Thriller Comics Library.- #080 Robin Hood Rides Again #081 The New Adventures of the Three Musketeers #082 The Swordsman (IPC 1954 Series)

     Thriller Comics Library

Publisher: IPC

Publication Dates: November 1953 - 5 February 1957

Number of Issues Published: 122 (#41 - #162)

Color: Colour cover; black and white interior

Dimensions: Digest

Binding: Squarebound

Publishing Format: was ongoing

Publication Type: magazine 

68 pages   -   Indicia Frequency: The First Thursday in Each Month

Numbering continues from Thriller Comics (IPC, 1951 series) #40

Numbering continues with Thriller Picture Library (IPC, 1957 series) #163

Robin Hood Rides Again 

IPC, 1954 Series

Cover/  Pencils & Colors :  Sep E. Scott (signed) (painting)

Pencils :  H. M. Brock

Inks :  Joan Whitford

Pencils : Patrick Nicolle

The New Adventures of the Three Musketeers  

IPC, 1954 Series

Cover/  Pencils & Colors :   Sep E. Scott (signed) (painting)

The Outlaws' Lair

The Three Musketeers / comic story / 30 pages

Pencils & Inks:  Stephen Chapman

  

The Battle of Spanish Pass

The Three Musketeers / comic story / 34 pages

Pencils & Inks:  H. M. Brock

The Swordsman

IPC, 1954 Series

Cover/  Pencils & Colors :   Eric Parker (painting)

Script:   John Hunter (original story); ? (adaptation)

Pencils & Inks:  John McNamara

  

Jack the Giant Killer - Pictured by H.M. Brock - Scan: A. Wallace

"Jack the Giant Killer" is an English fairy tale and legend about a young adult who slays a number of giants during King Arthur's reign. The tale is characterised by violence, gore and blood-letting. Giants are prominent in Cornish folklore, Breton mythology and Welsh Bardic lore. 

Some parallels to elements and incidents in Norse mythology have been detected in the tale, and the trappings of Jack's last adventure with the Giant Galigantus suggest parallels with French and Breton fairy tales such as Bluebeard. Jack's belt is similar to the belt in "The Valiant Little Tailor", and his magical sword, shoes, cap, and cloak are similar to those owned by Tom Thumb or those found in Welsh and Norse mythology.

Neither Jack nor his tale are referenced in English literature prior to the eighteenth century, and his story did not appear in print until 1711. It is probable an enterprising publisher assembled a number of anecdotes about giants to form the 1711 tale. One scholar speculates the public had grown weary of King Arthur – the greatest of all giant killers – and Jack was created to fill his shoes. Henry Fielding, John Newbery, Samuel Johnson, Boswell, and William Cowper were familiar with the tale.

 Jack the Giant Slayer

In 1962, a feature-length film based on the tale was released starring Kerwin Mathews. 

The film made extensive use of stop motion in the manner of Ray Harryhausen.

/Wikipedia/

Jack the Giant Killer formed part of the pentalogia The Old Fairy Tales.

   Pictured By H. M. Brock.

 5 Vols.

 [Vol. 1]; Valentine & Orson.

 [Vol. 2]: Jack and the Bean Stalk. 

[Vol. 3]: Jack the Giant Killer.

 [Vol. 4]: Puss in Books. 

[Vol,. 5]: Beauty and the Beast

Published by London & New York: F Warne & Cº 1914 

25 pages

Scan: A. Wallace

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