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3653:, as it is made up entirely of ailing and decrepit players. Each week the Tearaways – Hairy, Lug'oles and Clever Dick – execute some scheme from the touchline to help Grimshot win that week's fixture, usually involving a battle of wits with officials from the Ministry of Football, who, not unnaturally, try to put a stop to the Tearaways' well-intentioned cheating. The name of the club, Grimshot United, was a humorous indication that the team was not very good (i.e. that the players were "grim shots"). Each strip features a single match, with a plot based around helping the team overcome that week's opponent. Clever Dick masterminds all the ploys used in helping Grimshot, and apart from occasional words of congratulation or encouragement, he is generally the only "Tearaway" who has dialogue in the strip. Hairy and Lug'oles tend to be merely a pair of walking visual gags: Hairy's features are perpetually invisible behind a vast mass of long black hair that covers his entire face and head, and Lug'oles has a pair of enormous ears. 726:

inside pages, too, there was a much more noticeable quantity of adverts: each issue typically carried four full-page ads, plus two half-page ads. It was a noticeable feature of the relaunch that the comic now expanded to 40 pages, in order to cope with the need to carry an extra four pages of advertising in each issue. This was a potentially significant new strategy and a major change of policy. No longer did the profitability of the comic rest exclusively with the income derived from its sales figures. That sales income was now supplemented by advertising revenue, and without even having to sacrifice any significant amount of page space, nor cancel any strips, thanks to adding the additional pages.

2153:). Jordan/The Spectre is now fighting crime, rather than merely reporting it, using an array of gadgets that make it seem he is the ghost of the missing reporter. Hence his opponents are terrified to find that if they shoot him he doesn't die (thanks to a bullet-proof raincoat). And he has a secret underground hideout beneath the statue erected in his memory, from which he covertly and unexpectedly emerges, or disappears into, under cover of an artificial fog, to give the impression he is coming and going from the spirit world. In his first case he tracks down Black Murdo, the racketeer who the world believes had murdered him. 4417:, each week's cover featured a full-page splash advertising the task that adventurer Simon Test would undertake in a new strip on the inside pages. This strip proved so successful that when the original thirteen-week series was completed (featuring one task each week), Simon Test was given a new series of adventures, extending his hold on the cover indefinitely (he had 47 covers in all). The Simon Test feature would prove particularly enduring, being one of the few strips to ultimately survive the merger with 2272:; this significantly increased the cost of publishing the American strips (which had to be paid for in dollars), and raised the daunting specter of further increases if the pound fell in value yet again. Increasing the cover price of the Power Comics titles to compensate was impossible because of stiff competition (with sales on a sharp downward spiral, as circulation fell victim to the ever-increasing popularity of television); so the fall in the value of sterling made the American strips unaffordable. 2910:

to the fortune, and Parkinson's villainous henchman, Fred Bloggs. Lord Henry, as he has now become, is more than ably assisted by his butler, Jarvis, whom he inherited from the previous Earl. Jarvis proves indispensable. Henry is never portrayed as anything other than an able athlete and a good-natured bloke, leaving Jarvis to supply the cunning which is (frequently) needed to defeat the dastardly Mr. Parkinson and prevent Henry's ancestral home, Castle Plonkton, from being turned into a glue factory.

2931:; ships from all over the world call there, and the crews conduct impromptu soccer matches to while away the time in port. Some of the crews have been stranded there, and constant soccer practice (since there is nothing else to do) has caused them to develop fantastic footballing skills. Kraft ships eleven of them, from as many different countries, back to England; and they use their highly unorthodox individual skills to play as a team in the old 3455:, the only surviving sports strip from the Odhams, which continued to prosper. Possibly feeling the strip was suffering in the credibility stakes, the new editorial team made a decision to change the name of King's manager, the aforementioned Blarney Stone. They threw Blarney out of the series and substituted a new manager with a less silly name: "Ballyhoo Barnes". Even so, Blarney reappeared after a few weeks, back by popular demand. 2126:). Wizard Prang is alternately helped and hindered by Englebert, his pet bird. The best feature of the strip is the sign above Wizard Prang's front door. This usually reads "Wizard Prang is... In" (if he is at home) or "Wizard Prang is... Out" (if he is out and about); but if he's had a bad time in the story, the sign would often make a humorous remark in the final panel, such as "Wizard Prang is... All at Sea". 3900:

reputation for his misdeeds in the 16th-century, but was thought to have perished in a shipwreck during a storm at sea. Blaming the family for his troubles, he sets out for revenge by kidnapping them one by one. The strip had only a short run, but when discontinued it, unusually, came to a natural conclusion, rather than merely wrapping-up many continuing plot threads unconvincingly in the final panel.

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The protagonist was born in 1840 as the orphan Jonas Clarke. His background story explains that he was sent to an orphanage where he was mistreated, but escaped and lived in the streets. There he befriended a beggar, Blind Largo, who taught him pickpocketing, but also trained Clarke's unique gift for body bending and escaping. As an adult, Clarke takes on the persona of Janus Stark.

2223: 1390:'s illustrations from which the TV series was derived). At one point, the strip occupied a prestigious position as the full-colour back cover feature each week, and it survived throughout the entire run of 162 issues published by Odhams (even though, after giving up its back-cover status, it was sometimes ignominiously reduced to only a quarter-page "filler"). 2895:, and can communicate after a fashion with the local wildlife, for whom he acts as a protector. The strip initially featured humorous stories about the attempts of Knocker Reeves – the worst of the "monsters" – to get the better of the new teacher. But eventually, it transpires that Patchman is secretly the guardian of a collection of relics left behind by 2980:– became a science fiction serial, when the boys discover that their late father's mind is preserved within the brain of a robot, which becomes their unofficial guardian. They all embark on a quest to track down a criminal known as The Genie, who had murdered their real father – who, in a further improbable turn of events, turns out to be a secret agent. 4488:) came to a halt due to a printers' strike, and no editions were published for the next three months. By the time the strike was settled, in February of the following year, irreparable damage had been done to the comic's circulation, as its young readers had turned elsewhere in the intervening 11 weeks. Similar harm had been suffered by 1829:, which shrank from its original two pages each week to only a single page. The loss of the extra page was a setback, but was compensated for by the strip now having a more prestigious location in the comic, and of course by now being in colour. The expansion of the American content, with the arrival of 4092:

The misadventures of spaceman Monty Muddle, who flies about in his small bubble-domed spacecraft trying to make friends with the Earth people. However, due to his misunderstanding of Earth customs, his every attempt at contact ends in disaster; each strip typically ends with the catchphrase "I'll try

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The amiable ghost of a 16th-century soldier who had been beheaded. Harry's head and body lead separate but related ghostly existences, with the body carrying the head around everywhere, and both of them able to talk. Harry's humorous adventures invariably involve misplacing his head; such as going to

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fens. He is appointed as the new sports master at Marshside Secondary School, nicknamed "The Marsh", because he is the only person who can control the kids – a group of hooligans known as "the Monsters of the Marsh" (there is an association of ideas between fens and marsh, reinforced by the fact that

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familiar to most schoolboys from chemistry class). Ben Bunsen is the owner of a vintage car known as "the Burner" because it is so old it is steam-driven. Like an old-fashioned steam train, it has a boiler which has to be stoked, as it runs on coal instead of petrol. Ben and his pal have to drive the

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The financial crisis which overtook Odhams in 1968, resulting in the closure of all the other Power Comics, also caused them to give up the expensive licence to reprint the Marvel superhero stories. This decision took effect in March 1969, when the licence came up for renewal; the final Marvel strips

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was particularly short-lived; and there were numerous others, equally forgettable. None proved popular enough to last. Undeniably, none enjoyed the tremendous popularity of the American superhero strips which the comic would shortly feature, which genuinely had sufficient popularity to rival that of

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Sam is a schoolboy with a ghostly pal called Spooky, who uses his powers to humorous effect on Sam's behalf. The strip mostly consists of Sam's school friends catching Spooky doing a bit of ghostly cheating, in order to help Sam win at sports or football, and Sam doing a lot of running away to avoid

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Secret agent Simon Kane fights against Baron Rudolph, a usurper who has seized control of Britain using a secret weapon. The weapon emits a sound wave that paralyses anyone who isn't protected against it. Rudolph sets up a police state, similar in emblems and uniforms to medieval England at the time

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Henry Nobbins had been a labourer on a building site until he inherited the title of Earl of Ranworth and five million pounds. Before he can touch the money, however, he has to become champion in a number of sports. He also has to evade the nefarious attentions of Mr Parkinson, a rival claimant

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The "War" in the title refers to a feud between two wizards, Wizard Prang and his enemy Demon Druid. Other than the fact that Prang is robed entirely in white, befitting his status as the good guy, and Demon Druid is always in black, being the villain of the piece, their costumes are quite similar —

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A collection of unlikely neighbours rub shoulders on a very small street. The Snobbs and the Ardupps, Colonel Curry and Caesar (his dog), Miss Primm and her pets, Cutprice the Grocer, and Roger the Lodger are watched over by the dim-witted Constable Clott. Usually a one-page strip, its title spoofs

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Criminal scientist Doctor Droll escapes from Garstone Prison with the aid of an army of remote-controlled mechanical toys he had constructed, along the way taking the Prison Governor's children, Pam and Peter Keen, as hostages. Hampered by the children at every turn, Droll finds himself on the run,

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of reprint strips, which were much cheaper than commissioning new strips, this is yet another indicator of the financial pressure the comic was still under, and the absolute necessity of cutting production costs to the bone in order to make it financially viable. The strip was about an escapologist

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An escapologist in Victorian London who appears to be simply an unusual act on the music hall stage, but who privately used his extraordinary abilities to battle against injustice. Stark has an unusually flexible bone structure, enabling him to get out of an astonishing variety of tight situations.

