List of Knockout (British comics) stories

A list of stories published in the Amalgamated Press/Fleetway Publications weekly boys' comic Knockout between 1939 and 1963.

The Adventures of Bear Cub

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Published: 17 February 1940 to 25 January 1941 (text); 28 February to 30 May 1942 (strip)[1]
Illustrator: Derek Eyles (text)[1]
Artist: Eric Parker (strip)[1]

Young Sioux warrior Bear Cub makes friends with paleface Bill Chapman.

The Adventures of Marco Polo

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Published: 27 November 1948 to 8 January 1949[1]
Artist: Michael Hubbard[1]

Marco Polo and father Nicolo Polo are entertained at the court of Kublai Khan.

The Bandit of Baghdad

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Published: 1 October to 3 December 1949[1]
Artist: Lunt Roberts[1]

Scheming Vizier Abu Hassan tries to usurp the post of Caliph of Baghdad at the expense of true heir, the young Prince Ahmed of Basra.

Battler Britton

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Published: 21 May 1960 to 16 February 1963[1]
Artists: Geoff Campion, Ian Kennedy, Colin Merritt[1]

The adventures of a World War II British fighter ace.

Beau Brummell

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Published: 27 May 1950 to 12 May 1951[1]
Writer: Frank S. Pepper (under the pseudonym John Marian)[1]
Illustrator: Eric Parker[1]

Tales of the Regency dandy.

Bert and Daisy - The Happy Vaccies

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Published: 8 March 1941 to 29 September 1945[1]
Illustrators: Derek Eyles, Eric Parker[1]

Two evacuees find adventure in their new home.

  • Retitled "The Happy Adventures of Bert and Daisy" from 14 July 1945.[1]

Billy Bunter

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Published: 4 March 1939 to 16 February 1963[1]
Artists: Charles H. Chapman, Frank Minnitt, Eric Roberts, Reg Parlett, Arthur Martin, Les Barton, A.J. Pease[1]

The heavyweight chump Billy Bunter causes problems for the other pupils and staff of Greyfriars School with his greed and idiocy.

The Black Pirate

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Published: 26 November 1960 to 4 March 1961[1]
Artist: Cecil Langley Doughty[1][3]

Richard Fairfax, the son of Captain Jonas Fairfax, hunts down the Spanish galleon Santa Joanna to seek revenge for the unlawful death of his father.

Blacksmoke

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Published: 3 October 1959 to 2 January 1960[1]

Boy Tim Flanagan attempts to restore the storied but decommissioned locomotive Blacksmoke.

Blarney Bluffer

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Published: 23 July 1960 to 16 February 1963[1]
Artist: Angel Nadal[1]

A small-scale spiv tells tall tales to shift his wares.

Bobby's Bugle Guards the Khyber Pass

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Published: 12 August 1939 to 10 February 1940.[1]

Bobby's bugle guards the Khyber Pass.

Buffalo Bill

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Published: 17 February 1940 to 3 February 1951 (strip), 27 April 1950 to 15 August 1953 (text)[1]
Writer: Joan Whitford (under the pseudonym John Haslar, text)[1]
Artists: Joseph Walker, Cecil Langley Doughty, Derek Eyles, Eric Parker (strip)[1]
Illustrators: Derek Eyles, Cecil Holloway, Eric Parker, Geoff Campion, Stephen Chapman (text)[1]

Buffalo Bill keeps crooks and hostile natives at bay in the Wild West.

Breed of the Brudenels

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Published: 17 December 1949 to 6 May 1950[1]
Writer: Leonard Matthews[1][5]
Artist: H. M. Brock[1][5]

The adventures of dandy highwayman Dick Turpin.

Captain Flame

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Published: 6 November 1948 to 1 December 1950; 14 March to 6 June 1953[1]
Writer: Leonard Matthews[1][6][7]
Artist: Sep E. Scott[1][8][9]

After being stranded on a desert island by pirates, Michael Flame and loyal friend Count Anthony Ferrara escape and fund their own galleon flush the miscreants out of the world's sea-lanes.

