The Adventures de Biggles #02 W. E. Johns & A. De Vine

THE ADVENTURES OF BIGGLES

THERE WAS AN AUSTRALIAN COMIC IN THE 1950’S THAT RAN TO AT LEAST 78 ISSUES AND CONTAINED A MIXTURE OF

“W.E. Johns” biggles stories and stories written by others especially for the comic.

However there was an attempt to publish stories from this Australian comic in the UK.

It was apparently unsuccessful as only nine issues of the “British edition” of the comic were ever published.

This web page displays those nine issues and gives guide to the contents.

Published by “strato publications ltd., London.  W.1” – drawings are credited to “albert de vine”

Each magazine was 9.5 inches by 7 inches or 24.5 cm x 18 cm

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The Adventures de Biggles #02

Issue two of “The Air Adventures of Biggles” is again undated.
 It also ran to 68 pages (including the covers)

This time there are only two “Biggles” stories and three other stories in the comic.

“Indo China Intrigue – Part I” ran to 21 pages.  (Although the first page of the story says that this is “Part 1” this was printed as a complete story and the page count seems to indicate that two parts were printed together)


“Rescue Mission” ran to 10 pages

 By W. E. Johns  &  A. De Vine (Drawings)

There were then THREE other cartoon stories which were “non-Biggles” stories

Again, they are not illustrated

“The Crimson Comet” (uncredited) ran to 11 pages

“Tim Valour – Commander of the Famous Tigerhawks” by John Dixon ran to 11 pages

“The Crimson Comet” (uncredited) ran to 11 pages

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The Adventures de Biggles #01 W. E. Johns & A. De Vine

THE ADVENTURES OF BIGGLES

THERE WAS AN AUSTRALIAN COMIC IN THE 1950’S THAT RAN TO AT LEAST 78 ISSUES AND CONTAINED A MIXTURE OF

“W.E. Johns” biggles stories and stories written by others especially for the comic.

Publication Dates: 1953 - 1958

Number of Issues Published: 78 (#1 - #78)

Colour cover; Black and white interior

Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.

Paper Stock: Newsprint

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was ongoing series

Publisher's Brands: without publisher's brandinformation (78 issues)

Notes

Issues 36-50 of this series were probably not published. 

 

However there was an attempt to publish stories from this Australian comic in the UK.

It was apparently unsuccessful as only nine issues of the “British edition” of the comic were ever published.

This web page displays those nine issues and gives guide to the contents.

Published by “strato publications ltd., London.  W.1” – drawings are credited to “albert de vine”

Each magazine was 9.5 inches by 7 inches or 24.5 cm x 18 cm

Publisher: Thorpe & Porter

Publication Dates: 1950 ? – 1959 ?

Number of Issues Published: 15 (#1 – #15)

James Bigglesworth, nicknamed “Biggles”, is a fictional pilot and adventurer, the title character and hero of the Biggles series of adventure books, written for young readers by W. E. Johns (1893–1968). Biggles made his first appearance in the story The White Fokker, published in the first issue of Popular Flying magazine and again as part of the first collection of Biggles stories, The Camels Are Coming (both 1932). Johns continued to write “Biggles books” until his death in 1968, the series eventually spanning nearly a hundred volumes – including novels and short story collections – most of the latter with a common setting and time.

There have been many different versions of Biggles comics published in different countries in Europe, including Great Britain, Belgium, France and Sweden.

Information thanks to the Grand Comics Database and Wejohns.com

 Information in French http://francejohn.pagesperso-orange.fr/bd_05biggles.htm

The Adventures de Biggles #01

Issue one of “The Air Adventures of Biggles” is undated.  It was published in the UK in the 1950s – if anyone knows the exact date, then please contact me.

Issue one contained 68 pages (but this includes the cover pages, so there were only 64 pages inside the covers) and FIVE stories.

The first three stories were “Biggles” stories and you can see the first pages of those three stories above.  Obviously the second story was a continuation of the first.

 The first part of “The Kidnapped Scientist” ran to 15 pages

The second part of “The Kidnapped Scientist” ran to 9 pages

“Middle East Hazzard” ran to 12 pages

By W. E. Johns  &  A. De Vine (Drawings)

There were then two other cartoon stories which were “non-Biggles” stories and hence they are not illustrated here.

“Tim Valour – Commander of the Famous Tigerhawks” by John Dixon ran to 14 pages

“The Crimson Comet - Operation Earthquake” by John Dixon ran to 14 pages.  (The Crimson Comet appears to be a ‘Dan Dare’ type character in a birdman ‘superhero’ costume).

