We all have trade paperback (TPB) collections we'd like to see. Here's one of mine:

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I'm actually a little bit torn about suggesting this one. On the one hand, Larry Hama created Bucky O'Hare, and as far as published issues go, he only wrote the 1986 Bucky O'Hare Graphic Novel, and the 1991 five-issue Bucky O'Hare series, both from Continuity Comics. On the other hand, this UK series from D.C. Thomson & Co. reprints the Continuity issues, includes the missing sixth issue (the last issue of the adaptation of the '86 graphic novel), and then goes on to publish fourteen more issues! Fourteen issues that were never seen in the United States! As a Bucky fan, that's something I want to read! As a lover of creator-owned properties, I kind of don't like it that Hama had nothing to do with those additional fourteen issues. In fact, he says he's never read them.

Regardless of Hama's non-involvement though, I still want to read this series! As I understand it, it kind of goes with the cartoon, so it might not be as good as if it had just been written for the comic, but if you're a Bucky fan, how can you not want to read fifteen more issues (fourteen plus the missing sixth issue)? I can only think that this would be a fun read!

As I mentioned, the first five issues were the adaptation of the 1986 graphic novel. They were written by Larry Hama, and illustrated by Michael Golden. The Continuity series was supposed to have a sixth issue to finish off that adaptation. The DCT&Co. series completes the adaptation, but it's unclear whether it's from the missing sixth issue material by Hama and Golden, or if it was done by the different creative team for Issues #7-20. Those were written by Peter Stone, drawn by Andre Coates, and inked by Joel Adams. Again, I'm a bit torn about that. On the one hand, it's not the original creators. On the other hand, a) that's comics, and b) it's kind of like the Oz books written by John R. Neill or Ruth Plumly Thompson; yeah, it's not the original guy, but I still want to read them.

To differentiate it from the proposed Bucky O'Hare TPB suggested in the last WUBI, and to stress that this is not the series written by Larry Hama, I'd call this one Bucky O'Hare: The UK Collection, or any of the alternate titles suggested. For the cover, as always, #1 is a safe bet, but to me that's kind of bland. Issue #20 is a good team pose, but the team shot on Issue #15 is just a little bit better to me.

Thanks again!

As a UK ex-pat now living in the USA, I would absolutely love a TPB of the UK comics!! I picked up a few of them back in the day but we were in the middle of nowhere so it was hard to get a full run. I completely forgot the comic existed as I got older and only realised I had a few of them a few years back when I started doing work for Boss Fight Studio who currently hold the action figure license. I desperately want the series compiled or at the very least available for download on any of the mainstream apps. Great shout and I fully endorse this proposition!!

Hark! A reader! Woot! Thanks! Like I say in the blog, I've only ever read the Continuity series, and seen some of the cartoon. I'd love to read more of Bucky O'Hare. :)