Our surplus books have got to go!

Nine years after the release of the first book in the 40-year Striker Collection, all 26 volumes have now been published. We always printed a surplus of 50 books in each volume for latecomers and fans who were unable to buy a new one every quarter – but storage costs are now exceeding revenue, so this week we’ll be launching a clearance sale. They will be sold on a first come, first served basis and will be available for four weeks or while stocks last.

All individual books will have price reductions (except the final volume which is in short supply) but there will also be multibuy discounts - so the more books bought, the bigger the saving. A very small number of complete sets will be reserved for anyone wishing to buy the entire collection in one purchase.

The sale is exclusive to our Planet Striker online shop, so watch out for our email announcing the launch. Any books remaining after June 6 will be sold at higher prices through Amazon and eBay.

It's a wrap - Striker's entire archive from 1985 is now complete!

Striker's entire 40-year archive of stories is now available as a box set of 26 A4 hardback books, which can also be purchased in digital formats. Both options are on sale in our online shop.

Every volume has a foreword by Pete Nash, who describes events that were happening behind the scenes at Striker during the period covered.

The first volume features all the black and white hand-drawn strips from 1985 and the last includes all the adventures from the final comics, plus a new story for 2024 that brings Striker to a fitting finale.

My son gets married and I get covid!

By PETE NASH

Muddy Maladies, as Eric would say - my wife Jill and I are recovering from covid, having caught it at our son Adam’s wedding in London. Fortunately it was no worse than a dose of flu, but we’re both thankful for being double-jabbed or it could have been much worse.

With covid restrictions being lifted today, it’s clear that more and more people who have been fully vaccinated will be getting the virus sooner or later, as it won’t be going away. We’re going to have to live with it - and on the plus side, getting covid after two jabs is like getting a booster shot, according to scientists!

We’re hopefully on the mend now, but being laid up will likely cause a slight delay with the release of Volume 16 of the Striker collection. It should still be ready next month as scheduled, but probably towards the end of the month rather than the middle.

Volume 16 includes all the strips that were published in Nuts magazine in 2010 - and features the debut of Sheik Mustapha Futti Kalub!