The Black Sapper from Hotspur - Compiled and edited by H. C.

See.-

- The Beezer issues ?; artist Glass.

- The Hotspur issues starts prior to 601 - finishs after 619; artist Patrick. 

(Fighting the Khansus whoo had invaded Britain).

- The Hotspur starts prior to issue 652 - finishs after 665; artist Patrick.

 (On the trail of a gang of international crooks led by the mysterious and sinister Octopus).

The Hotspur starts prior to issue 734 - finishs after 736; artist Shone.

 (Capturing scattered gang leaders from the previous series).

Writer:- The Hotspur editorial team. Artists:- Jack Glass; Terry Patrick; Keith Shone.

Main cast:- The Black Sapper.

The Black Sapper (he had no other name as far as I am aware), started as a criminal in his early adventures. But later in (new?) stories published in the Hotspur, he fought on the side of law and order.

The Sapper made use of his marvellous drilling machine the Worm, which could burrow through the earth and other materials. (Called the Earthworm in the original series). The worm had a crew of one man, although occasionally it did carry a second person. The machine, cylindrical in shape has a large screw on the nose of the machine. The later series mentions that the worm was designed by Professor Jordan and his son, Johnny and that it is atomic-powered. (Hotspur issue 619). The machine was also lightweight, being made with metal that 'was half the weight of aluminium, but tough enough to act as a heat shield for a moon capsule'. (Hotspur issue 611).

The Sapper wore a tight black suit (similar to a frogman's suit), and a black helmet. The worm and the Sapper's uniform remained the same in both the early and later series. Although the later version of the worm had up to date equipment, such as an outside camera so the Sapper could see what was happening above ground on a television screen.

In the first series drawn by Patrick, Britain has been invaded by an eastern race the Khansus. The Black Sapper fights along side the British resistance in the fight back against the invaders. A later series would see the Sapper on the trail of a gang of international crooks led by the mysterious and sinister Octopus.

The series drawn by Shone sees the Sapper having broken up the international gang of crooks in the last series, hunting down the scattered leaders. A complication arises when the Sapper is blinded by an explosion. He enlists the aid of a young orphen boy Jeff, to act as his eyes. This is possibly the last Sapper series to be published in the Hotspur, but this needs to be confirmed.

The following adventures of The Black Sapper are from issues an original Sapper story from the Beezer issue number not known; and from The Hotspur issues 603; 611; 652; 665 & 736.

http://www.victorhornetcomics.co.uk/sapper.html

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Davy Crockett - A Comprehensive Summer Collection. Part Two - Contributed by Jens Terje

 David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American frontiersman, soldier, politician, and folk hero. He is more often called Davy Crockett. He also has the nickname “King of the Wild Frontier”. He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives from 

1827 to 1831 and again from 1833 to 1835.

 Fighting in the Texas Revolution, he was executed in the Battle of the Alamo at the age of 49...

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Bob Crockett   01-02 (2001-2003) German

Cowboy Picture Library 1956-59  (Various)

Davy Crockett - Intégrale Vaillant 01-12 

 (Coelho-Kline-Ollivier)  [1957-69] French

Davy Crockett - Walt Disney   (Various)

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an exhaustive repertoire of comics related to this popular legendary character.

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Rick Random from Super Detective Library (1954-1959) 2 vols. - Compiled and edited by H. C.,

The improbably named Rick Random was a soldier in the Cosmic War who later 
became an operative of the Interplanetary Bureau of Investigation in the mid 22nd century. 
His investigations into various crimes took him to many of Earth's offworld colonies.

Rick debuted in Fleetway's Super Detective Library #37 and featured in 27 stories 

in the title between 1954 and 1959, many of them by the writer and artist team

 of Harry Harrison and Ron Turner, who fairly quickly replaced his 

creators as his regular creative team.

Many of his stories were later reprinted in other IPC/Fleetway titles in the 1960s including 

the Buster Book 1962 (in which Rick was renamed 'Dick Brando'), Buster Adventure Library 

and Valiant Picture Library (in his Valiant appearances, he was renamed Nick Martin), 
as well as the Super Picture Special 1969.

The story S.O.S from Space was later reprinted in the 1978 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special, 
after which Rick was revived for a new story, Riddle of the Astral Assassin
 by Steve Moore and Ron Turner in 2000 AD progs 113 to 118 in 1979.

No further new stories appeared, but more reprints followed in the Dan Dare Annual 

1979 and in the Space Picture Library Holiday Specials for 1980 and 1981 

(in these last two, he was renamed Dair Avalon).

https://britishcomics.fandom.com/wiki/Rick_Random

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Billy the Cat from Buddy (1981-1983) - Compiled and edited by H. C.

 Billy the Cat from the page of Buddy 

#001 (14 February 1981) to  #128 (July 23rd. 1983)

Grange's series has been revived frequently throughout DC Thomson's

 history, notably showing him in other stages in his life. 

Although Grange (and cousin Kathleen)'s age was never specified, 

Buddy's Billy the Cat series depicted him as looking notably 

older, possibly his late teens, 

and the story relocated to Marham, finishing in issue 128.

Art by Pete Foster

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Davy Crockett - A Comprehensive Summer Collection. Part One - Contributed by Jens Terje

David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American frontiersman, soldier, politician, and folk hero. He is more often called Davy Crockett. He also has the nickname “King of the Wild Frontier”. He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives from 

1827 to 1831 and again from 1833 to 1835.

 Fighting in the Texas Revolution, he was executed in the Battle of the Alamo at the age of 49.

