BRITISH COMIC LIST
Updated
Following is a list of British Comics.
1874
FUNNY FOLKS First issue December
12th
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
ALLY SLOPER’S HALF-HOLIDAY First
issue March 3rd
SCRAPS First issue September 1st
1884
1885
JACK AND JILL First issue March
7th
1886
1887
JACK AND JILL Last issue May
7th
1888
1889
1890
COMIC CUTS First issue May 17th
ILLUSTRATED CHIPS First issue July
26th
SNAP-SHOTS First issue August 9th
1891
JOKER First issue July 18th
1892
WORLD’S COMIC First issue July
6th
NUGGETS First issue November 26th
1893
FUNNY WONDER First issue
February 4th
LARKS First issue May 1st
1894
PICTURE POLITICS First issue March
FUNNY FOLKS Last issue
April 28th
1895
COMIC HOME JOURNAL First issue May
11th
1896
1897
JOKER Last issue October 28th
1898
HALFPENNY COMIC First issue January
22nd
COLOURED COMIC First issue May
21st
1899
1900
1901
FUNNY WONDER Last issue May
25th
1902
JESTER AND WONDER First issue May
24th
1903
1904
PUCK First issue July 30th
COMIC HOME JOURNAL Last issue
September 10th
BUTTERFLY First issue September 17th
PLAYBOX First issue November
1905
1906
NUGGETS Last issue March 10th
COLOURED COMIC Last issue April 28th
HALFPENNY COMIC Last issue December
29th
LARKS Last issue December 29th
1907
SNAP-SHOTS Last issue November 19th
1908
WORLD’S COMIC Last issue November
10th
1909
PICTURE FUN First issue February 16th
1910
SCRAPS Last issue April 30th
PLAYBOX Last issue May
MERRY AND BRIGHT First issue October 22nd
1911
FAVOURITE COMIC First issue
January 21st
1912
JESTER AND WONDER Last issue January
20th
JESTER First issue January 27th
1913
1914
CHUCKLES First issue January 10th
BIG COMIC First issue January 17th
RAINBOW First issue February 14th
PICTURE POLITICS Last issue February
1915
FUNNY WONDER First issue January
2nd
FIREFLY First issue February 20th
1916
ALLY SLOPER’S HALF-HOLIDAY Last
issue September 9th
1917
FAVOURITE COMIC Last issue
March 31st
FIREFLY Last issue March 31st
BIG COMIC Last issue September 28th
1918
SPARKS First issue October 5th
1919
1920
FILM FUN First issue January 17th
TIGER TIM’S WEEKLY First issue January
31st
SPARKS Last issue April 17th
KINEMA COMIC First issue April
24th
LITTLE SPARKS First issue April
24th
PICTURE FUN Last issue July
3rd
CHICK’S OWN First issue
September 25th
JESTER Last issue December 18th
JOLLY JESTER First issue December
25th
1921
BUBBLES AND THE CHILDREN’S FAIRY First issue April 16th
ADVENTURE First issue September 17th
1922
CHAMPION First issue January 28th
ROVER First issue March 4th
MONSTER COMIC First issue September 23rd
WIZARD First issue September 23rd
LITTLE SPARKS Last issue September
30th
GOLDEN PENNY COMIC First issue October
14th
SUNBEAM First issue October 7th
1923
CHUCKLES Last issue December 1st
1924
JOLLY JESTER Last issue February
16th
JESTER First issue February 23rd
1925
PLAYBOX First issue February 14th
1926
1927
TINY TOTS First issue October 22nd
LARKS First issue October 29th
JOKER First issue November 5th
1928
GOLDEN PENNY COMIC Last issue January
28th
MY FAVOURITE First issue January
28th
FROLIX: THE CHILDRENS FRIEND First issue August
1929
CRACKERS First issue February 23rd
BO-PEEP AND LITTLE BOY BLUE First issue October 19th
1930
MONSTER COMIC Last issue January
25th
FROLIX: THE CHILDRENS FRIEND Last issue May 9th
SKIPPER First issue September 6th
Collectively
the Adventure, Hotspur, Rover, Skipper and Wizard became known as the 'Big Five'
1931
1932
KINEMA COMIC Last issue October
15th
1933
DAZZLER First issue August 19th
RATTLER First issue August 19th
HOTSPUR First issue September 2nd
The first
issue of Hotspur featured a story about the pupils and teachers of
It was
during the 1930's that these type of adventure papers boomed, 1939 saw Europe
plunged into War and with paper rationing, the issues were carrying less pages
and could no longer appear weekly.
