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Thanks for this post Richard.Really brilliant seeing the first appearance of Roy and fascinating that "Tiger" was almost never made and could have simply been a continuation of "The Champion".Richard S. wrote: 07 Jan 2024, 09:15 The dummy copy of 'Tiger' has been found in the collection of the late editor Derek Birnage. This is the absolute first appearance of Roy of the Rovers. Interestingly the comic isn't even called 'Tiger' and Melchester Rovers aren't playing in red & yellow! More details here
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... -idea.html
thanks for the kind words, there's always plenty more to come on the blog, I've plenty of posts lined up already for this year (and next!)jim244 wrote: 07 Jan 2024, 20:06Thanks for this post Richard.Really brilliant seeing the first appearance of Roy and fascinating that "Tiger" was almost never made and could have simply been a continuation of "The Champion".Richard S. wrote: 07 Jan 2024, 09:15 The dummy copy of 'Tiger' has been found in the collection of the late editor Derek Birnage. This is the absolute first appearance of Roy of the Rovers. Interestingly the comic isn't even called 'Tiger' and Melchester Rovers aren't playing in red & yellow! More details here
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... -idea.html
I think "Tiger" was one of the first comics I ever got and I remember when Roy got his own comic.
Great post and also have been reading your site recently which is excellent.
Thanks Al,Al wrote: 10 Jan 2024, 13:55 An excellent article-find Richard. Thank you.
Just when we thought we knew 'everything' about the Tiger comic, this comes along.
I wonder what other hidden gems are out there about British comics?
Al