"Roy of the Rovers Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers. The strip first appeared in the ""Tiger"" in 1954, before giving its name to a weekly (and later monthly) comic magazine, published by IPC and Fleetway from 1976 until 1995, in which it was the main feature. The weekly strip ran until 1993, following Roy's playing career until its conclusion after he lost his left foot in a helicopter crash. When the monthly comic was launched later that year the"
"Magee Art Editors included Mike Swanson, Trish Gordon-Pugh Art Assistant: Maurice Dolphin Letterers: Stanley Richardson, Paul Bensberg, Peter Knight, John Aldrich ""This list is incomplete. You can help to complete it."" In addition, sports stars such as Tony Greig, Geoff Boycott, Trevor Francis, Ian Botham and Charlie Nicholas wrote columns for Tiger. Also many TV stars such as Morecambe and Wise appeared in Christmas issues, usually dressed up as Santa Claus! Tiger (Fleetway) Tiger was a British comic magazine published from 1954 to 1985. The comic was launched under the editorship of Derek Birnage on 11 September 1954, under the"
"Tiger (comic strip) Tiger was an American comic strip created by cartoonist Bud Blake. It ran from May 3, 1965 until the spring of 2003. Launched May 3, 1965, the strip about a group of suburban boyhood pals was distributed by King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers worldwide at its peak. Blake drew the strip until he was 85, two years before his death on December 26, 2005. Asked if he could continue to produce the strip, Blake told an interviewer, ""Sure, I could keep doing it. But I can’t. I’ve had enough."" After Blake retired, the strip continued to"
"Comic"" for three issues, and then reverted to the shorter ""Spectacular Spider-Man Weekly"" for the rest of its 41 issues. Backup stories now featured Daredevil (who moved over from the defunct ""Marvel Comic""), but no longer included the Avengers (who moved to the new Marvel UK monthly title, ""Marvel Superheroes Monthly""). The Hulk was another Marvel character with great popularity in the UK. After co-starring for many years in the pages of ""The Mighty World of Marvel"", the Hulk was given his own weekly title, ""Hulk Comic"", in 1979. However, with the May 1980 cancellation of ""Hulk Comic"" after 63"
"The Spider (British comics) The Spider is a British comic book character who began as a supervillain before becoming a superhero. He appeared in ""Lion"" between 26 June 1965 and 26 April 1969 and was reprinted in ""Vulcan"". He was created by writer Ted Cowan and artist Reg Bunn. Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel took over the writing of the character with his third adventure, and would write the bulk of his adventures. The Spider first appeared in The ""Lion"" from 26 June 1965 to 26 April 1969, as well as in Lion Annuals from 1967 to 1971. He would later"
"Gettens as Editor. Following successive mergers with other Fleetway publications in the 1960s the comic was known as ""Tiger and Hurricane"", then ""Tiger and Jag"", then it was coupled with the football magazine ""Scorcher"" in 1974, resulting in ""Tiger and Scorcher"" appearing for more than 6 years. Later there was a further, less successful, merger with another comic called ""Speed"", in 1980. The end finally came on 30 March 1985, with some strips moving to ""The Eagle"". In all, 1,555 issues were published, as well as a number of hard-cover annuals. Editorial Assistants have included Tony Peagam, Paul Gettens, Terence"
"(2005, Titan Books ) As well as appearing in his own series he has appeared in a number of other British comics as himself in figures crafted as an homage: The Spider (British comics) The Spider is a British comic book character who began as a supervillain before becoming a superhero. He appeared in ""Lion"" between 26 June 1965 and 26 April 1969 and was reprinted in ""Vulcan"". He was created by writer Ted Cowan and artist Reg Bunn. Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel took over the writing of the character with his third adventure, and would write the bulk of"
"Birnage, the editor of ""Tiger"", who had commissioned the strip. In 1960, in an attempt to whip up publicity, it was announced that the footballer Bobby Charlton had taken over as writer, although in reality it was still written by Birnage (who claimed that he did consult with Charlton occasionally for story ideas). The longest-serving writer of the strip was Tom Tully, who began in 1969 on an intermittent basis and then continuously from 1974 until the end of the weekly comic in 1993. Ian Rimmer became the main writer for the strip during the ""Match of the Day"" years,"