Captain Careless

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Published: 21 October 1961 to 12 May 1962[1]
Artist: Fred Holmes [1]

King's Cavaliers captain Kit Careless and his men Tom Hodges and Ben Carstairs try to recover the Crown Jewels from the mysterious Masked Woman and her underlings.

Captain Kidd's Lost Prize

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Published: 14 to 28 May 1949[1]
Artist: T. Heath Robinson[1][7]

The merchantman Sunflower tries to evade dread pirate William Kidd's Venture.

Captain Phantom

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Published: 9 August 1952 to 5 December 1953[1]
Writer: Ron Clarke[1][10]
Artists: Graham Coton,[11] Mike Western[12][1]

The British agent codenamed Captain Phantom is a master of disguise, a talent he uses to foil Germany's designs on Britain during World War II. His secret identity, not known to even his own superiors, is Squadron Leader Ralph Daunton.

The Curse of Claw Castle

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Published: 4 August to 17 November 1962[1]
Artist: Robert Forrest[1][13]

Cuthbert the Clumsy

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Published: 3 February to 17 March 1951[1]
Artist: Tom Laidler[1]

Oafish youth Cuthbert Doolittle tries to earn a place in Robin Hood's band. His bumbling nature seems set to scupper his chances, but his various clangers have a tendency to work out.

Davy Crockett

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Published: 22 October 1955 to 19 September 1959[1]
Artists: Ian Kennedy, Mike Western, George Parlett, Ramon de la Fuente [1]

Tennessee tracker and outdoorsman Davy Crockett tames the wild frontier.

Deed-a-Day Danny

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Published: 4 March 1939 to 10 April 1954[1]
Artist: Hugh McNeill,[15][16] Frank Lazenby, Wally Robertson, Norman Ward, A.J. Kelly, Geoff Campion, Eric Bradbury, Brian White,[1] Ron Smith[17]

Boy scout Danny's desire to help others doesn't always go smoothly.

  • Cartoon strip.[1]

Dick Turpin

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Published: 13 August 1960 to 27 May 1961[1]
Writer: Colin Brooks[1]
Illustrators: H. M. Brock, Ronald Simmons, Fred Holmes[1][4]

Highwayman Dick Turpin carries out daring robberies.

Dick Turpin and the Cavern of Monsters

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Published: 19 May to 28 July 1962[1]
Artist: Jesús Blasco[1]

Frank and Fred, the Pocket-size Cowboys

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Published: 19 June to 23 November 1943[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

Two boys from a secret society of miniature people thwart crimes in the Old West.

From the Vaults of Time

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Published: 24 November 1962 to 16 February 1963[1]
Artist: Francisco Solano López[1]

Professor Kraken's experiments allow him to hatch dinosaur eggs, but the creatures soon escape their enclosure and rampage across Britain.

Ginger Tom

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Published: 18 August 1956 to 13 February 1959[1]
Writer: Ron Clarke[1][10]
Artist: Pat Nicolle[1]

Redheaded Tom Meadowman is a squire in the service of Sir Guy de Travere. He wants to become a knight himself, but must first deal with Sir Guy's scheming man-at-arms Broadsword.

  • From 8 March 1958 the serial was renamed "Firebrand the Red Knight" to reflect Tom gaining his knighthood.[1]

Gordon Jim

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Published: 21 April to 11 August 1956[1][18]

After a vicious border feud, Gordon Jim is the only survivor of the noble Scottish house of Lanark after their clashes with the Northern English Sutherland family. Complicating things, he and Arabel Sutherland are in love, and trying to conceal this from her father, Sir Henry.

Hopalong Cassidy

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Published: 9 October 1954 to 2 April 1960[1]
Artists: Don Spiegle, Mike Western, Ian Kennedy, Peter Sutherland[1]

A black-clad clean-cut sarsaparilla-swilling gunman defends the innocent in the Wild West, despite a leg injury.

