# List of Valiant stories

A list of stories published in the Fleetway Publications/IPC weekly boys' comic Valiant between 1962 and 1976.
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## Adam Eterno

    Published: 25 May 1974 to 16 October 1976
After quaffing the Elixir of Life, Adam Eterno is doomed to immortality and drifts through time trying to find a solid gold weapon that can kill him.
* Inherited from Lion.

## The Astounding Jason Hyde

    Published: 15 May 1965 to 11 May 1968
    Writer: Barrington J. Bayley
    Illustrator: Eric Bradbury
After being exposed to experimental radiation, scientist Jason Hyde's eyes emit x-ray beams that allow him to see through objects and read minds, abilities he puts towards fighting crime.
* Text story. The entire run of The Astounding Jason Hyde was collected in a trade paperback by Rebellion Developments in 2022.

## Banger and Masher

    Published: 4 July 1970 to 3 July 1971
    Artists: Ken Reid, Frank McDiarmid
Rival tearaways Banger and Masher one-up each other.
* Cartoon strip.

## Battler Britton

    Published: 4 May to 21 September 1963
The adventures of a World War II British fighter ace.
* Continued reprints (of Thriller Picture Library) from Knockout. Battler Britton also appeared as a guest character in "Captain Hurricane" between 23 February to 9 March 1963.

## The Big Shot

    Published: 3 August to 21 September 1963
    Artist: Harry Winslade (as Redvers Blake)
Gang boss Nero Cortez unleashes a crime wave on London.

## Billy Bunter

    Published: 23 February 1963 to 16 October 1976
    Writer: Ron Clark
    Artists: Albert Pease, Reg Parlett
Plus-sized public schoolboy Billy Bunter engages in numerous attempts to extort small sums of money to spend at the Greyfriars School tuck shop.
* Continued adventures of the long-established heavyweight chump from Knockout. Originally a print character, Billy Bunter appeared in a wide range of media before and after the strip in Valiant, including a controversial live-action revival featuring Bunter as the adulterous Mayor of London and - briefly - Prime Minister of Great Britain.

## The Black Crow

    Published: 25 September to 16 October 1976
    Artist: Eric Bradbury
Codenamed The Black Crow, a British secret agent carries out perilous missions in German-held Europe while Gestapo officer Major Klaus von Steutsel attempts to stop him.
* The last new story to debut in Valiant, "The Black Crow" continued after the merger with Battle Picture Weekly.

## Blade of the Frontier

    Published: 6 October 1962 to 16 February 1963
    Artist: Fred Holmes, Carlos Gabriel Roume
Khyber lancer Captain Brett Blade and his unit keep order from the desert stronghold of Fort Karam.

## Bluebottle and Basher

    Published: 2 March 1968 to 16 May 1970
    Writer and Artist: Leo Baxendale
Burglar Basher clashes with arch-enemy PC Bluebottle.
* Cartoon strip.

## The Boy Who Went To War

    Published: 26 April to 18 October 1975
    Artist: Félix Carrión
Underage poacher Danny Dougan forges his age to join the British Army in World War II. His outdoorsman skills soon make him invaluable in fighting Germans in Crete.

## Brain Drayne

    Published: 30 December 1972 to 17 November 1973
Would-be inventor Private "Brain" Drayne tries to come up with numerous secret weapons for the army with fellow squaddies Ben Bonkers and Dan Dimm, much to the annoyance of platoon NCO Sgt. Slaughter.
* Cartoon strip, reprints from Buster.

## The Bungle Brothers

    Published: 18 November 1972 to 10 March 1973
A man's idiot brother complicates his life.
* Cartoon strip, reprints from Buster.

## Captain Hurricane

    Published: 6 October 1962 – 16 October 1976
    Writers: Scott Goodall, Angus Allan, Gil Page, George Beal
    Artists: R. Charles Roylance, Fred Holmes, Eric Bradbury, Tom Kerr, Alberto Giolitti, Jack Pamby
After his ship is sunk by a U-Boat, Hercules Hurricane becomes so furious at the mere mention of Germans that he flies into an unstoppable "ragin' fury". The Royal Marines soon see the use in this ability, and point Hurricane at various Axis formations. He is accompanied by his former first mate and reluctant adjutant "Maggot" Malone.

