British Comics - Issue by Issue

1800_1899

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1800's 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810's 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820's 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830's 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835

1846

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January Febrary March April May June July August September November 21st: The String of Pearls: A Romance first appears in The People's Periodical and Family Library issue 7. December

1847

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January Febrary March April May June July August September November December

1866

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January Febrary March April May June July August September November December Unknown day - Chatterbox first goes on sale. It finally comes to an end (in a rather different form) only 11 years short of a century, in 1955.

1892

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January Febrary March April May June July August September 14th - Chums first published. October November December

1893

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January Febrary March April May June July August September November XXXX - The Halfpenny Marvel is first published]]. December 13th - Sexton Blake first appears in the Halfpenny Marvel, in a story by Harry Blyth called The Missing Millionaire.

1894

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January Febrary March April 26th - The Union Jack story-paper is first published. The first issue contains a western, but in later years it would become famous for Sexton Blake detective stories. May June July August September November December

1900-1999

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1900's 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910's 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920's 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930's 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935

1901

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January Febrary March April May 25th - Funny Wonder comes to an end June July August September October November December

1902

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January Febrary March April May 24th - Jester And Wonder first published. June July August September October November December

1904

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January Febrary March April May June July 30th - Puck first published. August September 10th - Comic Home Journal comes to an end. 17th - Butterfly first published. October November XX - Playbox, an offshoot of Chatterbox aimed at very young readers, first appears.

1905

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January Febrary 4th - The Union Jack becomes ”Sexton Blake's own paper”, and he now appears in every issue until the UJ comes to an end in 1933. March April May June July August September October November December

1906

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January Febrary March 10th - Nuggets comes to an end. 17th - Lot 'O Fun first published. April 28th - Coloured Comic comes to an end. May June July August September October November December 29th - Larks and Halfpenny Comic come to an end.

1907

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January Febrary March April May June July August September October November 19th - Snap-Shots comes to an end. December

1908

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January Febrary March April May June July August September October November 10th - World's Comic comes to an end. December

1909

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January Febrary 16th - Picture Fun first published. March April May June July August September October November December

1910

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January Febrary March April 30th - Scraps comes to an end. May XX - Playbox comes to an end June July August September October 22nd - Merry And Bright first published. November December

1922

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January Cassells bought by Amalgamated Press. Amongst the acquisitions is Chums, which AP continues to publish for many years. Febrary March April May June July August September October November December

1932

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January Febrary March April May June July 2nd - Final weekly issue of Chums published. Monthly parts and annuals continue. August September October November December

1934

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January Febrary March April May June July Final monthly part of Chums published. Annuals continue until 1941 August September October November December

1941

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January Febrary March April May June July August September Final Chums annual is published. Paper shortages prevent further issues. October November December

1955

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January Febrary March April May June July August September October November Sexton Blake has his only appearance in issue 68 of Super Detective Library, Sexton Blake's Diamond Hunt. December The Chatterbox, now being produced as a series of annuals, is last published, 89 years after the first issue.

1956

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January Febrary March April May June Paula Dane first appears in the Sexton Blake Library, and it would never be the same again as the “New Order” begins. July August September October November December

1961

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January Febrary March April May June Commando is launched in this month, the first two issues go on sale. July August September October November December

1962

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January Febrary March April May June July August Commando increases the number of issues published per month to four. September October November December

1967

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January Febrary March April May June Commando increases production to six issues per month. Though some are now reprinted from earlier issues. July August September October November December

1971

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January Febrary March April Commando increases production to eight issues per month. May June July August September October November December

1990

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January Febrary March April May June July August September October Judge Dredd Megazine first published. November December

1992

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January Febrary March April May June July August September November The Victor, the last-remaining of the traditional weekly adventure comics, is cancelled. Bringing to an end a glorious era of “Boys' Own” adventure that first began with, well, The Boys' Own back in 1880. Though the non-anthology, non-weekly Commando and (for a time) New Eagle carried it on, things still weren't the same.

