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Eric Bradbury
Eric Bradbury (4 January 1921 – May 2001) was a British comic artist who primarily worked for Amalgamated Press/ IPC from the late 1940s to the 1990s. He studied at Beckenham Art School from 1936, and served in the RAF as a rear gunner on bombers during the Second World War.David Bishop, ''Blazing Battle Action part 2'', ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #210, 23 September 2003 After the war he worked for Gaumont-British Animation, alongside future comic creators Mike Western, Ron Smith, Bill Holroyd, Harry Hargreaves and Ron ''Nobby'' Clark. When the studio folded in 1949, Bradbury and Clarke took samples to Amalgamated Press, and were offered work at '' Knock-Out'', edited by Leonard Matthews — Clarke writing, Bradbury drawing.Steve HollandRon ''Nobby'' Clarke (1923-2009) Bear Alley, 5 April 2009 He started out on humour strips like ''Blossom'' and ''Our Ernie'', but soon specialised in adventure strips, particularly westerns like ''Lucky Logan'',Steve HollandComic Firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydenham, London
Sydenham () is a district of south-east London, England, which is shared between the London boroughs of Lewisham, Bromley and Southwark. Prior to the creation of the County of London in 1889, Sydenham was located in Kent, bordering Surrey. Historically, the area was very affluent, with the Crystal Palace being relocated to Sydenham Hill in 1854. Today, Sydenham is a diverse area, with a population of 28,378 (2011 census) and borders Forest Hill, Dulwich, Crystal Palace, Penge, Beckenham, Catford and Bellingham. History Originally known as Shippenham, Sydenham began as a small settlement, a few cottages among the woods, whose inhabitants grazed their animals and collected wood. In the 1640s, springs of water in what is now Wells Park were discovered to have medicinal properties, attracting crowds of people to the area. Sydenham grew rapidly in the 19th century after the introduction of the Croydon Canal in 1809 which linked the Grand Surrey Canal to Croydon and a reservoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Comics
Western comics is a comics genre usually depicting the American Old West frontier (usually anywhere west of the Mississippi River) and typically set during the late nineteenth century. The term is generally associated with an American comic books genre published from the late 1940s through the 1950s (though the genre had continuing popularity in Europe, and persists in limited form in American comics today). Western comics of the period typically featured dramatic scripts about cowboys, gunfighters, lawmen, bounty hunters, outlaws, and Native Americans. Accompanying artwork depicted a rural America populated with such iconic images as guns, cowboy hats, vests, horses, saloons, ranches, and deserts, contemporaneous with the setting. Origins Western novels, films, and pulp magazines were extremely popular in the United States from the late 1930s to the 1960s. Western comics first appeared in syndicated newspaper strips in the late 1920s. Harry O'Neill's '' Young Buffalo Bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jet (comic)
Jet, Jets, or The Jet(s) may refer to: Aerospace * Jet aircraft, an aircraft propelled by jet engines ** Jet airliner ** Jet engine ** Jet fuel * Jet Airways, an Indian airline * Wind Jet (ICAO: JET), an Italian airline * Journey to Enceladus and Titan (JET), a proposed astrobiology orbiter to Saturn * Jet pack, a backpack personal flying device containing a jet motor * Fighter jet, a military aircraft Aircraft * Business jet ** Boeing Business Jet ** Cessna CitationJet/M2 * Very light jet ** Cirrus Vision SF50, originally called "The-Jet by Cirrus" ** Eclipse 400, originally called "Eclipse Concept Jet" ** Honda HA-420 HondaJet ** Piper PA-47 PiperJet Other areas of science, math, and technology * Jet (fluid), a coherent stream of fluid that is projected into a surrounding medium, usually from some kind of a nozzle or aperture * Jet (mathematics), an operation on a differentiable function * Jet (particle physics), a narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Von Hoffman's Invasion
