The Comet (UK comics)
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Cover of issue 428, 1956
For other uses of "Comet" in comics, see Comet (comics).
The Comet was a British comic magazine, launched by Cheshire-based publisher J. B. Allen on 20 September 1946. When the publisher was taken over by the Amalgamated Press in May 1949, Leonard Matthews was appointed editor[1] and exchanged the paper's customary humour strips for adventure ones like "Battler Britton", "Billy the Kid", "Robin Hood", "Kit Carson", "Dick Turpin"[2] and "Jet-Ace Logan".[3] It continued publishing until 17 October 1959, when it was merged into Tiger.[4]
External links
- Greyfriars Index - Publications of the Month includes a downloadable pdf of issue 428 of the original series (1953)
References
- ↑ Alan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors, The British Library, 1998, pp. 2-3
- ↑ AP/Fleetway: a potted history
- ↑ The Incomplete Science Fiction Comic Guide to British Comics
- ↑ Complete AP/Fleetway comic index
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