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What happened to children’s comics?

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TiggyW Thu 23-Mar-23 13:04:25

Our grandson dressed up as Spider-Man for World Book Day recently. I thought I would buy him a Spider-Man comic to read. How disappointed I was! All I could find was shelves of cheap plastic toys and what amounted to a few pages of puzzles for £4.99! No actual traditional comic book stories…
As a child I used to be an avid reader of the imported Superman comics from our local newsagent, and lots of other British comics, e.g. Bunty and Judy for girls, TV21 (which was based on Gerry Anderson’s brilliant Thunderbirds, Stingray, etc.)
Are comic magazines not available nowadays?

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Joseanne Thu 23-Mar-23 13:35:33

Oh yes, Beano and Dandy comics, and good old Asterix books. I used to indulge my naughty, less gentle, side in these. I think these days they have been taken over by computer games on a screen. It's a shame.

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M0nica Thu 23-Mar-23 14:02:51

Proper comics, as weknew them have gone to be replaced by everything OP mentions.

Cheaper to produce but because of the freebies can command a ptemium price.

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kittylester Thu 23-Mar-23 14:04:21

Exactly what MOnica said.

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