## Challenge Charlie!

    Published: 25 May 1974 to 16 October 1976
    Artists: Ken Reid, Frank McDairmid
Game lad Charlie attempts various labours.
* Cartoon strip. Charlie's challenges were submitted by readers; those who had their idea used were rewarded with £5.

## Chris Carron

    Published: 1 February to 29 May 1969
    Artist: John Stokes
Troubleshooter for hire Chris Carron takes jobs in South America.
* Modified reprints of "Crisis Carson" from Tiger.

## College Cowboy

    Published: 7 February 1970 to 27 March 1971
Nigel Carfax-Carruthers enrols at the prestigious Kenelm College as a condition for receiving his inheritance. However, the faculty are stunned when the new pupil insists on being referred to as Tex, having been raised on a Texas ranch. His cowboy ways are popular with his peers, but troublesome for the staff.

## The Crows

    Published: 6 October 1962 to 9 October 1976
    Writer: Reg Orlandini
    Artist: Reg Parlett
A family of talking crows.
* Cartoon strip.

## Danny Doom

    Published: 25 May 1974 to 22 March 1975
    Artist: Eric Bradbury, Fred Holmes
Apprentice to the 13th century sorcerer Astorath, young Danny Doom is catapulted forward to the present day when an experiment misfires, getting help from a girl called Carol.
* The presence of a female character was rare for a British boys' comic strip of the time. The character was later given a lead role in Albion, which made him the son of previously unrelated magician Cursitor Doom. A more traditional version of Danny made a brief cameo in The Vigilant.

## Death Wish

    Published: 20 December 1975 to 18 September 1976
    Artist: Mike Western, Ian Gibson
The sole survivor of his nine-man unit, British Army Sergeant Bannon becomes obsessed with driving German forces out of Italy, no matter the risk to himself.

## The Duke of Dry Gulch

    Published: 28 September 1963 to 21 March 1964
    Writer: Tom Tully
    Artist: Mike Western
Captain Basil de Moncalf arrives in Carsonville to claim his inheritance of the ranch at Dry Ranch, but the scoffing locals soon find out the English aristocrat has the chops to make it in the Wild West.
* The character was a childhood favourite of The Independent columnist John Walsh.

## The Fateful Journey

    Published: 19 to 26 February 1966
    Artist: Boixcar
With Earth devastated by a series of wars, in 2956 a crew of survivors set out to find a new home.
* Modified reprint from El Mundo Futuro.

## Fort Navajo

    Published:: 15 May to October 1965
    Writer: Jean-Michel Charlier
    Artist: Jean Giraud
Brothers Craig and Mike Blueberry join the United States Cavalry during the Indian Wars.
* Modified reprints of "Fort Navajo" from Pilote.

## Gabby McGlew

    Published: 15 May 1965 to 4 January 1969
    Artist: Angel Nadal
A small-scale spiv tells tall tales to shift his wares.
* Cartoon strip. Modified reprints of "Blarny Bluffer" from Knockout.

## The Ghostly Guardian

    Published: 23 May 1970 to 25 September 1971
    Writer: Tom Tully
    Artist: Julio Schiaffino
Boy Jim Frobisher and his dog Trap set up in the family's ancestral home in Cornwall, and soon makes fast friends with ghost of ancestor Firebrand Frobisher and his amiable spirit friends Captain Keelhaul and One-Eyed Jake.
* One-Eyed Jake is no relation to "One-Eyed Jack".

## Hawk Hunter and the Iron Horse

    Published: 6 October 1962 to 27 April 1963
    Artists: Bill Lacey, Mike Western
The skills 17-year old Hawk Hunter has picked up from living among Native Americans all his life, General Dodge of Union Pacific Railroad hires the lad to defend his trains from the likes of gangster Mick Mulroon.

## His Sporting Lordship

    Published: 10 April to 25 December 1971
    Writer: Fred Baker
    Artist: Douglas Maxted
Navvy Henry Nobbins is surprised to find out he is the heir to the Earlship of Ranworth. However, he has to carry out a set of sporting tasks before he can collect the title and ancestral home Plonkton Castle. His task is further complicated by local businessman Mr. Parkinson and his thug Fred Bloggs, who hope to turn the castle into a glue factory. In order to stave this off, Butler Jarvis and other staff from Plonkton help Nobbins in his endeavours.
* Continued from Smash!. Created by Barrie Mitchell.

