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…
First Issue: 13th May 1978Last Issue: 7th October 1978Copyright: IPC Magazines The first issue of Starlord was dated 13th May 1978 and came with a free gift of a Starlord Trooper badge. The Starlord Trooper badge was introduced in six different versions, which were ‘Tank Commander’, ‘Skateboard Strike Force’, ‘Mek War Controller Robot Regiment’, ‘Laser…
First Issue: 25th September 1976Last Issue: 14th January 1978Copyright: DC Thomson Priced at seven pence, the first issue of ‘Spellbound’ introduced the following stories: When The Mummy Walks, Spectre from The Flame, The Secret of Silver Star, Nightmare, Supercats Meet the Sun God, The Haunting of Laura Lee, I Don’t Want To Be A Witch…
First Issue: 23rd February 1980Last Issue: 25th October 1980Copyright: IPC Magazines With its free gift of a ‘Speed Plane’, Speed comic zoomed onto the newsagents shelves dated 23rd February 1980. Speed promised “8 stories that will make you gasp”, and unsurprisingly based most of its stories around speed. The first stories to appear were ‘Topps…
First Issue: 10th March 1973Last Issue: 5th October 1974Copyright: IPC Magazines Two comics in one, double the fun! Shiver and Shake issue number one appeared on 10th March 1973 and included a ‘ Free Practical Joke’. One of four alternate free gifts. ‘Which one will you get?’ the comic asked. Stories in the first issue…
