''Buster'' was a sport

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published in Sweden, Norway, and Finland in the period 1967–2005.

Publication history

In Sweden, ''Buster'' was published from 1967 to 2005, first by Centerförlaget (1967–1970), then by

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(1970–1997), and finally by

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(1997–2005). In

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

, ''Buster'' was published from 1972 to 1977 (successively by Romanforlaget, Nordisk Forlag, and Semic), and then a new series, also by Semic, ran from 29 May 1984 to Summer 1994. In

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, ''Buster'' was published from 1978 until the 1980s.

Overview

At first most of the material was taken from the UK edition, but as time went on the magazine produced more and more original material, with the focus relatively soon concentrated on

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sport comics. This included "taking over" the '' Buster'' comic strip itself and changing the

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's appearance to a more typical sport-interested teenager instead of the son of

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. Other comics included many series from the British comic ''

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'' (with a heavy

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theme), for example ''

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'', '' Johnny Cougar'' (''Johnny Puma''), '' Curly Kayoe'' (''Knock-Out Charlie''), '' Hot Shot Hamish'' (''Super-Mac'', a football hero with his Great Cannon shot), ''

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'' (''Benny Guldfot'') and '' Åshöjden BK'', one of the few Swedish produced comics.

Sources

* Sweden (Centerförlaget) * Sweden (Semic) * Sweden (Egmont) * Norway (Romanforlaget) * Norway (Nordisk Forlag) * Norway (Semic, 1977) * Norway (Semic, 1984–1994) {{DEFAULTSORT:Buster (Sport Comic) Swedish comics titles 1967 comics debuts 2005 comics endings