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Adventure was the first of the ‘Big
Five’ with the first issue published September 17th 1921 and ran to 1878 issues.
The boys’ story paper market at
the time was dominated by Gem and Magnet with school stories
about Billy Bunter, Harry Wharton & Tom Merry.
The success of this publication
led to The Rover and The
Wizard being published the following year.
The demise of the story papers
came in the 1950’s with the publication Eagle,
Lion & Tiger these comics had picture strips.
The last issue of Adventure (1878) was published
January 14th 1961, when it was merged with The
Rover.
Hornet, Valiant
& Victor were published in the 1960’s these publication’s featured the story
paper heroes like Alf Tupper, Braddock, The Wolf of Kabul & V for Vengeance
in picture strips.
Below are some of the characters
featured:
BALDY HOGAN,
BLOCKBUSTER BROWN, DIXON HAWKE, HAPPY HOOKER HARPER, JOE PALOOKA, NICK SWIFT,
SOLO SOLOMON,
STRANG THE
TERRIBLE, TINY FLANNELFEET.
And the stories:
BLACK HAWK LEAD
ON THE LONG, LONG TRAIL, FIGHTING HAL OF SHERWOOD, I SHOT HITLER, THE LAST MAN
ALIVE,
THE MAN WHO
HAUNTED HITLER, THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MANY SECRETS, THE TRAIL OF ZERO THE
SILENT, THE YELLOW GHOST.
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A SELECTION OF ADVENTURE COVERS |
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17 |
28 |
60 |
337 |
341 |
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January
7th 1922 |
March
25th 1922 |
November
4th 1922 |
April
14th 1928 |
May 12th 1928 |
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347 |
379 |
416 |
458 |
478 |
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June
23rd 1928 |
February
2nd 1929 |
October
19th 1929 |
August
9th 1930 |
December
27th 1930 |
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1044 |
1071 |
1086 |
1206 |
1298 |
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December
20th 1941 |
January 2nd 1943 |
July
31st 1943 |
October
18th 1947 |
December
3rd 1949 |
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1302 |
1481 |
1730 |
1824 |
1878 |
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December
31st 1949 |
June
6th 1953 |
March
15th 1958 |
January
2nd 1960 |
January 14th 1961 |
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#1878 January 14th 1961 Last
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Following are a selection of stories featured
in ADVENTURE:
BALDY
HOGAN – THE BRAINS BEHIND THE TEAM:
Story of Baldy Hogan, the player-manager of Third Division Burhill
United.
This first episode appeared in the Adventure 1946.
Click here to
read the first episode of Baldy Hogan.
THE
BUBBLE:
The transparent terror that grows – and grows – AND GROWS!
This first episode appeared in the Adventure in 1951.
Click here to
read the first episode of The Bubble.
THE
DEAD DETECTIVE’S VENGEANCE:
Who killed Dixon Hawke?.
This first episode appeared in the Adventure in 1944.
Click here to read the first episode of The Dead Detective’s
Vengeance.
HORATIO
NELSON, MIDSHIPMITE:
Young Nelson will be a famous Admiral one day - but he has to start the
hard way!
This first episode appeared in the Adventure
in 1959.
Click here to read the first episode of Horatio
Nelson, Midshipmite.
I
SHOT HITLER:
The amazing story of the man who, after World War II, was able to say—I
SHOT HITLER
This first episode appeared in the Adventure 1960.
Click here to read the first episode of I Shot Hitler.
VENGEANCE
OF THE V:
The adventures of the man of the V campaign.
This first episode appeared in the Adventure in 1942.
Click here to read the first episode of Vengeance of the V.
THE
YELLOW GHOST:
The story of an invisible spy!
This first episode appeared in the Adventure in 1943.
Click here to read the first episode of The Yellow Ghost.
Vic Whittle 2019
© D. C. Thomson
& Co Ltd