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One other aspect of the change: under the umbrella of IPC Magazines Ltd, the editorial team of Alf and Cos was replaced by a single editor, identified only as "Mike". A hallmark of the new editorial policy of mixing serious and humorous strips was the even-handedness with which the editorial staff

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brought back to "life" by the evil Mardarax. Doom's pet Raven, Scarab, who, by scratching with his claw, can write messages in the dust for Angus McCraggan, is often of more help to Doom than the perpetually baffled McCraggan. The strip had various artists during its one-year run, but far and away

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couldn't hope to generate enough income on its own to meet the actual losses incurred due to the line's sudden contraction. In fact, it didn't need to. Because the Power Comics line was published by Odhams Press Ltd — a subsidiary company with limited liability — it was possible to ring-fence

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A sports adventure strip about wrestling champion Ken King (although in the earliest strips he began as a boxer). As was not exactly uncommon in the Odhams years, there was a tendency to give the characters silly names. The most outrageous example in this strip was King's manager, who (in spite of

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The decision in 1969 to discontinue the American superhero strips was the real cause of the comic's demise. Other problems would contribute to the difficulties it subsequently faced – including strikes at the company's printers – but the root cause of those problems was the falling circulation it

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his drawing style had matured, with an equal concentration on developing a zany but tight storyline, less emphasis on close-ups of facial expressions, but retaining the essentials needed to put over a character's own personality traits. The strip was popular enough that it survived the changes of

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odd, including Deathshead and various other agents of G.H.O.U.L.). He has some equally odd colleagues. Assisted initially by Mole (the tall one with the bald head, big nose, and spectacles) and Shortstuff (the short squirt with the hairy nut and big eyeballs), he then begins having adventures in

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me to cram my drawings with funny detail. A double standard operated. Working undercover, I was able to reduce the layouts to the simplest terms. Backgrounds were minimal or non-existent – just a horizon line. And there was no ancillary comic detail – just the characters acting out the storyline

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About the richest kid in the world, who stands to inherit a fortune if only he can get rid of the money he's got. Each week Ronnie spent his last penny, in some reckless or extravagant way, only to have his scheme backfire and make him richer than ever. He never did get his hands on the fortune.

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Reflecting its financial problems, the relaunched comic under IPC Magazines carried a significantly greater amount of advertising. One obvious change was the back cover (the only in-colour page apart from the front cover), which gradually began to carry colourful full-page advertisements. On the

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side Haversham Hotspurs. Morgan begins to rebuild the team by "framing" ex-criminals who he'd known while working in various prisons, forcing them to sign on with the club in order to make use of their dishonest skills as footballing talents. These convicts become the "handcuff hotspurs" of the

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Featuring two schoolboys: the eponymous Brian Kingsley and his friend Duffy Rolls. Brian possesses an electronic brain resembling a human skull which he carries about in a box. It can communicate with him telepathically, glowing when active; and it can control the actions of animals if they are

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A small plump schoolboy who fills his family home with an exotic collection of pets, thereby causing a predictable degree of comic chaos for his long-suffering mum and dad. Animals include a parrot, a tortoise, a white mouse, and a hedgehog; as well as (from time to time) such zoo animals as an

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Simon Test undertakes a quest for immortality by attempting the thirteen tasks of the Pharaoh Thot, believing this to be the only way to save his life, having been deceived into believing he has only a few months to live. The sinister Jabez Coppenger secretly desires Test's death as a means of

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David Pillater returns to Pillater House, his ancestral home on the Cornish coast, which he is to inherit on his 21st birthday. Along with his four cousins and his Uncle Bernard, David is imperiled by Francis Pillater, an ancestor who has seemingly returned from the dead. Francis has an evil

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was the last attempt in the UK market to publish a general boys comic, mixing adventure, sports and humour strips. Subsequent comics would survive only by ruthlessly focusing on narrow, sectional interests: such as all-sports, all-war, or all-humour; just as the American market had already

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by Jordi Bernet Science fiction adventure strip about two time travelers from the future — Rollo Stones and Danny Charters — assigned to various points in history to test the authenticity of museum artifacts, which leads to deadly danger every week. It debuted with issue #8 (26 Mar. 1966)

2064:, Baxendale penciled the drawings, and Mike Brown, an animator by trade, inked them in. In this way, they together turned out large numbers of the strips, which they sold to Odhams under Brown's name — a situation Baxendale referred to, in his 1978 autobiography, as working "undercover": 43: 3402:

was one of the handful of surviving Odhams strips, which after the relaunch moved from the prestigious front cover to the centre pages. Nevertheless, now drawn by Baxendale, it became a standard-bearer for sophisticated artwork. Baxendale began a five-year run on the strip (beginning in

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Most of the consequences of the change in publisher didn't become apparent until the issue cover-dated 15 March, in which the comic changed dramatically, dropping the last remaining Marvel superhero strips, to shed the expense of the licensing fee for using them (having already dropped

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format of 24 pages. IPC "bit the bullet" and, in a single bound, with issue #144 increased the page count from 24 to 36 pages (a fifty per cent increase), with a consequent sharp rise in production costs, and so a marked decline in profit-per-copy. IPC's intention was to reproduce with

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the original name of the team. Some panels showed evidence of the name having been inserted over a previous one: a change in the lettering style for the name 'Q-Squad' and any adjacent words – which used a different lettering in a cruder style wherever the name appeared, but nowhere

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Spooky and atmospheric series about sorcerer Cursitor Doom, master investigator of the strange and mystic, fighting the dark forces of evil, ably assisted by the pounding fists of his assistant, Angus McCraggan. Doom battles against genuine spirits and sorcerers, in tales including

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looking very different from its appearance in the wake of the relaunch just 12 months earlier. A vast number of new strips were added, in what amounted to a second relaunch, such that only half of those introduced in March 1969 now survived, although those which continued included

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became a Power Comic with issue #44, published 3 December 1966). The Power Comics line was published under a three-man editorial team known as Alf, Bart, and Cos. "Alf" (Alfred Wallace) was the managing editor, and "Cos" (Albert Cosser) was the editor directly responsible for

1491:, about a boy with a magic television set who can bring the characters in the programmes out from the TV screen into his world. It was a device for featuring, as guest stars in the strip each week, an assortment of popular TV stars. The strip's debut, for instance, featured 1407:

was the most bizarre of the Odhams humour strips, depicting a group of little characters inhabiting a schoolboy called Fatty: the strip shows them running Fatty like a group of workers running a factory. Allocated two pages, it followed the same formula as Baxendale's strip

2629:. Initially, Sgt. Rock is merely a narrator, introducing stories featuring other characters, so that the strip is actually tales-of-the-parachute-regiment rather than tales of Rock himself. This was a device for reprinting old war stories from other comics. The reprints in 2377:

Although desiring to discontinue the expensive American superhero reprints, Odhams were unable to immediately terminate their contracts with the American publishers, DC and Marvel. This could only be done gradually, when each contract came up for renewal. Thus, as each

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The misadventures of three men, globe-trotters McGinty, Hambone, and Weasel, who are traveling the world, trying to raise enough money to start their own construction company, but who get into fights – and jail – wherever they go. The strip was originally published in

1505:, maximising their appearance by splashing them across the front cover. The strip sought to capitalise on the enormous popularity of television — a popularity which was seriously harming comics sales. The hope was that by bringing popular television stars into 3096:, because, on the one hand, it needed some lead-time in which to ready new strips, and, on the other, in the publishing industry spring was traditionally considered a good time to launch a new comic. With the first relaunch issue (#163, dated 15 March 1969), 3886:, where he battles the twenty servants of the evil Ezekiel Spar, the self-styled Conqueror. This pits him against twenty athletes and champions, each of whom is under the hypnotic control of Spar, who implants in them an in-built impulse to kill Simon Test. 3142:

firmly placed itself within the world of British boys' comics (whereas it had previously appealed to both genders), proclaiming itself "Britain's Biggest Boys' Paper". Within the UK market, boys' comics for the age group which was too old for titles such as

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Half-page strip of the misadventures of a Mr. Know-It-All character, summed up by the strip's catchphrase, continually bellowed at the lead character by his irate victims: "Have a care there, Big 'Ead!" A half-page strip, it was originally published in

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One trend in British comics was to ride the coat-tails of the success of television, which was gradually killing off comics, by specialising in strips based on popular TV shows: titles which attempted to ride the back of the tiger in this fashion included

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These three new strips represented a minor change of emphasis, replacing two of the more whimsical offerings with two entirely serious strips; the third new entry (which was only a single-page) was simply one outright cartoon strip replacing another.

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underwent a major relaunch, and thereafter featured solely British content: a mixture of humour, sporting and adventure strips. A further relaunch in 1970 was almost as extensive, with a number of new strips introduced and an equal number cancelled.

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Annual that Christmas. Some indication of the effort put into this character is the fact that he was given sole possession of the front cover of the Annual. The strip did not prove popular, however, and quietly vanished in the reshuffles of 1970.

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The adventures of a handpicked group of six specialists who were assigned to unusual missions that required special expertise both in the air and on the ground. The strip was another of those initially drawn by one of IPC's best British artists,

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It was a feature of the Odhams years that the comic included a page for readers' letters, like the American comics published by Marvel and DC on which it was based, but the letters page was dropped in March 1969 in favour of extra advertising

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all debts on the Odhams publications within that one company, thus preventing any losses affecting the rest of the IPC Group (since IPC's other titles were all published by other IPC subsidiaries). Accordingly, with effect from 1 January 1969

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A motor racing serial about a feud between a young English racing driver, Jeff Jackson, who is working for Puma Motors in the U.S., and his enemy Vic Stafford, the Puma team's chief driver, who has taken a bribe to throw a forthcoming race.

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Annual continued to appear for many years afterward (continuing, in fact, until the 1976 Annual, published in the autumn of 1975). A lot of the strips thereby continued to appear each year, including many which had not even survived into

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About a mischievous young girl. The title logo featured a portrait of Penny and an illustration of a giant pre-decimal One Penny coin (the coin suggesting the connection with the proverb from which the character's name originated).

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Ben Bunsen is the owner of a vintage steam-driven car known as "the Burner". Ben and his pal drive the Burner around the world, as a condition of Ben inheriting his uncle's fortune; a rival claimant is secretly out to stop them.

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was limited to providing a list of titles and situations for the humour strips, together with brief written scenarios (script ideas for the individual weekly issues), which he gave to Wallace to be farmed-out to other artists.