## The House of Dolmann

    Published:: 29 October 1966 to 11 April 1970, 7 September to 26 October 1974
    Writer: Tom Tully
    Artist: Eric Bradbury, Carlos Cruz, Reg Bunn, Geoff Campion
Genius Eric Dolmann creates a miniature army of robots to help him fight crime.

## Humbert Higgs, the Gentle Giant

    Published: 23 May to 3 October 1970
Backwards hick Humbert Higgs try to make it as a boxer.

## Hymer Loafer

    Published: 6 September 1969 to 10 June 1972
    Artist: Angel Nadal
Tennessee frontiersman Hymer Loafer's attempts to bunk off for a nap are constantly frustrated.
* Cartoon strip. Modified reprints of "Lazy Sprockett" from Buster.

## The Incredible Adventures of Janus Stark

    Published: 10 April 1971 to 18 May 1974, 8 to 23 March 1975
    Writers: Tom Tully, Scott Goodall, Gil Page, Stewart Wales, Angus Allan
    Artist: Francisco Solano López, Félix Carrión
Rubber-limbed Victorian-era escapologist Janus Stark wows Music Hall audiences and solves crimes.
* Continued from Smash!.

## The Ironmaster

    Published: 2 March to 1 June 1968
    Artist: Bill Lacey
Loveable East End rogue Danny Ventor finds an old helmet and sword he plans to sell for scrap until being electrocuted by a live rail. Instead the items transform him into the metal-controlling superhero Ironmaster, soon finding himself opposed by criminal The Mask.

## It's a Dog's Life

    Published: 11 April 1964 to 19 April 1967
    Artist: Jean Roba
The adventures of young boy Pete and his dog Larry.
* Cartoon strip. Modified reprints of "Boule et Bill" from Spirou.

## Jack Justice

    Published:: 25 June 1966 to 20 May 1967
    Artist: Tom Kerr
Great-great-great-grandson of the heroic highwayman Jack O' Justice, Jack Justice and his partner Diana Dauntless help modern-day police solve crimes.

## Jack o' Justice

    Published:: 6 October 1962 to 18 June 1966
    Artists: Hugh McNeill, Geoff Campion, John McNamara, Jack Pamby, Mike Western, Tom Kerr
Philanthropic highwayman Jack o' Justice and his partner Moll Moonlight right wrongs.
* Initially reprints of "Dick Turpin" from Sun before new material was created to continue the serial. Moll Moonlight retained her name from the original material, for which she had been created as a female foil for Turpin by Sun team Leonard Matthews, Mike Butterworth, David Motton and McNeill. As a rare female character in Valiant, Moonlight is well-remembered.

## Jackaroo Joe

    Published: 30 October 1965 to 1 October 1966
    Writer: Angus Allan
    Artist: Mike White
Australian Joe Macallister begins a journey to Scotland to claim his title as Laird of Glenawe, travelling on the back of his kangaroo Oscar.

## Joe's Transport Cafe

    Published: 1 July 1972 to 23 December 1972
    Artist: John Mortimer
* Cartoon strip, reprints from Buster.

## Kelly's Eye

    Published:: 23 February 1963 to 18 May 1974
    Artists: Francisco Solano López, Tom Kerr
Tim Kelly discovers the Eye of Zoltec, which grants him the power of indestructibility.
* Continued from Knockout.

## Kid Gloves

    Published: 6 October 1962 to 19 September 1964
    Writer: Ron Clarke
    Artists: Geoff Campion, Eric Bradbury
Native Indian Kid Gloves tries to launch a boxing career.

## Kid Pharaoh

    Published: 13 May 1972 to 6 December 1975
    Artist: Francisco Solano López, Julio Schiaffino, Geoff Campion
Pharaoh Zethi is cursed into a deep sleep by his treacherous high priest Thothek. Awakening in the present day, he goes into Greco-Roman wrestling as "Kid Pharaoh", and soon comes to believe aristocrat Baron Munsen is Thothek reincarnated.

## The Kidnapped Planets

    Published: 20 November to 4 December 1965
    Artist: Boixcar
Space police officers Mark Delaney and Ryal set out to stop the planet-thieving antics of alien Razon.
* Modified reprint from El Mundo Futuro.