"3,000 plus pages. The Penguin India reprint would be an Indian subcontinent-only production and the tentative release date was set for September 2009. However, Penguin Books India have now confirmed that the publication of the set has been postponed indefinitely. Garth (comic strip) Garth was a comic strip in the British newspaper ""Daily Mirror"" from July 24, 1943, to March 22, 1997. The strip belonged to the action-adventure genre and recounted the exploits of the title character, an immensely strong hero who battled various villains throughout the world and many different chronological eras. ""Garth"" was widely syndicated throughout English-speaking countries"
"Garth (comic strip) Garth was a comic strip in the British newspaper ""Daily Mirror"" from July 24, 1943, to March 22, 1997. The strip belonged to the action-adventure genre and recounted the exploits of the title character, an immensely strong hero who battled various villains throughout the world and many different chronological eras. ""Garth"" was widely syndicated throughout English-speaking countries during its long run. The 1960s Australian fast bowler Garth McKenzie was nicknamed after the comic strip hero. Due to public demand, reprints of classic stories began in 2011 and have been revered amongst fans ever since. Steve Dowling and"
"Striker (comic) Striker is a fictional British comic strip and former magazine, which is created by Pete Nash and features in the British tabloid newspaper ""The Sun"". The strip first appeared in The Sun on Monday November 11, 1985 and ran in the newspaper daily until August 2003, when the author decided to launch the strip as a weekly independent comic book. However, the strip returned to ""The Sun"" during October 2005, after the comic book had published 87 issues and suffered financial problems. Over the four years the newspaper strip was published daily until the end of September 2009,"
"but the international mails proved so unreliable that he eventually returned to the States. Many of his originals had gotten lost in the mail. Blake's clients would eventually include advertising firms and such magazines as ""Business Week"" and ""Family Circle"". He drew ""Ever Happen to You?"" until 1964. He was approached by King Features to create a comic strip that would rival ""Peanuts"", and ""Tiger"" was born on May 3, 1965. Blake drew the strip until he was 85, two years before his death. After Blake retired, the strip continued to appear as reprints, and as of December 2005, according"
"Thriller Comics Thriller Comics, later titled Thriller Comics Library and even later Thriller Picture Library, was a British comic book magazine, published in series of digest sized issues by the Amalgamated Press, later Fleetway Publications, from November 1951 to May 1963: 450 issues in all, originally two per month, later four. Its stories were mainly historical adventure, featuring classic characters such as Robin Hood, Dick Turpin and the Three Musketeers, western characters such as Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok, adaptations of classic adventure novels and films, and original characters such as Captain Flame, Max Bravo and Battler Britton, either"
"section from ""Shiver"". The main star of ""Shiver"" was a ghost of the same name, whilst ""Shake"" was an elephant. Both had their own strips in their respective sections (""The Duke's Spook"" and ""Shake""), ""The Duke's Spook"" changing to ""Shiver"" after its merger. In 1973, the comic also featured a one-page strip starring stand-up comedian Charlie Williams. Other strips in ""Shiver and Shake"" included: ""Shiver and Shake"" ran for 83 issues. It also had eight specials, from 1973 to 1980, and 13 annuals, from 1974 to 1986. Shiver and Shake Shiver and Shake was a British comic magazine published every"
"imprint of DC Comics. Editor: Bernard Smith<br> Script Editor: Ken Mennell<br> Assistant Editor: David Gregory<br> Editorial: Peter Smith, Geoff Kemp, Roger Protz, Terence Magee, Pat Brookman, Chris Lowder.<br> Art: Royman Brown, Geoff Berwick, John Michael Burns, Ian Stead. Lion (comics) Lion was a weekly British comics periodical published by Fleetway (a subsidiary of IPC, the International Publishing Corporation) from 23 February 1952 to 18 May 1974. It lasted for 1,156 issues. ""Lion"" was first published on 23 February 1952, and was a weekly boys' adventure comic designed to compete with ""Eagle"", the popular weekly comic that had introduced Dan Dare."