Jimmy Jingles' Time Machine

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Published: 1 to 22 August 1942[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

An experimental time machine transports young boy Jimmy Jingles back to the time of King Arthur.

Johnnie Wingco

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Published: 9 October 1954 to 14 May 1960[1]
Writer: Ron Clarke[1][10]
Artist: Mike Western[1]

Master pilot Johnnie Wingco carries out a wide variety of daring flying missions across the globe.

  • Promoted to the front cover from 19 October 1957. Later modified and reprinted as "Nick Shannon" in Film Fun and Buster.[1]

Jungle Drums

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Published: 14 May to 16 July 1960
Artist: Hugo Pratt[1]

A young European girl attempts to survive in the jungles of Africa.

  • Modified reprints of Anna della Jungle.[1]

Kelly's Eye

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Published: 21 July 1962 to 16 February 1963[1]
Writer: Tom Tully[1]
Artists: Francisco Solano López, Tom Kerr[1]

After discovering a gem called the Eye of Zoltec in an ancient temple, Tim Kelly finds the stone makes him invulnerable.

Kiddo the Boy King

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Published: 4 March 1939 to 15 June 1940[1]
Artist: Frank Minnitt[1][20]

A young king's antics and ideas keep his ministry busy.

  • Cartoon strip.[1]

The King's Horses

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Published: 24 March 1939 to 21 July 1945[1]
Illustrator: Derek Eyles[1]

Kit Carson

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Published: 3 December 1949 to 13 May 1950[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

Heroic cowboy Kit Carson keeps order on the Old West frontier.

Lucky Logan

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Published: 23 August 1953 to 2 October 1954[1]
Writer: Ron Clarke[1]
Artists: Mike Western, Eric Bradbury, Graham Coton[1][23]

Sheriff 'Lucky' Logan keeps order in the town of Horseshoe Bend.

MacTavish of Red Rock

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Published: 10 November 1962 to 16 February 1963[1]
Artist: Mike Western[1]

Dougal MacTavish arrives in the Wild West to take over a frontier ranch he has inherited. Soon those after the spread for their own reasons - including bandit Karl Bencher and a local Comanche tribe - find the burly, kilt-wearing Scot to be no pushover.

The Mad Emperor

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Published: 23 July to 17 September 1960[1]
Artist: Robert Forrest[1][4][13][24]

Inheriting the Russian throne from his mother Catherine the Great, Emperor Paul I quickly causes problems with his insane behaviour. After comrade Nicholas Rostov is sentenced to Siberia for coughing in the Tsar's presence, Imperial Guard Captain Peter Gordanov begins to lose his confidence in the throne.

Mark Trail, Forest Patrolman

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Published: 17 February to 20 October 1951[1]
Artist: Ed Dodd[1]

Photojournalist and outdoor magazine writer Mark Trail's assignments lead him into danger and adventure.

Matt Marriott

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Published: 24 September 1960 to 10 June 1961[1]
Artist: Tony Weare[1]

Matt Marriott uses reason where he can and Colt Peacemaker six-shooters where he can't to keep order.

Micky's Pal the Wizard

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Published: 24 March 1939 to 11 September 1948 (text); 10 February to 31 March & 14 July to 21 July 1951 (strip)[1]
Illustrators: Fred Bennett, Eric Parker, Hugh McNeill[1]
Artists: Edgar Spencely, 'Rodger' (strip)[1]

A close association with a wizard leads to adventures for Micky Roysham and his sister Betty.

Mike, Spike and Greta

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Published: 4 March 1939 to 27 April 1940[1]
Artist: John Jukes[1]

A pair of inept cowboys and their mule Greta seek their fortune.

