We are United (Issue 2)

After the news that Joe Pearson would now become the new manager, a press conference is held and Joe is in confident mood about the future.



This week its FA Cup Action...






With Training going well, one player has something else on his mind..



Fred discusses his situation with Joe....








Jimmy's not having a great game, but during half time he gets some good news...

Champ No:2

Champ Issue 2 hit the newsstands on Feb 25th 1984. It came Free with 12 Soccer Star Pics and a see through collectors wallet to keep them safe. The soccer slide guide from issue 1 also fitted nicely into this.

Below is the first set of Pics I'm sure you'll all remember some of these stars

Issue Two Advertising

Mr Pendragon (Issue 1)

A close second behind We are United was The Sinister World of Mr Pendragon, a strip that would last for the whole Champ run. Mr Pendragon was a kind of supernatural policeman, always there to help and in some cases to late to help. As each story was different each week it stayed fresh and to my memory was the 1st strip of its kind in any DCT paper. In issue one we were introduced to..........



Jimmy liked to play games with the supernatural, and he would have another opportunity soon on a family holiday....



The boys found some further information on the ghost and Jimmy hatched his next hoax.



But Jimmy was to be visited as the joke took a different turn.



Enter Mr Pendragon......



Unfortunately Mr Pendragon cannot save everyone and events would take a dramatic turn...

Mikes Millions (Issue 1)

Mike Sadler was one of DCT down trodden characters seen in many strips, his parents had died and was now living with his bully Uncle Fred. Normally he would of gone on to be a star footballer, but Mike was destined to become the owner of a multi million pound company.

He had befriended the owner, who left the company to mike....



Making his first appearance at a board meeting, not everyone on the board was happy.



Especially Mr Luther....




Luther was greedy and was already plotting Mikes downfall, but as he would learn Mike was very resourceful...

Fun Section (Issue 1)

Champ had a good amount of comic content, presented by Dennis the Menace from The Beano four pages an issue were filled with various characters from other DCT comics. There was Puss 'n' Boots from Sparky and send for Kelly from The Beezer.














There was also a selection of stories from Buzz Comic, below is the first from issue 1 featuring Old Batty.




Arty & Hairy Dan the football fan would appear in various issues along the run.



One character that would appear every week is the legend that was I Spy from Sparky Comic, I have included the first below.












There was an opportunity for readers to comment on the contents of the first issue.

Kids Rule OK (Issue 1)

Kids Rule OK was very much a Grange Hill type story, I think this was only the second time DCT had ventured into this area, the other being The Bleak Street Bunch in Spike. We were introduced to the regular gang who were....

























The story revolved around the closure & demolition of Kingsway school. The news was broken to the kids in a special assembly.




Unfortunately for one of the kids Nick Colson he was hiding a terrible secret from his friends, his Dad was the developer...



After losing a football match to one of the schools the kids would go to, tension was high until trouble maker Junkyard came out with a good idea.......