"Ginger (comics) Ginger was a British comic strip series, introduced in the first issue of ""The Beezer"" in 1956. The character was the magazine's cover star until 1961, after which ""Pop, Dick and Harry"" took over the cover for a few years afterwards, but Ginger returned to the front cover in 1964. ""Ginger"" was a gag-a-day comic strip about a young boy. A typical gag was a one- or two-pager. He was originally created by Dudley D. Watkins, who drew the strip until his death in 1969. Bob McGrath then took over, drawing it until 1985, when he in turn"
"Lion (comics) Lion was a weekly British comics periodical published by Fleetway (a subsidiary of IPC, the International Publishing Corporation) from 23 February 1952 to 18 May 1974. It lasted for 1,156 issues. ""Lion"" was first published on 23 February 1952, and was a weekly boys' adventure comic designed to compete with ""Eagle"", the popular weekly comic that had introduced Dan Dare. ""Lion""s first issue contained a mix of text stories and comic strips; its flagship story was ""Captain Condor – Space Ship Pilot"", a science fiction adventure in the Dan Dare mould. The premiere issue also contained the first"
"1920 it gained its own children's paper, ""Tiger Tim's Weekly"", also called ""The Rainbow"". Tim then proved to have a sister, in the shape of Tiger Tilly, who appeared in ""Tiger Tilly and the Hippo Girls"". However, Baker was eventually dismissed from the strip for having a style which was ""too American"", when it was taken over by Herbert Sydney Foxwell (1890–1943). Tiger Tim and his friends continued to appear in the weekly paper ""Jack and Jill"" from 1954 until 1985. He was a regular exhibitor in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions from 1935 to about 1960. Baker should not"
"Wars"". Although it changed its title name several times over the years (mostly due to other less successful Marvel UK comics merging with it), the Spider-Man weekly comic eventually became the longest-running Marvel UK publication, publishing 666 issues from 1973-1985. During the course of its run, the book was successively known in the indicia as: Due to the character's popularity in Marvel UK's first title, ""The Mighty World of Marvel"", Spider-Man was made the star of his own weekly comic in early 1973. A full story from the monthly ""The Amazing Spider-Man"" was published each week. The backup strip featured"
"strip ran during these issues. With issue #500, the title changed its name again, to just ""Spider-Man"", with the page count now increased to 36. Back-up stories returned, as well; initially this was the Hulk following the merger of the second volume of ""The Incredible Hulk Weekly"" into ""Spider-Man"". Spider-Woman backup stories returned with issue #517 and the Fantastic Four returned in issue #529. The debut of the animated series ""Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends"" (1981–1983) on BBC One inspired the latest title change in October 1983. The logo remained the same, but the words ""and His Amazing Friends"" were"
"On March 8, 1986, Marvel UK launched a new Spider-Man reprint weekly comic, called ""Spider-Man and Zoids"", with new numbering. In a link with ""Spider-Man Comics Weekly"", ""Spider-Man and Zoids"" was described as ""volume 2"". The only original material featured the Zoids, a tie-in with the toys of the same name. ""Spider-Man and Zoids"" was notable for featuring early work by Grant Morrison, including the epic and apocalyptic Black Zoid storyline. The new title lasted only 51 issues until February 16, 1987. Marvel UK tried other vehicles for Spider-Man, including 1990's ""The Complete Spider-Man"" (a US-comic-sized monthly reprinting material from"
"degenerated like any other clone's. ""Spider-Man: The Osborn Journal"" (February 1997) explains the Green Goblin's role in the entire storyline. During the mid-1990s, Marvel consistently published four monthly Spider-Man series, roughly one every week. For the most part, the Spider-titles were treated during this storyline as a single weekly series, although occasionally they would separate, pair off, or have special anniversary editions. The Clone Saga ran through all four titles from October 1994 to December 1996, in addition to a multitude of spin-offs, one-shots, and ancillary issues. The relevant issues are: Ongoings: Furthermore, all five titles were temporarily renamed with"
"an additional nomination in 1998. Comics artist Joe Kubert said of Blake, ""I know his work, and I've always enjoyed it. He was a wonderful artist and a wonderful cartoonist."" Tiger (comic strip) Tiger was an American comic strip created by cartoonist Bud Blake. It ran from May 3, 1965 until the spring of 2003. Launched May 3, 1965, the strip about a group of suburban boyhood pals was distributed by King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers worldwide at its peak. Blake drew the strip until he was 85, two years before his death on December 26, 2005. Asked if"
"until 1987, and its lead character, Max, purported to be the comic's editor for several years after the story finished. ""Eagle"" inspired several imitators, such as ""Valiant"", ""Tiger"", and ""Lion"" (which featured a Dan Dare clone, ""Captain Condor"") but such adventure tales were less palatable for girls. Female characters like Dan Dare's Professor Peabody (one of only two female main characters in the strip), were generally given less important roles than the men, and as a result a trend developed toward producing comics aimed specifically at either boys or girls. ""Girl"", a sister title to ""Eagle"", appeared in November 1951,"