The term ''von'' () is used in German language surnames either as a nobiliary particle indicating a noble patrilineality, or as a simple preposition used by commoners that means ''of'' or ''from''. Nobility directories like the ''Almanach de Gotha'' often abbreviate the noble term ''von'' to ''v.'' In medieval or early modern names, the ''von'' particle was at times added to commoners' names; thus, ''Hans von Duisburg'' meant "Hans from he city ofDuisburg". This meaning is preserved in Swiss toponymic surnames and in the Dutch or Afrikaans '' van'', which is a cognate of ''von'' but does not indicate nobility. Usage Germany and Austria The abolition of the monarchies in Germany and Austria in 1919 meant that neither state has a privileged nobility, and both have exclusively republican governments. In Germany, this means that legally ''von'' simply became an ordinary part of the surnames of the people who used it. There are no longer any legal privileges or constraint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buster (comics)
''Buster'' was a British comic which began publication in 1960, originally published by IPC Magazines Ltd under the company's comics division Fleetway, then by Egmont UK Ltd under the same imprint until its closure in 2000. Despite missing issues due to industrial action during its run, the comic published 1,902 issues in total. The comic carried a mixture of humour and adventure strips, featuring the title character Buster and a host of other characters. Description The title character, whose strip usually appeared on the front cover, was Buster himself. He was originally billed as ''Buster: Son of Andy Capp''; Andy Capp is the lead character of the eponymous ''Daily Mirror'' newspaper strip, and Buster wore a similar flat cap to reinforce the connection. In early issues, Buster often referred to his father, and Andy was seen in the comic (attempting to find a gas leak in three frames of the 18 June 1960 issue; shown in two drawn photographs in the 2 July issue that same y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Hawke
Maxwell may refer to: People * Maxwell (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** James Clerk Maxwell, mathematician and physicist * Justice Maxwell (other) * Maxwell baronets, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia * Maxwell (footballer, born 1979), Brazilian forward * Maxwell (footballer, born 1981), Brazilian left-back * Maxwell (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian striker * Maxwell (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian left-back * Maxwell (footballer, born 1995), Brazilian forward * Maxwell (musician) (born 1973), American R&B and neo-soul singer * Maxwell (rapper) (born 1993), German rapper, member of rap band 187 Strassenbande * Maxwell Jacob Friedman (born 1997) AEW Professional wrestler * Maxwell Silva (born 1953), Sri Lankan Sinhala Catholic cleric, Auxiliary Bishop of Colombo Places United States * Maxwell, California * Maxwell, Indiana * Maxwell, Iowa * Maxwell, Nebraska * Maxwell, New Mexico * Maxwell, Texas * Maxwel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Leopard From Lime Street
''The Leopard from Lime Street'' was a comic strip appearing in the British comic '' Buster'' from 1976 to 1985. Written by Tom Tully,Tully author page Simon and Schuster website. Retrieved 12 May 2021. it was drawn in a 'realistic' comic style by Mike Western and Eric Bradbury,Ian Wheeler Mike Western remembered , Down The Tubes, 21 May 2008 much like |
Phantom Force 5
Phantom may refer to: * Spirit (animating force), the vital principle or animating force within all living things ** Ghost, the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living Aircraft * Boeing Phantom Ray, a stealthy unmanned combat air vehicle * Boeing Phantom Eye, a High Altitude, Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle * McDonnell FH Phantom, a jet fighter aircraft, introduced 1947 * McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, a supersonic air-defense fighter and fighter-bomber, introduced 1960 * Phantom X1, ultralight aircraft * Phantom (UAV), a series of unmanned aerial quadcopters developed by DJI Boats *DC‐14 Phantom – an American catamaran design *Flying Phantom Elite – a French hydrofoil catamaran sailboat design * Flying Phantom Essentiel – a French hydrofoil catamaran sailboat design *Phantom 14 – an American lateen-rigged sailboat design * Phantom 14 (catamaran) – an Italian sailboat design * Phantom 16 (catamaran) – an Italian sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valiant (comics)
