Launched in 1977, Heavy Metal (“The adult illustrated fantasy magazine”) was established as an English-language version of the classic European adult fantasy comic magazine Métal…
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One of the longest-running DC Thomson comics, The Hotspur began life in 1933 as a weekly collection of text stories for children, with comic strips added in…
I-Spy books were the brainchild of retired headmaster Charles Warrell, who became the self-styled Big Chief I-Spy. Through his books, children pretended to be Indian braves…
This Fleetway comic for younger children was published between 27 February 1954 and 29 June 1985. Stories were originally told in rhyming couplets, although regular prose…
DC Thomson already had a grip on the comics business with The Dandy and The Beano for boys and Bunty for girls. Noting that two rival magazines – Valentine and Boyfriend – were selling…
Published by IPC for 7d a week, Jag served as a sister comic to Lion and Tiger in 1968 and 1969. After just 48 issues it was merged with Tiger. Regular…
Jinty was a weekly comic for girls published by IPC from 1974 to 1981. Although it also featured soapy stories, the focus of the comic was…
In 1972, a strange book with strange drawings began to appear in bedrooms – The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort. Subtitled A Gourmet Guide, the book was…
This weekly girls’ comic – billed as a companion title to Bunty – was published by DC Thomson from 1960 to 1991. It absorbed Emma in 1979 and Tracy in 1985…
Three months after Sydney-based RAM (Rock Australia Magazine) got underway in 1975 with editor Anthony O’Grady, Melbourne came up with its own music magazine, Juke,…
Krazy was a short-lived British comic (79 issues) published weekly by IPC Magazines from October 1976 to April 1978, when it merged with the long-running Whizzer…
Ladybird books were all printed and published in Loughborough, UK. The company was set up by local writers and industrialists early in the 1900s (to…
This weekly Fleetway comic (described as a “story paper” or “picture paper”) was first published on 23 February 1952 as a response to the huge…
Perusers of supermarket checkout displays will be familiar with the standard arrays of Kit Kats, Who Magazine’s 100 Most Infuriating People Who Are Already Famous and…
Look and Learn was a British weekly educational magazine for children published in colour by Fleetway Publications Ltd from 20 January 1962 until 17 April…
Look-in – promoted as the “Junior TV Times” – was published every Thursday (eventually every Friday) between 1971 and 1994 and became the “must-have” kids’ magazine.…
Mad magazine was founded in 1952 by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines, although the magazine’s moronic-looking mascot, Alfred E Neuman (pictured), wasn’t introduced…
Mandy was a weekly girls’ comic published by DC Thomson from 1967 to 1991, which absorbed the comic Debbie in 1983. Mandy merged with Judy in 1991 to…
Founded in 1926 by Leicester-born composer and music publisher Lawrence Wright, Melody Maker was one of the earliest British weekly music newspapers. The publication mainly covered…
Published by Fleetway between February 1978 and January 1980, Misty was one of the few comics targeted at girls that focused on supernatural and horror stories…