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Before comics there were Story Papers.
Story papers were long text stories with the occasional illustration. In
the space of three years, DC Thomson launched five story papers.
Adventure was the first of the five papers.
The story paper market was dominated
at the time by Amalgamated Press (Fleetway / IPC Magazines / Egmont)
with their story papers 'The
Magnet Library' and 'The
Gem Library'. the former having a lot of success with Billy Bunter and co.
Adventure was an initial success and
DC Thomson decided to launch another two comics the following year which
were 'The Rover' and 'The
Wizard'. Followed by
The Skipper in1930 and
The Hotspur in 1933.
Adventure's adventures came to an end
when it merged into The
Rover in 1961.
Toy 'Adventure Van' available through
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