When TV21 folded, the publishing firm Polystyle Publications (who owned TV Comic) looked to capitalise on the gap left for Gerry Anderson’s Supermantionation shows and negotiated…
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This short-lived comic from DC Thomson was published in 1975 and 1976 before being consumed by The Beezer. Regular strips included: The Astro-Nuts Big-Head Branny Billy…
DC Thomson launched The Crunch in January 1979 as an attempt to compete with rival publisher IPC’s 2000 AD. The comic ran for 54 issues before it merged with…
One of the most popular children’s comics of all time, The Dandy was launched on 4 December 1937 by DC Thomson of Dundee, Scotland – a family…
This comic for girls was published by DC Thomson from 1963 to 1976 when it merged with Jackie. Later issues included a pull-out magazine section…
This series of reading books for primary school children was first published as The Happy Venture Readers in the mid-1950s and featured Dick And Dora,…
First published in 1958, Disc (renamed Disc and Music Echo in 1966) focussed on the music charts and was the first British music newspaper to feature…
By the late 1970s, Dungeons & Dragons had become a favourite pastime of certain types of too-smart-for-their-own-good, socially awkward adolescents who preferred to think of…
Eagle was launched on 14 April 1950 and conceived as a more wholesome counterpoint to imported American comics. Devised by Anglican vicar Marcus Morris and…
First published as Fabulous in January 1964 (with The Beatles on the cover) and aimed squarely at the teenage market, the magazine’s big selling point…
Originally produced in one room beneath the Smash Hits offices on Carnaby Street in London, The Face launched in May 1980 under Nick Logan, the journalist who had previously edited New…
The Fighting Fantasy series were books based on role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons. The idea of books such as The Warlock of Firetop Mountain was…
“Pure Pulp for Pinheads”. Launched in 1980 by former Record Mirror journalists Barry Cain and Tim Lott, British music magazine Flexipop! became legendary for including…
The unlikely and satirical adventures of this small and furry creature with the short trunk first appeared in the Daily Mail in 1949. Created and drawn…
VHS and Betamax videotapes began appearing in the 1970s, but the machines to play them were still prohibitively expensive. For many kids in those pre-cable…
How come the Four Marys are still in the Third Form at St Elmo’s? Have they really been kept down for nearly half a century?…
Created by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, the Funnybones books were first released in 1980 and followed the adventures of a gang of skeletons – the big…
This sister comic to Eagle was a polished weekly colour production for girls which first appeared in 1951. The original front cover comic strip was ‘Kitty Hawke…
Girls’ Crystal was launched in October 1935 by Fleetway as a story paper and re-launched as a comic in March 1953. While the DC Thomson…
The Australian music magazine Go-Set was launched in February 1966 by Phillip Frazer, a quietly spoken, blonde 19-year-old who had previously edited the Monash University…