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was a foreign illustrator, born in Argentina, who worked at a studio in Spain. For reasons of cost, IPC had taken a policy decision to source artwork from cheaper sources outside the UK. Along with the presence in the new

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children are stranded in occupied France in World War II. The Sparrow children – Tommy, Jan and Podge – are on the run from the Germans each week, in a single-page strip set in 1940. The strip was originally published in

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was cancelled after issue #15 (14 May 1966), but was revived 18 months later in issue #93 (11 November 1967) and then lasted until the March 1969 relaunch. Long after being cancelled in 1967, the time traveller feature

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known as W.H.E.E.Z.E. (short for "Weapon Handling Early Experimental and Zoning Establishment"). Nutt is kept out of trouble by his Army "minder", Sgt. "Lightning" Bolt. Nutt and Bolt perpetually clash with a cunning

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for Odhams in 1964, was too heavily embroiled with ongoing production on it, providing much of the art for each issue, so had little time for anything else. Also, Baxendale was then still working at long range from

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decided to change the names of the leading characters from Gunn and Barrel to slightly less absurd ones, and so were born secret agent Simon Kane and his assistant Tubby. This had been a very long-running strip in

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Those readers old enough to have become emotionally attached to comics before Odhams introduced American superhero strips to British readers tended to dislike those superhero strips. Whereas, according to the

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strip) in Stark's uncanny abilities. Stark's flexible bone structure, which was the basis of his career as an escapologist in the theatres, was perhaps more akin to Rubberman, a character who had featured in

738:(which had launched in 1964 and quickly built up strong circulation figures) encouraged Odhams' London management to publish a second title, conceived by Alf Wallace (Managing Editor of Odhams' juveniles – 3718:. This, too, in keeping with the need to cut costs, was a reprint, marked out as such by its unique style – which was both different from, and grimmer than, all the other strips. Whereas Sgt Rock emulated 4058:

the cinema and, on leaving, calling at the cloakroom to collect it (as though it was a hat), and being asked by the attendant to identify it among all the other ghostly heads left there during the film.

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specialised into all-funnies, all-horror, and all-superhero titles. The writing was on the wall for non-niche comics in the UK, for, in the face of the competition from television, even IPC's flagship,

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was a masterpiece of comic artistry. Many readers failed to understand (amongst many things in the strip that went over their heads) that the two main characters were drawn in the likeness of comedians

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was the constant "churn": the incessant turnover of strips. Without its solidly popular superhero strips to rely on, the editorial staff seemed pathologically incapable of settling on a fixed line-up.

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from discontinued titles — plus a slew of new British adventure strips, which were being added in preparation for the comic's impending transition to solely-British content and the new 40-page format.

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turned into an extremely surreal, even visceral, strip; achieving a rare level of hilarity and bawdiness, in a subversive presentation of comical horror – and in the process alarming IPC's management.

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newspaper is apparently killed while investigating a news story. The world believes newspaperman Jim Jordan is dead, but he still carries on his crusade against crime, calling himself The Spectre (

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thereby became the last ever British comic to feature a varied mix of adventure, humour, and sports-themed stories. Subsequent boys' comics featured exclusively sports, or war, or humour; such as

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restoring his own youth. This serial introduces the mute servant Karka, who ultimately becomes Test's friend and assistant. Test then goes on to the more lengthy series of adventures entitled

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as the lead serial on page 3 (swapping places with the latter, which was thus relegated to an inconspicuous location on pages 12 and 13). The strip was one of the few to survive the merger of

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Adventure strip where professor John Silverlight combats a bizarre monster awakened by a Russian space probe. It debuted with issue #9 (2 Apr. 1966) and canceled with issue #15 (16 May 1966).

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Humour strip about a boy with a magic television set who can bring the characters in the programmes out from the TV screen into his world. The comic debuted with issue #19 (11 June 1966).

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a flowing wizard's robe with stars on it, and a pointed hat. They fly around on broomsticks, zapping each other with spells which turn the other into a toad or something equally amusing (

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About a creepy but amusing comic book villain whose goal is world domination, which he attempts to achieve using various monsters and outrageous plot devices such as exploding treacle.

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in its portrayal of an ongoing feud between two wizards. Brown seems to have been unaware of the house rule banning artists from signing their work, as the strip often bore his name.

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had lasted only two years. It was only marginally profitable, but no title could have survived such a lengthy loss of production. Its demise was directly attributable to the strike.

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did not count as a war story in this context, since the three fugitive children did not do any conventional fighting. The strip was more like a souped-up version of the discontinued

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was relaunched without its American superhero strips. Further changes followed during the course of 1969, and then a second relaunch at the start of 1970, when IPC was taken over by

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After 22 weeks, in August 1969, a new round of changes occurred. Six months earlier, various humour strips had been introduced as replacements for the (far more surreal) humour of

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Featuring three young brothers with the surname Rebbel who run away from an orphanage to avoid being split up. After a few months, the strip took an amazing turn and – renamed

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Odhams Press Ltd continued in being until 7 January 1998, when it changed its name to Formpart (No.11) Limited, which still exists today, currently a dormant private company.

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team composed of eleven players from eleven different countries (not so unusual today). Football manager Harry Kraft finds himself a passenger on a ship passing through the

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from March 1969, but even during the Odhams years, it had wit and a sense of style. In Baxendale's hands, it had notable similarities to his earlier classroom-based strip,

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Hulk story, hastily produced as a filler when there was a problem with the originally intended reprint material. Titled "The Monster and the Matador", it was published in

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in Victorian London with an unusually flexible bone structure, which enabled him to get out of an astonishing variety of tight situations. There was more than a touch of

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by Ken Mennell, drawn by Alfredo Marculeta, also had some adventure elements, but was essentially a superhero strip with the central character 'borrowed' from Marvel's

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annuals were published initially by Odhams Books Ltd (1967-68), subsequently by the Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd (1969-70), and latterly by IPC Magazines Ltd (1971-76).

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Although, due to strikes and industrial disputes, publication was not continuous during that period. In all, there were 13 weeks in which the title was not published.

2474:, both of which were 36-pagers: in effect, to produce a clone of them: an identical mix of adventure and humour, with an identical page count, at an identical price. 1790:, crashing onto the front cover a month after the Hulk's debut, in re-edited reprints from American daily and Sunday newspaper strips (these were credited in-page to 8678: 8668: 3662:

The adventures of Johnny Small, a teenage hero with triple superpowers (hence the name Tri-Man), given to him by Professor Meek. He leaps about rooftops (shades of

834:) a strip of his own. Wallace also had Baxendale draw the covers for the first three issues, #1 featuring Ronnie Rich and #2–3 starring the Swots and the Blots. 7425:— in the 1970s, demonstrated that their superhero comics were capable of strong sales even in the face of competition from the newest rival: colour television. 7102: 1844:

Initially, this syndicated newspaper strip adopted the camp style of the television series, with appearances by humorous guest stars such as American funnyman

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were reasonably successful, running for a year; and Rock eventually featured as more than just narrator, with later editions sending him into action with the

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Superhero strip about an elastic superhero in conflict with his arch-enemy Doctor Fear, it debuted around issue #19. The strip occasionally crossed over with

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annual, published mainly under the Fleetway imprint, continued to appear every year. The final annual, cover-dated 1976, was published in the autumn of 1975.

1446:, and that the strip's humour was based on their movies. Perhaps too intelligent for its target audience – its disappearance was a great loss to the comic. 1049:, about Sgt. Joe Trimm and a squad of British soldiers who find a time travel machine made by aliens. They visit several eras, along the way capturing evil 3635:

title. The club's former manager, Reg Jessup, constantly tries to sabotage Morgan's efforts, in order to persuade the directors to re-appoint him instead.

2641:. This change was noticeable also by a change of artist; seemingly – from the similarity of style – to the artist on the discontinued humour wartime strip 1335:, with only a change of title. The characters (i.e. "Teach" and the Blots), the school buildings, and the situations, all were largely as they had been in 816: 3969:

pursued by the police wherever he goes. The idea of using radio-controlled toys in the strip was scarcely original, since it was a straight lift from the

3338:. The publisher hoped it could repeat the success of those titles by copying their successful formula. Nevertheless, without its discontinued superheroes 3303:

In light of how few strips of any sort survived from the Odhams era, and given that none of the superhero strips survived at all (which, according to the

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each week, those same Marvel and DC heroes were enormously popular among the younger age group who had not been reading comics previously. Accordingly,

3913:, with only the company of birds, has learned from them the secret of flight. By the use of a feather cape, he is able to glide through the air like an 889:. Baxendale drew the first few, which appeared as large single illustrations on the front cover of some early issues, after which Mike Lacey took over. 1722:

took up a massive six pages, one-quarter of each 24-page issue, pushing fully five existing strips out of that issue, and causing the cancellation of

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were published in hardback, beginning with the 1967 Annual (published in 1966). These appeared every autumn. Even after the magazine's absorption by

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Further changes followed: fully thirteen strips had been introduced since the start of 1970. In the issue dated 27 June, a new humour strip began,

4386:, the cover feature had to go too. It was not practical to advertise war stories on the cover if there were no war stories inside. The newly added 3461:

proved to be the most successful (certainly the most long-running) of the new sports-based strips; it ultimately became one of the few to outlast

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Moreover, the publisher was taking a significant risk by re-launching the former Power Comic as, in effect, a clone of IPC's most popular titles,

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was essentially a humour and superhero comic, with few traditional adventure strips. Notable adventure series in the first hundred issues include

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had been dropped, an all-British superhero called Tri-Man appeared, debuting in the issue dated 13 September; the character also featured in the

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Furthermore, the editorial column admitted receiving complaints from readers about the loss of the Marvel superhero strips. So, six months after

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cover feature was an illustration of a historical army or militia with a short text description. The relaunch issue's cover feature was entitled

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Humour strip about a boy who doesn't know his own strength. Debuted around issue #29, lasting until around issue #104; also appeared in the 1970

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Accordingly, it was Alf Wallace and Albert Cosser (soon to be known to their young audience as Alf and Cos) who determined the initial format of

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eventually faded, from issue #114 onward Batman and Robin were moved to the inside pages, yielding the front cover to the long-running success

4226:, which had bought out IPC that year. In the aftermath of the changes made in August 1969, further changes made at the start of 1970 left 3683:

had so disturbed IPC's management. Another change was now forthcoming, one which reflected the pervasive sporting theme of the relaunched

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had nothing unique about it that might attract new readers, featuring as it did a mix of strips reprinted from (or based on the style of)

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The change of name to Eric probably reflects on the continuing fame (during the 1960s) of a real-life Viking leader in Dark Age Britain,

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As under Odhams, humour continued to play a large part in the relaunched comic (in terms of the page count), not to the extent it did in

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Odhams branded the two titles, and three more launched in quick succession — all heavily featuring Marvel reprints — as part of the

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was sized 9.75" × 12" (#1–162) and 9.25" × 12" (#163–257), and had a four-colour cover and black-and-white interior.

