First Issue: 17th September 1904 Last Issue: 18th May 1940 Copyright: Amalgamated Press The Butterfly comic ran for 36 years and during its run introduced the readers to many favourites including ‘Mick and Molly’ (Roy Wilson), ‘Steve and Stumpy’ (Roy Wilson), ‘Buffalo Bill’ (Ned Buntline), ‘Spotsem and Getsem’ (Cyril Price) and ‘Jolly Jack Robinson’ (Bertie…
First Issue: 18th January 1958Last Issue: 17th February 2001Copyright: DC Thomson The older sister of ‘Mandy’, Bunty issue one dated 18th January 1958 came with a free gift of a ‘Ladybird’ ring. Stories in the first issue were ‘The Four Marys’, ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’, ‘Girl Of the Islands’, ‘Bimbo and her Baby’, ‘Dancing Life of…
First Issue: 16th April 1921Last Issue: 24th May 1941Copyright: Amalgamated Press Bubbles the Boy Clown (Freddie Crompton) was the star of his own comic ‘Bubbles’. ‘Bubbles And His Clever Pets’ who were five dogs called ‘Jock’ the Scottie terrier, ‘Pinkie’ the pug, ‘Pat’ the Irish hound and twin puppies called ‘Tinkle’ and ‘Tiny’. Bubbles and…
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First Issue: 18th January 1879 Last Issue: January 1967 Copyright: Religious Tract Society The rationale behind the creation of “The Boy’s Own Paper” was similar to that of the Reverend Marcus Morris when he formulated the idea of ‘The Eagle’. The Religious Tract Society were looking to create a more wholesome comic with underlying Christian…
First Issue: 18th March 1961Last Issue: 22nd January 1972Copyright: DC Thomson Bimbo, not some wench that you met in the local night club, but a nursery comic from the early 1960s. Nursery comics such as ‘Bimbo’ and ‘Little Star’ were aimed at younger children and included some watered down versions of characters from their elder…
First Issue: 21st January 1956 Last Issue: 21st August 1993 Copyright: DC Thomson The broadsheet sized first issue of ‘The Beezer’ first appeared 21st January 1956 and introduced the carrot topped ‘Ginger’ (Dudley Watkins) to the comic world. Other debutants in the first issue were ‘The Voyage Of The Bushwhacker ‘, ‘Mick On The Moon’,…
First Issue: 15th February 2007 Last Issue: June 2013 Copyright: DC Thomson On 15th February 2007, Daleks invaded Bash Street. Whether or not Daleks or even Cybermen would be a match for the Bash Street Kids remained to be seen. In conjunction with Comic relief, DC Thomson released a new comic called Beanomax. Beanomax was…
First Issue: 30th July 1938Last Issue: N/ACopyright: DC Thomson Inspired by the success of The Dandy (4th December 1937), The Beano Comic, as it was originally known, appeared on July 30th 1938. The Beano Comic’s first issue had seven full text stories, six conventional stories whereby the text appeared under the strip and the rest…
First Issue: 8th March 1975 Last Issue: 23rd January 1988 Copyright: IPC Magazines Six months prior to the arrival of ‘Battle Picture Weekly’, DC Thomson had launched their own war themed comic called ‘Warlord’. Perhaps the most enduring legacy of Warlord was not that it raised the standard for violence and violent language in comics…