''Valiant'' was a British boys' adventure comics anthology which ran from 1962 to 1976. It was published by IPC Magazines and was one of that company's major adventure titles throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Publication history The title went through a number of name changes and mergers, although always returning to its simpler one-word name. On 23 February 1963, it merged with ''Knockout'' to become ''Valiant and Knockout''. With the issue from February 1964, the title dropped "Knockout" and reverted to simply ''Valiant''. In June of 1963, Fleetway (IPC) brought out the first two (per month) issues of the digest-sized spinoff ''Valiant Picture Library'' which featured stories that had nothing to do with the main title. ''Valiant Picture Library'' cost one shilling. It ultimately ran 144 monthly issues from 1963 to 1969. With issue #137 (15 May 1965), the title went from 28 to 40 pages for one penny more (to seven pence). ''Valiant'' merged with '' Smash!'' in April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Crow
A list of stories published in the IPC weekly boys' comic ''Battle Picture Weekly'' between 1975 and 1988. Achilles the Avenger :Published: 8 April to 3 June 1978 :Writer: Gil Page :Artist: Luis Lorente A gentle Greek giant becomes a fearsome fighting machine after Germany invades. Action Force :Published: 4 June 1983 to 29 November 1986 :Writers: Gerry Finley-Day, Frank Noble, Ken Noble, Scott Goodall, James Nicholas, P. Rudge, Peter Milligan, Alan McKenzie :Artists: Jim Watson, Vanyo, Geoff Campion, Ron Turner, James Bleach, John Cooper, Josep Gual, Tony Coleman, Manuel Carmona, Enrique Badía Romero Baron Ironblood plans to conquer the world with his huge army of brainwashed fanatical Red Shadows. Standing in his way is the multinational Action Force, divided into four branches - infantry unit Z-Force; special operations unit SAS Force; naval unit Q-Force; and space unit Space Force. *Based on the Palitoy toyline of the same name, derived from '' Action Man''. Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The House Of Dolmann
was a British comic strip from the pages of '' Valiant''. The serial ran weekly from 1966 to 1970, with a brief revival as a reprint strip in 1974. The serial was among the titles reprinted in ''Vulcan'' from 1975 to 1976. Tom Tully wrote many scripts; Eric Bradbury drew the majority of the strips produced."Vintage Albion", ''Albion'' (DC/WildStorm, 2007) . The strip as it appeared in ''Valiant'' concerns the adventures of crime-fighting inventor Eric Dolmann. He creates a roster of robots that looked like puppets, each with special abilities, and uses them to combat crime where he finds it. Dolmann keeps his identity secret from the public, and when not fighting crime has a small business repairing and servicing other mechanical puppets and dolls. He controls his creations with the aid of radio controls attached to his belt. Dolmann uses ventriloquism to make it appear his dolls can talk. Dolmann usually fights small-time criminals such as gangsters or racketeers, but occasiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mytek The Mighty
"Mytek the Mighty" is a British comic adventure strip, appearing in titles published by Fleetway Publications. The story revolves around Mytek, a large and powerful robotic ape. The strip first appeared in the boys' anthology title '' Valiant'' on 26 September 1964. The story was written by Tom Tully and initially drawn by Eric Bradbury, with Bill Lacey later taking over. Creation Since '' Valiants inception the off-beat adventures of the Steel Claw had been popular with readers, and the addition of "Kelly's Eye" after '' Knockout'' was merged into the title proved a similar success. By 1963, both were being written by Tom Tully, a relatively new arrival who, as a freelancer, was also working on "Heros the Spartan" in ''Eagle'', then published by Fleetway Publications' rival Odhams Press. Nevertheless Tully soon took on further work for ''Valiant'', adding off-beat athletic story "The Wild Wonders" to his workload in March 1964, and then "Mytek the Mighty" from September 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