## Kraken

    Published: 23 February 1963 to 19 September 1964
Professor Kraken makes several attempts to resurrect dinosaurs, opposed by rival Professor Needler.
* Continued from Knockout.

## Laird of Lazy Q

    Published: 27 May to 9 September 1967
Scot Duncan MacGregor travels to Kansas to claim his inheritance of the Lazy Q ranch.
* Modified reprints of "McTavish of Red Rock" from Knockout.

## The Last Boys in the World

    Published: 30 April 1966 to 20 May 1967
    Artists: Selby Dennison, Bill Lacey
All of the world's population disappears apart from schoolboys Bill Marlowe, Steve Stephens and Chris Blake and their science master Mr. Watts, thanks to them being in possession of a strange metal called deleranium. Together, the group try to find out where everyone has gone.

## Legge's Eleven

    Published: 26 September 1964 to 24 February 1968
    Writer: Fred Baker
    Artist: Douglas Maxted
Given a free transfer by First Division side Highwood Athletic, seven-foot misfit Ted Legge finds the only offer on the table is to become player-manager of Fourth Division Rockley Rovers. The unorthodox inside forward's first challenge is to get 11 players together. His signings included monocle-wearing Sir Darcy Lozenge, obese goalkeeper Tubby Mann, hirsute Scot Angus MacFee, French dandy Pierre Gaspard, winger 'Nipper' Norton and twin fullbacks Ron and Les Tearaway.

## Little Fred and Big Ed

    Published: 16 November 1963 to 4 April 1964
    Writer: René Goscinny
    Artist: Albert Uderzo
As the Roman conquest of Britain progresses in 43 A.D., the brave Britons of the surrounded village Nevergivup refuse to fold to the invaders, their efforts spearheaded by wily Fred and his musclebound, rotund companion Ed.
* Modified black-and-white reprints of "Asterix" from Pilote. The strip's name was later shortened to "Little Fred". A second attempt to relocate Asterix followed later in 1964 in the pages of Ranger, where the strip was modified again as "Britons Never, Never, Never Shall Be Slaves!".

## The Lincoln Green Mob

    Published: 25 May 1974 to 22 March 1975
    Artists: Félix Carrión, Geoff Campion, Fred Holmes
Robby Hood, Bill Scarlet, Fatty Tuck and Johnny Little find a horn that freezes anyone else for five minutes when they blow it.

## Little Orvy

    Published: 2 March to 31 August 1968
    Artist: Rick Yager
Imaginative Orvy daydreams about more exciting ways to learn in class.
* Cartoon strip. Reprints of Field Enterprises syndicated newspaper strip "The Imaginary Adventures of Little Orvy".

## Lords of Lilliput Island

    Published: 27 May 1967 to 6 January 1968
After the adult population of the island of Mayo is shrank by nuclear drinking water contamination. The good-natured Clive Driscoll and his chums try to protect the shrunk-down grown-ups from island bully Tug Wilson.

## The Lout That Ruled the Rovers

    Published: 20 December 1975 to 10 April 1976
    Artist: Félix Carrión
Alf "Monty" Montgomery has his lifetime ban from attending Mudville Rangers surprisingly lifted when he inherits a 51% controlling interest, and installs himself as player-manager.
* Introduced to the comic under the editorship of John Wagner.

## The Lurking Menace

    Published: 17 January to 17 May 1970
Diving to recover gold bullion from a shipwreck off the coast of Australia, Tod Titan soon finds he is not the only man hunting for the treasure.
* Modified reprints of "Captain X, Tiger Shark" from Tiger.

## The Man Called 39

    Published: 23 February to 25 May 1963
    Artist: Tom Kerr
Secret agent Nick Shadow is released from Fenmoor Prison to go undercover and infiltrate a gang of assassins.
* Continued from Knockout.

## Mark Tyme

    Published: 20 October 1962 to 16 February 1963
    Artist: Reg Parlett
Nuisance soldier Private Mark Tyme incurs the wrath of Sergeant-Major Bellow.
* Cartoon strip.

## Master Spy, the Schoolboy Secret Agent

    Published: 2 March to 27 April 1968
    Artist: Alf Saporito
Young Septimus is desperate to follow his father into intelligence, much to the irritation of his dad.
* Cartoon strip.

