Wham! their tour of China, received its world premiere as part of the festivities. For several years after becoming a solo artist, Michael spoke negatively, in public, about his time with Wham, partly because of the negativity of intense media coverage on Ridgeley. Michael complained of the constant pressure he felt, and he claimed that the duo had been mistreated financially. He also spoke disparagingly about some of the videos and songs from the Wham repertoire, especially the video from "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", and the songs from Fantastic. However, his perspective on the era softened somewhat in the
Wham! (comics) Wham! (comics) Wham! was a weekly British comic book magazine published by Odhams Press. It ran for 187 issues from 20 June 1964 to 13 January 1968, when it merged into its sister title "Pow!". Although "Wham!" was superficially a typical British comic in the mould of The Beano, its later issues (under the Power Comics imprint) included short instalments of "The Fantastic Four" reprinted from American Marvel Comics. The initial success of "Wham!" prompted the creation of sister titles "Pow!" and "Smash!" with similar intent, and led to the formation of the "Power Comics" line. But as costs rose