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and a free 'Pocket Rocket' and football League Ladders. The new comic eschewed prose stories (by then largely gone from Fleetway's other titles) in favour of comic serials and strips, interspersed with factual pages and, in later issues, letters from readers. The comic led strips based on the typical
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and telling the story of metal-handed and embittered laboratory assistant Louis Crandell. After an accident during one of boss Professor Barrington's experiments, Crandell develops the ability to turn invisible (aside from the eponymous appendage) and promptly went on the rampage to make the world
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was the elder statesman of the line, having been running since 1939; the venerable title had received a modernising makeover in 1960, and Fleetway were keen to apply the same principles used in the relaunch to a new title. At the direction of Fleetway executive Jack Le Grand, group editor Sid
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Giggler, and featured until 1970. Meanwhile Jack O'Justice received a revamp, switching to present day adventures featuring the character's grandson, Jack Justice. The comic's circulation was around 500,000 copies. While popular, it was not without critics; a 1965 journal published by the
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at the time, and that Le Grand - having advanced to managing director of Fleetway - ensured the comic he had helped devise survived. Lowder recalled he and fellow Lion editor Geoff Kemp took Le Grand to lunch to state their case, and were told they "just had to
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while the terms Captain Hurricane used for Axis Powers soldiers some twenty years after they ceased to be enemies has also been noted. IPC's editorial director John Sanders would later defend the high amount of World War II content in
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footballer and drawn by Solano López. 1970 would bring something of a sea change as "Sexton Blake", "Mytek the Mighty", "The House of Dolmann" and the long-serving "The Steel Claw" all ended. Replacements such as haunted house caper
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pay for its perceived wrongs against him. The character proved an instant hit with readers and in February 1963 underwent a drastic change of outlook, putting his abilities into the fight for good, with
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s "Dick Turpin". Despite this cut-price origin, the feature proved popular enough with readers that when the Dick Turpin inventory ran dry in 1964, new Jack O'Justice adventures were commissioned, with
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characters have appeared prominently in several revivals of the AP/Fleetway/IPC characters. New episodes of "The Steel Claw", "Kelly's Eye", "Captain Hurricane" and "Janus Stark" appeared in the 1990
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was a worrying sign of the shrinking market. Increasing competition from television led to a smaller market for boys' comics, as well as the market also having to deal with
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launched to strong sales, with the following three issues aiming for loyalty with further gifts - batches of cardboard tabs for the first issue's league ladders, a
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and crime-fighter. Another strip drawn by Solano López and primarily written by Tully, it would be a fixture for the next five years. The other strips from the
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boys' adventure mix of the time - war, westerns, sport and fantasy. "Captain Hurricane" was a light-hearted World War II series depicting the adventures of
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on 9 October 1976 the change was short-lived. The following issue provided "Important news for all readers" and announced the title would be consumed by
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as a brand. An ubiquitous annual for the title debuted in autumn 1963, while following year saw the debut of the digest-sized
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and other titles, arguing that readers' appetite for such material meant it was necessary to keep the comics profitable.
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from 4 October 1962 to 16 October 1976. A boys' adventure comic, it debuted numerous memorable characters, including
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taking over as writer. One of the story's most memorable features was the dark, atmospheric art by political exile
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brothers Rick and Charlie Wild using their privation-ridden upbringing to dominate the world of athletics - and "
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launched a special stamp collection to celebrate Britain's rich comic book history. The collection featured
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Bicknell assigned editors Steve Barker and Tony Power to the new comic, designed to compete with
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contributions in "Percy the Problem Child", "Shorty the Sheriff" and "The Crows". The 32-page, 6
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until 1964. Fleetway would subsequently try to gain further mileage from the Asterix strips in
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brought under the same umbrella. The same year saw a revival of long-running pulp detective
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The following year would see three popular stories debut. The sport quota was topped up by "
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for modern audiences, giving it a gritter tone. Among the strips they commissioned were "
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until 1968. Bradbury would contribute to another popular fantasy-tinged strip in 1966; "
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until 22 March 1975, and sales were typically around 100,000 an issue. Future
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bemoaned the slang and shoddy grammar of characters from "brash" titles like
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Soldier Heroes: British Adventure, Empire and the Imagining of Masculinities
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would guest-star in "Captain Hurricane". The comic would run under the name
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was largely unaffected by the changes, which also brought former competitor
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would undergo the first of what would be six mergers; the first victim was
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The British Army of the Rhine: Turning Nazi Enemies into Cold War Partners
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strugglers Rockley Rovers. The third was another fantasy-tinged strip, "
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was a reprint title (including some strips that had previously ran in
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since the new title launched. The merger brought four new stories to
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would last until April 1972, before the magazine reverted to plain
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reprints that led to its stablemates downfall had not been enough.
