1954 in Comics: 1954 Comic Debuts, Comics Characters Introduced in 1954, Marvelman, Roy of the Rovers, Turok, Angle Man, Outlaw Kid
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ISBN10: 1158021909
ISBN13: 9781158021901
Publisher: Books Llc
Pages: 28
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.06 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781158021901
Publisher: Books Llc
Pages: 28
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.06 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: 1954 comic debuts, Comics characters introduced in 1954, Marvelman, Roy of the Rovers, Turok, Angle Man, Outlaw Kid, Jungle Action, Gorilla-Man, Mister Twister, Tralla La, Pig-Pen, Thrill-Seekers' Weekend, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, Space Cabbie, M-11, Western Kid, Crimesmith, The Price of Sinful Dates, Ringo Kid, Afraid To Be Married, Masquerade Marriage, Charlotte Braun, The Hammy Camel, Our Fighting Forces, Mysto, Sorority Secrets, Janu the Jungle Boy, The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone, Jann of the Jungle. Excerpt: Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers. The strip first appeared in the Tiger in 1954, before giving its name to a weekly (and later monthly) comic magazine, published by IPC and Fleetway from 1976 until 1995, in which it was the main feature. The weekly strip ran until 1993, following Roy's playing career until its conclusion after he lost his left foot in a helicopter crash. When the monthly comic was launched later that year, the focus switched to Roy's son, Rocky, who also played for Melchester. This publication was short-lived, and folded after only 19 issues. The adventures of the Race family were subsequently featured in the monthly Match of the Day football magazine, in which father and son were reunited as manager and player respectively. These strips began in 1997 and continued until the magazine's closure in May 2001. Football-themed stories were a staple of British comics from the 1950s onwards, and Roy of the Rovers was one of the most popular. To keep the strip exciting, Melchester was almost every year either competing for major honours or struggling against relegation to a lower division. The strip followed the structure of the football season, thus there were several months each year...