Childhood and family

Crockett was born in Tennessee. A replica of the cabin In which he was born stands today in Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park, in Tennessee. The Crockett family's name comes from the name Monsieur de la Croquetagne.[3] Monsieur de la Croquetagne was a captain in the Royal Guard of French King Louis XIV.[3] The family became Protestants and ran away from France in the 17th century.[3] Crockett did not have an easy childhood. He traveled around a lot and had many of adventures. He started to hunt with his brothers before his 9th birthday. A little after he started going to school, he beat up a bully. He stopped going to school so that his teacher would not punish him. His teacher told his father that Crockett was not at school. He ran away from home so that his father would not beat him.[4] He started moving around Tennessee, Virginia, and other places, according to a book that Crockett wrote about himself.

He came back home when he was 15, and his family welcomed him. He married Mary (Polly) Finley a day before his 20th birthday.They had three children, but Polly died at a young age.

He married another woman, Elizabeth Patton in 1815. They had three children, together.

Political career

Crockett served in the Tennessee Militia for a few years and ran for Congress in 1824. He lost his election but ran again in the next election. In 1827, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.As a Representative, he became angry with President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act, which forced Native Americans to leave their land. He lost his re-election in 1830. However, he ran again in 1832 and won.

In 1834, he wrote a book about himself, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett. Written by Himself.He lost re-election to Congress that year.

Texas Revolution

Around December 1834, Crockett told some of his friends that he might move to Texas if Martin Van Buren became the next president of the United States. The next year, he talked to his friend Benjamin McCulloch about going to Texas, which the belonged to Mexico, but some people fought in the Texas Revolution against Mexico. Van Buren was elected president and so Crockett left Tennessee on Nov. 1, 1835 with three other men to go to Texas and said, "You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas."[11]

He arrived in Nacogdoches, Texas, in early January 1836. On January 14, 1836, Crockett and 65 other men signed an oath before Judge John Forbes to the Provisional Government of Texas for six months that said, "I have taken the oath of government and have enrolled my name as a volunteer and will set out for the Rio Grande in a few days with the volunteers from the United States." Each man was promised about 4,600 acres (19 km²) of land.

He showed up at the Alamo on February 8, where over 100 other men were there. On February 23, a Mexican army, led by General Antonio López de Santa Ana, surrounded the Alamo and was ready to take it over. After the Mexican army had been there for eight days, 32 other men showed up to help Crockett and the other men defend the Alamo.

On March 6, according to Susana Dickinson, before running to his post, Crockett stopped in the chapel to pray.  When the Mexican soldiers made it over the walls of the Alamo, they pushed the few remaining defenders back toward the church. The Battle of the Alamo lasted almost 90 minutes. All of the men defending the Alamo died, including Crockett.

Legacy

Even while he was still alive, many books and plays were written about Crockett's life, some of which stretched the truth.[19] Since his death, he has become a popular figure in American folklore. In the 1950s, there was a television show about him with a song called "The Ballad of Davy Crockett," which was very popular. Many children wore "coonskin" hats to look like him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett

 

Jens Terje offers us the following files:

(Misc. comics, one-shots, etc)

  Best of the West 29 (lim Bowie story from Western Tales No. 33) [AC Comics 2002]

Captain Fearless 01 (1941)

 Classics Illustrated 129 - Davy Crockett

 Coleccao Aguia - PT0001 - Davy Crockett (Porugal 1958)

Cowboy Western 026 (1950)

Davy Crockett, American comic legend (1977)

Davy Crocket King Of The Wild Frontier (1955)

 Davy Crockett - Art by Ron Smith. The Hotspur annual 1973

Davy Crockett (Forlagshusets Merkeboker 1956) Norwegian

Davy Crockett by Jack Kirby. Zoom #15 1968

Davy Crockett og elvepiratene (Forlagshusets Merkeboker 1957) Norwecian

Davy Crockett, American comic legend (1977)

Davy Crockhead - From Here To Insanity 012 (1955)

Fearless Davy Crockett AUS 003 (US 02 and 04 Davy Crockett 1955 series

 Fearless Davy Crockett AUS 012 (US 06 Davy Crockett 1955 series)

 Fighting Davy Crockett 09 (One-Shot) (Avon 1955)

Frontier Fighter Davy Crockett (One Shot) 1951

Grandes Aventuras 03 (7-Jul-1973) Davy Crockett (Spanish)

 Grit Grady Comics [Holyoke One Shot 1944].cbz

 Historias 102 (3-Sep 1965) Davy Crockett [ (Spanish)

Protagonisti del West 1 - Davy Crackett (Italia 1999)

 II Selvaggio West 005 - Alama (Hobby & Work 1995)

 lllustrerede Klassixere 012 Davy Crockett (Danish).cr

lllustrierte Klassiker 012 - Davy Crockett (BSV 1956-1972) (Team Paule) German

King Classics v1 012 - Davy Crockett (1977)

Marvelman 231 (Davy Crockett by Kirby, from Davy Crockett, Frontiersman 

(Columbia Features, Inc.) 1957)

Outlaws Of The West 014 Charlton Feb 1958

Picture Progress v3 - 2 (Gilberton 1955)

Quality - Hit Comics 046 (1947)

Rangers Comics 46 (1949)

Rangers Comics 47 (1949)

Topolino - Il piccolo Davy Crockett [Italia 2010]

TuttoWEST 26 - Davy Crockett - Davy Crockett [Italia 1989] 

TuttoWEST 27 - Davy Crockett - Attacco notturno Italia 1989]

Un Libro de Oro de Estampas S10 Davy Crockett [Spain 1970]

Un Libro de Oro de Estampas S11 - Davy Crockett Y Mike Fink [Spain 1970] 

Wild Bill Hickok 017 (1954)

Wild Bill Pecos - The Westerner 17 (1948)

Young Heroes 037 (1955)

This magnificent contribution by Jens Terje consists of 4 parts, which include 

an exhaustive repertoire of comics related to this popular legendary character.

Many thanks to Jens Terje !!