ROBIN #1 (1985)...

Here's a comic I picked up in Portsmouth in 1985 when I was

staying down there for a few months.  I bought it purely because

it was a number one, recognising it as a revival of an earlier version

which had come out in 1953.  The original ROBIN was published

first by HULTON PRESS, then ODHAMS PRESS, and finally

IPC Magazines.  It lasted 836 issues until 1969 and was then

incorporated into PLAYHOUR.

The second incarnation of the comic was far less successful,

lasting, I believe, only two issues before vanishing into the ether

forever.  I really must track down that second ish some day, then

I'll be able to boast about having the complete collection.  In the

meantime, whenever I want to recall my few months in Buckland,

Portsmouth, in the first few months of 1985, one of the comics

that brings it all back to me is this 30 year old nursery title.

Here are a select few pages to give you a taste of it.

And, as a bonus, here's the first version from 1953.

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