Young Marvelman
First Issue: 3rd February 1954Last Issue: February 1963Copyright: L. Miller & Son Ltd The reason…
Young Marvelman
First Issue: 3rd February 1954Last Issue: February 1963Copyright: L. Miller & Son Ltd The reason that the first issue of Young Marvelman is numbered 25 is because the Captain Marvel Jr. series which ended with issue number 24 was renamed as Young Marvelman the following week. Young Marvelman First Issue (Number 25) 3rd February 1954 …
Barbie Magazine
First Issue: 1st November 1985Last Issue: N/ACopyright: IPC Magazines Barbie and Ken Barbie Magazine was initially published fortnightly with the first issue covering the period 1st to 14th November 1985. However, the magazine is now published monthly. The publication is inspired by the Barbie doll, which was the brainchild of American businesswoman Ruth Handler. With…
Ace Malloy of the Special Squadron
First Issue: 1952Last Issue: 1954Copyright: Arnold Book Company Ace Malloy Issue number one of ‘Ace Malloy of the Special Squadron’ bore the number fifty. This was thought to be a ploy to convince readers and newsagents that the publication was a long running one and therefore successful. Mick Anglo AKA Maurice Anglowitz was not only…
Princess Tina Comic
First Issue: 23rd September 1967Last Issue: 12th January 1974Copyright: Fleetway / IPC Magazines With falling sales in both their ‘Princess’ and ‘Tina’ comics, Fleetway decided to fold them into one comic called ‘Princess Tina’. The normal convention was that the lead title would be the continuation of that comic and the secondary title would drop…
Princess Comic
First Issue: 30th January 1960Last Issue: 16th September 1967Copyright: Fleetway Princess was a girls’ comic that ran from 1960 intil 1967. Stories in the comic included ‘Alona the Wild One’, ‘Amber Ridd – Daughter of Lorna Doone’, ‘Candy and Mandy’, ‘Castle in the Mist’, ‘Chocky’, ‘Circus Ballerina’, ‘Daughters of Adventure’, ‘Nurse Angela’, ‘Run Kristina Run’,…
Tina Comic
First Issue: 25th February 1967Last Issue: 16th September 1967Copyright: Fleetway Moira – Slave Girl of Rome Short lived British girls’ comic that ran for 30 issues. Stories in the comic included ‘Black Beauty’, ‘Dick and Dinah’, ‘Gi-Gi of the Circus and Her Horse Go-Go’, ‘Jackie and the Wild Boys’, ‘Moira – Slave Girl of Rome’,…
Airboy Comics
First Issue: 1951Last Issue: 1951Copyright: Streamline Short live American reprints comic lasting four issues. The original series was printed in the US by Hillman Periodicals and focused around the adventures of Airboy aka Davy Nelson. Not technically a superhero as he did not have super powers, he was classed as an ‘aviation adventure hero’. In…
Blake’s 7 Comic
First Issue: October 1981Last Issue: August 1983Copyright: Marvel UK Blakes 7 or to give it its full title ‘Blakes 7: A Marvel Monthly’ was based on the popular television series of the same name. There appears to be some confusion around the naming convention. Both the comic and the television series are referred to as Blakes…
