First Issue: 1st June 1919Last Issue: 18th May 1940Copyright: Amalgamated Press Julius Stafford-Baker Tiger Tim made his first outing in his own comic in Tiger Tim’s Tales beginning 1st June 1919 five years after the appearance of The Rainbow. Tiger Tim’s Tales ran until 24th January 1920 before its re-launch the following week (31st January)…
First Issue: 5th June 1982Last Issue: 25th June 1983Copyright: IPC / Fleetway Kid Comic Not to be confused with ‘World of Warcraft’ or even American Wow Comics, Wow! was a weekly funnies comic that included the likes of ‘Adam and his Ants’, ‘Bill and Coo’, ‘Bleep’, ‘Kid Comic’, ‘Country Cousin’, ‘Ossie’ and ‘Barny’s Badges’. Wow!…
First Issue: 10th January 1970Last Issue: 26th February 1972Copyright: City Magazines Ltd Not to be confused with the similarly named comic ‘Striker 3D’, Striker issue number one appeared on 10th January 1970, which incidentally is the date of the first issue of ‘Scorcher’ comic. The first issue included a free gift of a ‘Dial –…
First Issue: 23rd February 1952Last Issue: 18th May 1974Copyright: Fleetway Robot Archie Lion comic was the first of three ‘Big Cat’ themed comics, the other two being Tiger and Jag. The first issue of Lion was dated 23rd February 1952 and introduced ‘The Jungle Robot’ (George Cowan). ‘The Jungle Robot’ was the strongest mechanical man…
First Issue: 11th June 1977Last Issue: 22nd October 1977Copyright: Byblos Edgar Rice Burroughs Weekly comic based on the 1912 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The first issue of ‘Tarzan Weekly’ comic came with a free gift of a ‘Survival Kit Bag’ . The first issue also featured ‘Tarzan’, ‘Korak son of Tarzan’ and ‘Akut King…
First Issue: 6th October 1962Last Issue: 16th October 1976Copyright: IPC Magazines The Steel Claw The first issue of Valiant saw the appearance of ‘The Steel Claw’ (Tom Tully, Jesus Blasco). ‘The Steel Claw’ was the story of Louis Crandell who was the assistant to a scientist called Professor Barringer. During a laboratory accident Crandell lost…
First Issue: 14th February 1981Last Issue: 6th August 1983Copyright: DC Thomson Limp Along Leslie ‘Buddy’ comic issue number one appeared on 14th February 1981 and included a free gift of a ‘Pop Pistol with Two Free Bullets’. Stories in the first issue were ‘Limp Along Leslie’, ‘The Wolf of Kabul’, ‘Deep Sea Danny’s Iron Fish’,…
First Issue: 21st January 1967Last Issue: 7th September 1968Copyright: Odhams Spider-Man 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!’ ‘Pow!’ comic ran for 86 issues before joining Smash! comic on 14th September 1968 with the newly titled…
First Issue: 21st April 1956Last Issue: 24th November 1956Copyright: News of the World Flash Gordon The first issue of Rocket included Captain Falcon, Escape from Earth, John Storm, Why I am Editing, The Jungle of Space, Flash Gordon, Johnny Hazard, Brick Bradford, St. Rockets, Earthward Bound, News of Other Worlds, Your Guide to Guided Missiles…
First Issue: 28th May 1960Last Issue: 4th January 2000Copyright: IPC Magazines Andy Capp The Daily Mirror newspaper strip character, Andy Capp, was the creation of Reg Smythe. When ‘The Mirror Group’ took over ‘Amalgamated Press’ a new comic was created. The new comic was named after the main protagonist, the son of Andy Capp, ‘Buster’….
