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for about ten years now, patiently encouraging Bryan, publishing the first Book, putting up the money for the second...; without him, Bryan might well never have managed to make time to complete
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In 1989, Bell announced her retirement from publishing as she wanted to focus on raising a family. After publishing all nine issues of
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won four 1988 Eagle Awards — for Favourite Character (UK), Favourite New Comic (UK), and Favourite Comic Cover (UK) (for
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co-writer Chris Bell launched Valkyrie as a standalone publisher in 1987, initially solely to continue publishing
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won the 1987 Eagle Award for Favourite New Comic (reflecting its run with Harrier).
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BryanTalbot.com (Started 6th May 2009. Finished 21st September 2009).
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An International Catalogue of Superheroes. Retrieved Dec. 6, 2022.
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The Adventures of Luther Arkwright Book 2: Transfiguration
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TPB), Valkyrie Press ended its publishing operations.
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co-writer Chris Bell and jointly operated by Bell and
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Comic book publishing companies of the United Kingdom
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Valkyrie's titles were printed by Wiltshire Ltd. of
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Index


Parent company
1987
United Kingdom
Bristol
Fox
Comic books
Fiction genres
comics
Fox
Redfox
Bryan Talbot
The Adventures of Luther Arkwright
Eagle Awards
Harrier Comics
trade paperback
board
limited company
solicitor
The Adventures of Luther Arkwright
Near Myths
pssst!
trade paperback
Bristol
Titan Distributors
The Adventures of Luther Arkwright
ISBN
978-1870923002
Alan Moore
Redfox

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