''The Hornet'' was a British boys'

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published by D. C. Thomson & Co. for 648 issues from 14 September 1963 to 7 February 1976, after which it was merged with ''

The Hotspur ''The Hotspur'' was a British boys' paper published by D. C. Thomson & Co. From 1933 to 1959, it was a boys' story paper; it was relaunched as a comic in October 1959, initially called the ''New Hotspur'', and ceased publication in January 19 ...

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at 26pigs.com. The free gift with the first issue was a balsa wood "Kestral Glider".

Notable strips and characters

* ''The Blazing Ace of Spades'' - starring Richard Starr, a ruthless

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fighter pilot * ''V for Vengeance'' (1965–75; 1976–80 ''The Hotspur'') - starring the Deathless Men, masked concentration camp escapees who first appeared in prose format in ''

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'' in 1942. * William Wilson, first appeared in prose format in ''The Wizard'' in 1943, appeared in picture form in ''The Hornet'' starting on 12 September 1964.Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury, ''Great British Comics: Celebrating a Century of Ripping Yarns and Wizard Wheezes'', London: Aurum, 2006, , p. 166.

References

External links

*
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* Adrian Banfield
A brief history of The Victor - (1961- 1992, published every Monday)
2008. * Adrian Banfield

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