## Master-Mind

    Published: 15 May 1965 to 23 April 1967
The frequent failures of a would-be gangster kingpin and his inept mob.
* Cartoon strip. Not to be confused with "Master Mind" from Buster.

## Mickey the Mimic

    Published: 7 April 1973 to 30 August 1975
A young boy puts his skill at reproducing noises to use playing pranks.
* Cartoon strip, modified reprints of "Hi Fi Sid" from Radio Fun, previously printed in Buster.

## The Midgets of Migas

    Published: 5 March to 2 April 1966
    Artist: Boixcar
Exploring the planet Migas, Ron Foster discovers a race of tiny humans.
* Modified reprint from El Mundo Futuro.

## Mission to Marva

    Published: 15 to 22 January 1966
    Artist: Boixcar
* Modified reprint from El Mundo Futuro.

## Mowser

    Published: 25 May 1974 to 3 April 1976
    Cartoonist: Reg Parlett
In Crummy Castle sly, supine housecat Mowser constantly comes out on top in struggles with his nemesis James the Butler.
* Comic strip, continued from Lion; often absent or using reprints.

## The Mystery of Fulgor

    Published: 11 to 25 December 1965
    Artist: Boixcar
The discovery of the planet Fulgor in the Solar System in 2215 leads to a crewed expedition to check its viability for colonisation.
* Modified reprint from El Mundo Futuro.

## Mytek the Mighty

    Published: 26 September 1964 to 31 January 1970
    Writer: Tom Tully
    Artist: Eric Bradbury, Bill Lacey
Professor Arnold Boyce builds a huge robot version of the Akari tribe's god Mytek to make contact with the isolated natives; however, his bitter assistant steals Mytek and causes chaos, with the Professor and agent Dick Mason in pursuit.

## The Nutts

    Published: 6 October 1962 to 16 October 1976
    Writer: Reg Orlandini
    Artist: Angel Nadal
A family find unconventional ways of bettering their ramshackle house without spending any money.
* Cartoon strip.

## Odd Job Bob

    Published: 10 June 1972 to 21 April 1973
    Artist: Hugh McNeill
Dim dogsbody Bob complicates everyday situations.
* Cartoon strip, reprints from Buster.

## One Man and His Dog...

    Published: 14 October 1972 to 3 March 1973
    Writer: Les Lilley
    Artist: Graham Allen
A dog tries to keep his thick master out of scrapes.
* Cartoon strip, reprints from Buster.

## One-Eyed Jack

    Published: 20 December 1975 to 16 October 1976
    Writer: John Wagner
    Artist: John Cooper
Eyepatch-wearing Detective Jack McBane undertakes a ruthless war on New York's criminals.
* Continued in Battle Picture Weekly.

## Our 'Great' Grandpa

    Published: 23 September 1972 to 6 January 1973
    Artist: Trevor Metcalfe
Two boys try to keep control of their wild, young-at-heart grandfather.
* Cartoon strip, reprints from Buster.

## Paco

    Published: 17 April to 16 October 1976
    Artist: John Stokes, Alberto Salinas
Half-wolf, half-dog Paco deals with cruel trappers.

## Paladin the Fearless

    Published:: 6 October 1962 to 27 July 1963
    Writer: Jean-Michel Charlier
    Artist: Albert Uderzo
A young boy is raised by woodcutter Cedric Cedarwood to become the successor to folk hero Paladin the Peerless and fight off the Vikings.
* Modified reprints of Balloy from Pilote.

## Percy the Problem Child

    Published: 6 October 1962 to 20 April 1963
    Artist: Reg Parlett
A cheerful boy poses trivia questions for readers.
* Cartoon strip.

## The Potters of Poole Street

    Published: 29 March to 13 December 1975
    Artists: Jack Pamby, John Catchpole, Geoff Campion
Growing up in poverty in the Midlands town of Dunchester, Alfie Potter tries to save for a mountain bike so he can earn some money for his widowed mother and sister Maude.

## The Prisoner of Zenga

    Published: 11 October to 13 December 1975
    Artist: John Stokes
Project Z is an effort by Professor Gleeson to find an android capable of storing brain patterns in order to preserve genius for future generations. However, his devious assistant Julian Caine ensures that the first brain copied into the prototype is the mind of master criminal Max Zenga.
* A Zenga robot made a brief appearance in 2018's The Vigilant.