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Big Town (1951) Comic books Issue #07

Issue     #7
Published     July 1951
Cover Price     0.10 USD
Pages     52
Editing     Whitney Ellsworth
Cover Details : "Ace news man Steven Wilson..."
Pencils     John Lehti
Inks     Sy Barry

10 page Big Town story  "Secrets of Big Town" 

Script     Miriam Hecht

Pencils     John Lehti

Inks     Frank Giacoia

10 page Big Town story  "The Mystery of Room 1313" 

Script     Bill Finger

Pencils     John Lehti

Inks     Sy Barry

8 page Johnny Law story "Crime on the Record"

Pencils     Irwin Hasen

Inks   Irwin Hasen

10 page Big Town story  "Obituaries for Sale"
Script     Dave Wood

Pencils     John Lehti

Inks     Joe Giella

 Text Story   Thry buildanything in hour (2 pages)

Credits    Letters: typeset

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Classic Comics/Classics Illustrated. #004 "The Last of the Mohicans " - J. Feminore Cooper

Classics Illustrated is an American comic book series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as Les Miserables, Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Iliad.  Created Classic Comics for Elliot Publishing Company in 1941  and finished its first run in 1971, producing 169 issues. The series name-changed in March 1947 to Classics Illustrated ... More information

Classic Comics (1941) - #4

"The Last of the Mohicans"  - J. Feminore Cooper

Elliot Publishing Company

Writers: James Fenimore Cooper - Al Kanter

Penciller:  Ray Ramsey    Inker:  Ray Ramsey

Colorist: (Unknown Creator)      Letterer:  (Unknown Creator)

Editor:  John H. Compton          Cover Artist:   Ray Ramsey
 
Cover Date: August 1942   Cover Price: US $ 0.10

Issue Tagline: None


Format: Color; Standard Comic Issue; 52 pages

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Attack v1 (#54 – #60) 1958-1959 / v2 (#[01] – #03) 1962-1964 / Army Attack v3 (#16 – #48) 1964-1965 / Attack v4 (#03 – #04) 1966-1967 / Attack v5 (#01 – #15) 1971-1975 / v6 (#16 – #48) 1979-1984 Complete Series [Charlton Comics Collection]

 
Attack v1 #54 - #60 / 1958-195959 (Charlton) Complete

Publisher: Charlton

Publication Dates: 1958 – November 1959

Number of Issues Published: 7 (#54 – #60)

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Size

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was ongoing Publication

Type: magazine
Pages 100      Indicia Frequency: ?

Authors:

Script:  Joe Gill ?
Pencils:
    Pat Masulli (signed), Sam Glanzman Don Perlin?,  Bill Molno,  Ernie Hart ?
Inks:
    Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed),  Sam Glanzman,  Don Perlin ?, Sal Trapani,  Ernie Hart

Letters: Jon D'Agostino, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio,

Attack v2  #01- #03 1962-64 (Charlton) Complete

Publisher: Charlton

Publication Dates: 1962 – Fall 1964

Number of Issues Published: 3 (#[01] – #03)

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US

Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior

Binding: Saddle-Stitched

Publishing Format: One-shot turned Ongoing Publication

Type: magazine
Pages 36    Indicia Frequency: quarterly

Authors:
  Script:    Joe Gill ?
Pencils: Pat Masulli (signed),  Bill Molno,   Sam Glanzman
Inks:  Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, 

Attack v3  #16 - #48  1964-65  (Army Attack)(Charlton)

Publisher: Charlton

Publication Dates: July 1964 - February 1965

Number of Issues Published: 4 (#01 - #04)

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing

Publication Type: magazine

Pages 36      Indicia Frequency:  four times yearly

Authors:

Script   Joe Gill ?
Pencils  Sam Glanzman
Inks   Sam Glanzman
Colors   ?
Letters   typeset

Attack v4 #03 – #04 1966-67(Charlton) Complete     

Publisher: Charlton

Publication Dates: October 1966 – October 1967

Number of Issues Published: 2 (#03 – #04)

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing

Publication Type: magazine

Authors:

Script:  Joe Gill ?
Pencils:
    Jack Abel, Sam Glanzman (signed), ? [as Brust],  Gustavo Trigo, Charles Nicholas
Inks:
    Jack Abel, Sam Glanzman (signed)  Vince Alascia, Gustavo Trigo

Numbering continues from Special War Series (Charlton, 1965 series) #2

Numbering continues with Attack “at Sea” (Charlton, 1968 series) #5

Attack v5  #01 – #15 1971-75 (Charlton)  

Publisher: Charlton

Publication Dates: September 1971 – March 1975

Number of Issues Published: 15 (#01 – #15)

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing

Publication Type: magazine

Pages 36    Indicia Frequency: Bimonthly

Note:
Sixteen month hiatus between issue #14 (November 1973) and #15 (March 1975),
 and again a hiatus until #16 (1979).