3413:, with some fill-ins by Les Barton), by adopting a new style, one which influenced many others in the comics field, just as his earlier 2651:

was introduced in issue #158 (8 Feb. 1969). It was an adventure yarn with humorous overtones (hinted at in its title, a reference to an

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About two rival gangs — the Swots and the Blots — vying to outwit each other at Pond Road School, with "Teach" caught in the crossfire.

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endured yet another major shakeup in the first two months of 1970, when further changes of editorial policy were imposed by new owners

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was discontinued during the reshuffles of August 1969, when various changes were quietly made to the title over the course of a month.

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hero who fights a weird but impressive collection of legendary and fantasy monsters. It is well-remembered under its original title,

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Odhams comics titles faced their first serious crisis in May 1967. The editorial page warned readers in issue #68 (20 May 1967) that

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Spoken quickly for comic effect, the names of the two characters were intended to sound like that of a district in Liverpool called

1860:, as Batman and Robin attempt to save Superman from the diabolical Professor Zinkk, who was secretly poisoning him with kryptonite. 784:

They also recruited the artists who would draw the early issues, as it was plain that Baxendale was fully occupied with the art for

1282:. When the strip was eventually dropped, Bad Penny herself still continued to appear, making occasional appearances in Baxendale's 8688: 408:). All the comics owned by it were published by one or other of the subsidiary companies brought together to form IPC, including 4545:, though it was to last only a few months in its new home, finally ending in December 1971. However, it was revived in the 1972 4451:

was launched in early 1971. A common supernatural theme linked the three new humour strips. Dropped to make room for these were

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had enjoyed perhaps the greatest popularity, surviving the shake-ups of 1969 and 1970, and then surviving even the merger with

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who fancy themselves as musicians, speak in Liverpudlian slang (even the original title of the strip was derived from a slang

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A group of little characters inhabiting a schoolboy called Fatty, running his body like a group of workers running a factory.

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publication. Despite being the longest survivor, and inheriting many popular strips from the other four Power Comics titles,

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readers did not resent the superheroes, because in 1966 that comic had only just launched, so there were no real changes –

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Annual, published at Christmas 1971, and returned year after year, becoming the regular cover feature of the Annuals.

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work had done; and in the process attaining a new, deliriously daft, high standard, one rarely approached by other strips.

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featured the Power Comics logo on its cover for 100 issues, until #143 (26 October 1968); it was quietly dropped the week

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of King John, and Kane leads the resistance against him. The hero was originally called Vic Gunn. The editorial staff of

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Burner around the world, as a condition of Ben inheriting his uncle's fortune, but a rival claimant (shades of the later

2626: 2515: 2391: 62: 7574: 7356:, which still exists today, although it had to become a monthly title in order to survive (and adopt a magazine format). 3605:(from 16 August 1969 to 30 January 1970 only), most of the run features art by Bradbury. It was originally published in 1597:

during the Odhams years, which tended to be "sloppy in presentation and possessed of little real character or emotion".

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Commander Erhart and earning the friendship of a policeman from the future, Cornelius Kerrigan. Originally published in

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About a crew of tiny creatures wreaking havoc inside the Goggs family's television set. Parlett was known for drawing

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table-football, but they were few and far between, and their combined total didn't usually exceed one page per issue.

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might have survived into that 1970s era of colour TV if it could have managed to retain its popular superhero strips.

1273:, he had concentrated on experimenting with facial expressions and character traits. By the time he began working on 325:

line, notable for its publication of American superhero strips. During this period, alongside British humour strips,

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The first changes in 1970 occurred in the issue dated 24 January, when three new strips appeared, all reprints from

2575:. They were really a part of the coming relaunch, but were introduced slightly ahead of time to disguise that fact. 6322: 3111:, which, drawn by Mike Lacey, had occupied the cover during the final part of the Odhams years (50 covers in all); 1884: 8401: 2180:, bringing with him a band of highly trained apes. The strip was created to milk the popularity of the big-budget 8683: 2932: 8171: 6553:. The final published story had a new ending substituted, in a rushed attempt to resolve a continuing sub-plot. 8673: 7943: 3631: 2891:

Patchman camps in the inaccessible heart of the marshes). Patchman is a burly woodsman who has always lived in

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To plug the gap left by the loss of the American strips, four adventure serials were introduced in issue #144:

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on 6 August of that year, and to the launching of two entire comics entirely dedicated to Marvel superheroes –

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took over the front cover (eventually holding that spot for better than a year and a half, 94 covers), whilst

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was launched (with a cover price of 7d for 24 pages) on 5 February 1966 following a similar model. Early on,

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with issue #144 (2 November 1968) — resulted in ever more ludicrous titles, culminating in the astonishing

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in the same issue as the FF's debut (#137); these, however, lasted only through issue #144 (2 Nov. 1968).

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having exhausted all Hulk stories, from all sources, which had been published in the USA up to that time.

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Hard-as-nails former prison sports instructor 'Toff' Morgan (so-called for his habit of always wearing a

3131:'s former numbering was discontinued. To have maintained the original sequential numbering alongside the 2177: 423:, overseen by managing editor Alfred Wallace. Following the initial success of the anarchic humour comic 7674: 3755:

Thus, within six months, a number of the strips introduced in the relaunch had already bitten the dust.

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scientist named Doktor Skull. As the title implies, the strip was born out of the earlier popularity of

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between 1 October 1966 – 7 October 1967; it would later be reprinted again, in the European version of

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was that it went through far too many changes in its early days, particularly in its adventure strips.

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was often a half-page feature; it proved popular enough that it made sporadic reappearances in the new

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were the most popular feature of the Power Comics line), it would be stretching the truth to say that

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then introduced a new cover feature, new strips, and free gifts. In all but name, it was a new comic.

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was still being published. The increasingly frantic series of mergers — first when the already-merged

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Storyline: From "The Growing Man" through "The Ringmaster's Circus of Crime" to "When Falls A Hero".

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strips, which together had comprised a full third of each 24-page issue, but had to accommodate both

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Whereas 1968 began with all five Power Comics titles apparently flourishing, by the year's end only

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The 7th February issue then saw a full relaunch: with more free gifts, another new cover feature —

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Secret agent strip about The Cloak, the top agent for Britain's Special Squad, nominally a part of

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strip featured by Odhams, the success of which led to the introduction of the Fantastic Four into

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and its two-man crew, Enoch and Bert, a pair of oafs with a love/hate relationship (mostly hate).

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suffered, which was a consequence of not having any unique elements to distinguish it from other

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I was in a delightful situation. Working under my own name, a lot was expected of me. Publishers

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was one of these. Ironically, Baxendale's strips would eventually become a major contribution to

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Football-themed strip featuring three mad-keen supporters of Grimshot United, a totally useless

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only lasted until issue #26, as it was symptomatic of the British adventure strips that plagued

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Within the British market, boys' comics for the age group which was too old for titles such as

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sought to attract readers of both types, by offering traditional adventure as well as humour.

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that Marvel had published in America, Odhams turned to the Hulk's "guest star" appearances in

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One of the major causes of the collapse was the repeated decline in 1968 of the value of the

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A boy in a metal spacesuit who flies around outer space, bringing disaster wherever he goes.

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saga seemingly reaching a natural conclusion, instead of merely being summarily abandoned).

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readers tended to resent the changes made in 1966, because British strips were canceled in

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made occasional appearances (but did not appear every week). Much mourned were the loss of

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which he finds himself also alongside the sexy and flirtatious Lady Shady, the shady lady.

2017: 1995: 1782: 1477:), except that it could not hold its own against the brilliance of Reid's sea-faring twit. 268: 8221: 2567:), and ending many other strips too. Two new adventure strips joined the lineup, however: 2025:

story had a new ending substituted, in a rushed attempt to resolve a continuing sub-plot.

1524:, about a mouse secret agent, which debuted in issue #3 and ran until the summer of 1967. 8: 7794: 7657: 7408: 6212: 5255: 3525:

in 1966. Lopez's dark, moody artwork also gave the strip a perfect 19th century setting.

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Of the former Odhams strips, only a handful survived. Humour strips that continued were

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Ltd, a new IPC subsidiary formed during 1968, leaving Odhams with no continuing titles;

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A science fiction strip set in the 18th century. A young Scottish laird returns to the

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was published on 3 April 1971; soon after on 10 April it was merged with the IPC title

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line, a gimmick dreamed up by Odhams to unify their five titles under a common banner (

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covers had run into a problem, in that war stories were no longer a strong element of

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actually ceased publication in April 1971 before it had reprinted the entire run from

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reached a new standard of excellence when Baxendale began drawing it for the new-look

1167:'s first 162 issues. The initial lineup of humour strips included three originally by 8607: 7521: 7352: 7128: 6783: 6271: 5380: 5191: 5010: 4281:. Three of the strips only recently introduced were also dropped, namely the wartime 4074: 3676: 2896: 2359: 1803: 1764: 1714: 1468: 1423: 1382: 1206: 1128: 1004: 960: 644: 518: 228: 7645: 2362:, one of several established features which were dropped instead of transferring to 1339:. The only difference was the addition of the Swots, so that Teach now had an ally. 1221:

by Walter Thorburn and George Parlett, with later contributions by Cyril Price; and

8239: 7926: 7186: 6417:#3), then from "Defeated by the Frightful Four" to "Lo, There Shall Be An Ending". 6406: 5656: 4989: 4727: 4484: 4419: 3566: 3542: 3409: 3366: 3334: 3169: 2604: 2470: 2285:— which had already absorbed the most popular strips from its previous merger with 1944: 1848:. In the later part of the run (which featured serious, rather than camp, stories) 1190: 921: 715: 660: 310: 256: 107: 8500: 7843: 1516:

Another early strip based on the spy craze of the Sixties, though not featured in

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Humour strip about a mouse secret agent. It debuted with issue #3 (19 Feb. 1966).

