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 a mixture of comic strips and prose stories. By 1961, School Friend had weekly sales figures of 446,394 making it a clear leader in the girl’s comic market. It merged with Girls Crystalin May 1963.
Regular strips included:
Babs and the Family
Bessie Bunter – Billy Bunter’s sister
Cherry and the Children
Dilly Dreem
Jill Crusoe
Kim, Dog of Mystery
Lucky’s Living Doll
My Friend Sara
Scamp
The Silent Three
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