A collection of 27 Sun comics from 1957. Sun was a weekly British comics periodical published by J. B. Allen, Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications between 11 November 1947 and 17 October 1959. During this time it was also known as Sun Comic, Sun Adventure Weekly, The Cowboy Sun Weekly, The Cowboy Sun, The Sun and Sun Weekly at various points, and ran for 551 issues before merging with Lion. While predominantly featuring Westerns and other historical adventure stories, the title's best-remembered character would be the World War II fighter pilot Battler Britton, who first appeared in 1956 and foreshadowed the popularity of war comics in Britain through the 1960s and 1970s. Includes: Battler Britton - Geoff Campion, Eric Bradbury, Ian Kennedy, Reg Bunn, Carlos Freixas Billy The Kid - Geoff Campion, Stephen Chapman, Eric Parker, Selby Donnison, Colin Merritt, C. L. Doughty, Fred Holmes, Ian Kennedy, Jesús Blasco, Eric Bradbury, Reg Bunn, Don Lawrence, R. Charles Roylance, Keith Shone Lord Of Sherwood - Stephen Chapman, Patrick Nicolle, Fred Holmes, Geoff Campion, C. L. Doughty, Edgar Spencely, Reginald Heade, Jesús Blasco The Terrible Three - Reg Bunn, Eric Parker. Each comic 8 - 16pp in FN condition.Publisher: Hulton Press, 1957 (Out of Print)Number of pages: 8+Format: Soft Cover; Black & White illustrationsSize: 9" x 12" (240mm x 310mm)Condition: F - Fine
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