FREE BEST OF ROY OF THE ROVERS: 1980S PDF Derek Birnage,Tom Tully,Joe Colquhoun,Paul Trevillion | 208 pages | 17 Feb 2009 | Titan Books Ltd | 9781845769482 | English | London, United Kingdom Review – ‘Roy of the Rovers: The s’ – Dundee Comics Creative Space Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers. The strip first appeared in the Tiger inbefore giving its name to a weekly and later monthly comic magazine, published by IPC and Fleetway from untilin which it was the main feature. This publication was short-lived, and folded after only 19 issues. The adventures of the Race family were subsequently featured in the monthly Match Best of Roy of the Rovers: 1980s the Day football magazine, in which father and son were reunited as manager and player respectively. Football-themed stories were a staple of British comics for boys from the s onwards, and Roy of the Rovers was the most popular. To keep the strip exciting, Melchester was almost every year either competing for major honours or struggling against relegation to a lower division; a normal, uneventful season of mid-table mediocrity was unknown at Melchester Rovers. The strip followed the structure of the actual English football season, thus there were several months each year in summer when there was no league football. By far the most common summer storyline saw Melchester touring a fictional country in an exotic part of the world, often South America, where they would invariably be kidnapped and held to ransom. The average reader probably stayed with the comic regularly for only three or four years, therefore storylines were sometimes recycled; during the first ten years of his playing career, Roy was kidnapped at least four times. Roy also made numerous appearances for England, depicted playing alongside actual players such as Malcolm Macdonald and Trevor Francis. Best of Roy of the Rovers: 1980s of the Rovers first appeared on 11 Septemberas a weekly feature in the comic magazine Tiger, debuting on the front page of the first issue. After 22 years of continued popularity, the strip was judged successful enough to sustain its own weekly comic, the eponymous Roy of the Rovers, launched on 25 September The comic ran for issues, until 20 Marchand included other football strips and features. There were also hardback annuals and holiday specials featuring a mix of reprinted and original content, and for Best of Roy of the Rovers: 1980s brief period, starting inRoy of the Rovers was serialised in the now defunct Today newspaper. These were all-new strips, focusing largely on the relationship between Roy and his wife Penny, rather than the action on the pitch. Between anda Best of Roy of the Rovers monthly comic was published, reprinting older stories. Following the closure of the weekly title inthe strip appeared in a relaunched monthly publication in September that year, with grittier storylines intended to attract teen and young adult fans who had read the Best of Roy of the Rovers: 1980s comic in their youth. Between January and Januarythe monthly strips were mirrored by a weekly edition in Shoot magazine, which had in the late s published a parody called Ray of the Rangers. Roy was created by the author Frank S. Pepper, who had created the similar strip, Danny of the Dazzlers, but he only wrote four instalments of Roy of the Rovers, because of his commitments to another of his characters, Captain Condor. He was replaced after four-and-a-half years by Derek Birnage, the editor of Tiger, who had commissioned the strip. Inin an attempt to whip up publicity, it was announced that the footballer Bobby Charlton had taken over as writer, although in reality it was still written by Birnage who claimed that he did consult with Charlton occasionally for story ideas. The longest-serving writer of the strip was Tom Tully, who began in on an intermittent basis and then continuously from until Best of Roy of the Rovers: 1980s end of the weekly comic in After Joe Colquhoun departed, he was succeeded first by Paul Trevillion, then by Yvonne Hutton, who illustrated from tobefore David Sque took over in He was replaced in by former AD artist Mike White, who gave Roy a more muscular look and the strip a more modern Best of Roy of the Rovers: 1980s. Mitchell returned in as the sole artist of the Match of the Day strips for all four years. View All Posts. Hi, do you have any comic strips from Tiger please? Like Like. If you know what year that story started i can see if i have enough issues from Tiger to make that compilation. Like Liked by 1 person. You are welcome, i see i have to make 1 new cover, just to avoid confusion, its says v17 where it must be v16, i will make a new downloadlink with the correct cover asap. Great work, indeed!!! Thank you, all the best, Nikos Nikolaidis from Greece. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Skip to content Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers. Writers Roy was created by the author Frank S. Artists After Joe Colquhoun departed, he was succeeded first by Paul Trevillion, then by Yvonne Hutton, who illustrated from tobefore David Sque took over in Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Author: boutje View All Posts. Next Post Mytek the Mighty. What an incredible set of downloads! Thank you so much Mark Evans Like Like. That would be possible if i had them, perhaps i find them in the future. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. Name required. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy. Roy of the Rovers (Comic/Series) | Albion British Comics Database Wiki | Fandom The 80s defined him Best of Roy of the Rovers: 1980s than any other decade, his blond, centre-parted mullet became the haircut of the moment and his name became synonymous with outstanding sporting achievement. Roy captured the imagination like no other and the readers came back in their millions week after week to follow his exploits. From the unique threat of relegation, to domestic troubles when his wife walks out on him, to the ugly face of hooliganism and the deadly aim of an assassin gun! So now, for the first time in a generation relive those thrills and spills afresh with a book packed with pages of scorching soccer action and incident and the greatest footballer of his, my or your generation! I think the appeal lies in the fact Roy Race seems real. The idea that with enough talent and skill any of us could be like him. His whole 39 year career ran as one continuous story and followed the football seasons. Not on one particular footballer, no. His most famous — the centre parted mullet of the 70s and 80s — came courtesy of the artist David Sque who sported the same hair cut himself. They still have to deal with the intrusive press attention, obsessive fans, hooliganism, and of course the daily threat of WAGs. I always imaged that the initial audience Best of Roy of the Rovers: 1980s this book would be dads — who grow misty eyed at the mention of Roy Race. It was them I envisaged, when I was planning the book, sitting back with a mug of tea on a Sunday afternoon and just reliving their youth. Well when I came to choose material for the Best of Roy the s I had to read ten years worth of Roy comics. I whistled my initial choices down to 4 different arcs before settling on the 80 — 81 seasons. Sign in. Log into your account. Forgot your password? Password recovery. Recover your password. Get help. Columns Reviews. All Best of Roy of the Rovers: 1980s Reserved Sportslens. Roy of the Rovers By Melchester Rovers had become the most successful team in England and Roy Race the best striker in the world. Roy continued to lead the line and score the goals, with trophies continuing their well-furrowed route to Mel Park. Almost as if to keep supporters on their toes it seemed tragedy was never too far away. Roy continued to be kidnapped Best of Roy of the Rovers: 1980s an alarming rate, most tragically in when on an ill-advised tour to Basran. Roy had previously turned them down when they approached him to manage their National side, so had played for them instead. Caught up in the middle of a military coup with his teammates they were taken hostage by rebels, before being rescued by Best of Roy of the Rovers: 1980s S. S before escaping in the team coach. The coach then disastrously collided with a bomb-laden car blowing itself and the team coach up. Eight players lost their lives. This was dark, maybe even too distasteful for Roy of the Rovers. Roy even survived a shooting when a masked gunman burst into his office and opened fire on him before fleeing.