  • Cartoon strip.[1]

Nick and Nan and Stainless Stan

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Published: 20 December 1947 to 28 February 1948[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

Nick and Nan are treasure hunting with their uncle when his flying boat crashes. The trio are left stranded on a tropical island; their uncle fashions wreckage into the robot Stan to help them.

No. 13 Grimm Street

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Published: 25 August to 17 November 1962[1]

Oliver Bold

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Published: 11 March to 28 October 1961[1]
Artist: Dino Battaglia[26]

Swashbuckling English privateer Oliver Bold leads his crew on daring raids against Spanish bases in the Caribbean.

Our Ernie

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Published: 4 March 1939 to 16 July 1960[1]
Artists: Charles E. Holt, Hugh McNeill, Frank Lazenby, Fred Robinson, A.J. Kelly, Reg Parlett, Denis Gifford, Ron Smith, Eric Bradbury[1]

Wigan lad Ernie Entwhistle helps around the town.

  • Cartoon strip.

Percy and Steve

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Published: 4 March 1939 to 14 October 1939[1]
Artist: W. Ridgwell[1]

A pair of football enthusiasts who routinely overestimate their skills and importance.

Peril from Below

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Published: 7 July to 3 November 1962[1]
Artist: Eric Bradbury[1]

Pete Madden

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Published: 27 May 1961 to 18 August 1962[1]

Genius detective Pete Madden foils the schemes of numerous shadowy characters.

Peter the Whaler

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Published: 20 November 1943 to April 22, 1944[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

Peter LeFroy is eager to learn about life at sea and sneaks on board the whaling ship Black Swan, only to find the captain and first mate are tyrannical thugs.

The Phantom Sheriff

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Published: 31 May to 23rd August 1947[1]
Artists: Eric Parker, Derek Eyles[1]

A masked avenger protects the innocent in rural America.

Pony Express

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Published: 23 July to 29 October 1960[1]
Artists: Geoff Campion, Bill Lacey[1][4]

Good friends Buffalo Bill Cody and Texas Jack compete for the government's Pony Express franchise.

Queer Adventures of Patsy and Tim

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Published: 14 September 1940 to 7 November 1942[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

Professor Digby invents the Dwindling Pill, capable of shrinking human beings. His nephew Tim and niece Patsy take them and are miniaturised for numerous adventures.

Red Ryder

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Published: 4 March 1939 to 24 February 1940[1]
Artist: Fred Harman[1]

Cowboy Red Ryder fends off cattle rustlers with trusty steed Thunder.

The Rio Kid's Double

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Published: 7 May 1949[1]

A lookalike frames the cowboy known as the Rio Kid, who strives to clear his name.

Robin Hood

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Published: 25 June 1949 to 26 August 1950[1]

Artists: Lunt Roberts, Patrick Nicolle[1] Folk hero Robin Hood and his band of outlaws battle the cruel Sheriff of Nottingham.

The Saga of Eric the Red

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Published: 12 March to 30 April 1948[1]
Writer: Leonard Matthews[1]
Artist: Reginald Heade[1][27][28]

Viking explorer Erik the Red sets out on an exciting voyage.

Sexton Blake

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Published: 4 March 1939 to 5 December 1953 (strip), 25 October 1952 to 4 April 1953 (text)[1]
Writer: John Newton Chance (text)[1]
Artists: Joseph Walker, Alfred Taylor, Eric Parker, Reginald Heade, Jack Grandfield, Robert MacGillivray, Roland Davies, Harry Dodd, Graham Coton (strip)[1]
Illustrator: Robert MacGillivray (text)[1]

Genius detective Sexton Blake foils the schemes of numerous shadowy characters.

Slade

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Published: 9 April to 16 July 1960[1]
Artist: Jijé[1]

Lone gunman Slade patrols the border of Texas and Mexico.

Simon the Simple Sleuth

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Published: 4 March 1939 to 15 June 1940[1]
Artist: Hugh McNeill[1]

Despite his bumbling inadequacies, an amateur detective always solves crimes.

