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I never cared much for Janus Stark or The Ghostly Guardian. Kelly's Eye was my favourite strip but I think it was running out of steam after the Romans story. They should have ditched the time clock and done something different.

Raven wrote:
Around the same time, Valiant in its Smash and TV21 merger years was at an all-time peak, with a stellar line-up,

I'd put Valiant's peak a little earlier. I think those mergers diluted it and it was on a downward trajectory in the seventies.

This caption from the third installment sums it up: "In 1979, thousands of giant metors from outer space crashed on the world. Seven youngsters escaped the disaster in different ways. These were the survivors..."

Here's the title frame from part one (issue 171, April 25th 1959):

Yes, the merger with Knockout definitely gave Valiant the kick-start it needed.

I started getting Valiant every week in October '69. Having now seen the earlier issues I can see that, as it entered the new decade, it gradually declined but the mergers with Smash! and TV21 didn't have too much of an adverse affect. The merger with Lion was a different story - I hated it. All my ...

4 on the Road - Sally ***************************** Adam Eterno - Thunder/Lion/Valiant Andy's Ants - Cor!! The Astounding Adventures of Dr. X - Champion (reprints of Alain Landier from Tintin magazine) Ali Booba and Tubi-Tum, The Goofs of Bagdad - Giggle Adare's Anglians - Jet Art's Gallery - Monste...

Whacky - Cor!! Willy Worry - Cor!! The Wild Wonders - Valiant When Britain Froze - Valiant (reprints of The Frozen Summer from Buster) Wonder-Car - Whizzer and Chips Why, Dad, Why? - Whizzer and Chips Who is Sandy? - Whizzer and Chips Wonder Worm - Buster (reprinted in Cor!!) Wally Whale and Willy W...

The Terrors of Tornado Street - Buster Toys of Doom - Buster (reprinted in Smash! (as Threat of the Toymaker), Jackpot (as The Terror Toys) and Eagle mkII) Thunder Boult , The Magician Who Went to War - Buster Tim & Vicky, the TV Twins - Buster Tubby, the All-round Sportsman - Buster The Twitopians ...

The Sea Hawk - Buster Sonny Boy - Buster Squad Car 13 - Buster Son of Sherlock - Buster Sinbad Simms and his Shark Pal Jasper - The Big One/Buster (reprints from Knockout) The Sparrows go to War - Buster The Shrinker/The Shrinker's Revenge/The Shrinker in Space - Buster (later reprinted in Valiant) ...

The Roaring Forties - Buster Rip Kerrigan - Buster Rent-a-Ghost Ltd - Buster The Robot Maker - Cor!! Rat-Trap - Cor!! Rebbels on the Run - Smash! The Running Man - Action Roaring Wheels - Action Rat Pack - Battle Picture Weekly Return of the Stormtroopers - Champion/Lion Robot Archie - Lion Rory Mac...

Phantom Force 5 was reprinted in Smash! as Send for... Q Squad, but, on the contents page it was listed as just Q Squad, even though there was room for the full title. A good enough reason to list it under Q!

Quest of the Firebird - Lion

Percy Puffer - Cor!! Peril From below - Knockout (60s) (reprinted in Buster) Percy's Pets - Smash! The Pillater Peril - Smash! Play Till You Drop - Action Probationer - Action The Phantom Viking - Champion/Lion Paddy Payne, Warrior of the Skies - Lion Phil the Fluter - Thunder/Lion Pete's Pockets - ...

N Nobby's Hobbies - Cor!! Night Mare - Cor!! No. 13 Grimm Street - Knockout (60s) Nutt and Bolt, the Men From W.H.E.E.Z.E. - Smash! Nipper - Score 'n' Roar/Scorcher/Tiger No Tears for Molly - Tammy Niblo Nibbs - Giggle (reprints(?) from Film Fun) Nosey - Tiger Nelson Lord, T.I.G.E.R. Agent - Tiger T...

Max Normal (Judge Dredd) - 2000AD/Had his own strip in various Judge Dredd annuals The Mean Arena - 2000AD Mike's Magic Mould - Cor!! Mactavish of Red Rock - Knockout (60s) Moose - Knockout (70s) Mucky Mick - Knockout (70s) My Bruvver - Knockout (70s) Master of the Marsh - Smash! Moonie's Magic Mate...

Lucky Charmer - Cor!! Little Geyser - Cor!! Look Out For Lefty - Action Lofty's One-Man Luftwaffe - Battle Picture Weekly Lofty Lightyear - Champion Law of the Legion - Lion Last of the Harkers - Lion Little Lulu - Sally The Legion of Super Slaves - Sally Lags Eleven - Scorcher Little Miss Nothing -...