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Interview with Bill Graham, Downthetubes.com: "August 5th, 1963. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was put on the staff of The
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for 648 issues from 14 September 1963 to 7 February 1976, after which it was merged with
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Great British Comics: Celebrating a Century of Ripping Yarns and Wizard Wheezes
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This article is about the British comic. For the Marvel Comics characters, see
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Hornet (comic)
Hornet (comics)
comic
D. C. Thomson & Co.
The Hotspur
World War II
The Wizard
William Wilson
p. 252
"Calling Warlord Agents!"
Archived
Wayback Machine
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Victor


The Hornet
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978-0-06-173112-9
p. 116
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0-7490-8211-9
p. 218
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978-1-84513-170-8
The Hornet
Grand Comics Database
A brief history of The Victor - (1961- 1992, published every Monday)
The Hornet Index
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