## Raven on the Wing

    Published:: 2 March 1968 to 18 January 1975
    Artist: Francisco Solano López
Gypsy boy Raven joins struggling Highboro' United, where his skills soon help turn the team around despite his eccentricities and superstitions, which included insisting on playing barefoot.

## Return of the Claw

    Published:: 5 June 1971 to 27 October 1973
Louis Crandell digs out his metal hand and goes back into action.
* Sequel to "The Steel Claw".

## Rip Kerrigan

    Published: 27 January to 24 February 1968
Sheriff Rip Kerrigan keeps order in the down of Red Gulch during the Arizona gold rush.
* Reprints from Buster.

## Robot Archie

    Published: 2 November to 7 December 1974
Pals Ted Ritchie and Ken Dale are given control of a powerful robot created by Ritchie's uncle, which they use to hunt for treasure in the jungle of South America.
* The former Lion strip made a six-week "guest appearance".

## Saboteurs of Space

    Published: 29 January to 12 February 1966
    Artist: Boixcar
Space police officers Dave Blake and Frank Preston investigate sabotage on the planet Beel in 2230, with the evidence pointing towards Blake's brother Steve.
* Modified reprint from El Mundo Futuro.

## Sam Sunn

    Published: 13 May 1967 to 24 February 1968
    Artist: Reg Parlett
The misadventures of a small, superhumanly strong boy.
* Cartoon strip. Modified reprints of "Knockout Kid" from Knockout.

## School for Spies

    Published: 5 January to 18 May 1974
    Artist: Neville Wilson
Orphan Danny Conway is transferred to a special school where he can be trained for the intelligence services.

## The Secret Champion

    Published: 24 May to 20 December 1969
Frustrated sportsman turned journalist Mark Keen gets advice from the ghost of his gladiator forebear.
* Modified reprints of "Mike Kane - Gladiator" from Buster.

## Sergeant Strong

    Published: 29 March to 6 December 1975
    Writer: Scott Goodall
    Artist: Eric Bradbury
After an accident in space, Sgt. Simon Strong is left with ten times the strength and density of a normal man. He puts his abilities to stopping crime.
* A collected edition of "Sergeant Strong" was published in 2023 as part of Hibernia's Fleetway Files series.

## Sexton Blake

    Published: 13 January 1968 to 16 May 1970
    Writer: Angus Allan
    Artist: Eric Dadswell
Further adventures of the crime-solving detective.
* Based on the TV version of Blake; some strips were adapted from "Maxwell Hawke" in Buster.

## Shorty the Sheriff

    Published: 6 October 1962 to 16 February 1963
    Writer: Reg Orlandini
    Artist: Reg Parlett
A diminutive sheriff suffers mishaps in the Old West.
* Cartoon strip.

## The Shrinker

    Published: 2 March 1968 to 10 January 1970
    Artist: Mike Western
Evil scientist Capek develops a machine that can shrink people, starting with RAF men Flint and Slake.
* Reprints from Buster.

## Simon Test and the Islands of Peril

    Published: 10 April to 29 May 1971
    Writer: Angus Allan
    Artist: Eric Bradbury
Six adventurers - including Simon Test - are kidnapped by the mysterious Big Man and put through lethal ordeals on half-a-dozen Islands of Perils.
* Continued from Smash!.

## Sixer

    Published: 6 October 1962 to 16 February 1963
An overly-enthusiastic boy scout causes good-natured chaos.
* Cartoon strip.

## Slave of the Screamer

    Published: 23 May 1970 to 3 April 1971
    Writer: Tom Tully
    Artist: Jesús Blasco

## Soldier Sharp - The Rat of the Rifles

    Published: 28 February to 16 October 1976
    Writer: John Wagner
    Artists: R. Charles Roylance, Eric Bradbury, Frank McDairmid
As the Allies liberate France in 1944, Cockney loudmouth Arnie Sharp's cowardice gets most of his unit killed, but circumstances see him incorrectly recognised as a hero. Only his badly-injured childhood acquaintance Sammy Little survives with knowledge of the truth.
* Continued in Battle Picture Weekly.