2000-2099

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2000's 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010's 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020's 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030's 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035

2000ad_1645

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2000AD 1645 Cover image (unwanted) Date 22 July 2009 Day published Wednesday Format Half tabloid Pages 32 Price £1.90 Editor XXXX Stories Judge Dredd - Rehab pt 2 Writer: Al Ewing Artist: Karl Richardson Letterer: Annie Parkhouse

2008

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January Febrary March April May The DFC is launched at the end of the month on a subscription-only basis. June July August September October November December

2099

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This year has been created but is “blank” so that people may come here and copy the month headings, instead of having to type them out all the time. When you go to “edit this page” in order to copy the headings, please press “cancel” and not “save” when you are done. This way a “revision” won't be saved and take up space.

action

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Boy's comic of the 1970's, noted for extreme violence. Merged with Battle Picture Weekly to form Battle Action.

adventure

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Adventure Cover image Type Story-paper Format Half-tabloid No. of issues 1878 First issue September 17th 1921 Last issue January 14th 1961 Fate Merged with Rover Incorporations Red Arrow-1933 Publisher dc_thomson General Information Adventure was the first of DC Thomson's “Big Five” story-papers to be published, appearing in 1921 when the market for the text story papers was at it's height and The Gem, The Magnet and Union Jack, all Amalgamated Press papers, d…

adventure_1001_1250

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Adventure Issue 1001 Adventure Issue 1002 Adventure Issue 1003 Adventure Issue 1004 Adventure Issue 1005 Adventure Issue 1006 Adventure Issue 1007 Adventure Issue 1008 Adventure Issue 1009 Adventure Issue 1010 Adventure Issue 1011 Adventure Issue 1012

adventure_1251_1500

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Adventure Issue 1251 Adventure Issue 1252 Adventure Issue 1253 Adventure Issue 1254 Adventure Issue 1255 Adventure Issue 1256 Adventure Issue 1257 Adventure Issue 1258 Adventure Issue 1259 Adventure Issue 1260 Adventure Issue 1261 Adventure Issue 1262

adventure_1501_1750

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Adventure Issue 1501 Adventure Issue 1502 Adventure Issue 1503 Adventure Issue 1504 Adventure Issue 1505 Adventure Issue 1506 Adventure Issue 1507 Adventure Issue 1508 Adventure Issue 1509 Adventure Issue 1510 Adventure Issue 1511 Adventure Issue 1512

adventure_1727

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Adventure 1727 Cover image (unwanted) Date 22nd Febrary 1958 Day published tuesday Format Half tabloid Pages 20 Price 3d Editor XXXX Stories The Guinea-Pig Goalie

adventure_1728

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Adventure 1728 Cover image (unwanted) Date 1st March 1958 Day published Tuesday Format Half Tabloid Pages 20 Price 3d Editor XXXX Stories The Guinea-Pig Goalie

adventure_1729

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Adventure 1729 Cover image (unwanted) Date 8th March 1958 Day published Tuesday Format Half Tabloid Pages 20 Price 3d Editor XXXX Stories The Guinea-Pig Goalie

adventure_1730

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Adventure 1730 Cover image (unwanted) Date 15th March 1958 Day published Tuesday Format Half-tabloid Pages 24 Price 3d Editor XXXX Stories The Guinea-Pig Goalie Sport / Drama strip about ace goalkeeper Lanky Hutton, also an RAF test pilot.

adventure_1731

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Adventure 1731 Cover image (unwanted) Date 22nd March 1958 Day published Tuesday Format Half-tabloid Pages 24 Price 3d Editor XXXX Stories The Guinea-Pig Goalie Sport / Drama strip about Lanky Hutton, a goalkeeper who is also an RAF test pilot

adventure_1732

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Adventure 1732 Cover image (unwanted) Date 29th March 1958 Day published Tuesday Format Half-tabloid Pages 24 Price 3d Editor XXXX Stories The Guinea-Pig Goalie Full-colour football / action comic strip on front & back covers.

