Publication Dates: 1967 to 1968
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interiors
Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Pages : 132 Indicia frequency: ?
Fantastic Series
Publication Dates: January 1967 – January 1967
Number of Issues Published: 2 (#1 – #2)
Pages: 132 Indicia Frequency: ?
Continued in Fleetway Super Library Stupendous series Fleetway Publications, 1967 series#3
Authors
Script
Jerry Siegel Jerry Siegel Alessandro Biffignandi
Pencils
Aldo Marculetta, Alessandro Biffignandi, Carlo Jacono (signed), Carlos Cruz
Inks
Aldo Marculetta, Alessandro Biffignandi, Carlo Jacono (signed), Carlos Cruz
Colors
Carlo Jacono (signed)
Stupendous Series
Publication Dates: February 1967 – January 1968
Number of Issues Published: 24 (#3 – #26)
Pages: 132 Indicia Frequency: ?
Tracking:
numbering continues from Fleetway Super Library Fantastic Series (IPC, 1967 series) #2
Authors
Script
Donne Avenell, David MortonScript
Ken Mennell
Pencils
Carlo Jacono (painted), Jesús Blasco, Giorgio Trevisan, Carlos Cruz,
Francisco Cueto, Aldo Marcuzzi,
Inks
Carlo Jacono (painted), Jesús Blasco, Giorgio Trevisan, Carlos Cruz,
Aldo Marcuzzi, Francisco Cueto,
Colors
Carlo Jacono (painted)
Secret Agent Series
Publication Dates: January 1967 – January 1968
Number of Issues Published: 26 (#1 – #26)
Script ? Pencils ? Inks ? Letters ?
Front Line Series
Publication Dates: January 1967 - January 1968
Number of Issues Published: 26 (#1 - #26)
Pages: 132 Indicia Frequency: ?
Script ? Pencils ? Inks ? Letters ?
Fleetway Super Library was a comic published by Fleetway from 1967 to
1968.
As its title suggests it followed the picture library format,
albeit on a chunkier scale than usual:
each issue was
132 pages long,
containing a 122-page main story alongside back-up material
such as a
quiz or reprints of humour strips.
The Fleetway Super Library series was itself split into three smaller
series, each with two protagonists. Stupendous, which was called
Fantastic during the first month
of its existence,
followed the exploits
of the Steel Claw (from Valiant) and the Spider (from Lion);
the
military-themed Front Line starred Maddock’s Marauders and
Top-Sergeant
Ironside,
both of whom would migrate to Battle Picture Library following
the demise of Super Library;
and finally Secret Agent told the stories
of Johnny Nero and the Lion hero Barracuda.
Super Library was not long-lived: it ended in January 1968 after a
total of 78 issues,
26 for each sub-series.
Steve Holland has argued
that it could
be regarded as Britain’s first series of graphic novels.
Fleetway Super Library Fantastic Series #1 - #2 Complete Series
Fleetway Super Library Front Line Series #01 - #26 Numbers 1-4, 7 ,9, 11, 13-15 & 17-19 are missing
Fleetway Super Library Secret Agent Series #01 - #26 Numbers 4, 6, 8, 10, 11 & 20 are missing
Fleetway Super Library Stupendous Series #03 - #26 Complete Series