## Sons of the Stars

    Published: 9 October to 23 October 1965
    Artist: Boixcar
With 21st century Earth over-crowded, a rocket crew scope out the Solar System for colonisation.
* Modified reprint from El Mundo Futuro.

## The Soppy Ha'porths

    Published: 6 October 1962 to 9 February 1963
    Artist: Arthur Martin
* Cartoon strip.

## The Space Explorers

    Published: 30 October 1965 to 13 November 1965
    Artist: Boixcar
In 2075, astronauts Don Stacer, Bruce Campbell and Pete Douglass make a forced landing on the Moon.
* Modified reprint from El Mundo Futuro.

## Space Pirates

    Published: 1 to 8 January 1966
    Artist: Boixcar
With numerous planets being discovered in the 21st century, a scrabble to claim the new bodies develops.
* Modified reprint from El Mundo Futuro.

## Spellbinder

    Published: 25 January to 1 March 1975
    Artist: Geoff Campion
Tom Turville is helped by sorcerer ancestor Sylvester.
* The former Lion strip made a six-week "guest appearance".

## Sporty

    Published: 23 February 1963 to 28 October 1972
    Artists: Reg Wootton
Amiable, diminutive Sporty tries his hand in a variety of outdoor activities, despite the whinging antics of lanky friend Sydney to spoil things.
* Continued from Knockout.

## Spot the Clue with Zip Nolan

    Published: May 25, 1974 to 21 February 1976
Zip Nolan is an American highway patrolman from Pensburgh, equipped with detective skills and a Harley Davidson Electra Glide motorcycle.
* Continued from Lion, mainly in reprint form and often missing occasional issues.

## The Star of Fortune

    Published: 10 October 1970 to 3 April 1971
Texan schoolboy Willie Wilson gains powers of premonition from his grandfather's sheriff's badge.
* Modified reprints of "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" from Buster.

## Star Trek

    Published: 2 October 1971 to 29 December 1973
    Writer: Angus Allan
    Artist: John Stokes
Captain Kirk and the company of the spaceship U.S.S. Enterprise bravely journey to where people have not been previously.
* Continued from TV21. The comics have been collected by IDW Publishing as Stark Trek - The Classic UK Comics.

## The Steel Claw

    Published: 6 October 1962 to 16 May 1970
    Writers: Ken Bulmer (6 October 1962 to 21 September 1963), Tom Tully (21 September 1963 to 16 May 1970)
    Artists: Jesús Blasco, Tom Kerr, Massimo Belardinelli, Carlos Cruz, Reg Bunn
Louis Crandell gains the ability to turn invisible when he receives an electric shock through his metal hand.
* Revived as "Return of the Claw" in 1972.

## Stryker

    Published: 21 August to 16 October 1976
    Artist: Ian Kennedy

## The Swots and the Blots

    Published: 10 April 1971 to 18 May 1974
    Writer and Artist: Leo Baxendale
Two factions - the academically inclined Swots (led by Cyril, and including 'Oiliver' Oliver, Cynthia, 'Hooter' Horace, Pudding Face, 'Eggy' Egbert, 'Nosy' Norman', Walter 'Crawly' Crawleigh and 'Cadger' Cuthbert) and the mischief-driven Blots (commanded by George, and consisting of Alf Wit, Spiky, Pongo Brown, Beryl, Tich, Henry 'The Eighth', 'Hairbert' Herbert, Fred and Fatty) struggle for supremacy at a school.
* Cartoon strip, continued from Smash!. Alf Wit is not to be confused with The Beano character of the same name.

## Tatty Mane

    Published: 30 April 1966 to 17 February 1968
A weedy lion makes unsuccessful attempts to assert his role as king of the jungle.
* Cartoon strip.

## Terrors of the Deep

    Published: 9 to 23 April 1966
    Artist: Boixcar
* Modified reprint from El Mundo Futuro.

## The Test Match Terrors

    Published: 29 March to 4 October 1975
    Artist: Mike White
Hailing from the village of Little Swaledon, Albert Ashe recruits an unconventional cricket team.

## They Couldn't Break Brady

    Published: 13 December 1975 to 3 April 1976
    Artist: Eric Bradbury
Dave Brady's career at First Division Milburn United is dogged by someone's repeated attempts to injure him.

## To Glory We Steer

    Published: 6 October 1962 to 16 February 1963
    Artist: Eric Parker
Horatio Nelson moves up through the ranks in the Royal Navy.
* Modified reprints of Nelson from The Comet.

