First Issue: 19th April 1908Last Issue: 24th September 1966Copyright: Pearson / The Boy Scout Association Baden Powell Founded by Baden Powell and under the editorship of Percy W. Everett, ‘The Scout’ was a boys’ paper with a boys’ scouting theme. The first issue dated 19th April 1908 included the story ‘How I Started Scouting’ by…
First Issue: 17th January 1914Last Issue: 28th September 1918Copyright: Henderson Issue number one of ‘The Big Comic’ introduced the adventures of ‘Gay Gus’ and ‘Shrimp’ (H. O’Neil) which was the story of two friends, one tall and one short. The pair got into many scrapes and with the outbreak of the World War One they…
First Issue: 17th February 1973Last Issue: 14th December 1985Copyright: UK Marvel Stan Lee Spider-Man’s first ever appearance was in issue number 15 of the American comic ‘Amazing Fantasy’ in August 1952. Written by Stan Lee and Artwork by Steve Ditko, Spider-Man eventually made his way across the Altalntic. Spider-Man made numerous appearances in British comics over…
First Issue: 14th February 1976Last Issue: 2nd December 1978Copyright: DC Thomson Bullet issue number one appeared on 14th February 1976 and included a free gift of ‘Secret Sign Ring’. Stories in the first issue were ‘Smasher’, ‘3 Men in a Jeep’, ‘Twisty’, ‘Vic’s Vengeance’, ‘Flight into the Unknown’, ‘Survivor’ and ‘Fireball’. After 147 issues, Bullet merged…
First Issue: 15th April 1967Last Issue: 3rd February 1968Copyright: Odhams In the 1960s, publishers Odhams obtained the rights to reprint Marvel superhero characters in their five ‘Power’ comics which were ‘Pow!,’ ‘Wham!,’ ‘Fantastic,’ ‘Terrific’ and ‘Smash!’ The stories in the first issue of Terrific introduced the British comic reading public to ‘The Avengers’ which was…
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.’ As with the other…
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…
