27 March 2010 Berkmann, Marcus (January 1989), "Roy of the Rovers", Your Sinclair, archived from the original on 16 September 2006 a b Wilson, Chris (23 March 2009), "Roy of the Rovers profile: All You Need to Know About the Classic Football Comic", Daily Mirror , retrieved 10 June 2010With the England players and coaches coming out to watch, how will they perform? Will they get through the group’s stages, will they make the national final, the pinnacle for youth grassroots football players? Make someone you know smile as they star in their very own best selling book. Your name plays for your favourite football team. The perfect gift for all fans. It was revealed over the years that Pete was a West Ham United F.C. fan who attended their matches home and away, had spent some of his youth living in South Africa, had a sister, and played football regularly as a striker for his local club, scoring 22 goals in one season, although he had previously played as a goalkeeper until conceding 6 goals in one match. Know-All: Know-All, "Soccer's Mister Big-Head", makes 10 statements about football and the reader has to spot where he goes wrong.