TV Comic was a British comic book published weekly between November 9, 1951 and June 22, 1984 for 1696 issues. With its bright eye-catching covers it featured stories based on television shows running at the time of publication. It is notable for printing Doctor Who stories from 1964 to 1979 (except for 1971 to 1973 when he was in Countdown/TV Action). It also featured strip cartoons for the early Gerry Anderson TV shows Four Feather Falls, Super...
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TV Comic was a British comic book published weekly between November 9, 1951 and June 22, 1984 for 1696 issues. With its bright eye-catching covers it featured stories based on television shows running at the time of publication. It is notable for printing Doctor Who stories from 1964 to 1979 (except for 1971 to 1973 when he was in Countdown/TV Action). It also featured strip cartoons for the early Gerry Anderson TV shows Four Feather Falls, Supercar and Fireball XL5. Each issue also featured a page of readers' letters and photographs.
A number of annuals and holiday specials were also issued over the years, including special editions concentrating on characters such as The Pink Panther and Tom and Jerry.
Originally started by Beaverbrook, TV Comic was eventually published by Polystyle for much of its run. Editors included Dick Millington (who also edited Pippin and created Mighty Moth), Robin Tucheck and John Lynott. Artists included Bill Titcombe, John Canning, Neville Main, H Watts,...
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