1934
JINGLES First issue January 13th
TIP TOP First issue April 21st
CHUCKLER First issue March 31st
BO-PEEP AND LITTLE BOY BLUE Last issue April 14th
MY FAVOURITE Last issue October 13th
SPARKLER First issue October 20th
1935
JOLLY COMIC First issue January
19th
MERRY AND BRIGHT Last issue January 19th
1936
MICKEY MOUSE WEEKLY First issue February 8th
1937
GOLDEN First issue October 23rd
DANDY First issue December 4th
1938
BEANO First issue July 30th
CHUCKLER Last issue March 15th
RATTLER Last issue October 15th
RADIO FUN First issue October 15th
1939
KNOCKOUT First issue March 4th
DAZZLER Last issue April 8th
SPARKLER Last issue August 5th
JOLLY COMIC Last issue October
28th
1940
GOLDEN Last issue May 11th
PUCK Last issue May 11th
BUTTERFLY Last issue May 18th
JESTER Last issue May 18th
JOKER Last issue May 18th
LARKS Last issue May 18th
TIGER TIM’S WEEKLY Last issue May
18th
FUNNY WONDER Last issue May
25th
SUNBEAM Last issue May 25th
SKIPPER Ceased publication
1941
BUBBLES AND THE CHILDREN’S FAIRY Last issue May 24th
CRACKERS Last issue May 31st
1942
WONDER First issue May 30th
1943
1944
1945
Following
the hostilities, Adventure, Hotspur, Rover and Wizard survived to bring it's readers a new kind of story,
action set during the Second World War.
1946
COMET First issue September 20th
1947
1948
SUN First issue January 20th
1949
1950
EAGLE First issue April 14th
The first
issue of Eagle featured the space adventures of Dan Dare pilot of the future.
COWBOY PICTURE LIBRARY First issue April
1951
GIRL First issue November 2nd
TV COMIC First issue November 9th
THRILLER PICTURE LIBRARY First
issue November
1952
LION First issue February 23rd
ILLUSTRATED CHIPS Last issue August
23rd
1953
TOPPER First issue February 7th
ROBIN First issue March 28th
COMIC CUTS Last issue September 12th
WONDER Last issue September 12th
1954
JACK AND JILL First issue February
27th
SWIFT First issue March 20th
TIP TOP Last issue May 29th
JINGLES First issue May 29th
TIGER First issue September 11th
1955
CHAMPION Last issue March 19th
PLAYBOX Last issue June 11th
MICKEY MOUSE WEEKLY Last issue September 24th
1956
BEEZER First issue January 21st
RAINBOW Last issue April 28th
MIRABELLE First issue September 10th
1957
VALENTINE First issue January 19th
CHICK’S OWN Last issue March 9th
ROMEO First issue August 31st
1958
BUNTY First issue January 18th
ROXY First issue March 15th
WAR PICTURE LIBRARY First issue
September 1st
1959
TINY TOTS Last issue January 24th
COMBAT PICTURE LIBRARY(First Series) First issue March
COMET 587 issues last issue
October 17th Merged with TIGER
NEW HOTSPUR First issue
October 24th
SUN Last issue October 17th Merged with LION October 24th -
1960
AIR ACE PICTURE LIBRARY First
issue January 18th
PRINCESS First issue January 30th
COMBAT PICTURE LIBRARY(First Series) 51 issues Last issue March
COMBAT PICTURE LIBRARY(Second Series) First issue May 1st
BUSTER First issue May 28th
1961
ADVENTURE 1878 issues last issue January 14th Merged with ROVER
ROVER 1855 issues last issue January 14th Merged with ADVENTURE
BATTLE PICTURE LIBRARY First issue
January 16th
