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Cover price was 6d and they had 26 pages each plus the wrap-around glossy cover.  
Cover price was 6d and they had 26 pages each plus the wrap-around glossy cover.  


=== Issue overview===
== Issue overview==
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===King Comic <small>(May 5, 1954 - August 4, 1954)</small>===
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Image:king comic-uk 1.jpg|<center>[[King Comic 1 (UK magazine)|''King Comic'' #1]]
Image:king comic-uk 1.jpg|<center>[[King Comic 1 (UK magazine)|''King Comic'' #1]]
Image:king comic-uk 2.jpg|<center>[[King Comic 2 (UK magazine)|''King Comic'' #2]]
Image:king comic-uk 2.jpg|<center>[[King Comic 2 (UK magazine)|''King Comic'' #2]]
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Image:king comic-uk 7.jpg|<center>[[King Comic 7 (UK magazine)|''King Comic'' #7]]
Image:king comic-uk 7.jpg|<center>[[King Comic 7 (UK magazine)|''King Comic'' #7]]
Image:king comic-uk 8.jpg|<center>[[King Comic 8 (UK magazine)|''King Comic'' #8]]
Image:king comic-uk 8.jpg|<center>[[King Comic 8 (UK magazine)|''King Comic'' #8]]
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===King Comics <small>(August 11, 1954 - September 8, 1954 )</small>===
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Image:king comics-uk 9.jpg|<center>[[King Comics 9 (UK magazine)|''King Comics'' #9]]
Image:king comics-uk 9.jpg|<center>[[King Comics 9 (UK magazine)|''King Comics'' #9]]
Image:king comics-uk 10.jpg|<center>[[King Comics 10 (UK magazine)|''King Comics'' #10]]
Image:king comics-uk 10.jpg|<center>[[King Comics 10 (UK magazine)|''King Comics'' #10]]
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Image:king comics-uk 13.jpg|<center>[[King Comics 13 (UK magazine)|''King Comics'' #13]]
Image:king comics-uk 13.jpg|<center>[[King Comics 13 (UK magazine)|''King Comics'' #13]]
Image:king comics-uk 14.jpg|<center>[[King Comics 14 (UK magazine)|''King Comics'' #14]]
Image:king comics-uk 14.jpg|<center>[[King Comics 14 (UK magazine)|''King Comics'' #14]]
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===King Comics Annual===
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Image:king comic-uk annual.jpg|<center>[[King Comics 14 (UK magazine)|''King Comics'' #Annual]]
Image:king comic-uk annual.jpg|<center>[[King Comics 14 (UK magazine)|''King Comics'' #Annual]]
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Revision as of 21:36, 4 February 2014

King Comic(s) was a British comic magazine published in 1954.

History

The first comic book from England that included Mandrake the Magician was King Comic (changed to King Comics from issue 9), published by L.Miller & Son Ltd. London in 1954. The comics reprinted a wide range of syndicated Sunday strips from King Features Syndicate. The series was only short-lived with a total of 14 editions published every Wednesday from May 5 to August 4, 1954 (from issue 8) the date on the cover was for the Saturday of the "week ending"). There was also published a King Comic Annual issue. Cover price was 6d and they had 26 pages each plus the wrap-around glossy cover.

Issue overview

King Comic (May 5, 1954 - August 4, 1954)

King Comics (August 11, 1954 - September 8, 1954 )

King Comics Annual



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Mandrake the Magician • The Classic Comic Strip Library - Mandrake the Magician • World Adventure Library - Mandrake the Magician

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Defenders of the Earth • Defenders of the Earth Annual

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Action Series • Comic Cartoon Annual • Creepy Worlds • Flash Gordon Annual • Four Aces Comic • King Comics • Sinister Tales • Secrets of the Unknown • Uncanny Tales

As back-up title
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