First Issue: 20th September 1946Last Issue: 17th October 1958Copyright: Amalgamated Press Comet comic ran for 580 issues before joining with Tiger comic in 1958. During its lifespan, Comet stories included ‘Buffalo Bill’, ‘Thunderbolt Jackson’, ‘Dick Barton’, ‘Strongbow the Mighty’, ‘Kit Carson’ ‘Jet Ace Logan’, and ‘Claude Duval’.
First Issue: 10th January 1914Last Issue: 1st December 1923Copyright: Amalgamated Press The 8 paged tabloid sized Chuckles comic appeared in early January 1914. Contributors to the first issue were Tom Wilkinson, H. O’Neil and W. Radford. Chuckles became a nursery comic in 1919 before merging with Jungle Jinks comic in 1923. ‘Chuckles’ Comic Issue Number…
First Issue: 26th July 1890Last Issue: 12th September 1953Copyright: Amalgamated Press Called Illustrated Chips but most often referred to as Chips as it changed its name to that title in September 1952. Chips made its first appearance in July 1890 and ran until 1953 making it one of the world’s longest running comics along with…
First Issue: 1st December 1866Last Issue: 1950sCopyright: Macintosh Chatter Box was a famous children’s story paper first published in 1866 by Reverend John Erskine Clarke. Clarke wanted to produce a paper that would offer an alternative to the popular ‘Penny Dreadfuls’ of the time. Clarke had also produced a paper for younger children in 1863…
Tiger Comics Wanted 1954 6 issues wanted Numbers 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 12/ 15 1959 3 Issues wanted Numbers 240/ 241/ 22nd August 1962 1 Issue Wanted 29th December 1963 1 Issue Wanted 14th September 1964 2 Issues Wanted 11th July/ 22nd August Use the ‘Comment’ facility below, if you have these comics available to…
First Issue: 26th February 1966Last Issue: 4th June 1966Copyright: IPC Magazines Champion comic lasted only fifteen issues before being consumed by a Lion in June 1966. Champion first issue introduced ‘Jet Jordan’, ‘School for Spacemen’, Return of the Stormtroopers’ – Eric Bradbury and ‘When the Sky Turned Green’ by Carlos Cruz. Champion Comic Issue Number…
First Issue: 13th October 1976Last Issue: 6th July 1977Copyright: Marvel UK No its not Nigel Farage or some other well known Brexiteer, but a British comic character. Captain Britain originally appeared in the first issue of Captain Britain comic in 1976. The usual fayre of Marvel UK which is the subsidiary of its bigger American…
Buzz Comic First Issue: 20th January 1973Last Issue: 4th January 1975Copyright: DC Thomson Buzz issue number one appeared on 20th January 1973 and included a free gift of a ‘Pop Pistol’. Stories in the first issue were ‘Hop, Skip & Jock’, ‘Nobby’, ‘Harum-Scarem!’, ‘Billy the Kidder’, ‘Tich & Snich’, ‘Gus the Galoot’, ‘Olly’s Occy’, ‘Big…
