Krazy
First Issue: 16th October 1976Last Issue: 15th April 1978Copyright: IPC Magazines Do Not Be Caught Reading This In Class! Krazy issue number one appeared on 16th October 1976 and included a free gift of ‘Krazy False Teeth’. Stories in the first issue were ‘Krazy or Krazy Not?’, ‘Handy Andy’, ‘Krazy Dictionary’, ‘Fit Fred & Sick…
Tiger
First Issue: 11th September 1954Last Issue: 30th March 1985Copyright: IPC Magazines Whilst sci-fi fans were lapping up the adventures of Dan Dare, IPC recognised that there was still a market for a sports comic. September 11 1954 saw the appearance of Tiger comic and its free gift of a ‘Space Gun Novelty’. Stories featured ‘Roy…
Roy of the Rovers
First Issue: 25th September 1976Last Issue: 20th March 1993Copyright: Egmont UK Limited Some twenty years after joining Melchester Rovers, at a time when most football careers are coming to an end, Roy Race became player manager of Melchester Rovers in 1974. The 1970’s were a significant time for Roy who married Penny Laine and had…
Jackpot
First Issue: 5th May 1979Last Issue: 30th January 1982Copyright: IPC Magazines ‘Jackpot’ comic ran for 141 issues before merging with ‘Buster’ comic. The first issue of ‘Jackpot’ comic included ‘Richie Wraggs’, ‘Angel’s Proper Charlies’, ‘Full O’ Beans’, ‘The Teeny Sweeney’, ‘Jack Pott’, ‘Little Adam and Eva’, ”Class Wars’, ‘Robot Smith’, ‘Good News Bad News’, ‘The…
Jackie
First Issue: 11th January 1964Last Issue: 3rd July 1993Copyright: DC Thomson ‘Jackie introduced itself to itself to its female readership in January 1964 which was only two months following the death of the American president John F Kennedy and some believe that the comic may have derived its name from the name of president’s wife,…
Comics Britannia Videos
‘Comics Britannia’ Episode 1 – The Fun Factory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x3HC2dNahs ‘Comics Britannia’ Episode 2 – Boys and Girls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r9H0W-Dy-Y ‘Comics Britannia’ Episode 3 – X-Rated: Anarchy in the UK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alZAEJQn3A0
Hurricane
First Issue: 29th February 1964Last Issue: 8th May 1965Copyright: IPC Magazines Stories in Hurricane comic number one were Typhoon Tracy, Skid Solo, Epics of Sport, Two Fists, A Yankee, Sword For Hire, Rod The Odd Mod, The Worst Boy in the School, HMS Outcast, He Rides Alone and Warrior With Wings. Hurricane ran for 63…
Hotspur, The
First Issue: 2nd February 1933Last Issue: 24th January 1981Copyright: DC Thomson ‘The Hotspur’ first appeared on 2nd February 1933 as a story paper. The stories in the first issue were ‘Silias Snatcher’, ‘The Truant Catcher’, ‘Buffalo Bill’s Schooldays’, ‘Japers Of The Red Circle’, ‘Absent-Minded Alfie’, ‘The Son Of Scarface’, ‘The Swooping Vengeance’, ‘Colarado Kid’, ‘The…