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The initial lineup of strips mixed humour and adventure freely, with the comedic

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the successful formula which was buoying-up sales of their most popular titles,

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carried. There were occasional quarter-page inserts, mainly advertising foreign

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There were also two 96-page Holiday Specials, published in 1969 and 1970, and a

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Its status as a reprint was also signaled by the fact that Q-Squad was plainly

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ceased publication, in April 1971, before it had reprinted the entire run from

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was one of these. The strip's origins lay in Baxendale's classroom-based strip

1291: 1247: 1037: 803: 752: 711: 631:(an IPC subsidiary formed during 1968). The title was now published out of 189 560: 502: 458: 425: 297: 91: 23: 6437:, in which the strip had initially featured). Final Marvel strip to appear in 4188:

The spirit of an ancient galleon, and the ghosts of its pirate crew, sail the

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that group's demise, was an odd choice! The strip was originally published in

3058:, and in the final issue created an (unconvincing) new ending for the serial. 1833:, meant the loss of two more of the initial British strips: the reprint strip 989:

by Walter Thorburn and George Parlett, with later contributions by Cyril Price

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A schoolboy, Barry Moon, finds a genie in a dusty old bottle. This replaced

3388:, but there was also a strong humorous undercurrent in the new lead serial, 1453:

was the first and only character to hold the coveted colour centre pages of

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spoof set in 1940, featuring an English scientist named Professor Nutt, a

1931:, in which the strip had initially featured). As one of only a handful of 7991: 7961: 7238: 6884: 6460: 6410: 6275: 6024: 5919: 5628: 4635: 4513: 4406: 4237: 4184: 4124: 4067: 3921:. The story was perhaps loosely based on a humour strip which had run in 3873: 3724: 3488: 3485:

was adventure serials, and far and away the most successful of these was

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Stringer, Lew (28 January 2009). "Comic oddities: Smash Fun Book 1971".

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had been canceled). And especially mourned was the loss of Ken Reid and

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within a few yards, which is the limit of its brain-wave transmissions.

357:, thereby becoming the last surviving Power Comics title. In March 1969 308:, from 5 February 1966 to 3 April 1971. After 257 issues it merged into 8188: 7555: 7380: 7325: 6744: 6520: 6447: 6387: 6344: 6340: 6225: 5487: 4189: 3719: 3663: 3067: 2928: 2835: 2791: 2397: 2296: 2096: 2052:, another IPC subsidiary. All the same, he still contributed strips to 1971: 1897: 1893: 1845: 1686: 1663:

After only five months – foreshadowing many, many reshuffles to come –

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the comic – a not very subtle ploy to boost its circulation and sales.

774: 568: 272: 244: 236: 224: 8542: 1955:#3. Their adventures continued with "Defeated by the Frightful Four" ( 8175: 7422: 7402: 7221: 4623: 4609: 4112: 3914: 3650: 3415: 3323:, which was objectively a more sophisticated strip in 1968, did not. 3161:

tended to focus around adventure, sport, and war — in titles such as

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with issue #137 (14 September 1968) and then when the already-merged

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newspaper strip had already been discontinued, ending in issue #157.

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again next week!" This half-page strip was originally published in

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The adventures of the greatest film stuntman in the world. Replaced

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In January 1969 Odhams ceased to exist as a publishing imprint, and

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by Jordi Bernet; the latter two both had science fiction overtones.

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was represented by only four strips, totaling a meager nine pages:

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tended to focus around adventure, sport and war (in titles such as

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more or less teemed with American strips from the very beginning.

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became one of a handful of strips to survive the changes of 1969.

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strips to survive the merger, the Fantastic Four was used to lure

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series was ended. Instead, the issue dated 7 February 1970 began

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Mis-leading Seaman Wacker, who is forever driving the captain of

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readers to the new comic. The strip was introduced to readers of

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A notable feature of the Odhams years was how few advertisements

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International Catalogue of Superheroes. Retrieved Feb. 10, 2021.

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was dropped, and replaced from the 23rd issue by a more serious

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was the most creative and sophisticated Odhams strip (save only

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underwent its first major overhaul: black-and-white reprints of

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It's hard to overstate the significance of the introduction of

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Shared the cover with the Legend Testers on issue #12 and the

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Other adventures strips added in the March 1969 relaunch were

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World War II stories of Sgt. Rock and the "Red Devils" of the

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title closed, its superhero strips were usually discontinued.

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to aid his outlaw clansmen in their struggle with the English

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There were typically a dozen British humour strips in each of

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included Bad Penny, Brian's Brain, The Cloak, Cursitor Doom,

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survived — and prospered — on the inside pages, now drawn by

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Introduced with issue #156 (25 Jan. 1969), the reprint strip

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Penny herself later reappears as a character in Baxendale's

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Sporting strips were now the order of the day, most notably

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Only three adventure strips debuted in issue #1. These were

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in its final months during 1968–69. Under Reid's direction,

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On 14 September 1968, with issue 137, the title merged with

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by Raf (Juan Rafart Roldán) and Roy Wilson (alternatingly)

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inventing eccentric secret weapons for a department of the

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until the final Marvel contract expired in March 1969; the

2432:. All four strips featured cliff-hanger endings each week. 2385:

A tipping point was reached in issue #144, when the merged

2279:'s best-remembered strips were acquired in the merger with 1681: 510:. Later on 2 November, with issue 144, it merged with 442: 163: 8113: 7972: 7886: 7825:"The Avengers Three and a Half — A Little-Known Hulk Tale" 7803: 7751: 7472: 7470: 3565:(which, in spite of the title, had no connection with the 1959:#38 , and ran through to "Lo, There Shall Be an Ending!" ( 927:

elephant, a giraffe, a hippopotamus, a snake, and an ape.

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Ltd, Baxendale's former employers, were based in Dundee).

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drew the multitude of reprint strips featured in the new

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featured World War II stories of the "Red Devils" of the

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On 1 January 1969 Odhams Press Ltd ceased operations and

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Continual change of line-up was not a problem unique to

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inherited the best of the Odhams strips. Stylistically,

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Odhams' comics line was produced in London from 64

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Parlett was also known from his other humour strips in

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Drawn by Reid in its final months, spanning 1968–1969.

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The 1970 relaunch also resulted in the dropping of the

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Alfred Wallace (Alf) and Albert Cosser (Cos), 1966–1969

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Canceled in early 1966 and brought back in late 1967.

4435:. In the issue dated 29 August, a humour strip titled 3023:, from which the strip's enduring reputation derives. 2259:

Smash, Pow, Wham, incorporating Fantastic and Terrific

1963:#43 ), which was the final Marvel story to appear in 8327: 8315: 8298: 8247: 8026: 8014: 7523:

Fudge the Elf: Ken Reid: The Laura Maguire Collection

3699:(replacing the departed – and rather more humorous – 2036: 840:

launched with the same format as the early issues of

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some time earlier. When it was decided to also drop

3500:. This brings up the matter of economics once more. 3103:

