The Victor (comics)

The Victor was a British comic paper published weekly by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The Victor ran for 1657 issues from 25 January 1961 until it ceased publication on 21 November 1992. Associated with it was the annually published The Victor Book for Boys. This annual was first published in 1964, with the last edition published in 1994. A hardback book, The Best of The Victor, was published in 2010 ready to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this popular adventure comic. The book featured a selection of reprints from the weekly comic.

The Victor told adventure tales in comic book format. It featured many stories that could be described as "Boy's Own" adventures. In particular, each week the front cover carried a story of how a medal had been won by British or Commonwealth forces during the Great War or the Second World War. One of these, from issue 15, appeared in Classics from the Comics in May 2009.

Notable characters

Alf Tupper - The Tough of the Track
I Flew With Braddock - Into Battle With Matt Braddock
Sergeant Bob Millar of the Coldstream Guards - stories of a front line soldier in the Great War
Morgyn the Mighty - Master of Black Island, who was previously in The Rover and The Beano
Gorgeous Gus
Joe Bones the Human Fly
Figaro - an overweight, bumbling Mexican bandit, who also appeared in The Topper
The Hammer Man - Chell Puddock, an English medieval knight who wielded a hammer instead of a sword
Gerald Cadman - A cowardly British officer who, through the efforts of his batman, always came out smelling of roses
Ball Boy - The Beano's football daft boy appeared in both comics at one point.
Jimmy Grant - The Goals of Jimmy Grant
Send for Saxon

External links

Victor Comics from Border Bookshop
"A just cause is a hero's right", The Independent, 12 November 2006
Magazines, comics and papers of the near past - TV Cream
An amateur website about The Victor and The Hornet, featuring characters, reviews, strips.
Site dedicated to collecting the Victor Book for Boys

DC Thomson comics

Currently Running Comics	The Beano BeanoMAX Commando

Adventure Comics	Adventure Bullet Buddy Champ Commando The Crunch The Hornet The Hotspur The Rover The Skipper Spike Starblazer The Vanguard The Victor Warlord The Wizard

Girls Comics	Bunty Judy Mandy Nikki

Humour Comics	The Beano BeanoMAX The Beezer Buzz Classics from the Comics Cracker The Dandy Fun Size Comics Hoot The Magic Comic Nutty Plug Sparky The Topper

Pre-School Comics	Bimbo The Magic Comic Twinkle

Notable Strips	Alf Tupper Baby Crockett Bananaman The Bash Street Kids Beryl the Peril Black Bob Biffo the Bear The Broons Calamity James Cuddles and Dimples Dennis the Menace Desperate Dan Ginger Gnasher Ivy the Terrible Keyhole Kate Korky the Cat Little Plum Lord Snooty Matt Braddock Minnie the Minx The Numskulls Pansy Potter Roger the Dodger Oor Wullie Willy Nilly Wilson the Wonder Athlete Wolf of Kabul

Comic annuals	The Beano Annual The Beezer Book The Bimbo Book The Dandy Annual The Hotspur Book for Boys The Sparky Book The Topper Book The Victor Book for Boys Warlord Book for Boys

Character annuals	Bananaman Annual The Bash Street Kids Annual Beryl the Peril Annual Black Bob Book The Broons Annual Dennis the Menace Annual The Desperate Dan Book Oor Wullie Annual

Notable Artists	Leo Baxendale Gordon Bell Nick Brennan Paddy Brennan Sid Burgon John Geering Barry Glennard Ken H. Harrison Laura Howell Malcolm Judge David Law Allan Morley David Mostyn Robert Nixon Gary Northfield Nigel Parkinson Tom Paterson Jim Petrie Ken Reid Bill Ritchie David Parkins David Sutherland Kev F. Sutherland Dudley D. Watkins Wilbur Dawbarn Karl Dixon The Etherington Brothers Andy Fanton Nigel Auchterlounie Lew Stringer Alexander Matthews Jon Rushby Trevor Metcalfe Barrie Appleby Charles Grigg Vic Neill Jamie Smart

See Also	Beanotown Racing List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications List of Fleetway and IPC Comics publications List of Beano comic strips List of Dandy comic strips List of Beezer comic strips List of Beezer and Topper comic strips

The Victor Book for Boys

Characters	Alf Tupper Gorgeous Gus Joe Bones the Human Fly Matt Braddock Morgyn the Mighty

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The Victor (comics)

Notable characters

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