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Two more comics.

First of:
"A famous conqueror: Napoleon" (Translation of the Swedish title.)
Copyright: Fleetway 1963.
Where could that have been published and where there a series.



Second:
"The Halfbreed" (Translation of the Swedish title.)
Copyright: Grap. Lit (Could that be an Australian company?)

The Napoleon strip may have come from Knockout - late 50s early 60s.

The Napoleon one looks a little like the style of Eric Parker, but I can't be sure... got any more of it? His style was pretty unmistakable! He most famously illustrated the Sexton Blake stories in Union Jack and Sexton Blake Library in the 20's and 30's

The Napoleon piece is definitely by Eric Parker. I'd have to check to be sure but I'm pretty certain it comes from the cover of an early issue of Valiant.

- Phil Rushton

...thought so!!! (though in a way Steve was right as well!).

Here's the original:



- Phil Rushton

Great job, all of you! Much appriciated.
(I'll be back with a dozen more! )

Ok, so I got a new bunch of comics (although not quite a dozen, I had to pace myself )

As always:
What's the features name?
Who's behind the comic?
Where was it published?

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"Animals World records" (Translation of the Swedish title)
Copy: IPC, published 1975 in Sweden.

Here's a link to a bigger image

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"the Black Pirate" (Translation of the Swedish title)
Probably a take on Emilio Salgaris book: "The Black Corsair".
Copy: IPC, published 1975 in Sweden.

Page 1

Page 2
Page 3
Page 9
Page 24(ending)

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Feature: "Teddy Track"
Copy: none, published 1970 in Sweden.

This looks to me like the work of Ian Kennedy, could that be accurate?



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And a last one before I'll turn in...
"Greatest Climbing Feats" (Translation of the Swedish title)
Copy: none, published 1976 in Sweden.


Link to a bigger image

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Well, that's all for now! But I'll be back

The last one is another Valiant cover - this time from 14th November 1964. It's part of a series on the theme of world records entitled 'The Greatest...' The artist seems to be Mike Western.

- Phil R.

Teddy Track is 100% Ian Kennedy

These are the original versions. In order:

The Greatest.... Animals - (Valiant 12th Sept. 1964); Artist: Geoff Campion(?)


The Black Pirate - (Knockout 26th Nov. 1960); Artist: C.L. Doughty


Tales From the Tracks - (Lion & Eagle 9th August, 1969); Artist: Ian Kennedy


The Greatest... Climbing Exploits - (Valiant 14th Nov. 1964); Artist: Mike Western(?)


- Phil Rushton

philcom55 wrote:These are the original versions. In order:...The Greatest... Climbing Exploits - (Valiant 14th Nov. 1964); Artist: Mike Western(?)


- Phil Rushton

Phil, I would go along with you on that one. It's very similar to his work on Wild Wonders, so unless both of us are really out, I would say that was a good call. I would have been sat there for ages trying to figure it out. Not only that, but a very impressive collection in that you could find the originals so quickly.

philcom55, you're the man!

philcom55 wrote:These are the original versions. In order:

The Greatest.... Animals - (Valiant 12th Sept. 1964); Artist: Geoff Campion(?)
http://i51.tinypic.com/4sms9j.jpg

[...]

The Greatest... Climbing Exploits - (Valiant 14th Nov. 1964); Artist: Mike Western(?)
http://i56.tinypic.com/o077vd.jpg

- Phil Rushton

Then I'm guessing I won't win any prices when I think that this one belongs to the same feature?

"The Worlds Greatest Explosion" (Translation from the Swedish title)
Copy: none, published 1975 in Sweden.


Larger picture here

S'right! Cover of Valiant for 9th Jan. 1965. The artist looks like Mike Western again.

(Valiant was unusual amongst Fleetway's titles in that its covers carried this sort of fact-based picture feature for most of its lifetime. Along with 'Famous Fighters' and 'The Greatest...' other cover series included 'It Happened This Week', 'It Could Happen', 'They All Laughed...But...' and 'Is It True?'. A variety of artists were used on these for the first few years but Mike Western drew nearly all the later ones ('It Could Happen', in particular, allowing him to stretch his imagination to the limit with Science-Fictional scenes of the Future based on contemporary science).

- Phil rushton

philcom55 wrote: [...] 'They All Laughed...But...' [...]

Sweet, that was the next bunch of images I was going to post
Mucho gracias Phil!