The symbol of the change was the new cover feature,

2077: 801:, after March 1969, but only because the closure of 8521:Coates, Alan; Coates, David (June 1984). "Smash!". 8420:. British Comics: Comics from the UK. 13 April 2019 8086: 8084: 8069:. British Comics: Comics in the UK. 29 October 2018 7526:, Fudge-the-elf.com (2019). Retrieved Feb. 7, 2021. 2846:overtones of his surname, Wacker seems not to be a 2453:All this could not be achieved within the standard 2440:, the last survivors of all the mergers, lasted in 2048:in its early years, left Odhams in 1968, moving to 1730:(although the latter would be revived much later). 8148: 8146: 7879:Murray, Chris. "Mergers and Marvels (1962–1980)", 4072:that of the popular British television soap opera 3927:Captain Swoop – He's Half Man, Half Bird, Half Wit 2886:About Patchman, a strange hermit who lives in the 2637:, and marking the change by altering the title to 1319:in 1968, where it was combined with Ron Spencer's 814:Initially, Baxendale was asked only to create the 8465:"New Comics: Along Came a Spider" by Karl Stock, 4654:was revived for a three-issue mini-series by the 4119:term for a native of Liverpool: "wacker"), sport 3597:, and at other times by the Spanish-based artist 1856:then co-starred in the strip, which was retitled 1786:became the second American superhero to debut in 8679:Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom 8669:Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom 8635: 8441:"A Valiant Attempt at a Smashing Combination..." 8081: 7575:"40 Year Flashback: SMASH! Holiday Special 1970" 5004:Often a half-page feature. Appeared in the 1970 4616:, were featured in the 2005–2006 limited series 4214: 615:to become the last surviving title in the line. 8285: 8283: 8281: 8143: 7839: 7837: 7556:"GCD :: Series :: Valiant and Smash!" 7421:Marvel Comics as an independent UK publisher — 4192:making mischief, but usually coming off worst. 3758:The most obvious problem faced by the new-look 2854:his real name. The strip was originally titled 1303:, which had then been running for two years in 1259:had some similarities with Baxendale's earlier 541:inherited some of their strips and characters: 8477: 8475: 7748:, British Comics blog. Retrieved Feb. 7, 2021. 7641: 7639: 4597: 3075:Set in the Dark Ages, featuring its eponymous 2213: 1376:. Feendish's ghoulish appearance was based on 4123:haircuts, and always carry guitars. Spoofing 3546:in 1971, and is still well-remembered today. 1863:When, after two years, the popularity of the 1858:Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder 8520: 8278: 7978: 7901: 7834: 7812: 7782: 7733: 7614: 7599: 4703:and replaced with U.S. superheroes, whereas 3015:the most effective of them was the talented 1718:– in 1967. The Hulk's initial appearance in 1679:with issue #16 (dated 21 May 1966) when the 1649:June 1966 overhaul: bring on the superheroes 850: 8472: 8404:, 26 Pigs. Archived at the Wayback Machine. 7883:(Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2017), p. 173. 7636: 2477:As sole survivor of the Power Comics line, 2350:. Also lost in this merger, in effect, was 2190:which had been released earlier that year. 1481:was replaced in issue #16 (21 May 1966) by 635:; later moving to Fleetway House on nearby 437:successfully integrated superhero strips — 333:reprints originally published in the US by 16:Not to be confused with the American comic 8264: 8262: 8244:, BusterComic.com. Retrieved Feb. 9, 2021. 8128:, Lew Stringer's blog (November 10, 2012). 7590:, British Comics website (April 13, 2019). 3630:) takes over the management of the ailing 2450:strip also continued, until January 1969. 1904:, replacing it altogether with issue #82, 1251:). The strip was featured on the cover of 1155:featured on the cover of the first issue. 1025:by Bert Vandeput and later Barrie Mitchell 788:Hence Baxendale's initial contribution to 41: 8568:A Very Funny Business: 40 Years of Comics 8562: 8348: 8346: 8344: 8342: 8126:"This Week in 1970, Smash Goes on Hiatus" 7864:"Crikey! It's another hit and miss issue" 7848:An International Catalogue of Superheroes 7767:"Crikey! It's another hit and miss issue" 4397:Accordingly, after forty-seven weeks the 3884:Simon Test and the Curse of the Conqueror 3135:series could only have caused confusion. 1967:(published in issue #162, 8 March 1969). 1368:featured the most popular character from 1278:1969, and continued to appear in the new 8481: 8289: 8166: 8164: 8152: 7764: 7715: 7711: 7709: 7707: 7695: 7572: 7095: 4734: 3532:'s popularity, from week 30 it replaced 3092:IPC had waited three months to relaunch 3083:. The strip was originally published in 2706:The Incredible Adventures of Janus Stark 2291:. The most notable of these strips were 2221: 1999:began a short run in November 1968 when 8529: 8456:#1-6 (WildStorm , Aug. 2005–Nov. 2006). 8438: 8367: 8352: 8333: 8321: 8309: 8259: 8253: 8137: 8107: 8092:"40 Year Flashback: SMASH! Regenerates" 8037: 8020: 7691: 7689: 7687: 7499: 7341:cover feature, and one Christmas issue. 6832:Nutt and Bolt the Men From W.H.E.E.Z.E. 5807:Nutt and Bolt the Men From W.H.E.E.Z.E. 4372:Nutt and Bolt the Men from W.H.E.E.Z.E. 3708:Nutt and Bolt the Men from W.H.E.E.Z.E. 2779:Nutt and Bolt the Men From W.H.E.E.Z.E. 2714:Nutt and Bolt the Men From W.H.E.E.Z.E. 2643:Nutt and Bolt the Men from W.H.E.E.Z.E. 2330:The canceled strips in the merger with 2227:Smash! and Pow! Incorporating Fantastic 2133:Smash! and Pow! Incorporating Fantastic 1641:(science fiction) feature, debuting in 1255:fourteen times in the first 18 issues. 671: 8636: 8505:International Catalogue of Superheroes 8339: 8235: 8233: 7931:International Catalogue of Superheroes 7873: 7853: 7662:International Catalogue of Superheroes 7507:. London: Look and Learn Magazine Ltd. 4638:, Rubberman, Tri-Man, and the cast of 4482:(and many other IPC titles, including 4470: 4426: 3572: 2923:strip with humorous overtones about a 2671: 2029:appeared in issue #162. The expensive 1877: 1658: 371: 8353:Poppitt, Stephen (16 December 2010). 8161: 8157:. BLIMEY! The Blog of British Comics. 7769:. BLIMEY! The Blog of British Comics. 7720:. BLIMEY! The Blog of British Comics. 7704: 7700:. BLIMEY! The Blog of British Comics. 7577:. BLIMEY! The Blog of British Comics. 7566: 7476: 4507:survived in the new comic, including 4370:, which had dropped the humour strip 3476: 2255:Smash and Pow Incorporating Fantastic 1825:lost the colour back cover to Reid's 1231:was a spoof of the popular TV series 999:in the 1950s, and was the brother of 524:Smash and Pow incorporating Fantastic 8570:. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. 8514: 7684: 7222:DC Comics character of the same name 7200:DC Comics character of the same name 4579:Despite all of the changes, the new 4478:In mid-November 1970, production on 3995:in 1965–1968 and later reprinted in 3649:team perpetually in danger of being 2842:to a nervous breakdown. Despite the 2044:, whose strips dominated so much of 1380:from the American television series 1120:by Ken Mennell and Alfredo Marculeta 386:International Publishing Corporation 8292:Blimey! The Blog of British Comics! 8230: 7992:"GCD :: Publisher :: IPC" 7038:Previously reprinted in Fleetway's 6648:Raf and Roy Wilson (alternatingly) 6597:Sergeant Rock — Special Air Service 5374:Occasionally crossed over with the 5216:Walter Thorburn and George Parlett 4658:imprint of Rebellion Developments. 4612:characters, including several from 4534:had ceased publication as a comic. 4521:, but most were lost, although the 4413:. Henceforth until the merger with 4380:Sergeant Rock – Special Air Service 4275:Sergeant Rock – Special Air Service 4147:Birk 'n' 'Ed, the Mersey Dead-Beats 3844:Sergeant Rock — Special Air Service 3215:(which featured only war stories). 2639:Sergeant Rock — Special Air Service 1653: 1613:Some adventure strips had begun in 1527: 1499:of the top-rated secret agent show 1487:reprints; Lewis soon returned with 13: 8556: 8488:Blimey! The Blog of British Comics 8357:. Stephen Poppitt's Blog-o-Sphere. 8153:Stringer, Lew (17 December 2009). 8096:Blimey! The Blog of British Comics 7868:Blimey! The Blog of British Comics 7679:Blimey: The Blog of British Comics 7237:, who history records was king in 6433:(which had previously merged with 5357:Ken Mennell and Alfredo Marculeta 4552:The merged title was dominated by 4443:, where, under its original title 4003:. The strip was also reprinted in 3609:from 1960 to 1964 under the title 3422: 3353: 2677:March 1969 relaunch strip turnover 2614:). In abandoning its superheroes, 2037:Baxendale's departure for Fleetway 1927:(which had previously merged with 1269:. When Baxendale had been drawing 14: 8720: 8576: 8525:. No. 3. A. & D. Coates. 7765:Stringer, Lew (20 January 2008). 7716:Stringer, Lew (31 January 2016). 7696:Stringer, Lew (9 February 2015). 7350:The most successful of these was 6300:Credited to (but not written by) 4078:. It was originally published in 3987:. It was originally published in 3407:and continuing in its successor, 2497: 2083:New humour strips inherited from 2078:Collapse of the Power Comics line 883:A spoof of the popular TV series 491:in time to maintain publication. 8704:Magazines disestablished in 1971 8538:, Lancs.: A. & B. Whitworth. 8174:. 17 August 2018. Archived from 8155:"Christmas comics: Valiant 1971" 7946:. 17 August 2018. Archived from 7718:"50 Year Flashback: SMASH! No.1" 7477:Birch, Paul (14 December 2008). 