First Issue: 5th February 1966Last Issue: 3rd April 1971Copyright: Odhams / IPC The first issue of ‘Smash’ comic included ‘Ronnie Rich,’ ‘Ghost Patrol,’ ”Bad Penny,’ ‘Percy’s Pets,’ ‘Brian’s Brain,’ ‘ Space Jinx,’ ‘The Nervs,’ ‘Queen of the Seas,’ ‘The Telly Bugs,’ ‘The Swots & The Blots,’ ‘Charlie’s Choice’ and ‘Grimly Feendish.’
First Issue: 9th February 1929Last Issue: 18th May 1940Copyright: Amalgamated Press Along with many other comics and story papers of the period, ‘The Thriller’ came to an end in 1940 due to paper shortages at the outbreak of the Second World War. It ran for 589 issues, some 11 years. Its authors, reads as who’s…
First Issue: 16th March 1977Last Issue: 31st august 1987Copyright: Marvel UK Fury issue number one appeared on 16th March 1977 and included a free gift of a ‘Model War Plane.’ Stories in the first issue were: ‘Helpless,’ ‘7 Doomed Men,’ ‘Fokker’ and ‘The Last Banzai,’Fury later Joined with ‘Mighty World of Marvel.’ Fury Comic First…
First Issue: 19th March 1955Last Issue: 18th September 1965Copyright: Amalgamated Press / Fleetway Publications Marilyn Monroe Marilyn comic with ‘Marilyn Love Story’, ‘My Man Martin’, ‘Through With Women’, ‘Whispered Word’, ‘Spin That Pop’, ‘Strong Man Wanted’, ‘Beat It’, ‘Big Boy!’, ‘Here’s What I’d Do If I Were You’, ‘Ruby’, ‘Larry’, ‘Model Yourself On Mavis’ and…
First Issue: 1st April 1972Last Issue: 25th August 1973Copyright: Polystyle There is some debate as to whether or not “TV Action” merits a different entry as a separate comic to Countdown which ‘ended’ the week before on 24th March 1972. 1st April 1972 saw the appearance of “TV Action + Countdown” and although the title…
First Issue: 18th October 1924Last Issue: 25th May 1940Copyright: Amalgamated Press ‘The Triumph’ was incorporated with ‘The Boy’s Friend’ and ‘Gem’ during its 16 year run. After 814 issues, it was finally merged into ‘Champion’ in 1940. The Triumph Story Paper Week Ending 2nd February 1928
First Issue: 6th September 1930Last Issue: 1st February 1941Copyright: DC Thomson The Skipper was the fourth of DC Thomson’s ‘Big 5’ storypapers. The other storypapers were ‘The Adventure’, The Rover’, ‘The Wizard’, and The Hotspur. DC Thomson produced the storypapers in order to compete with the very popular Gem and Magnet storypapers. Stories in Skipper…
First Issue: 24th March 1984Last Issue: 30th June 1984Copyright: IPC Magazines The Thirteenth Floor The first Issue of Scream comic was dated 24th March 1987 and came with a free gift of ‘Fangs’. Stories in the first issue were: ‘The Dracula File’, ‘Monster’, ‘The Thirteenth Floor’, ‘Tales from the Grave’, ‘A Ghastly Tale’, ‘Fiends and…
First Issue: 22nd January 1983Last Issue: 28th April 1984Copyright: DC Thomson Iron Barr Spike number one, 22nd January 1983, saw the first appearance of local scrap metal dealer, Charlie Barr. Charlie Barr was collecting some scrap metal from the Darbury Rangers football ground when to the annoyance of the other players, who were having a…
First Issue: 15th October 1938Last Issue: 18th February 1961Copyright: Amalgamated Press Norman Wisdom Starring a whole galaxy of radio stars including Ravnell & West, Sandy Powell, Stymie & His Magic Wishbone, Tom Keane, George The Jolly Gee Gee, Flanagan & Allen, Clark Gable, Arthur Askey, Jack Warner, Petula Clark, Tommy Trinder, Jimmy Durante, Charlie Chester,…
