First Issue: December 1979Last Issue: Not ApplicableCopyright: Dennis Publishing Ltd Like many famous endeavours of recent years, such as large multinationals starting in kitchens and garages, the humble beginnings of Viz were in a suburban bedroom of Chris Donald’s parent’s house. ‘Viz’ Comic First IssueNo. 1December 1979Bumper Monster Christmas SpecialA Free Ice CreamBuy This…
First Issue: 1894Last Issue: 1933Copyright: Amalgamates Press Story Paper produced by Harmsworth in response to the ‘Penny Dreadfuls’ prevalent at the time. The Union jack was the sister paper to the Halfpenny Marvel. Stories in The Union Jack included Sexton Blake. The Union Jack Issue Number 225
First Issue: 27th January 1968Last Issue: 1999Copyright: DC Thomson ‘Twinkle’, ‘The Picture Paper Especially For Little Girls’ first issue included ‘Nancy’, ‘Betty Bright’, ‘Sue of the Children’s Zoo’, ‘Sally Sweet of Sunshine Street’, ‘Wendy of Willowtree Farm’, ‘Patsy Panda’ and ‘The Three Pennys’. The star of the comic however was Twinkle herself. Twinkle was one…
First Issue: 6th October 1979Last Issue: 12th January 1985Copyright: DC Thomson ‘Tracy’ comic ran for 277 issues and stories included ‘Angela’, ‘Dark Days for Jo (But No-One Must Know)’, ‘Detestable Dinah’, ‘Dog’s Life for Debbie’, ‘Oh, Brother’, ‘Penny’s Perfect Mum’, ‘Rhoda’s Robots’, Sharing of Shona’, ‘The Slave to the Dolls’, ‘Sorrows of Supergirl’, ‘The Sporty…
First Issue: 24th March 1979Last Issue: 18th August 1979Copyright: IPC Magazines Tornado issue number one appeared on 24th March 1979 and included a free gift of a ‘Turbo Flyer’. Stories in the first issue were ‘Victor Drago’, ‘The Mind of Wolfie Smith’, ‘Angry Planet’, ‘The Tale of Benkei’, ‘Wagner’s Walk’ and ‘Captain Klep’. Victor Drago…
First Issue: 17th October 1970Last Issue: 13th March 1971Copyright: Fleetway With stories that included ‘The Terrible Trail To Tolmec’, ‘Black Max’, Cliff Hanger’, Fury’s Family’, ‘Dusty Binns’, ‘Phil The Fluter’, ‘The Spooks Of St Lukes’, ‘The Jet-Skaters’, ‘Steel Commando’, ‘Gauntlet Of Fate’, ‘Sam’ and last but not least the memorable ‘Adam Eterno’ Thunder comic clapped…
First Issue: 6th February 1971Last Issue: 23rd June 1984Copyright: Fleetway With 689 issue, ‘Tammy’ can be considered one of the most successful girl’s comics. This success was in large part due to its many mergers which included ‘Sandie’, ‘June’, ‘Misty’, ‘Jinty’, ‘Penny’ ‘Princess’ and ‘Sally’. ‘Tammy’ Comic Issue Number 2 Dated 13th February 1971…
First Issue: 28th August 2003Last Issue: 12th May 2005Copyright: Striker 3D Not to be confused with the Striker comic of the early 1970s, Striker produced by Striker3D was an entirely different proposition to the comics that had preceded it. Creator Pete Nash’s inspirational new style comic hit the news stands in August 2003. Striker was…
First Issue: 1947Last Issue: 1947Copyright: Cardal Publishing A British 6d comic paper co-created by Denis Gifford and Bob Monkhouse. It was initially drawn by Gifford in the first issue with the subsequent issues being drawn by science-fiction writer Bryan Berry. It featured the British Superhero ‘Streamline’, ‘Kid Carter the Teenage Tec’, ‘Spot’, ‘Inky’ and ‘The…
First Issue: 8th February 1978Last Issue: 21st May 1980Copyright: Marvel UK New Street, Birmingham 1977, I had just left the cinema and was looking up to the skies for spaceships and aliens. I was just ten years old and was unaware that I had just seen a film that would become so iconic that it…