adventure_1750_1878

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Adventure Issue 1751 Adventure Issue 1752 Adventure Issue 1753 Adventure Issue 1754 Adventure Issue 1755 Adventure Issue 1756 Adventure Issue 1757 Adventure Issue 1758 Adventure Issue 1759 Adventure Issue 1760 Adventure Issue 1761 Adventure Issue 1762

adventure_1_250

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Adventure Issue 1 Adventure Issue 2 Adventure Issue 3 Adventure Issue 4 Adventure Issue 5 Adventure Issue 6 Adventure Issue 7 Adventure Issue 8 Adventure Issue 9 Adventure Issue 10 Adventure Issue 11 Adventure Issue 12 Adventure Issue 13

adventure_251_500

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Adventure Issue 251 Adventure Issue 252 Adventure Issue 253 Adventure Issue 254 Adventure Issue 255 Adventure Issue 256 Adventure Issue 257 Adventure Issue 258 Adventure Issue 259 Adventure Issue 260 Adventure Issue 261 Adventure Issue 262

adventure_501_750

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Adventure Issue 501 Adventure Issue 502 Adventure Issue 503 Adventure Issue 504 Adventure Issue 505 Adventure Issue 506 Adventure Issue 507 Adventure Issue 508 Adventure Issue 509 Adventure Issue 510 Adventure Issue 511 Adventure Issue 512

adventure_751_1000

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Adventure Issue 751 Adventure Issue 752 Adventure Issue 753 Adventure Issue 754 Adventure Issue 755 Adventure Issue 756 Adventure Issue 757 Adventure Issue 758 Adventure Issue 759 Adventure Issue 760 Adventure Issue 761 Adventure Issue 762

adventure_annuals_specials

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There were 10 Adventure annuals, which were for some reason titled Adventureland. They were undated on the covers, but the dates have been established through inscriptions and other sources. Adventureland 1924 Adventureland 1925 Adventureland 1927

artist_list

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A B C D David Law David Parkins David Sutherland Denis McLoughlin Dudley D Watkins F G Gordon Livingstone H Harry Lane I Ian Kennedy J Jose Maria Jorge K Keith Page Ken Reid L Laura Howell Leo Baxendale Lew Stringer M N O P Paddy Brennan

beano

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The Beano Cover image Type comic Format ? No. of issues 3493 and still going First issue July 30th 1938 Last issue ongoing Fate Still published Incorporations The Magic Comic (annuals only, 1942) Publisher dc_thomson General Information Notable Characters / Stories Dennis the Menace

beano_2953

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Beano issue 2953 Cover image (unwanted) Date 20th Feb 1999 Day published Thursday Format Half tabloid Pages 32 Price 50p Editor XXXX Stories Dennis The Menace

boys_friend

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The Boys' Friend Cover image Type Story-paper Format Tabloid No. of issues 1717 First issue January 29th, 1895 Last issue December 31st 1927 Fate Incorporated with Triumph Incorporations ???? Publisher amalgamated_press General Information The Boys' Friend was a tabloid-sized paper that started in 1895 and was priced at a halfpenny for 8 pages. It intially appeared on green-tinged paper earning it the nickname of “The Green 'un”. Issue 331, in June 1901, saw a…

boys_friend_library

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The Boys' Friend Library Cover image Type Story Library Format Pocket Library No. of issues 1488 First issue September 1906 Last issue June 1940 Fate Cancelled Incorporations XXXX Publisher Amalgamated Press General Information The Boys' Friend Library was a pocket library format storypaper that Amalgamated Press launched in order to both print long adventure, school, detective etc stories, as well as to …

boys_friend_library_n_501_750

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Last 24 issues alternated between the names Bullseye Library and Knockout Library The Boy's Friend Library (new series) issue 501 The Boy's Friend Library (new series) issue 502 The Boy's Friend Library (new series) issue 503 The Boy's Friend Library (new series) issue 504

boys_friend_library_n_546

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The Boys' Friend Library (new series) 546 Cover image (see notes) Date XXXX Day published XXXX Format Pocket Library Pages 64 Price 4d Editor XXXX In Search of the Veiled Queen

boys_friend_library_n_547

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The Boys' Friend Library (new series) issue 547 Cover image (unwanted) Date XXXX Day published XXXX Format Pocket library Pages 64 Price 4d Editor XXXX The Wycliffe Scholarship Boy

boys_friend_library_n_548

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The Boys' Friend Library (new series) issue 548 Cover image (unwanted) Date XXXX Day published XXXX Format Pocket library Pages 64 Price 4d Editor XXXX The Gold Trail

boys_friend_library_n_549

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Comic title & Issue Number Cover image (see notes) Date XXXX Day published XXXX Format Pocket Library Pages 64 Price 4d Editor XXXX Stories The Secret of the Silent City