Authors:

Script: 
Pat Boyette, Willi Franz, Joe Gill ?, Wally Wood ? 
Pencils:
Charles Nicholas, Enio Legisamon?, Dick Giordano, Pat Boyette, Wally Wood ?, 
Sam Glanzman, Enio Legisamon?,   Jack Keller, Dick Giordano, Jack Keller (signed) [as J. K.], Karl Brust, Bill Molno, Jack Kirby, 
Inks:
Pat Boyette, Karl Brust, Sal Trapani, Jack Kirby, Wally Wood ?, 
Sam Glanzman,  Jack Keller (signed) [as J. K.], Jack Keller, Vince Alascia, 
Colors: ?

Letters:
typeset, Wally Wood, Pat Boyette, Charlotte Jetter, 

Numbering continues in Attack (Charlton, 1979 series).

Sixteen month hiatus between issue #14 (November 1973) and #15 (March 1975).

 

 Attack v6  #16 – #48 1979-84 (Charlton)

Publisher: Charlton

Publication Dates: August 1979 – October 1984

Number of Issues Published: 33 (#16 – #48)

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US Size

Paper Stock: Newsprint

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was ongoing

Pages 36      Indicia Frequency: Bimonthly

Authors: 

Script: 
Pat Boyette, Willi Franz, Joe Gill ?, Wally Wood ? 
Pencils:
Charles Nicholas, Enio Legisamon?, Dick Giordano, Pat Boyette, Wally Wood ?, 
Sam Glanzman, Enio Legisamon?,   Jack Keller, Dick Giordano, Jack Keller (signed) [as J. K.], Karl Brust, Bill Molno, Jack Kirby, 
Inks:
Pat Boyette, Karl Brust, Sal Trapani, Jack Kirby, Wally Wood ?, 
Sam Glanzman,  Jack Keller (signed) [as J. K.], Jack Keller, Vince Alascia, 
Colors: ?

Letters:
typeset, Wally Wood, Pat Boyette, Charlotte Jetter, 

Notes

Sixteen month hiatus between issue #14 (November 1973) and #15 (March 1975),
 and again a hiatus until #16 (1979).

Numbering continues from Attack (Charlton, 1971 series).

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Eagle Annual 001 (1951) Hulton Press

The Eagle Annual was published from 1951 to 1975, outlasting its parent publication 

by several years.

Early annuals had identical, uniform covers aside from the number (as did the annuals of sister publications Girl, Swift and Robin), but from 1961 this practice was abandoned. 

One of the artists working on the annuals was Ian Kennedy. 

Following the New Eagle's launch in 1982, a new series of Eagle Annuals appeared dated from 

1983 to 1992. 

There were also two Best of Eagle Annuals featuring material from the 1950s and 1960s. All of the annuals featured Dan Dare. 

Published by : Hulton Press Ltd, London in 1951

Edited by : Marcus Morris

Dimensions : 21.5cm x 26.5cm with 176 pages.

Selected highlights:

    Dan Dare's story is entitled : Mars 1997

    Riders of the Range have a Brush with Indians

    Learn all about Jet-proplusion and Gas Turbines

    Chicko takes a nap

Contents

  

Stories 

                

   058  Survey 21

   085  Old Coppernob

   100  Uncle George's Aeroplane

   109  The Stolen Lorry Ride

   139  Kidnapped In Error

   158  The Sign Of Three

Adventure Strips 

   025  Dan Dare

   041  Black Dirk

   063  P.C. 49

   081  Riders Of The Range Humorous Strips 

   073  Harris Tweed

   120  Tobias and the Trumpet

   071  Chicko

   062  Grandpa

   138  Grandpa

Sport 

                 

   008  The Lure of Speed

   115  The Olympic Games

   127  Improve Your Football

Science 

   038  If You Want To Be An Inventor

   077  Jet Propulsion & Gas Turbine Engines

   090  The Story Of Oil

   106  Railway With The Speed Of Aircraft

   164  Professor Brittain Explains Coal

Real Life Adventures 

014  Here Lies Gold

   033  How I Didn't Catch A Tunny - And How A Whale Nearly Caught Me

   149  The Story Of Albert Schweitzer

   168  Exploring At The Bottom Of The World Hobbies 

   051  How To Rebuild A Model Railway

   067  Rearing Silkworms

   072  Make This Jet-Powered Dart

   153  How To Make "Whirling Willy" - A Hunting Boomerang

   154  Unusual Pets - And How To Keep Them

Interest 

    020  The Story Of The Circus

   132  Nature Adventure

   145  It Wouldn't Be Christmas...

   056  Puzzles A-Plenty...

   173  Answers To Puzzles A-Plenty...

   037  Did You Know...

Links ⇓⇓⇓    Eagle Annual 001 (1950) (Text) - Eagle Annual 001 (1951)