"Tiger novel featured the team as led by Dan Briggs; the rest all featured the Jim Phelps-era IMF. Dell Comics published a ""Mission: Impossible"" comic book on a sporadic schedule that lasted from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. Only five issues were published before the series was canceled. The first four issues were original publications; the fifth issue was a reprint of the first. In 1996, Marvel Comics published a single-issue ""Mission: Impossible"" comic which served as a prequel to the 1996 feature film. In 1968, the GAF Corporation of Portland, Oregon/Paramount Films released a View-Master (21 stereo pictures"
"sometimes recycled; during the first ten years of his playing career, Roy was kidnapped at least four times. Roy also made numerous appearances for England, depicted playing alongside actual players such as Malcolm Macdonald and Trevor Francis. The stock media phrase ""real 'Roy of the Rovers' stuff"" is often used by football writers, commentators and fans when describing displays of great skill, or surprising results that go against the odds, in reference to the dramatic storylines that were the strip's trademark. Roy of the Rovers first appeared on 11 September 1954, as a weekly feature in the comic magazine ""Tiger"","
"Jet-Ace Logan Jet-Ace Logan was a British comic strip that appeared in ""The Comet"" (1956–1959) and ""Tiger"" (1959–1968), issues of ""Thriller Picture Library"", plus the 1969 and 1972 ""Tiger Annuals"". It was originally drawn by John Gillat, and writers contributing scripts included David Motton, Kenneth Bulmer, and Frank S. Pepper; other artists illustrated the character's adventures, including Brian Lewis, Ron Turner, Francisco Solano López, Kurt Caesar and Geoff Campion. The hero, Jim ""Jet-Ace"" Logan, was an ace interplanetary pilot of the RAF; stories were set about 100 years in the future (for example, the story in the 1963 ""Tiger Annual"""
"several different comic strips, but offered a toy gadget in each issue. He was also the magazine's mascot. Hercule also got his own version of Spiff's magazine, this one called ""Super Hercule"", but his magazine was more joke-oriented. A series of 65 26-minute animated cartoons featuring the characters was produced in 1989 by Europe Images/M5 in France. Each program consisted of two episodes. United Kingdom television station Channel 4 aired the series in 1993. The adventures of Pif also appeared as Spiff and Hercules in English translation in the British communist newspaper the ""Daily Worker"" (later ""The Morning Star"") until"
"of ""The Champion"" while Smith launched a new title, ""Lion"". In 1954 Birnage launched a new sports-themed comic, ""Tiger"", and asked writer Frank S. Pepper to create a more realistic football strip than ""The Champion""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ""Danny of the Dazzlers"". The result was ""Roy of the Rovers"", drawn by Joe Colquhoun, who later also wrote the strip under the pseudonym Stewart Colwyn. After Colquhoun left in 1959, Birnage wrote the strip himself, using the pseudonym Frank Winsor, when not ghost-writing for the credited writer, Bobby Charlton. Birnage left ""Tiger"", and ""Roy of the Rovers"", in 1963, to edit comics annuals. He"
"various intellectual property rights to the Action Force toyline, the ""Action Force"" strip was canceled. The ""Battle Action Force"" magazine was subsequently merged with ""Eagle"". Following the demise of the ""Battle Action Force"" strips, a weekly ""Action Force"" comic was launched by Marvel UK on 8 March 1987, consisting of reprints of the US ""G.I. Joe"" comic book and new UK-exclusive short strips. The ""G.I. Joe"" comics were adjusted to fit into the UK strip's continuity and had all references to G.I. Joe replaced with Action Force, and the UK-exclusive strips maintained a separate continuity from the US ""G.I. Joe"""
"postman, wise old Ossie Owl and wacky Flipper Frog the fireman. The ""battlecry"" of the characters was ""We'll save our woods together, singing Acorn Green Forever!!!!"" The comic series, by Marvel UK, ran from October 1986 to July 1987 over 36 issues. It contained stories featuring the characters, puzzles, things to do and most importantly, information on wildlife, forestry issues and environmental issues in a way that young children could understand. A preview comic was seen in Get-along Gang issue ##, the week before the first comic was released. When the comic ceased in July 1987, it lived on as"
"Robin (magazine) Robin was a British weekly children's magazine published from 1953 to 1969, originally by Hulton Press. Associated annuals were also produced, the first dated 1954, until at least the ninth in 1962. ""Robin"" was billed as ""Companion to Eagle, Girl and Swift"", and aimed at younger readers and pre-readers. Both the weeklies and annuals were originally edited by Marcus Morris, but by 1962 Clifford Makins had become editor. In 1969 ""Robin"" was merged into ""Playhour"". Regular comic strip features included: The Woppit character was produced as a bear by Merrythought. One of these bears, Mr Whoppit, became the"
"debuting on the front page of the first issue. After 22 years of continued popularity, the strip was judged successful enough to sustain its own weekly comic, the eponymous ""Roy of the Rovers"", launched on 25 September 1976. The comic ran for 851 issues, until 20 March 1993, and included other football strips and features. At the peak of the comic's success about 450,000 copies were sold each week. There were also hardback annuals and holiday specials featuring a mix of reprinted and original content, and for a brief period, starting in 1986, Roy of the Rovers was serialised in"