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Renamed Knock-Out Comic in March 1940, during the conflict the page count fell to 14 pages and the colour was removed. Percy Clarke took over as editor for the duration of the war; to reduce the impact of military call-ups (McNeill was among the AP staff who would serve in the conflict) a move was
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was dated 4 March, 1939. In order to tempt in new readers, Amalgamated Press funded an attractive scheme of free gifts to boost the first month's appeal; the first issue included either a 'Tuck Hamper' of sweets or a paint-box and brush, depending on the copy; the second came with a painting book;
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again in 1954, and would stay that way for the rest of the title's life. In 1956 Matthews moved upstairs to managing editor of AP's boys' adventure group and the editorship of
Knockout passed to Arthur Bouchier. Among his commissions were "Ginger Tom", later retitled "Firebrand the Red Knight". A
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Text stories were instead equally represented, consisting of "The
Runaway Orphans" (introducing Tod and Annie, who would appear often over the next twenty years), "The King's Horses" and "Mickey's Pal, the Wizard". The remainder of the 28 pages were given over to a variety of cartoons, including
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Treasure Island" featured the small crew of the tramp steamer
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February 1964, and would be outlived by all three strips. Kraken appeared in further serials until September 1964, Tim Kelly would have more than a decade of further adventures and Billy Hunter would remain with
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to take the place of Johnny Wingco. More fantasy-tinged strips were introduced - "From the Vaults of Time" introduced
Professor Kraken as a scientist intent on reintroducing dinosaurs to present day England and
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made towards shorter serials, including a strand of literary adaptations, beginning with "Gulliver's
Travels" and later including the likes of "Mr. Midshipman Easy", "Treasure Island" and "The Coral Island".
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becoming marooned on a tropical island, aided by a mechanical steam-powered robot built by the ship's engineer. Drawn initially by Joseph Walker (with Norman Ward later taking over); AP's stalwart detective
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broke out. Initially this meant little change to the comic, which debuted "Buffalo Bill" and "The Queer
Adventures of Patsy and Tim" in place of the Steam Man and Red Ryder. However,
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had built one of the largest publishing empires in the world over the first quarter of the 20th century. As well as some of
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the third a 'zoo album' with four printed cards to stick into it, and the fourth the remaining quartet of animal portraits. The tactic worked, and
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2022:Bible John - A Forensic Meditation
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760:List of Knock-Out Comic stories
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2643:The New Adventures of Hitler
2531:The Leopard from Lime Street
1931:The 10,000 Disasters of Dort
1080:. Routledge. 2 August 2004.
637:more fantastical strip was "
199:(1939 to 1940, 1946 to 1948)
2316:Fiends of the Eastern Front
779:2 March 1940 to 8 June 1940
513:incorporated the venerable
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3276:Treasury of British Comics
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1129:Valiant - A Complete Index
783:Knock-Out Comic and Magnet
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1987:The Astounding Jason Hyde
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2113:The Bumpkin Billionaires
2001:The Ballad of Halo Jones
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302:, as well as buying out
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2379:Hellman of Hammer Force
2344:For a Few Troubles More
2323:Fight for the Falklands
1231:Pre-War humorous comics
1142:Holland, Steve (1994).
801:Knockout and Comic Cuts
666:Air Ace Picture Library
591:Knockout and Comic Cuts
527:Special Service Brigade
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56:Publication information
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2414:The Indestructible Man
1973:Anderson, Psi-Division
1223:Rebellion Developments
690:Francisco Solano López
3332:British comics titles
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1938:The 12½p Buytonic Boy
1473:Battle Picture Weekly
1167:Grand Comics Database
1103:The British Superhero
758:Further information:
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679:was transferred from
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71:Fleetway Publications
20:Knockout (1971 comic)
3036:Massimo Belardinelli
2902:The Thirteenth Floor
2407:The House of Dolmann
1571:Judge Dredd Megazine
813:Valiant and Knockout
725:Valiant and Knockout
718:Valiant and Knockout
240:, and also known as
27:British weekly comic
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2545:Look Out for Lefty!
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2162:Clash of the Guards
2050:Birdman and Chicken
1731:War Picture Library
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2874:Terror of the Cats
2699:Really & Truly
2685:The Phantom Viking
2552:Luck of the Legion
2295:End of the Line...
1994:Baker's Half-Dozen
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1966:The Amazing Three
1898:Pre-school comics
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1374:Whizzer and Chips
1260:Illustrated Chips
1211:Amalgamated Press
929:978-0-19-969514-0
832:Knockout Fun Book
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2267:The Dracula File
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