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This boys’ story paper from DC Thomson was launched on 4 March 1922. It absorbed Adventure in 1961 and The Wizard in 1963, before finally folding in January 1973. Regular…
The quintessential comic strip football hero started out as the lead strip in Tiger in 1953, got his own comic in September 1976, and also starred in…
Less well-known on American shores than he is at home in England, this hairy denizen of Nutwood Forest has been delighting children since 1920 when…
School Friend had existed as an Amalgamated Press story paper for girls from 1919. Revived as a comic in 1950 by Fleetway, the comic published…
This football-themed comic was launched by IPC in January 1970. It absorbed Score ‘n’ Roar in June 1971, becoming Scorcher and Score, and merged with Tiger on 5 October 1974. Scorcher annuals…
In March 1984, a new horror comic aimed at children arrived in British newsagents. Though it would only run for 15 issues, Scream! left a…
This short-lived British nursery comic was published by Gresham Juvenile Publications in 1971. Unlike other comics which based their strips on existing material (often from…
This short-lived weekly comic from IPC was published from 1973 to 1974. It borrowed the central gimmick of Whizzer and Chips, dividing itself into two mini-comics:…
Smash Hits was a pop music magazine aimed at teenagers and young adults, featuring lyrics, photographs, interviews and news related to music acts in the…
British music paper Sounds appeared in 1970 with a weekly colour centrefold and robust rock music coverage. Sounds came early to the punk scene thanks to John Ingham…
This weekly comic from DC Thomson was aimed at a slightly younger audience than The Beano and The Dandy and was published between January 1965 and 9 July 1977…
“The Fortnightly Freakout” Published by Melbourne-based Southdown Press (the Murdoch-owned publishers of TV Week and New Idea), the fortnightly Australian pop music magazine Spunky! was…
Since 1961, DC Thomson had been producing war comic Commando to massive success with sales of 750,000 during its 1970s peak. Seeing the popularity of…
Launched by IPC in May 1978, Sci-fi comic Starlord was intended to be a companion comic to 2000 AD. After only 22 issues the two…
This weekly British comic for girls was published by Fleetway in London from 1971 to 1984. Tammy was closely linked editorially with the fellow Fleetway titles Misty and Jinty, eventually…
Launched by Polystyle in April 1978, Target was a weekly title intended as a companion comic to Polystyle’s established TV Comic, aimed at a slightly…
“Read it . . . and you’ll be thunderstruck!” This weekly comic from Fleetway/IPC debuted on 17 October 1970 and lasted for just twenty-two weeks…
Fleetway launched Tiger in September 1954 with the subtitle “The Sport and Adventure Picture Story Weekly”. The boys’ weekly featured sporting strips and stars such as Geoff…
Tiger Beat was founded in September 1965 by Charles “Chuck” Laufer, his brother Ira Laufer, and television producer and host Lloyd Thaxton. Marketed primarily to…