Did you know that there was a MPI comic strip? I sure didn't! Early 80s, UK, "Look In" Magazine:
British Magnum fan Christopher Keating sent me a complete serialized adventure from the comic strip, which ran from January 16th to March 6th in 1982. I hope to have it up on the site soon. Much thanks Chris!
Chris also has scans of other MPI comic strip adventures, available at UK eBay:
This ran from Jan. 16th to Mar. 6th, 1982 in the UK magazine Look-in. Illustrated by John M. Burns.
It's fun to see a Magnum story in comic form. The illustrations are great and the story isn't half bad either. The Ferrari takes another plunge over a cliff (again with Magnum in it). Rick sort of looks like Willem Dafoe.
And then there is this exchange between Magnum and Fujita, a large Japanese crime boss:
Magnum:They warned me off, too. Told me to keep my nose out of federal affairs.
Fujita:That is good! I like it! Your nose will therefore
become a symbol ... I will personally cut it off - and send it
to them!
Magnum:Now hold on a minute! I happen to care about the way
I look ...
According to Chris, the Magnum strip only ran from Jan. 1982 to July 1982. Enjoy!
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I was just going to mention these - good job I decided to check the old threads list first! =)
I collect old Look-Ins and TV Times (which listed ITV and Channel 4 programmes; MPI was originally shown on ITV), so have quite a few MPI strips, though I don't think any complete stories.
Look-In was a sort of junior TV mag, running features on current TV, music and sports stars, and as well as an MPI strip, also ran similar for 'Knight Rider', 'The A-Team', 'Airwolf', etc.
James J. Walters wrote:According to Chris, the Magnum strip only ran from Jan. 1982 to July 1982. Enjoy!
That sounds about right - it didn't run for as long as many of the other American-TV adaptations for the magazine.
It's place was taken by 'Knight Rider', although there may have been another title inbetween, as KR didn't start until September in the US, and reached UK shores a couple of months later *
(* - In the good old days before $ky were around to buy up everything... sorry, another rant for another site! )
Neat strip. Sometimes TS looks pretty realistic. At other times he bears no resemblance at all. I assume they may have had multiple artists cranking this out. Not quite Stan Lee material, but very interesting.
Of course this changes nothing between us. I still expect you to respect the rules and regulations pertaining to your stay on the estate. There will be no wild parties, no outragous liberties, no unauthorized overnight guests...
Neat strip. Sometimes TS looks pretty realistic. At other times he bears no resemblance at all. I assume they may have had multiple artists cranking this out. Not quite Stan Lee material, but very interesting.
The artwork in Look-In's strips did vary quite a bit. Sometimes they would look really good, other times pretty sloopy and 'rushed' looking.
I think it was due to the comic being produced weekly, and thus them working to very tight deadlines.
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