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Adventure was the first of the ‘Big
Five’ with the first issue published
The boys’ story paper market at
the time was dominated by Gem and Magnet with school stories
about Billy Bunter, Harry Wharton & Tom Merry.
The success of this publication
led to The Rover and The
Wizard being published the following year.
The demise of the story papers
came in the 1950’s with the publication Eagle, Lion &
Tiger these comics had picture strips.
The last issue of Adventure (1878) was published
Hornet, Valiant
& Victor were published in the 1960’s these publication’s featured the story
paper heroes like Alf Tupper, Braddock, The Wolf of Kabul & V for Vengeance
in picture strips.
Below are some of the characters
featured:
BALDY HOGAN,
BLOCKBUSTER BROWN,
STRANG THE
TERRIBLE, TINY FLANNELFEET.
And the stories:
BLACK HAWK LEAD
ON THE LONG, LONG TRAIL, FIGHTING HAL OF SHERWOOD, I SHOT HITLER, THE LAST MAN
ALIVE,
THE MAN WHO
HAUNTED HITLER, THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MANY SECRETS, THE TRAIL OF ZERO THE
SILENT, THE YELLOW GHOST.
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A SELECTION OF ADVENTURE COVERS |
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17 |
28 |
60 |
337 |
341 |
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January
7th 1922 |
March
25th 1922 |
November
4th 1922 |
April
14th 1928 |
May 12th 1928 |
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347 |
379 |
416 |
458 |
478 |
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June
23rd 1928 |
February
2nd 1929 |
October
19th 1929 |
August
9th 1930 |
December
27th 1930 |
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1011 |
1044 |
1065 |
1071 |
1086 |
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March
15th 1941 |
December
20th 1941 |
October
10th 1942 |
January 2nd 1943 |
July
31st 1943 |
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1104 |
1134 |
1137 |
1164 |
1194 |
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April
8th 1944 |
June
2nd 1945 |
July
14th 1945 |
July
27th 1946 |
June 28th 1947 |
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1200 |
1298 |
1302 |
1507 |
1789 |
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August
23rd 1947 |
December
3rd 1949 |
December
31st 1949 |
December
5th 1953 |
May 2nd 1959 |
Following are a selection of stories featured
in ADVENTURE:
BALDY
HOGAN – THE BRAINS BEHIND THE TEAM:
Story of Baldy Hogan, the player-manager of Third Division Burhill
United.
This first episode appeared in the Adventure 1946.
Click here to read the first episode of Baldy Hogan.
BOYS
OF THE BULLDOG BREED:
Complete stories of the fighting boys of
This first episode appeared in the Adventure 1942.
Click here to read the first episode of Boys of
the Bulldog Breed.
BULL
RAIDERS FROM THE RED ORB:
An astral-machine from Red Orb has crashed in
The local ranchers realise that the dead occupants have been rustling
their cattle.
Click here to read the first episode of Bull
Raiders of the Red Orb.
THE
BUBBLE:
The transparent terror that grows – and grows – AND GROWS!
This first episode appeared in the Adventure in 1951.
Click here to read the first episode of The Bubble.
THE
CITY THAT FORGOT:
What would happen if everybody in your town suddenly forgot everything
they had ever learned.
This first episode appeared in the Adventure in 1951.
Click here to read the first episode of The City
That Forgot.
THE
DEAD DETECTIVE’S VENGEANCE:
Who killed Dixon Hawke?.
This first episode appeared in the Adventure in 1944.
Click here to read the first episode of The Dead
Detective’s Vengeance.
HORATIO
NELSON, MIDSHIPMITE:
Young Nelson will be a famous Admiral one day - but he has to start the
hard way!
This first episode appeared in the Adventure in 1959.
Click here to read the first episode of Horatio Nelson,
Midshipmite.
I
SHOT HITLER:
The amazing story of the man who, after World War II, was able to say—I
SHOT HITLER
This first episode appeared in the Adventure 1960.
Click here to read the first episode of I Shot
Hitler.
PROFESSOR
POTTER THE 60-YEAR-OLD DUNCE!:
Sammy’s Grandad may be a professor – but he’s still kept in for not
doing his sums right.
Click here to read the first episode of Professor
Potter.
MARKO
THE MIRACLE MAN:
A
Click here to read the last episode of Marko the
Miracle Man.
S.O.S.
FOR STRANG THE TERRIBLE:
Strang the Terrible appeared many times in the Adventure.
This first episode appeared in the Adventure in 1948.
Click here to read the first episode of S.O.S. for Strang the
Terrible.
SEVEN
IRON CROSSES:
A dying British Secret Service agent manages to scratch the German
Panzer Code on seven Iron Crosses.
With his last breath, he informs fellow agent Major Warren Elton.
This first episode appeared in the Adventure in 1946.
Click here to read the first episode of Seven Iron
Crosses.
THEY’LL TRY IT AGAIN!
We didn’t
finish the Germans in 1918.
They rose
again in 1939.
If we don’t
finish them in 1945.
THEY’LL TRY
IT AGAIN!
First episode taken from the
Adventure issue: 1129 March 24th 1945.
Click Here to read the First episode.
VENGEANCE
OF THE V:
The adventures of the man of the V campaign.
This first episode appeared in the Adventure in 1942.
Click here to read the first episode of Vengeance
of the V.
THE REVENGE OF THE DOOMED TEN
THOUSAND
Peril in
the Pacific from weird underwater warriors.
First episode taken from the Adventure
issue: 1278 July 16th 1949.
Click Here to read the First
episode.
THE
YELLOW GHOST:
The story of an invisible spy!
This first episode appeared in the Adventure in 1943.
Click here to read the first episode of The Yellow
Ghost.
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