Striker Magazine
First Issue: 10th January 1970Last Issue: 26th February 1972Copyright: City Magazines Ltd Not to be…
Striker Magazine
First Issue: 10th January 1970Last Issue: 26th February 1972Copyright: City Magazines Ltd Not to be confused with the similarly named comic ‘Striker 3D’, Striker issue number one appeared on 10th January 1970, which incidentally is the date of the first issue of ‘Scorcher’ comic. The first issue included a free gift of a ‘Dial –…
Lion Comic
First Issue: 23rd February 1952Last Issue: 18th May 1974Copyright: Fleetway Robot Archie Lion comic was the first of three ‘Big Cat’ themed comics, the other two being Tiger and Jag. The first issue of Lion was dated 23rd February 1952 and introduced ‘The Jungle Robot’ (George Cowan). ‘The Jungle Robot’ was the strongest mechanical man…
Tarzan Weekly Comic
First Issue: 11th June 1977Last Issue: 22nd October 1977Copyright: Byblos Edgar Rice Burroughs Weekly comic based on the 1912 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The first issue of ‘Tarzan Weekly’ comic came with a free gift of a ‘Survival Kit Bag’ . The first issue also featured ‘Tarzan’, ‘Korak son of Tarzan’ and ‘Akut King…
Valiant Comic
First Issue: 6th October 1962Last Issue: 16th October 1976Copyright: IPC Magazines The Steel Claw The first issue of Valiant saw the appearance of ‘The Steel Claw’ (Tom Tully, Jesus Blasco). ‘The Steel Claw’ was the story of Louis Crandell who was the assistant to a scientist called Professor Barringer. During a laboratory accident Crandell lost…
Buddy Comic
First Issue: 14th February 1981Last Issue: 6th August 1983Copyright: DC Thomson Limp Along Leslie ‘Buddy’ comic issue number one appeared on 14th February 1981 and included a free gift of a ‘Pop Pistol with Two Free Bullets’. Stories in the first issue were ‘Limp Along Leslie’, ‘The Wolf of Kabul’, ‘Deep Sea Danny’s Iron Fish’,…
POW! Comic
First Issue: 21st January 1967Last Issue: 14th September 1968Copyright: Odhams Spider-Man In the 1960s, publishers Odhams obtained the rights to reprint Marvel superhero characters in their five ‘Power’ comics which were ‘Pow!’, ‘Wham!’, ‘Fantastic’, ‘Terrific’ and ‘Smash!’ ‘Pow!’ comic ran for 86 issues before joining Smash! comic on 14th September 1968. ‘Pow!’ comic was a…
Rocket Comic
First Issue: 21st April 1956Last Issue: 24th November 1956Copyright: News of the World Flash Gordon The first issue of Rocket included Captain Falcon, Escape from Earth, John Storm, Why I am Editing, The Jungle of Space, Flash Gordon, Johnny Hazard, Brick Bradford, St. Rockets, Earthward Bound, News of Other Worlds, Your Guide to Guided Missiles…
Buster Comic
First Issue: 28th May 1960Last Issue: 4th January 2000Copyright: IPC Magazines Andy Capp The Daily Mirror newspaper strip character, Andy Capp, was the creation of Reg Smythe. When ‘The Mirror Group’ took over ‘Amalgamated Press’ a new comic was created. The new comic was named after the main protagonist, the son of Andy Capp, ‘Buster’….
Sparky Comic
First Issue: 23rd January 1965Last Issue: 16th July 1977Copyright: DC Thomson ‘The Moonsters’ by Bill Ritchie was the story of Penny and Peter Pleasant who were visiting a space travel show when Peter’s sticky fingers led to a space ship taking off with Peter and Penny inside. The back page of Issue two of saw…
The Topper
First Issue: 17th February 1953Last Issue: 15th September 1990Copyright: DC Thomson First issue of ‘The Topper’ introduced ‘Mickey the Monkey’. The cheerful little monkey was the all colour star of the front cover. With the asistance of his friend ‘Polly’ the parrot, Mickey went on to make 1074 front cover appearances before settling down inside…