  • Cartoon strip.

Sinbad Simms

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Published: 13 April 1957 to 14 May 1960[1]
Artist: Eric Roberts[1][29]

The adventures of Sinbad Simms and his tame shark Jasper.

Sitting Bull's Schooldays

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Published: 21 July 1951 to 5 July 1952[1]
Writer: Joan Whitford[1]
Illustrators: Derek Eyles[1]

Sitting Bull entertains the young of his tribe with tales of his youth.

Smugglers' Creek

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Published: 13 June to 15 August 1953[1]
Artist: W. Bryce-Hamilton[1]

Cornish lad Dick Treherne fights local nobleman James Mostyn's alliance with the villainous smuggler Black Patch.

Space Age Kit

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Published: 17 January 1959 to 4 June 1960[1]
Artist: Bill Titcombe[30][31][32]

The antics of schoolboy Kit and his family in the Britain of the future.

The Space-Family Rollinson

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Published: 12 December 1953 to 26 July 1958[1]
Artists: Graham Coton, Ian Kennedy[1]

Dad and Mom Rollinson and their children Bob, Betsy, Joey and Joy are kidnapped by Zektron aliens, who then abandon them near Saturn.

Spies of Spain

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Published: 16 February to 12 April 1952[1][9]
Artist: W. Bryce-Hamilton[1]

In 1567 Martin and his sister Mary try to prevent the treasonous Lord Radnor from facilitating a Spanish invasion of Britain.

Sporty

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Published: 25 June 1949 to 16 February 1963[1]
Artists: Reg Wootton[1][33][34]

Amiable, diminutive Sporty tries his hand in a variety of outdoor activities, despite the whinging antics of lanky friend Sydney trying to spoil things.

  • Cartoon strip. Unlike most AP/Fleetway strips of the period, Wootton was clearly credited.[35] Continued in Valiant.[1]

Steadfast McStaunch

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Published: 9 September 1950 to 14 June 1952[1]
Artists: Denis Gifford[1][36][37]

A doughty, determined anthropomorphic dog attempts to solve crimes.

The Steam Man of Treasure Island

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Published: 4 March 1939 to 10 February 1940[1]
Artists: Joseph Walker, Norman Ward[1]

When the Shamrock is wrecked on an uncharted island, Scots engineer Sandy builds a steam-powered robot to help himself, fellow crewmember Sailor Sammy and child passengers Rob and Jill survive.

Stone-Henge Kit

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Published: 4 March 1939 to 2 August 1952[1]
Artists: Norman Ward, William Radford, A.J. Kelly, Hugh McNeill, Geoff Campion, Denis Gifford[1][36]

Ancient Briton Kit causes trouble in his settlement.

Strongbow the Mohawk

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Published: 28 October 1961 to 9 February 1963[1]
Artist: Philip Mendoza[1]

Mohawk tribesman Strongbow helps strangers and undertakes daring quests.

  • Reprinted from The Comet.[1]

Tales of St. Clements

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Published: 21 August 1948 to 6 April 1957[1]
Writer: Percy Clarke (under the pseudonym Martin Frazer)[1]
Illustrators: Robert Macdonald, Tom Laidler[1]

The adventurers of pupils at an English boarding school.

Texas John Slaughter

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Published: 17 June 1961 to 5 May 1962[1]
Artists: Tony Weare, Reg Bunn, R. Charles Roylance[1]

Lawman John Slaughter brings in desperadoes and keeps invaders away from pioneer settlers.

Thunderbolt Jaxon

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Published: 2 August 1958 to 23 January 1960[1]
Artists: Ian Kennedy, George Partlett[1]

Orphan Jack Jaxon discovers a magic belt that grants him the powers of Thor when in the service of good.

  • Initially reprints of Australia/New Zealand title Thunderbolt Jaxon. Later modified and reprinted as "Johnny Samson" in Buster.[1]

Tommy Hawk and Mo Cassin

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Published: 4 March 1939 to 28 October 1939[1]
Artist: Denis Gifford[1]

Two Native American Braves irritate the rest of their tribe with their antics.