ROVER and ADVENTURE First issue
January 21st
RADIO FUN 1167 issues last issue
February 18th Merged with BUSTER
VICTOR First issue February 25th
BIMBO First issue March 18th
COMMANDO First issue June
1962
WAR AT SEA PICTURE LIBRARY First
issue February 1st
FILM FUN 2225 issues last issue
September 8th Merged with BUSTER
COWBOY PICTURE LIBRARY 468 issues last
issue September
VALIANT First issue October 6th
1963
TREASURE First issue January 19th
NEW HOTSPUR 173 issues last
issue February 9th Merged with HOTSPUR
HOTSPUR First issue February 16th
KNOCKOUT 1251 issues last issue February 16th Merged with VALIANT February 23rd -
EAGLE Last issue March 2nd Merged
with SWIFT
SWIFT Last issue March 2nd Merged
with EAGLE
EAGLE and SWIFT First issue
March 9th
THRILLER PICTURE LIBRARY 450 issues last
issue May
VALIANT PICTURE LIBRARY First issue
June 3rd
WAR AT SEA PICTURE LIBRARY 36 issues
last issue July
ROXY Last issue September 14th
TEDDY BEAR First issue September
21st
LION PICTURE LIBRARY First issue
October
WIZARD 1970 issues last issue
November 16th Merged with ROVER
ROVER AND ADVENTURE 148 issues last issue November 16th Merged with WIZARD
ROVER AND WIZARD First issue
November 23rd
HORNET First issue December 14th
1964
JACKIE First issue January 11th
GIANT WAR PICTURE LIBRARY First
issue June
GIRL Last issue October 3rd
1965
SPARKY First issue January 23rd
RANGER First issue September 18th
GIANT WAR PICTURE LIBRARY 76 issues
last issue December
1966
JUDY First issue January 16th
SMASH! First issue February 5th
CHAMPION Merged with LION June 11th -
RANGER Last issue June 18th Merged
with LOOK AND LEARN
BUSTER ADVENTURE LIBRARY First
issue July
PIPPIN First issue September 24th
1967
FLEETWAY SUPER LIBRARY – FRONTLINE SERIES First issue January 16th
FLEETWAY SUPER LIBRARY – SECRET AGENT SERIES First issue January 16th
FLEETWAY SUPER LIBRARY – FANTASTIC SERIES First issue January 16th
FLEETWAY SUPER LIBRARY – FANTASTIC SERIES 2 issues Last issue January 16th
MANDY First issue January 21st
POW! First issue January 21st
FLEETWAY SUPER LIBRARY – STUPENDOUS SERIES First issue February 20th
GIGGLE: A CHILDRENS COMIC First
issue April 29th
PRINCESS Last issue September 16th
BUSTER ADVENTURE LIBRARY 36 issues
Last issue December
1968
GIGGLE: A CHILDRENS COMIC Last
issue January 13th
FLEETWAY SUPER LIBRARY – FRONT LINE SERIES 26 issues Last issue January 15th
FLEETWAY SUPER LIBRARY – SECRET AGENT SERIES 26 issues Last issue January 15th
FLEETWAY SUPER LIBRARY – STUPENDOUS SERIES 24 issues Last issue January 15th
TWINKLE First issue January 27th
JAG First issue May 4th
POW! Last issue September 7th
1969
ROBIN Last issue January 25th
EAGLE and SWIFT Last issue
April 26th
EAGLE 991 issues with the last issue April 26th Merged with LION
JAG (Re-launch) February 22nd
JAG 48 issues Last issue April
5th merged with TIGER
LION PICTURE LIBRARY 136 issues Last
issue May 3rd
VALIANT PICTURE LIBRARY 144
issues Last issue May 5th
WHIZZER and CHIPS First issue
October 18th
1970
WIZARD (Re-launch) First issue February
14th
COR!! First issue June 6th
ACTION PICTURE LIBRARY First
issue August 4th
