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'''Harry Papadopoulos''' (born [[1954]])<ref name=streetlevel>[https://www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/Harry_Papadopoulos Harry Papadopoulos - Street Level Photoworks]</ref> is a former events photographer and comics editor born in Scotland. Formerly a teacher, Papadopoulos taught himself how to use a camera and embarked on a long career as a staff photographer for {{w|Sounds (magazine)|''Sounds''}}, providing candid shots of rock musicians from the burgeoning indie scene between 1979 and 1984.<ref name=northlit>[https://thenorthlitagency.com/harry-papadopoulos/ Harry Papadopoulos - The North Literary Agency]</ref> In the mid-to-late 80s, he changed gears to editing comics for [[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]], where he helmed books like ''[[wikia:marvel:Care Bears (UK) Vol 1|Care Bears]]'', ''[[wikia:marvel:Flintstones and Friends Vol 1|The Flintstones and Friends]]'', and ''[[wikia:memory-alpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine (Marvel)|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.<ref name=streetlevel/><ref name=northlit/>

Papadopoulos succeeded [[Euan Peters]] as the editor of Marvel UK's ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]''<ref name=medium>[https://medium.com/@jamesroberts_96602/transformers-uk-the-comic-that-nearly-cheated-death-9ac69e7578d2 Transformers UK — the comic that (nearly) cheated death | by James Roberts | Medium]</ref> circa [[Dark Creation|issue 290]], assisted in the changeover by [[Staz]].<ref name=dnb302>[[Source:Darn 'n' Blast#Issue 302|Darn 'n' Blast, issue 302]]</ref> His tenure coincided with the book's removal of UK-original ''Transformers'' material, leaving Papadopoulos as the custodian over a book consisting only of reprinted content (save the continuing adventures of ''[[Combat Colin]]''). The only homegrown fiction produced in this period, the festive text story "[[Dreadwind's Xmas!]]", was penned by Papadopoulos.<ref>''[[Transformers: Best of the Rarities]]''</ref> As with all of the book's editors since the departure of [[Ian Rimmer]], Papadopoulos was uncredited, with the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]] noting that the comic's new editor "like[d] to be known simply as '''''The Nurse'''''";<ref name=dnb310>[[Source:Darn 'n' Blast#Issue 310|Darn 'n' Blast, issue 310]]</ref> we only know about his involvement today due to <s>phone calls to the Marvel office by nosy fans</s> contemporary investigative journalism by members of [[Transmasters UK]]. Papadopoulos was with ''Transformers'' until its [[End of the Road! (US)|final issue]], and he was let go from Marvel when its Boys Department dissolved.<ref name=genmechs>''Generation Mechs'' by [[James Roberts]]</ref>

In 2002, at the age of 46,<ref name=genmechs/> Papadopoulos suffered a debilitating brain aneurysm. During his transition into assisted care, he was reunited with {{w|The Bluebells}}'s Ken McCluskey, who arranged for some of Papadopoulos' thousands of rock photographs to be exhibited in a temporary museum installation.<ref name=scotsman>[https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/picturing-the-work-of-music-photographer-harry-papadopoulos-1676725 Picturing the work of music photographer Harry Papadopoulos] at The Scotsman</ref> Papadopoulos assisted with the curation of the exhibition, which was subsequently immortalised in book form.<ref name=northlit/>

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