7127:In 1959, Mirror Group purchased 6915:Monty Muddle – The Man from Mars 6263:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder 5912:The Thirteen Tasks of Simon Test 4760:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder 4594:, ultimately could not survive. 4403:The Thirteen Tasks of Simon Test 4321:The Thirteen Tasks of Simon Test 4310:Monty Muddle – The Man from Mars 4087:Monty Muddle – The Man from Mars 3869:The Thirteen Tasks of Simon Test 3816:The Thirteen Tasks of Simon Test 3800:Monty Muddle – The Man from Mars 3765: 3691:strips began — the humour strip 3173:— or humour — in titles such as 2664:) is secretly out to stop them. 2608:), or humour (in titles such as 2530:in the issue dated 15 May 1965. 1819:Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder 1752:caught up to the final issue of 1625:, written by Alf Wallace, was a 1362:The Rottenest Crook in the World 1241:was a spin-off from Baxendale's 1158: 618: 545:14 September 1968: Merger with 207:Various including Graham Allen, 8629:Stephen Poppitt's Blog-o-Sphere 8494: 8459: 8447: 8432: 8395: 8373: 8361: 8214: 8197: 8182: 8059: 8043: 8002: 7984: 7954: 7920: 7907: 7818: 7788: 7739: 7667: 7651: 7620: 7581: 7415: 7359: 7344: 7331: 7318: 7281: 7268: 7254: 7244: 7227: 7214: 7205: 7192: 7175: 7162: 4645: 3951:in 1965, where it was known as 3695:, and a serious strip entitled 2941:March 1969 new adventure strips 2011:, began with Thor battling the 1983:, which had been a mainstay of 734:In 1966 the initial success of 516:(which had previously absorbed 500:(which had previously absorbed 8689:Fleetway and IPC Comics titles 8482:Stringer, Lew (20 July 2009). 8172:"26Pigs.com: UK Comics: Smash" 7944:"26Pigs.com: UK Comics: Wham!" 7573:Stringer, Lew (13 July 2010). 7548: 7529: 7493: 7448: 7303:; as well as the long-running 7146: 7121: 7112: 6176:Adventure/War/Science fiction 5556:At Night Stalks... The Spectre 4409:and drawn by the ever-popular 4097:in 1960–1962, under the title 3732:ever stopped looking worried. 3223:: there were strips from both 2868:March 1969 new sporting strips 2734:At Night Stalks... The Spectre 2418:At Night Stalks... The Spectre 2141:At Night Stalks... The Spectre 2007:. The stories, continued from 1532:For most of the Odhams years, 1286:as a new member of the Blots. 701: 590:2 November 1968: Merger with 529:As a consequence of absorbing 125: 120:5 February 1966 – 3 April 1971 1: 8699:Magazines established in 1966 8694:Magazines published in London 8587:at the British Comics website 7436: 6894: 6758: 6656: 6368:reprints when those ran out. 6308:. Led to the cancellation of 5617: 5592: 5545: 5433: 5427: 5368: 5362: 5307: 5279: 4215:January/February 1970 changes 3487:The Incredible Adventures of 3364:, but at least as much as in 2947:The Incredible Adventures of 2850:– which may be because it is 1798:, but were actually drawn by 1331:was a direct continuation of 1003:, one of the top artists for 935:by Graham Allen and later by 729: 647:to form the publishing giant 453:— into its lineup, prompting 8604:at the Grand Comics Database 8443:Crivens! Comics & Stuff. 7698:"SMASH! The first 20 covers" 7441: 7131:(AP), and in 1961 took over 7005:Nick and Nat – The Beat Boys 6939:Milkiway – The Man from Mars 5993:The Haunts of Headless Harry 5849:Replaced the football strip 4805:Thirteen Tasks of Simon Test 4439:began (another reprint from 4349:The Haunts of Headless Harry 4337:Nick and Nat – The Beat Boys 4314:Milkiway – The Man from Mars 4106:Nick and Nat – The Beat Boys 4099:Milkiway – The Man from Mars 4052:The Haunts of Headless Harry 3973:, which was then running in 3804:Nick and Nat – The Beat Boys 3792:The Haunts of Headless Harry 3771:1970 relaunch strip turnover 3481:The other staple of the new 2557:was only a limited success. 2494:started again from scratch. 627:was thereafter published by 585:Nick and Nat – The Beat Boys 263:, Raf (Juan Rafart Roldán), 7: 8624:1960s British Comics review 8439:The Kid (25 October 2012). 7675:"This week in 1966: SMASH!" 7536:Reed-Elsevier Group history 6559:Sergeant Rock — Paratrooper 6405:Storylines: The wedding of 6248:Led to the cancellation of 5759:Adventure, Science fiction 4661: 4376:Sergeant Rock – Paratrooper 3465:itself, continuing on into 3008:The Dark Legion of Mardarax 3000:The Case of Kalak the Dwarf 2773:March 1969 new humor strips 2623:Sergeant Rock — Paratrooper 2569:Sergeant Rock — Paratrooper 2509:Sergeant Rock — Paratrooper 2389:- as it now was - lost its 2370:November 1968: Merger with 1888:(drawn at various times by 1540:by Alf Wallace with art by 1225:, initially by Mike Lacey. 868:by Mike Lacey and later by 345:absorbed its sister titles 10: 8725: 8507:. Retrieved Feb. 10, 2021. 8275:. Retrieved Feb. 11, 2021. 8056:. Retrieved Jan. 19, 2021. 7933:. Retrieved Feb. 10, 2021. 7850:. Retrieved Jan. 19, 2021. 7664:. Retrieved Feb. 10, 2021. 6999:under its original title. 5902:Turner did the art in the 5439:Also appeared in the 1970 4656:Treasury of British Comics 4149:, from 30th January 1965. 4009:under its original title. 3125:Warriors of the World No.1 2073:against an empty backdrop. 1617:, which was absorbed into 1325:The Tiddlers and The Dolls 15: 7917:(Duckworth, 1978), p. 91. 7829:Crivens! Comics and Stuff 7538:, Reed Elsevier website. 7152:Bart was the nickname of 6495:as a result of absorbing 6427:as a result of absorbing 6148:Other notable creator(s) 5313:Feature continued in the 5051:The Man From B.U.N.G.L.E. 4931:Other notable creator(s) 4872:The Man from B.U.N.G.L.E. 4852:The Man from B.U.N.G.L.E. 4820:The Man from B.U.N.G.L.E. 4666:Part of the problem with 4566:The Swots & The Blots 4167:in 1964, under the title 3863:1970 new adventure strips 3557:, and the reprint strips 3284:The Man from B.U.N.G.L.E. 2758:The Man From B.U.N.G.L.E. 2348:The Man From B.U.N.G.L.E. 1917:began a six-month run in 1882:In July 1967 (issue #76) 1771: 1520:#1, was the humour strip 1229:The Man From B.U.N.G.L.E. 1173:The Man From B.U.N.G.L.E. 1016:'s debut adventure strips 878:The Man From B.U.N.G.L.E. 851:Launch and initial lineup 698:Holiday Special in 1971. 563:(which had originated in 457:to do the same (with the 376: 329:included black-and-white 300:, published initially by 279: 203: 180: 175: 135: 124: 116: 97: 87: 79: 61: 56: 40: 33: 8222:"RIP Luis Bermejo Rojo," 8050:Juan Rafart Roldán entry 8009:Formpart (No.11) Limited 7979:Coates & Coates 1984 7902:Coates & Coates 1984 7813:Coates & Coates 1984 7783:Coates & Coates 1984 7734:Coates & Coates 1984 7615:Coates & Coates 1984 7600:Coates & Coates 1984 7337:46 issues featuring the 7105: 6777:Previously reprinted in 5785:The World-Wide Wanderers 5063:Mike Lacey, Ron Spencer 4958:Mike Lacey, Ron Spencer 4626:(DC Comics). Those from 3999:in 1986 under the title 3449:The World-Wide Wanderers 3386:The World Wide Wanderers 2915:The World-Wide Wanderers 2726:The World-Wide Wanderers 2204:being Irish) was called 2145:A crime reporter on the 1645:#44 (18 November 1967). 1606:was revived in the 1970 1321:The Dolls of St Dominics 1309:(and which continued in 1057:in 1962 under the title 8530:Holland, Steve (1992). 7962:"Mike Higgs' The Cloak" 7542:11 October 2010 at the 7500:Holland, Steve (2006). 6482:(Kraven the Hunter) to 5859:The Touchline Tearaways 5043:The Swots and the Blots 4946:The Swots and the Blots 4775:The Swots and the Blots 4519:The Swots and the Blots 4291:The Touchline Tearaways 4289:, and the humour strip 4263:The Swots and the Blots 3909:A boy who grew up on a 3848:The Touchline Tearaways 3693:The Touchline Tearaways 3647:English Football League 3640:The Touchline Tearaways 3443:by Douglas Maxted, the 3400:The Swots and the Blots 3313:The Swots and the Blots 3289:The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 3264:The Swots and the Blots 3113:The Swots and the Blots 3021:Dark Legion of Mardarax 3004:The Sorcerer's Talisman 2862:between 1960 and 1964. 2802:The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 1872:The Swots and the Blots 1837:, and the humour strip 1745:#38 (22 October 1966). 1675:, were introduced into 1671:strips, all written by 1637:by Ed Feito was also a 1571:by Bert Vandeput, and 1502:The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 1341:The Swots and the Blots 1329:The Swots and the Blots 1297:The Swots and the Blots 1284:The Swots and the Blots 1234:The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1223:The Swots and the Blots 886:The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 865:The Swots and the Blots 795:The Swots and The Blots 140:The Swots and the Blots 57:Publication information 8684:Defunct British comics 8532:The Fleetway Companion 8484:"Moon Madness in 1966" 8469:#461, pp. 60-62 (2023) 7627:"The Tellybugs (1966)" 7461:13 August 2010 at the 7087:Threat of the Toymaker 6960:Francisco Solano López 6952:Threat of the Toymaker 6865:The Sparrows Go To War 6717:The Battle for Britain 6484:The Molten Man Regrets 6151:Starting issue (date) 5678:Francisco Solano López 5642:Francisco Solano López 4934:Starting issue (date) 4870:Shared the cover with 4850:Shared the cover with 4457:Threat of the Toymaker 4325:Threat of the Toymaker 4211: 4173:Threat of the Toymaker 4032:1970 new humour strips 4028: 3977:, as well as from the 3965:Francisco Solano López 3960:Threat of the Toymaker 3953:The Sparrows Go To War 3859: 3820:Threat of the Toymaker 3672: 3578:August 1969 new strips 3498:Francisco Solano López 3437:Francisco Solano Lopez 3089: 2959:Francisco Solano López 2937: 2883:Francisco Solano Lopez 2864: 2834:, the crazy antics of 2769: 2542: 2372:Fantastic and Terrific 2247:Fantastic and Terrific 2230: 2229:#144, 2 November 1968. 