boys_friend_library_n_555

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The Boys' Friend Library (new series) issue 555 Cover image (unwanted) Date 3rd December 1936 Day published XXXX Format Pocket library Pages 96 Price 4d Editor XXXX Stories Peril Camp

boys_of_our_empire

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Boys of our Empire Cover image Type Story Paper Format Half tabloid No. of issues XXXX First issue October 27th 1900 Last issue XXXX Fate XXXX Incorporations XXXX Publisher Andrew Melrose General Information Boys of our Empire began as a 1d paper called Boys of the Empire. This was to put it in direct competition with another paper of the same name (but costing ½d) published by EJ Brett. However the tit…

boys_of_the_empire

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Boys of the Empire Cover image Type Story Paper Format Half tabloid No. of issues XXXX First issue 1870's Last issue 1880's - 90's Fate XXXX Incorporations XXXX Publisher Edwin J Brett General Information A story paper begun in the 1870's by Edwin J Brett. The paper was very unusual for the time in that the illustrations (at least on the covers) were in full colour. This did push the price up to 1½d, th…

boys_of_the_empire_new

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Boys of the Empire Cover image Type Story Paper Format XXXX No. of issues XXXX First issue October 9th 1900 Last issue September 15th 1906 Fate XXXX Incorporations XXXX Publisher Edwin J Brett General Information Boys of the Empire was a follow up to the Original published by Edwin J Brett in 1900. It had 16 pages and cost ½d. This was presumably in response to the Harmsworth halfpenny papers that had a…

character_list

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This page is a list of paticularly noteworthy characters that have appeared in British comics. Some comics were also named after thier character so a page may encompass both an overview of the story and a biography of the character. A Alf Tupper

chatterbox

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Chatterbox Cover image Type Storypaper / magazine Format 19cm W, 25cm T No. of issues XXXX First issue December 1866 Last issue 1955 Fate Cancelled Incorporations XXXX Publisher Varies General Information Story-paper with many general interest/educational articles too. Started in 1866 by the Rev. J. Erskine Clarke, M.A. and ran weekly until (seemingly) 1935.

chums

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Chums Cover image Type Storypaper Format 22.5cm X 29.8cm No. of issues XXXX First issue September 14, 1892 Last issue 1941 Fate Cancelled Incorporations XXXX Publisher Cassell's General Information Chums was a penny story-paper began by Cassell's in 1892, inspired by the success of The Boys' Own. It was issued in weekly 1d issues, monthly 1' parts and also yearly volumes. Covers and index pages were also …

commando

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Commando Cover image Type Comic Format Picture Library No. of issues Ongoing - over 4000 First issue June 1961 Last issue Ongoing Fate Ongoing Incorporations None Publisher DC Thomson General Information Commando was launched in June 1961 by DC Thomson as a response to IPC's sucessful war themed picture-library series such as War Picture Library and Battle Picture Library. The stories were not as “grim”…

commando_539

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Commando 539 Cover image (see notes) Date XXXX Day published XXXX Format Picture Library Pages 64 Price XXXX Editor George Low Stories Sniper's Island

conflict_library_378

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Conflict Library No. 378 Cover image (unwanted) Date XXXX Day published XXXX Format Picture Library Pages 64 Price 12p Editor XXXX Stories Green Hell

cor

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Cor!! Cover image Type Comic Format Half Tabloid No. of issues XXXX First issue 6th June 1970 Last issue XXXX Fate XXXX Incorporations XXXX Publisher IPC Typical 20th century comedy comic.

crackers

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Crackers Cover image Type Comic Format XXXX No. of issues XXXX First issue XXXX Last issue XXXX Fate XXXX Incorporations XXXX Publisher Amalgamated Press Apparently a comedy comic. Seemingly survived Graveyard Week as was still being published Christmas 1940.

dean

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Dean & Sons Logo Incorporated XXXX Dissolved XXXX Fate XXXX Overview of history Blah Blah Titles Chatterbox Many other generic “Splendid Book For Boys” type books, with various titles, too.

editor_list

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A Alan Digby B C Calum Laird D E Euan Kerr F G George Low H I J Rev. J.E. Clarke K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

faq

2009-01-13T20:33:19+02:00

Please read this page before contributing! (Also, this site was once going to be HTML pages entirely created by me, and some of these questions have been copied from there, hence why they sound a bit strange for a user-created site). ---------- What comics does this site cover, in a broad sense?