## Tommy Hawk and Mo Cassin

    Published: 6 October 1962 to 20 April 1963
    Artist: Denis Gifford
Two Native American Braves irritate the rest of their tribe with their antics.
* Cartoon strip. Reprints from Knockout.

## Trail to Nowhere

    Published: 25 May to 21 December 1974
    Artist: Mike Western
Trapper Colorado Jones finds young Simon Grant, the sole survivor of a stagecoach massacre. The boy is in a hurry to head to his father at Fort Hazard, with Jones having the unenviable job of making sure the brat doesn't get himself killed first.

## The Trouble-Seekers

    Published: 10 April to 25 December 1971
    Artist: Ian Kennedy
Engineers 'Knocker' White, 'Jinx' Jenkins, Professor Toops and the latter's unreliable robot George deal with unusual situations.

## Tubby the All Round Sportsman

    Published: 17 March to 11 August 1973
    Artist: Reg Wootton
* Cartoon strip, reprints from Buster.

## The Tuffs of Terror Island

    Published: 2 October 1971 to 6 May 1972
    Artist: Tony Coleman
The three Tuff brothers, cabin boy Alf and ape-man called Lrrg land on the appropriately-named Terror Island.
* Continued from TV21.

## Twelve Guilty Men

    Published: 15 May to 2 October 1965
    Artist: Eric Dadswell
Framed and imprisoned by the Crime Incorporated Syndicate, Rod Marsden breaks out of jail with the help of fellow inmate Pat Murphy and begins hunting down the kingpins who put him behind bars.

## Valley of the Giants

    Published: 25 May to 10 August 1974
    Artist: Eric Bradbury
On an expedition to Brazil explorer Brett Mason, his family and scientist Doctor Jose Yarga become trapped in a strange volcanic valley where dinosaurs still live.

## Voyage of No Return

    Published: 7 September 1968 to 25 January 1969
The travails of midshipman Ben Jackson.
* Modified reprints of "The Voyage of the Black Skull" from Tiger.

## Wacker

    Published: 12 June 1971 to 4 March 1972
    Artist: Juan Rafart y Roldán
An inept, cheerful sailor causes his captain endless problems.
* Cartoon strip, continued from Smash!. Not to be confused with "Whacker" from Lion.

## Wally Whale and Willy Winkle

    Published: 8 September 1973 to 4 May 1974
    Artist: Reg Parlett
A whale dodges hunters with the help of his winkle best friend.
* Cartoon strip, reprints from Buster.

## Wee Red

    Published: 10 April to 14 August 1976
    Artists: Miguel Repetto, Fred Holmes
Tynecastle FC manager Kenny Samuels makes the surprise discovery that local latch-key kid Wee Red is actually a supremely talented footballer, and tries to interest him in joining the club.

## When Britain Froze

    Published: 16 September 1967 to January 1968
Freak weather conditions leave John and Jackie Adams struggling to survive in Scotland.
* Modified reprints of "Frozen Summer" from Buster.

## Whiz-Along Wheeler

    Published: 28 December 1974 to 22 March 1975
    Artist: Mike White
Circus owner's son Willie Wheeler gets a place on the Loxton Lions speedway team, but has to deal with the team's hostile star rider Bruce Kilby.

## The Wild Wonders

    Published: 28 March 1964 to 18 May 1974, 25 October to 13 December 1975
    Writer: Tom Tully
    Artist: Mike Western
With a tough upbringing on the remote Woragg Island in the Hebrides, brothers Charlie and Rick Wild have little to do but stay fit. On rescuing them, Olympic swimmer Mike Flynn finds their find their fitness makes them champion athletes - though not all their competitors are impressed with the upstarts due to their primitive behaviour.

## World in Peril

    Published: 27 December 1969 to 18 April 1970
An alien race attempts to invade Earth.
* Modified reprints of "The Dome of Doom" from Buster.

## Yellowknife of the Yard

    Published: 1 January 1972 to 31 August 1974
    Writers: Pat Mills
    Artist: Douglas Maxted
Son of Sioux chief Black Arrow, Yellowknife travels to England and finds his unorthodox methods are useful to Scotland Yard.
* Co-created by Mills and John Wagner.