2210: 2128: 2075: 1987:, also joined the new 1911:In September 1968 the 1633:#1 (21 January 1967). 1461:was primarily another 1148: 1063: 1009: 859:'s debut humour strips 830:strip then running in 826:(a character from his 579:, which originated in 461:) shortly thereafter. 8674:British humour comics 8551:Grand Comics Database 7966:www.crazedchimp.co.uk 7915:A Very Funny Business 7881:The British Superhero 7457:, IPC Media website. 7339:Warriors of the World 7311:, which continued in 7096:Comic strips timeline 6682:The Battle of Britain 6543:Added as a result of 6415:Fantastic Four Annual 5946:Birdman from Baratoga 5829:The Handcuff Hotspurs 5695:His Sporting Lordship 5317:annual 1970 edition. 4915:original comic strips 4790:Warriors of the World 4574:His Sporting Lordship 4539:His Sporting Lordship 4509:His Sporting Lordship 4399:Warriors of the World 4364:Warriors of the World 4360:Warriors of the World 4259:The Handcuff Hotspurs 4243:His Sporting Lordship 4034: 3905:Birdman from Baratoga 3865: 3780:Birdman from Baratoga 3773: 3697:The Handcuff Hotspurs 3618:The Handcuff Hotspurs 3580: 3563:The Battle of Britain 3459:His Sporting Lordship 3441:His Sporting Lordship 3382:His Sporting Lordship 3239:The Battle of Britain 3199:(which featured only 3133:Warriors of the World 3121:Warriors of the World 3105:Warriors of the World 3028:The Battle of Britain 2943: 2904:His Sporting Lordship 2870: 2775: 2702:His Sporting Lordship 2686:The Battle of Britain 2679: 2662:His Sporting Lordship 2505: 2257:(commonly spoofed as 2225: 2137: 2088: 2066: 2050:Fleetway Publications 1953:Fantastic Four Annual 1900:) joined the Hulk in 1802:and ghost-written by 1629:feature, debuting in 1435:The Queen of the Seas 1386:(and, presumably, on 1374:Eagle-Eye, Junior Spy 1243:Eagle-Eye, Junior Spy 1069: 1018: 861: 828:Eagle Eye, Junior Spy 807:freed him to work on 756:) and Albert Cosser. 410:Fleetway Publications 390:Cecil Harmsworth King 317:During 1967 and 1968 160:His Sporting Lordship 8572:— autobiography 8467:Judge Dredd Megazine 8227:(December 15, 2015). 8054:Lambiek Comiclopedia 7241:in the 10th Century. 7060:Carlos Cruz González 6995:. Also reprinted in 6877:Consternation Street 6570:Carlos Cruz González 6467:137 (14 Sept. 1968) 6394:137 (14 Sept. 1968) 6154:Ending issue (date) 6145:Original creator(s) 6132:reprint comic strips 6075:Carlos Cruz González 6050:Carlos Cruz González 5851:World Wide Wanderers 5779:after a few months. 5494:137 (14 Sept. 1968) 5464:137 (14 Sept. 1968) 4937:Ending issue (date) 4928:Original creator(s) 4751:Total no. of covers 4748:Issues on the cover 4306:Consternation Street 4285:, British superhero 4202:Carlos Cruz González 4159:Carlos Cruz González 4111:Two young lads from 4063:Consternation Street 3896:Carlos Cruz González 3784:Consternation Street 3701:World Wide Wanderers 2503:First new IPC strips 2135:new adventure strips 1943:with the wedding of 1583:that ran in Odham's 1349:The Bash Street Kids 1315:when it merged with 672:Annuals and specials 321:was part of Odhams' 304:and subsequently by 8709:Odhams Press titles 8664:1971 comics endings 8644:Comics publications 8620:, Comics UK Gallery 8523:British Comic World 7181:"Wizard Prang" was 7135:(previously called 6987:Later reprinted in 6793:Send For... Q-Squad 6574:156 (25 Jan. 1969) 6530:162 (8 March 1969) 6470:143 (26 Oct. 1968) 6352:143 (26 Oct. 1968) 6213:The Incredible Hulk 6157:Original publisher 6067:Moonie's Magic Mate 5666:Master of the Marsh 5436:104 (27 Jan. 1968) 5407:136 (7 Sept. 1968) 5256:The Incredible Hulk 5147:136 (7 Sept. 1968) 5069:162 (8 March 1969) 4860:The Incredible Hulk 4433:Moonie's Magic Mate 4427:Summer 1970 changes 4362:cover feature. The 4333:Birdman of Baratoga 4312:(originally titled 4233:Master of the Marsh 4197:Moonie's Magic Mate 3840:Send For... Q-Squad 3716:Send For... Q-Squad 3584:Send For... Q-Squad 3573:August 1969 changes 3534:Master of the Marsh 3514:(from the departed 3496:and illustrated by 3429:Master of the Marsh 3390:Master of the Marsh 3138:With the relaunch, 3109:The Swots and Blots 2874:Master of the Marsh 2805:television series. 2710:Master of the Marsh 2672:March 1969 relaunch 2518:, it originated in 2486:was transferred to 1921:, when it absorbed 1878:Other Marvel heroes 1733:One early issue of 1696:. It was the first 1659:The Incredible Hulk 1484:The Incredible Hulk 1289:As had happened in 1094:by Alf Wallace and 997:L. Miller & Son 820:strip, and to give 654:The final issue of 372:Publication history 8659:1966 comics debuts 8241:Phantom Force Five 8178:on 17 August 2018. 7950:on 17 August 2018. 7479:"Speaking Frankly" 7052:The Fighting Three 7042:, under the title 6527:144 (2 Nov. 1968) 6480:Thrill of the Hunt 6397:162 (8 Mar. 1969) 6349:76 (15 July 1967) 6285:157 (1 Feb. 1969) 6282:20 (18 June 1966) 6235:82 (26 Aug. 1967) 6189:26 (30 July 1966) 6119:The Pillater Peril 6042:The Pillater Peril 5755:Rebbels on the Run 5713:Continued on into 5614:158 (8 Feb. 1969) 5595:162 (8 Mar. 1969) 5589:144 (2 Nov. 1968) 5578:Destination Danger 5570:162 (8 Mar. 1969) 5567:144 (2 Nov. 1968) 5548:162 (8 Mar. 1969) 5542:144 (2 Nov. 1968) 5520:144 (2 Nov. 1968) 5497:162 (8 Mar. 1969) 5430:29 (20 Aug. 1966) 5404:19 (11 June 1966) 5365:19 (11 June 1966) 5290:The Legend Testers 5282:76 (15 July 1967) 5225:20 (18 June 1966) 5201:43 (26 Nov. 1966) 5170:93 (11 Nov. 1967) 5123:162 (8 Mar. 1969) 5097:162 (8 Mar. 1969) 4840:The Legend Testers 4676:The Legend Testers 4537:The sports-themed 4461:The Pillater Peril 4437:The Fighting Three 4392:Rebbels on the Run 4329:The Pillater Peril 4224:Reed International 4154:The Fighting Three 4145:, under the title 4024:The Pillater Peril 3891:The Pillater Peril 3836:Rebbels on the Run 3808:The Pillater Peril 3551:Rebbels on the Run 3190:Scorcher and Score 2968:Rebbels on the Run 2742:Destination Danger 2718:Rebbels on the Run 2627:Parachute Regiment 2516:Parachute Regiment 2422:Destination Danger 2231: 2187:Planet of the Apes 2158:Destination Danger 1604:The Legend Testers 1589:in 1962 and 1963. 1573:The Legend Testers 1546:The Legend Testers 1401:after March 1969. 1082:The Legend Testers 1067:Other early strips 1041:Originally set in 760:, who had created 696:Valiant and Smash! 666:Valiant and Smash! 649:Reed International 392:, chairman of the 298:British comic book 255:, Douglas Maxted, 184:Various including 8617:Valiant and Smash 8515:Sources consulted 8098:(March 08, 2009). 7681:(April 17, 2012). 7633:(23 August 2017). 7409:Doctor Who Weekly 7392:Joe 90 Top Secret 7353:Doctor Who Weekly 7313:Valiant and Smash 7129:Amalgamated Press 7093: 7092: 6839:The Kid Commandos 6806:Luis Bermejo Rojo 6713:Britain in Chains 6478:Storylines: from 6272:Whitney Ellsworth 6232:16 (21 May 1966) 6125: 6124: 5938:Valiant and Smash 5715:Valiant and Smash 5531:Laird of the Apes 5513:Sports adventure 5341:15 (16 May 1966) 5310:75 (8 July 1967) 5304:8 (26 Mar. 1966) 5276:3 (19 Feb. 1966) 5250:15 (16 May 1966) 5184:Queen of the Seas 5175:162 (8 Mar 1969) 5173:15 (16 May 1966); 5011:Whizzer and Chips 5008:annual, and then 4969:Valiant and Smash 4908: 4907: 4824:4–12,13–14,16–18 4640:Queen of the Seas 4503:Some strips from 4494:Valiant and Smash 4378:(by then renamed 4302:The Kid Commandos 4247:Battle of Britain 4207:The Kid Commandos 4075:Coronation Street 3934:The Kid Commandos 3796:The Kid Commandos 3599:Luis Bermejo Rojo 3467:Valiant and Smash 3410:Valiant and Smash 3243:Britain in Chains 2907:by Douglas Maxted 2897:Hereward the Wake 2858:, when it ran in 2754:Laird of the Apes 2526:when it absorbed 2426:Laird of the Apes 2168:Laird of the Apes 1868:television series 1827:Queen of the Seas 1811:television series 1804:Whitney Ellsworth 1548:by Jordi Bernet. 1471:which had run in 1383:The Addams Family 1203:Queen of the Seas 1197:by Graham Allen; 1005:Amalgamated Press 964:The story of the 956:Queen of the Seas 645:Albert Edwin Reed 629:IPC Magazines Ltd 384:was owned by the 289: 288: 285:"Mike", 1969–1971 229:Whitney Ellsworth 136:Main character(s) 47:The cover of the 8716: 8654:Superhero comics 8571: 8539: 8526: 8508: 8498: 8492: 8491: 8479: 8470: 8463: 8457: 8451: 8445: 8444: 8436: 8430: 8429: 8427: 8425: 8414: 8405: 8399: 8393: 8392: 8390: 8388: 8377: 8371: 8365: 8359: 8358: 8350: 8337: 8331: 8325: 8319: 8313: 8307: 8296: 8295: 8287: 8276: 8266: 8257: 8251: 8245: 8237: 8228: 8218: 8212: 8211:(Dec. 14, 2005). 8201: 8195: 8186: 8180: 8179: 8168: 8159: 8158: 8150: 8141: 8135: 8129: 8122: 8111: 8105: 8099: 8088: 8079: 8078: 8076: 8074: 8063: 8057: 8047: 8041: 8035: 8024: 8018: 8012: 8006: 8000: 7999: 7988: 7982: 7976: 7970: 7969: 7958: 7952: 7951: 7940: 7934: 7924: 7918: 7913:Baxendale, Leo. 7911: 7905: 7899: 7884: 7877: 7871: 7870:(Jan. 20, 2008). 7857: 7851: 7841: 7832: 7822: 7816: 7810: 7801: 7795:"Phantom Patrol" 7792: 7786: 7780: 7771: 7770: 7762: 7749: 7743: 7737: 7731: 7722: 7721: 7713: 7702: 7701: 7693: 7682: 7671: 7665: 7658:"Phantom Patrol" 7655: 7649: 7643: 7634: 7624: 7618: 7612: 7603: 7602:, pp. 4–17. 7597: 7591: 7585: 7579: 7578: 7570: 7564: 7563: 7552: 7546: 7533: 7527: 7520:Maguire, Peter. 7518: 7509: 7508: 7506: 7497: 7491: 7490: 7489:on 20 July 2011. 7485:. 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