frank_richards

2009-08-13T18:54:50+02:00

Pseudonym of Charles Hamilton, one of the greatest writers in British story papers. “Frank Richards” primarily wrote the Greyfriar's stories in The Magnet, which featured Billy Bunter.

graveyard_week

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The week in 1940 in which paper rationing was introduced, due to the second world war. This caused the cancellation of many early 20th century comics and story-papers, many without warning. Among the notable casualties were The Magnet, The Gem and Magic.

harry_lane

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Very prolific artist on various Amalgamated Press story-papers in the early 20th century, such as the Union Jack and Boys' Friend Library

help_styleguide

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This page is here to help you with some of the intracies of wiki-coding (the page syntax has extra, detailed information - if in doubt, keep it open in a new window as you work). Various versions of wiki software have slightly different variations in how they work. This site, for example, runs on Dokuwiki, which does not use exactly the same coding as Wikipedia.

herbert_strang

2009-08-13T18:52:22+02:00

Pseudonym of two authors: George Herbert Ely (1866-1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867-1947) who specialised in writing adventure stories for boys. Several Herbert Strang's Annual's were published in the early part of the 20th century.

i_collect

2009-01-12T19:21:51+02:00

If you come across/have any odd issues of these titles you don't want, send me an email and we can talk! The Boys' Friend Page I'm especially after the issues from 1909 featuring the serial story The Peril to Come. But anything is considered. I do have a bound volume of a year's worth of issues from the Spring double number 1903, though. Later issues from the 20's i'm not so interested in, but send a message along anyway and we'll see.

index

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Very under construction!!!!

knockout

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Knockout Cover image Type XXXX Format XXXX No. of issues XXXX First issue 4th March 1939 Last issue XXXX Fate XXXX Incorporations XXXX Publisher Amalgamated Press General information Comedy / Adventure comic. Also known as The Knock-out Comic and Billy Bunter's Knockout

merry_and_bright

2009-08-10T22:27:20+02:00

Merry and Bright Cover image Type comic Format tabloid No. of issues XXXX First issue October 22nd 1910 Last issue January 19th 1935 Fate XXXX Incorporations XXXX Publisher XXXX General Information A tabloid-sized halfpenny comic of the early 20th century. Began in 1910 and ceased publication in 1935. It is likely to have gradually increased to twopence in price by this time.

paddy_brennan

2010-08-28T10:48:14+02:00

Patrick (Paddy) Brennan (b. 1930?, d. early 1980s or c. 2000?) was a comics artist from Dublin who drew primarily for Dundee publisher D. C. Thomson. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London. His first published work was a strip called “Jeff Collins - Crime Reporter” in The Magno Comic, a one-shot published in 1946 by International publications in Glasgow. More work for small publishers followed, including in Cartoon Art's Marsman (1948) and Super-D…

picture_fun

2009-08-10T22:34:38+02:00

Picture Fun Cover image Type comic Format tabloid No. of issues XXXX First issue Febrary 16th 1909 Last issue July 3rd 1920 Fate XXXX Incorporations XXXX Publisher Trapps Holmes General Information A halfpenny comic published by Trapps Holmes in 1909. Subtitled ”The brightest paper on earth” (despite black and white covers!). Ended in 1920, the price is likely to have risen to a penny-halfpenny or twopenc…

publisher_list

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A page for the various publishers that have produced comics in the United Kingdom over the years. Please regard “evolutions” of a publisher (ie Harmsworth Publishing into Amalgamated Press) as seperate entities. ---------- Amalgamated Press General Information

quick_list

2009-01-12T23:11:27+02:00

It can be tedious to write out lists of links to individual comic issues one by one, so here is a quicker way to do it (On Windows PC's, results not gauranteed on others). 1: Download Justbasic from the following site: (it's free!)

radio_fun

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Radio Fun Cover image Type Comic Format XXXX No. of issues XXXX First issue 15th October 1938 Last issue XXXX Fate XXXX Incorporations XXXX Publisher Amalgamated Press Radio-themed comic, produced in a pre-television (for normal people anyway) age when the “wireless” was king.

rev_je_clarke

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Rev. J. Erskine Clarke, M.A. Picture Born 1827 Died 1920 Nationality XXXX Profession Editor Biography Creator and first editor of Chatterbox in 1866.

