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[Get Marwood & I]

Alright? 

Welcome to Fly Club, your home for all things Fly.

The Fly first flew in the June 1959 dated Double Life of Private Strong number one - here's my copy - sorry about the big Thorpe & Porter UK price stamp:

And here he is, inside, in his first two page Fly feature:

 

BUY IT! 

TRY IT! 

You'll buy it again, if you do 

Those that did, did so in this, the first Fly in his own Kirby covered Adventures Of - sorry about the big Thorpe & Porter UK Price Stamp again:

Most of the Flys were distributed in the UK, happily, if you were around at the time and buzzing - here's just a few that I have collected over the years with those tell tale UK stamps:

We in the United States of Kingdom even got a solitary Fly with UK printed price - issue  - here's my nicest one:

And here's two more, for the purposes of showing off:

 

 

Anyway, got any Flys on ya? No? Well buzz off then.

 

                                                                                                                             

 

 

[KirbyJack]

I used to have the Kirby issues, but now I’m afraid there’s no flies on me.

[ThothAmon]

My favorite. 
 

[themagicrobot]

I wonder why the Thorpe and Porter stamps don't appear on my issues after No 30 approx?? They were definitely distributed in the UK as I bought them new at the time, along with the later bonkers Mighty Comics Presents issues. I also acquired some new Archie Pureheart the Powerfuls (but never saw any other regular Archie comics at that time). Perhaps they were distributed by someone other than T&P?

 

 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/2/2023 at 9:46 AM, themagicrobot said:

I wonder why the Thorpe and Porter stamps don't appear on my issues after No 30 approx?? They were definitely distributed in the UK as I bought them new at the time, along with the later bonkers Mighty Comics Presents issues. I also acquired some new Archie Pureheart the Powerfuls (but never saw any other regular Archie comics at that time). Perhaps they were distributed by someone other than T&P?

 

 

Welcome to Fly Club 

I have a few Fly Man examples saved in the files. They have an assortment of different UK stamps and stickers, starting with Gold Star, so we could still get our grubby mitts on them once Thorpe & Porter buzzed off. Are they your copies, in the photo array?

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/1/2023 at 9:49 PM, KirbyJack said:

I used to have the Kirby issues, but now I’m afraid there’s no flies on me.

Your flies are undone 

[Get Marwood & I]

@Kevin.J

Kev.

Kev.

KEV!

There's a Fly Club here, mate 

[themagicrobot]

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Are they your copies, in the photo array?

No just the stock images that come with the software. But NONE of my issues 31 - 50 have any stamps, nor do any currently for sale at UKs 'Bay as far as I can see.

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/2/2023 at 11:28 AM, themagicrobot said:

No just the stock images that come with the software. But NONE of my issues 31 - 50 have any stamps, nor do any currently for sale at UKs 'Bay as far as I can see.

Here's a few:

Do they still have Spars?

[comicjack]

What a great idea love this character from the Silver age .The centerfold from #1 makes you want to buy for the Kirby art!

[comicjack]

[comicjack]

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/2/2023 at 12:27 PM, comicjack said:

What a great idea love this character from the Silver age .The centerfold from #1 makes you want to buy for the Kirby art!

Welcome to Fly Club, comicjack!  Love it 

[KirbyJack]

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/2/2023 at 2:01 PM, KirbyJack said:

Stop mucking about and post some proper Flys, KirbyJack! 

So is the plural form of fly supposed to be flys? The short answer is no—the plural noun form of fly, meaning a winged insect, is spelled flies. The word flys isn't a real word in modern English: it's just a common spelling error.

[frozentundraguy]

My fly's are flying .... off to my scanner.  I will have a couple more to post later.

 

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/2/2023 at 8:15 PM, frozentundraguy said:

My fly's are flying .... off to my scanner.  I will have a couple more to post later.

 

I like this cover. It looks like they're dancing at a bug disco 

[ganni]

Ahhh, the Fly.  Marvel's inspiration to create their character "Yellowjacket".  

[davidtere]

I love The Fly, but I mostly love Fly Girl. Here is my one and only OA Fly page by John Rosenberger

[Get Marwood & I]

On 11/2/2023 at 9:54 PM, davidtere said:

I love The Fly, but I mostly love Fly Girl. Here is my one and only OA Fly page by John Rosenberger

That's nice. The panel top right looks much better without an inked outline.