First Issue: 5th May 1979Last Issue: 30th January 1982Copyright: IPC Magazines ‘Jackpot’ comic ran for 141 issues before merging with ‘Buster’ comic. The first issue of ‘Jackpot’ comic included ‘Richie Wraggs’, ‘Angel’s Proper Charlies’, ‘Full O’ Beans’, ‘The Teeny Sweeney’, ‘Jack Pott’, ‘Little Adam and Eva’, ”Class Wars’, ‘Robot Smith’, ‘Good News Bad News’, ‘The…
First Issue: 11th January 1964Last Issue: 3rd July 1993Copyright: DC Thomson ‘Jackie introduced itself to itself to its female readership in January 1964 which was only two months following the death of the American president John F Kennedy and some believe that the comic may have derived its name from the name of president’s wife,…
‘Comics Britannia’ Episode 1 – The Fun Factory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x3HC2dNahs ‘Comics Britannia’ Episode 2 – Boys and Girls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r9H0W-Dy-Y ‘Comics Britannia’ Episode 3 – X-Rated: Anarchy in the UK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alZAEJQn3A0
First Issue: 29th February 1964Last Issue: 8th May 1965Copyright: IPC Magazines Stories in Hurricane comic number one were Typhoon Tracy, Skid Solo, Epics of Sport, Two Fists, A Yankee, Sword For Hire, Rod The Odd Mod, The Worst Boy in the School, HMS Outcast, He Rides Alone and Warrior With Wings. Hurricane ran for 63…
First Issue: 2nd February 1933Last Issue: 24th January 1981Copyright: DC Thomson ‘The Hotspur’ first appeared on 2nd February 1933 as a story paper. The stories in the first issue were ‘Silias Snatcher’, ‘The Truant Catcher’, ‘Buffalo Bill’s Schooldays’, ‘Japers Of The Red Circle’, ‘Absent-Minded Alfie’, ‘The Son Of Scarface’, ‘The Swooping Vengeance’, ‘Colarado Kid’, ‘The…
First Issue: 10th August 1968Last Issue: 7th June 1974Copyright: Longacre Press The first issue included Bobby Charlton’s Diary, Everton Can Be New Champions, This Can Lead To 70 Deaths, Greatest Club Match In Football, Ken Jones Column, Manchester City – Rags To Riches, Stars Of The Week, On The Ball, Here And There, League Tables…
Dalek (BBC) Annuals Gallery The Dalek Pocketbook and Space Travellers Guide 1965 The Dalek Book 1965 The Dalek World 1966 The Dalek Outer Space Book 1966 Terry Nation’s Dalek Annual 1976 Terry Nation’s Dalek Annual 1977 Terry Nation’s Dalek Annual 1978 Terry Nation’s Dalek Annual 1979
First Issue: 6th June 1970Last Issue: 15th June 1974Copyright: IPC Magazines With a sachet of ‘Gulp’ powder as a free gift to quench the thirst of it’s new readers, Cor!!, with two exclamation marks, launched itself on an unsuspecting public dated 6th June 1970. The first issue of Cor!! saw the appearance of front page…
First Issue: 17th May 1890Last Issue: 12th September 1953Copyright: Harmswoth / Amalgamated Press The first issue of Comic Cuts was an amalgam of reprints from American magazines. For a comic with a such an uninspiring start, it went to become a one of the longest running comics in history. During its long lifetime, Comic Cuts…