sexton_blake

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Sexton Blake was one of the greatest characters to come out of the British story papers. He appeared in a great variety of forms and publications and new adventures are still being produced in 2009. (fill in more here) Timeline of Sexton Blake publications Not originally written for this site. Needs tidying up later

sidebar

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sparky

2009-08-08T13:15:34+02:00

Sparky Cover image Type comic Format ? No. of issues 652 First issue January 23rd 1965 Last issue July 9th 1977 Fate Merged with The Topper Incorporations none Publisher dc_thomson General Information Notable Characters / Stories By Story By Issue Issues 1-250

sparky_1_250

2009-08-08T14:18:17+02:00

Sparky Issue 1 Sparky Issue 2 Sparky Issue 3 Sparky Issue 4 Sparky Issue 5 Sparky Issue 6 Sparky Issue 7 Sparky Issue 8 Sparky Issue 9 Sparky Issue 10 Sparky Issue 11 Sparky Issue 12 Sparky Issue 13 Sparky Issue 14 Sparky Issue 15 Sparky Issue 16

sparky_2

2009-08-08T14:55:04+02:00

Sparky 2 Cover image Date 30th January 1965 Day published Friday Format ? Pages 24 Price 5d Editor XXXX Stories Sparky

start

2009-01-13T20:13:49+02:00

The British Comics Wiki Welcome! This is British Comics - Issue By Issue, a new wiki-style site dedicated to cataloguing, indexing and reviewing this huge and ignored area of culture. Here we cover everything from the “Penny Dreadfuls” of the 19th century, through to the Story Papers of the 1890's to 1920's and, of course, the Comics of the 20th and 21st centuries. But this site can only grow with contributions from YOU! the collectors out there who actually own these comics. So read the guide…

story_list

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This page is for listing notable comic stories, for instance ones that a comic is well-remembered for, or ones that acheived some degree of importance or recognition for one reason or another. Some pages in this section may overlap with character pages (eg Dennis the Menace). The inclusion of one story or another is bound to spark interesting debate too. There is no current consensus for a story being regarded as paticuarly notable, so let's develop one!

sweeney_todd

2009-07-27T01:30:09+02:00

(make up a character infobox here?) General Information Sweeney Todd is the name now commonly given to the story The String of Pearls: A Romance which was first serialised in the The People's Periodical and Family Library in 1846. This was one of several Penny Dreadfuls published by Edward Lloyd. The name of Sweeney Todd was later adopted as the title of the story by default, and comes from the villain of the tale.

tharg

2009-08-10T22:48:17+02:00

Fictional editor of 2000AD. The editorials in each issue, and replies to letters, are written “by” him. He also occasionally appears in the comic in his own stories. These are often spoof “moral advice” or public information strips. An example being Counts as One Choice.

the_dandy

2009-07-26T20:42:50+02:00

The Dandy Cover image Type comic/magazine hybrid Format ? No. of issues 34xx and still going First issue December 4th 1937 Last issue ongoing Fate Still published Incorporations Nutty September 21st 1985, Hoot November 1st 1986 Publisher dc_thomson General Information Renamed Dandy Xtreme in 2007.

the_firefly

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The Firefly Cover image Type Comic Format XXXX No. of issues XXXX First issue XXXX Last issue XXXX Fate Incorporated into The Butterfly Incorporations XXXX Publisher XXXX

the_gem

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The Gem Cover image Type Story-paper Format Half-tabloid No. of issues First issue 1908 Last issue 1940 Fate Cancelled Incorporations ???? Publisher amalgamated_press General Information Storypaper primarily focusing on boarding-school stories. Almost all of the complete stories in this paper were written by Charles Hamilton. The stories centered around Tom Merry & co. of St Jim's

the_iron_pirate

2009-08-08T20:45:46+02:00

A plain tale of strange happenings on the sea Information Author: Max Pemberton Illustrator: XXXX Published in: Chums issue 24 - 47 Description The Iron Pirate follows the narrator who, with some friends, becomes entangled in the plot of Captain Black, a pirate who has had constructed a ship powered by hydrogen engines (in a time when most vessels were powered by traditonal steam engines) and expensive, strong metals. This allows the pirate crew to rob indiscriminately. They also are in th…

the_joker

2009-01-12T00:47:57+02:00

Existed in 1893, priced a halfpenny. Was still going in at least april 1928, now priced a penny.

