As of 2014, the three longest-running comics of all time were all British. British comics are usually comics anthologies which are typically aimed at...

Eagle was a British children's comics periodical, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994. It was founded...

what was referred to in the comics industry as the 'British Invasion' - seemed to point to a potential audience of older British comic readers that were not...

British girls' comics flourished in the United Kingdom from the 1950s through the 1970s, before beginning to decline in popularity in the 1980s and 1990s...

worked in the employ of DC Comics, but in recent years many have also worked for Marvel Comics. Characteristics of the British Invasion included a greater...

versions of the British Isles, which act as a nexus point between dimensions via Otherworld. Marvel UK, the British wing of Marvel Comics, had been established...

Tiger was a weekly British comics periodical published by Amalgamated Press, Fleetway Publications and IPC Magazines from 11 September 1954 to 30 March...

Comics are a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically takes the form of a sequence...

dialogue contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. Comic Cuts was a British comic published from 1890 to 1953. It was preceded by...

pence, it was too expensive[speculation?] compared to other D. C. Thomson comics at the time, which were priced at around 5 pence. According to the 2008...

Hurricane was a weekly British comics periodical published by Fleetway Publications from 29 February 1964 to 8 May 1965. The title was billed as "the companion...

Awards were launched at the British Comic Art Convention, the earliest British fan convention devoted entirely to comics (and usually known by the moniker...

Smut was a British adult comics magazine that was launched on 1 May 1989. "Smut" is an English term for any form of media that is considered profane or...

called Sizzle.[citation needed] In 1979, the British magazine Viz first appeared parodying earlier British comics anthologies with an injection of incongruous...

viable for other IPC weeklies. Format-wise, it was a departure for British comics of the period, being almost the same size as an American comic (Vulcan...

a humorous tone. Notable early humor comics include the Swiss comic-strip book Mr. Vieux Bois (1837), the British strip Ally Sloper (first appearing in...

Thunder was a weekly British comics periodical published by Fleetway Publications from 17 October 1970 to 13 March 1971. A boys' adventure comic, the title...

Warrior was a British comics anthology that ran for 26 issues between March 1982 and January 1985. It was edited by Dez Skinn and published by his company...

Gremlins in the mid 1990s "Book: Denis Gifford, The Complete Catalogue of British Comics (Exeter, Webb & Bower, 1985)". "Jackpot issue 1, 5 May 1979". Printed...

Jet was a weekly British comics periodical published by Fleetway Publications from 1 May to 25 September 1971. A boys' adventure comic, the title only...

Treasury of British Comics is a line of comic book collections published by Rebellion Developments, collecting British comics stories from the libraries...

Commando War Stories in Pictures, and colloquially known as Commando Comics, is a British comic book magazine that primarily draws its themes and backdrops...

the toy lines of the same name. The first series was produced by Marvel Comics from 1984 to 1991, which ran for 80 issues and produced four spin-off miniseries...

Valiant was a weekly British comics periodical published by Fleetway Publications and later IPC Magazines from 4 October 1962 to 16 October 1976. A boys'...

Notable events of 2024 in comics. January: Jan Vriends officially becomes the new Stripmaker des Vaderlands (Comic Artist of the Mother Country) in the...

In comics, a one-shot is a work composed of a single standalone issue or chapter, contrasting a limited series or ongoing series, which are composed of...

The Sunday comics or Sunday strip is the comic strip section carried in most Western newspapers. Compared to weekday comics, Sunday comics tend to be...

Bane is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan, the character first appeared in...

artist and comics historian David Roach curated an anthology of romance comics for Rebellion's Treasury of British Comics label called A Very British Affair...

Comics has developed specialized terminology. Several attempts have been made to formalize and define the terminology of comics by authors such as Will...