Monday, 13 October 2025

The Victor (1051-1100) D.C. Thomson, 1961

 The Victor

The Victor was a British comic paper published weekly by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The Victor ran for 1,657 issues from 25 January 1961 until it ceased publication on 21 November 1992. Associated with it was the annually published The Victor Book for Boys. This annual was first published in 1964, with the last edition published in 1994. A hardback book, The Best of The Victor, was published in 2010 ready to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this popular adventure comic. The book featured a selection of reprints from the weekly comic....


The Victor (1051-1100)

 April 11th, 1981 - Mar 20th, 1982   




Friday, 10 October 2025

Professor Kraken Integral (Knockout and others 1962-1964) Solano López (#01-#03) & Tom Kerr (#04)

Professor Kraken was a distinguished British scientist who investigated 
bizarre cases of science gone wrong, and then tried to set things
right again. 
One such instance was the plague of giant animals that threatened 
Britain, results of exposing normal animals to a mixture 
of weed-killers and fertilisers.
He was often accompanied on his cases by fellow scientist Professor Needler 
and his assistant Chris Blower.



Comments: Kraken seems to have been inspired by the similar Professor Challenger.

From the Vaults of Time

Knockout from #1239 [24-11-62] to Valiant and Knockout to #0034 [25-05-63]

Art: Solano López

The Time Machine

Valiant and Knockout from #0035 [01-06-63] to Valiant Companion
 Paper to Hurricane 
#0075 [07-03-64] 

Art: Solano López


Kraken and the Giant Menace

Valiant Companion Paper to Hurricane 

#0076 [14-03-64] to 0096 el [01-08-64].

Art: Solano López



Kraken and the Ogre from the Past 

Valiant Companion Paper to Hurricane 

from # 0097 [08-08-64] to # 0103 el 19-09-64,

Art: Tom Kerr



Later, in the Valiant Summer Special of 1967 and 1968, a reduced version of From the Vaults of Time was published, with resizing and deletion of vignettes, modifying the title of the adventure: The Day of the Dinosaurs and Return of the Monsters.


There was a reprint of Professor Kraken's final adventure, The Ogre from the Past, drawn by Tom Kerr, which was published in the 1970 
Lion and Valiant Special Extra, and this time without any mutilation.





https://misinolvidablestebeos.blogspot.com/2025/09/profesor-kraken-en-el-comic-britanico-y.html

https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/solano-lopez_francisco.htm

 http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/p/profkrak.htm

Thanks to:

- Aquellos Inolvidables Tebeos blog for agreeing to be the inspiration
for this post

- Luis Miguel for providing data and three compilations

- Futje Fedankt for the Kraken compilation


Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Cold War -The Damocles Contract (2012) Complete Series. John Byrne - Compiled by Voltaire57



Acclaimed creator John Byrne releases his latest creation, MI-6 agent 

Michael Swann. In Swann's opening adventure, 'The Damocles Contract,' 

the secret agent is called on to stop a defecting British scientist from granting 

the Soviets complete nuclear dominion over the free world… 

promising ample doses of intrigue and espionage.

Artist

John Byrne, 1950


  More information about "Comics Compilations made by Voltaire57"  HERE

Thanks to Voltaire 57 for these magnificent albums

Monday, 6 October 2025

The Victor (1001-1050) D.C. Thomson, 1961

  

The Victor

The Victor was a British comic paper published weekly by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The Victor ran for 1,657 issues from 25 January 1961 until it ceased publication on 21 November 1992. Associated with it was the annually published The Victor Book for Boys. This annual was first published in 1964, with the last edition published in 1994. A hardback book, The Best of The Victor, was published in 2010 ready to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this popular adventure comic. The book featured a selection of reprints from the weekly comic....


The Victor (1001-1050)

April 26th, 1980  -  April 4th, 1981





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