Tough Todd and Happy Annie

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Published: 24 March 1939 to 1 February 1941 & 19 April 1941 (text); 27 December 1947 to 2 April 1960 (strip)[1]
Writer: Leonard Matthews (strip)[1]
Illustrators: Eric Parker, Derek Eyles (text)[1]
Artist: Hugh McNeill (strip)[1]

Two children escape a cruel orphanage and search for a new home.

  • The initial text stories were called "The Runaway Orphans". Todd and Annie also featured in the concurrent strip "A Christmas Carol" from 4 December 1948 and 1 January 1949; also drawn by McNeill, this featured the Charles Dickens novel being read to the pair. A similar conceit was later used for the strip adaptations of The Secret Garden (5 November to 26 November 1949, in which the pair attended a screening of the film) and Black Beauty (5 January to 9 February 1952, when the Anna Sewell book was again read to the characters).[1]

Will o' the Woods

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Published: 26 April 1941 to 23 April 1943; 26 July to 8 November 1952[1]
Illustrators: Derek Eyles (1941-1943), W. R. Calvert (1952)[1]

Literary adaptations

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Gulliver's Travels

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Published: 26 December 1942 to 26 March 1943[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

Stories from the Arabian Nights

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Published: 3 April to 12 May 1943[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

Mr Midshipman Easy

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Published: 29 April to 11 November 1944[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

The Children of the New Forest

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Published: 27 January to 16 June 1945[1]
Writer: Percy Clarke[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

Treasure Island

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Published: 23 June to 3 November 1945[1]
Writer: Percy Clarke[1]
Artist: Michael Hubbard[1]

Kidnapped

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Published: 10 November 1945 to 9 March 1946[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

The Coral Island

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Published: 16 March to 28 July 1946[1]
Artist: Michael Hubbard[1]

The Three Musketeers

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Published: 3 August to 21 December 1946[1]
Writer: Leonard Matthews[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

Westward Ho!

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Published: 28 December 1946 to 24 May 1947[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

Based on the novel by Charles Kingsley.[1]

The Black Arrow

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Published: 27 March to 10 June 1948[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

Film adaptations

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

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Published: 21 June to 20 September 1947[1]
Artist: Michael Hubbard[1]

Sinbad the Sailor

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Published: 27 September to 13 December 1947[1]
Artist: Michael Hubbard[1]

Dick Turpin's Ride to York

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Published: 17 July to 11 September 1948[1]
Writer: Leonard Matthews[1]
Artist: Dick Eyles[1]

The Exile

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Published: 18 September to 30 October 1948[1]
Artist: Eric Parker[1]

Bonnie Prince Charlie

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Published: 22 January to 29 January 1949[1]
Artist: Alfred Taylor[1]

Red River

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Published: 5 February to 5 March 1949[1]
Artist: Michael Hubbard[1]

Cardboard Cavalier

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Published: 4 June to 18 June 1949[1]
Artist: Norman Pett[1]

The Iron Mask

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Published: 4 June to 29 October 1949[1]
Writer: Edward Holmes[1]
Artist: W. Bryce-Hamilton[1]

The Captain from Castile

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Published: 9 July to 17 September 1949[1]
Artists: Reginald Heade, Norman Pett[1]

Buccaneer's Girl

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Published: 11 March to 15 April 1950[1]
Artist: Robert MacGillivray[1]

The Happiest Days of Your Life

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Published: 25 March to 6 May 1950[1]
Artist: 'Rodger'[1]

Ambush

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Published: 1 July to 26 August 1950[1]
Artist: Roland Davies[1]

Indian Scout

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Published: 30 September to 6 December 1950[1]

The Flame and the Arrow

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Published: 27 January to 31 March 1951[1]
Artist: Ron Smith[1]

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