the_magnet

2009-01-12T00:47:57+02:00

The Magnet Cover image Type Story-paper Format Half-tabloid No. of issues First issue 1908 Last issue 1940 Fate Cancelled Incorporations ???? Publisher amalgamated_press General Information Storypaper primarily focusing on boarding-school stories. Almost all of the complete stories in this paper were written by Charles Hamilton. The stories centered around Greyfriars and featured a varied cast of characters, most famous of whom was Billy Bunter

title_list

2009-07-25T18:52:12+02:00

By title This is a far from complete list. Please add new titles if you intend to create a page about them! Keep to alphabetical order and naming conventions, please (see the FAQ). ---------- 0-9 2000AD A Action Adventure Ally Sloper (1970's)

union_jack

2009-07-27T00:08:48+02:00

Union Jack Cover image Type Story Paper Format Half Tabloid No. of issues 2018 First issue April 26th 1894 Last issue Febrary 18th 1933 Fate Became Detective Weekly Incorporations XXXX Publisher Amalgamated Press General Information Union Jack began in 1894 as a companion paper for the sucessful Halfpenny Marvel. The UJ was also priced a halfpenny and promised stories where ”bravery, mystery and adventu…

union_jack_1

2009-07-27T00:51:11+02:00

Union Jack issue 1 Cover image (wanted!) Date 26th April 1894 Day published XXXX Format Half tabloid Pages 16 Price ½d Editor XXXX Stories The Silver Arrow

union_jack_1_250

2009-07-27T00:22:27+02:00

Original Series Union Jack 1 - The Silver Arrow Union Jack 2 - Sexton Blake, Detective Union Jack 3 - 'Neath England's Flag Union Jack 4 - The Phantom Dwarf Union Jack 5 - The White Slaver Union Jack 6 - Fighting for the Flag Union Jack 7 - The Red Man's Vengeance

union_jack_2

2009-07-27T01:24:18+02:00

Union Jack issue 2 Cover image (wanted!) Date 4th May 1894 Day published XXXX Format Half tabloid Pages 16 Price ½d Editor XXXX Stories Sexton Blake; Detective

union_jack_22

2009-07-27T00:28:12+02:00

Union Jack issue 22 Cover image (unwanted) Date XXXX Day published XXXX Format Half Tabloid Pages 16 Price ½d Editor XXXX Stories The Hunt of the Walrus

wham_46

2009-01-12T18:33:01+02:00

Wham 46 Cover image (not wanted) Date 1st May 1965 Day published XXXX Format Half Tabloid Pages 20 Price XXXX Editor XXXX Stories Biff XXXX

wham_47

2009-01-12T18:34:55+02:00

Wham 47 Cover image (not wanted) Date 8th May 1965 Day published XXXX Format Half Tabloid Pages 20 Price XXXX Editor XXXX Stories Biff

wham_48

2009-01-12T18:49:44+02:00

Wham 48 Cover image (not wanted) Date 15th May 1965 Day published XXXX Format Half Tabloid Pages 20 Price XXXX Editor XXXX Stories Biff

whizzer_and_chips

2009-01-12T00:47:57+02:00

Whizzer And Chips Cover image Type Comic Format Half Tabloid - “two comics” No. of issues XXXX First issue 18th October 1969 Last issue XXXX Fate XXXX Incorporations XXXX Publisher IPC Was “Two comics in one”. Readers chose a “side” (Whizz-Kids or Chipites) depending on the comic they liked best.

worlds_comic

2009-08-10T22:44:55+02:00

The World's Comic Cover image Type Comic Format Tabloid No. of issues XXXX First issue XXXX Last issue November 10th 1908 Fate XXXX Incorporations XXXX Publisher Trapps Holmes General Information A halfpenny comic of the late 19th and early 20th century. Possibly first published in 1892 as volume 2 was being published in 1893. Published by Trapps Holmes.

writer_list

2009-08-13T18:53:16+02:00

A Alan Moore B C Charles Hamilton D E Edwy Searles Brooks F Frank Richards G G.H. Teed H Harry Blyth Hal Meredith / Meridith Herbert Strang I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Capt. W.E. Johns X Y Z