Hornet (DC Thomson)
Encyclopedia
The Hornet was a British
boys' comic
published by D. C. Thomson & Co. for 648 issues from 14 September 1963 to 7 February 1976, after which it was merged with The Hotspur. The free gift with the first issue was a balsa wood "Kestral Glider".
United Kingdom
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boys' comic
Comic book
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published by D. C. Thomson & Co. for 648 issues from 14 September 1963 to 7 February 1976, after which it was merged with The Hotspur. The free gift with the first issue was a balsa wood "Kestral Glider".
Notable strips and characters
- The Blazing Ace of Space - starring Richard Starr, a ruthless World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
fighter pilot - V for Vengeance (1965–75; 1976–80 The Hotspur) - starring the Deathless Men, masked concentration camp escapees who first appeared in prose format in The Wizard in 1942.
- William Wilson, first appeared in prose format in The Wizard in 1943, appeared in picture form in The Hornet starting on 12 September 1964.
External links
- The Hornet at the Grand Comics Database
- Adrian Banfield, A brief history of The Victor - (1961- 1992, published every Monday), 2008.
- Adrian Banfield, The Hornet Index, April 2010.