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expanded to 40 pages in May 1964 - a format that saw the debut of "
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would assimilate one more stablemate, however - the small-format
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strip of the same name) and hard-edged New York detective story "
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invaders; the story was actually a loosely translated import of
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until 22 February 1964. Another new feature added in 1963 was "
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in their portfolio, now under the name Fleetway Publications.
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revolved around war comics and so there was little room for
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assistant editor Chris Lowder has stated it was outselling
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decided on the launch of a new title to join the likes of
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lasted for 712 issues before being merged with stablemate
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as sub-editor; the team were given the task of updating
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The line-up would stay stable until February 1963, when
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Moore, Ray (1994). "Valiant Deeds and a Feast of Fun".
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The following year brought a second merger. This time
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More straight-laced military history was provided by "
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took over from Stewart Wales as editor in 1975, with
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was subsumed; at the time it was the last of Odhams'
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in 1959 to profit from their boys' comics sales, the
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title, the comic also absorbed the last remnants of
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The merge was not without controversy; 1952:The Mighty One: Life in the Nerve Centre 1320: 1093:s contents, with only "One-Eyed Jack", " 1065:title would stick until 2 October 1976. 836:The Incredible Adventures of Janus Stark 1430: 1412:The Valiant Book of Magic & Mystery 1382:The Valiant Book of Conquest of the Air 1134:, which also used a fictional issue of 924:s 22-year run ended and it folded into 798:" and even Tully-Blasco collaboration " 395:biographical naval warfare story, and " 1075:While the comic reverted to simply on 822:line, but even shedding the unpopular 1418:The Valiant Book of Weapons & War 1376:The Valiant Book of TV's Sexton Blake 1095:Soldier Sharp - The Rat of the Rifles 838:", featuring tales of a rubber-boned 674:Ted Legge try to assemble a team for 7: 1736:"Bear Alley: Fleetway Super Library" 1252:23 February 1963 to 22 February 1964 753:In 1969, Fleetway were purchased by 2004:The Ultimate Book of British Comics 1955:. 2000 AD Books. 7 September 2016. 1336:(144 issues, June 1963 to May 1969) 855:Simon Test and the Islands of Peril 413:and actually a modified version of 361:launched on 6 October 1962, with a 3087:Bible John - A Forensic Meditation 1767:. Pan Macmillan. 17 October 2013. 1643:"Bear Alley: Paladin the Fearless" 1605:. Comic Journal/A&B Whitworth. 1465:. Comic Journal/A&B Whitworth. 1246:6 October 1962 to 16 February 1963 690:, the story would run until 1970. 365:cover depicting new headline star 27:For the U.S. comic publisher, see 25: 2233:Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant 1658:The Routledge Companion to Comics 1388:Valiant and Smash! Summer Special 1312:23 October 1976 to 1 October 1977 1310:Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant 1070:Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant 1061:was cancelled. Despite this, the 920:This would last until 1974, when 777:based on the character, starring 4407:Magazines disestablished in 1976 3458:Hot Shot Hamish and Mighty Mouse 1835:. Phaidon Press. 24 April 2001. 1793:. Scottish Academic Press. 1965. 1621:. 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Valiant (comic)
Valiant Comics

Publisher
IPC Magazines
Ongoing series
Action
adventure
Captain Hurricane
Billy Bunter
Sexton Blake
The Steel Claw
The House of Dolmann
One-Eyed Jack
Scott Goodall
Tom Tully
Reg Parlett
Jesús Blasco
Eric Bradbury
John Cooper
Mike Western
John Wagner
Steve MacManus
British comics
Fleetway Publications
IPC Magazines
Captain Hurricane
The Steel Claw
Mytek the Mighty
Battle Picture Weekly

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