ACTION PICTURE LIBRARY 30 issues
Last issue October 5th
THUNDER First issue October 17th
AIR ACE PICTURE LIBRARY 545
ISSUES Last issue November 16th
1971
LOOK-IN First issue January 9th
TAMMY First issue February 6th
THUNDER 22 issues last issue March
13th Merged with LION March 20th -
SMASH! 257 issues last issue April
3rd Merged with VALIANT April 10th -
KNOCKOUT First issue June 12th
SCORCHER and SCORE First issue
July 3rd
TV21 Merged with VALIANT October 2nd -
1972
TREASURE Last issue January 16th
BIMBO Last issue January 22nd
HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE First issue March
25th
1973
ROVER and WIZARD 477 issues Last issue January 6th Merged with WIZARD
BUZZ First issue January 20th
SHIVER and SHAKE First issue
March 10th
KNOCKOUT 106 issues Last issue June
23rd Merged with WHIZZER and CHIPS
TEDDY BEAR Last issue September
15th
1974
WHOOPEE First issue March 30th
LION 1156 issues Last issue May
18th Merged with VALIANT May 24th -
JINTY First issue May 11th
COR!! 210 issues Last issue June
15th Merged with BUSTER
TOP SECRET LIBRARY First issue July
ROMEO Last issue September 14th
HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE Last issue September
15th
WARLORD First issue September 28th
SCORCHER and SCORE 171 issues Last
issue October 5th Merged with TIGER
SHIVER and SHAKE 83 issues Last
issue October 5th Merged with WHOOPEE
VALENTINE Last issue November 9th
1975
BUZZ 103 issues Last issue
January 4th Merged with TOPPER
CRACKER First issue January 18th
VULCAN (Distributed in
MONSTER FUN First issue
June 14th
VULCAN (Distributed in
VULCAN (National Distribution) First issue September 27th
1976
VULCAN (National Distribution) 28 issues Last issue April 3rd
HORNET 648 issues Last issue February 7th
ACTION First issue February 14th
BULLET First issue February 14th
TOP SECRET LIBRARY 40 issues last
issue February
VULCAN Merged with VALIANT April 10th - October 2nd
CRACKER 87 issues last issue
September 11th Merged with BEEZER
ACTION 36 issues Last issue October 16th
KRAZY First issue October 16th
VALIANT 730 issues Last issue October 16th Merged with BATTLE PICTURE WEEKLY October 23rd
MONSTER FUN 72 issues Last
issue October 30th Merged with BUSTER
ACTION (Re-launch) First issue December 4th
1977
2000AD First issue February 26th
SPARKY 652 issues Last issue July 16th Merged with TOPPER
PLUG First issue September 24th
PICTURE WEEKLY Last issue October 1st
CHEEKY First issue October 22nd
MIRABELLE Last issue October 22nd
ACTION 50 issues Last issue November 12th Merged with
BATTLE PICTURE WEEKLY 141 issues Last
issue November 12th Merged with
BATTLE First issue November 19th
1978
SCOOP First issue January 21st
STAR WARS First issue February
8th
BULLET 147 issues Last issue
February 12th Merged with WARLORD
KRAZY 79 issues Last issue April
15th Merged with WHIZZER and CHIPS
STARLORD First issue May 13th
WIZARD 435 issues Last issue June 24th Merged with VICTOR
STARLORD 22 issues Last issue October 7th Merged with 2000AD October
14th -
1979
CRUNCH First issue January 20th
PLUG 75 issues Last issue
February 24th Merged with BEEZER.
TORNADO First issue March 24th
STARBLAZER First issue
April 1st
JACKPOT First issue May 5th
TORNADO 22 issues Last issue August 18th Merged with 2000AD
August 25th -
RED DAGGER First issue October 1st
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE First issue October 17th
1980
CRUNCH 54 issues Last issue January 26th Merged with HOTSPUR
CHEEKY 120 issues Last issue February 2nd Merged with WHOOPEE
BUDDY First issue February 14th
NUTTY First issue February 23rd
SPEED First issue February 23rd
SPEED 36 issues Last issue
October 25th Merged with TIGER
1981
HOTSPUR 944 issues Last issue January 24th Merged with VICTOR
SCOOP 194 issues Last issue October 3rd Merged with VICTOR
JINTY Last issue November 21st
1982
JACKPOT 141 issues Last issue January 30th Merged with BUSTER
EAGLE First issue March 27th
WOW First issue June 5th
1983
SPIKE First issue January 22nd
WOW 56 issues Last issue June 25th Merged with WHOOPEE
BUDDY 130 issues Last issue August 6th Merged with VICTOR
BATTLE ACTION FORCE First issue
October 8th
SCHOOL FUN First issue
October 15th
1984
CHAMP First issue February 25th
SCREAM First issue March 24th
SPIKE 67 issues Last issue April 28th Merged with CHAMP
SCHOOL FUN 33 issues Last
issue May 26th Merged with BUSTER
TAMMY Last issue June 23rd
TV COMIC 1697 issues Last issue June
29th
RED DAGGER Last issue June
30th
SCREAM 15 issues Last issue June 30th Merged with EAGLE
WAR PICTURE LIBRARY 2103 issues Last
issue November 5th
BATTLE PICTURE LIBRARY 1706 issues
Last issue December 17th
1985
TIGER 1554 issues with the Last issue March 30th Merged with EAGLE
WHOOPEE Last issue March 30th
Merged with WHIZZER and CHIPS
EAGLE PICTURE LIBRARY First issue May
JACK AND JILL Last issue June
29th
CHAMP 87 issues Last issue
October 19th Merged with VICTOR
IT’S A HOOT First issue October
26th
EAGLE PICTURE LIBRARY 14 issues Last
issue November
1986
STAR WARS Last issue June 7th
WARLORD 627 issues Last issue
September 27th Merged with VICTOR
PIPPIN Last issue September 26th
MASK First issue October 25th
IT’S A HOOT Last issue October
25th
1987
JIM HENSON’S MUPPET BABIES First
issue January 3rd
MASK 1986 Preview issue January 3rd
CRISIS First issue September 17th
1988
BATTLE ACTION FORCE 225 issues Last issue January 23rd Merged with EAGLE
REAL GHOSTBUSTERS First issue March
26th
JIM HENSON’S MUPPET BABIES Last
issue September
MASK 80 issues Last issue October 22nd Merged with EAGLE
WILDCAT First issue October 22nd
1989
WILDCAT 12 issues Last issue March 25th Merged with EAGLE April
8th
IT’S WICKED First issue May
27th
RING RAIDERS First issue
September 18th
RING RAIDERS 6 issues Last issue November 25th
FIREMAN SAM First issue
December 9th
1990
SUPERTED First issue March 10th
TOPPER 1963 issues Last issue September 15th Merged with BEEZER
WHIZZER and CHIPS Last issue
October 27th Merged with BUSTER
1991
STARBLAZER 281 issues Last
issue January 1st
MANDY Last issue May 5th
CRISIS 63 issues Last issue October
THUNDERBIRDS First issue October 19th
1992
REAL GHOSTBUSTERS Last issue September
VICTOR 1675 issues Last issue
November 21st
1993
JACKIE Last issue July 3rd
BEEZER Last issue August 21st
JAMES BOND Jr. First issue October
1st
1994
JAMES BOND Jr. Last issue February
4th
1995
SUPERTED Last issue December
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
BUSTER Last issue January 3rd
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