British comics

2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction oriented comic. ...more on Wikipedia about "2000 AD (comic)"

A1 is a anthology comic published by Atomeka Press. It has recently started being published again with new and old material. The series was nominated for the Squiddy Award for favorite Limited Series in 1990. The first issue of the series was nominated for the Squiddy Award for Favorite Single Issue of Any Series in 1989. ...more on Wikipedia about "A1 (comic)"

AARGH (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) was a one-off comic book anthology published by Mad Love in 1988. ...more on Wikipedia about "AARGH (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia)"

The stars of a long running 2000 AD comic strip written by Pat Mills, The ABC Warriors were a team of seven robots that had fought in the Volgan War (which also appeared in Invasion, featuring Bill Savage and Ro-Busters, featuring Hammerstein and Ro-Jaws) and been brought together to tame Mars, which had become a futuristic wild west. In further adventures set much later in time, the warriors teamed up with Nemesis the Warlock to prevent a destabilised Black Hole bypass at the Earth's core destroying the world. The 'ABC' part of their name stands for Atomic, Biological, Chemical, forms of warfare deadly to humans which they were designed to withstand. Some of the most famous artists working in British comics have illustrated The ABC Warriors, including Kevin O'Neill, Mike McMahon, Brett Ewins, Brendan McCarthy, Carlos Ezquerra, Dave Gibbons, Simon Bisley, Kev Walker and Henry Flint, among others. ==Characters== The members of the Warriors have changed over the years. Here are the most long-serving members: Hammerstein has been the leader of the Warriors for most of the comic's run, although after the death of Terri (at the end of 'Black Hole') he surrendered the position to Deadlock for a number of stories. The first war robot built with a conscience (allowing him the ability to distinguish between combatants and civilians), he was recruited to lead the ABC Warriors during the Volgan Wars by the mysterious Colonel Lash. Humanoid in form, his right 'hand' is actually the combat hammer that gives him his name. ...more on Wikipedia about "ABC Warriors"

Abslom Daak (sometimes misspelled "Absalom Daak") is a fictional character who appeared in the Doctor Who Weekly comic strip based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. He is a Dalek Killer, or DK, a convicted criminal given a reprieve from the death penalty in exchange for fighting the alien creatures known as the Daleks. He was created by Steve Moore and Steve Dillon. The canonicity of the comic strips, like other Doctor Who spin-off media, is unclear. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abslom Daak"

Ace Trucking Co. is a comedy science fiction series that featured in the comic 2000 AD from 1981 to 1986. Created by writers John Wagner and Alan Grant and artist Massimo Belardinelli, it followed the misadventures of a space trucking company headed by Ace Garp, a pointy-headed alien who spoke in a kind of futuristic CB radio slang. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ace Trucking Co."

Action was a controversial British comic book published by IPC Magazines from (issues dates) 14 February 1976- 12 November 1977, when it merged with Battle Picture Weekly. ...more on Wikipedia about "Action (comic)" It's real http://www.shortopedia.com feeling!

Action Force was a range of 10cm action figures based on Action Man, first produced in 1982 by Palitoy Ltd. By 1985 Palitoy had stopped producing original figures, and were repackaging the equivalent G.I. Joe figures under the Action Force name. In 1990 the name was dropped in favour of using the G.I. Joe name, after a brief period as G.I. Joe - The Action Force. This was partly due to the line no longer making enough to justify the effort of rebranding. ...more on Wikipedia about "Action Force"

: Albion is also the archaic name for Great Britain. For other meanings, see Albion (disambiguation) ...more on Wikipedia about "Albion (comics)"

Albion is an alternative and archaic, name for Britain or England. See the main article Albion for a description of this meaning. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albion (disambiguation)"

Ally Sloper's Half Holiday was a British comic, first published on 3 May 1884. It has a legitimate claim to being the first comic named after and featuring a regular character, Ally Sloper. The " half holiday" referred to in the title was the practice in Victorian Britain of allowing the workers home at lunchtime on a Saturday, a practice which also established the kick off times of football in the United Kingdom. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ally Sloper's Half Holiday"

AXA is the title of a newspaper comic strip, and the name of the lead character thereof, which was published in British daily tabloid The Sun from 1978 to 1986. It was written by Donne Avenell and drawn by Enrique Romero. ...more on Wikipedia about "AXA (comic)"

Axel Pressbutton is a comics character who first appeared in the strip "Three-Eyes McGurk and his Death Planet Commandos" in the British rock music magazine Dark Star in 1979. A violent cyborg with the face of Ernest Borgnine, a button on his chest which delivers orgasmic pleasure when pressed and a phobia about vegetation, he was created by Steve Moore (under the pseudonym "Pedro Henry") and Alan Moore (no relation, under the pseudonym " Curt Vile"). The pair continued his adventures in their strip "The Stars my Degradation" in Sounds magazine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Axel Pressbutton"

Bacchus is a comics character created by Eddie Campbell and based upon the Roman god of wine and revelry, known to the Greeks as Dionysus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bacchus (comics)"

Bananaman is a British comic fictional character. He originally appeared in Nutty as the backpage strip in Issue 1, dated 16 February 1980, and, becoming the comic's most popular strip, was promoted to a three-page colour strip on Nutty's front and middle pages, and subsequently a two-page colour strip when Nutty merged with The Dandy comic in 1985. The strip has appeared intermittently since, and is running as of 2005, now a three/four page colour strip drawn by Steve Bright (and before that Tom Paterson). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bananaman"

Battle Picture Weekly, later known as Battle Action, was a British war comic published by IPC Magazines from (issues dates) 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with Eagle. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Battle Picture Weekly"

The Beezer (called The Beezer and Topper for the last 3 years of its life) was a British comic that ran from (issues dates) 21 January 1956 to 21 August 1993, when it merged with The Beano. Like its sister comic, The Topper, the Beezer was an A3 ( tabloid) publication, meaning it was twice as big as other comics. It shrank down to A4 paper size like the others in 1981. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beezer"

Big Ben is the name of a comic book character who featured as a supporting character in Marvelman, as well as his own strips in Warrior. ...more on Wikipedia about "Big Ben (comic)"

Big Dave is an infamous character created and written by Mark Millar and Grant Morrison, with artwork by Steve Parkhouse, for 2000 AD. ...more on Wikipedia about "Big Dave"

Billy Bunter, the "Fat Owl of the Remove", is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton (using the nom de plume of Frank Richards) for stories set at Greyfriars School in the boys' weekly magazine The Magnet (published from 1908-1940). In his essay "Boys' Weeklies" ( 1940), George Orwell acknowledged the strength of the character like this: ...more on Wikipedia about "Billy Bunter"

British small press comics is a term used to describe comic books self-published by cartoonists and comic book creators within the UK. It also serves to describe the loose community of creators, publishers and facilitators involved in their production and distribution. ...more on Wikipedia about "British small press comics"

Bunty was a British comic for young girls published from 1958 until 2001. It consisted of a collection of many small strips, typically the stories themselves being three to five pages long. As well as the weekly comic, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd also published Christmas and summer annuals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bunty"

Buster was a long-running British comic ( 28 May 1960 - 4 January 2000) which carried a mixture of humour and adventure strips, although the latter genre would become a rarer occurrence as the comic went on. The title character, whose strip appeared on the front cover, was Buster Capp, who was originally stated to be the son of Andy Capp and wore a similar flat cap to reinforce the connection. Although the connection was not followed up on in later strips, Buster's mother was consistently drawn to resemble Andy's wife Flo. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buster (comic)"

(Button Man) A comic strip created for leading British comic 2000AD, written by John Wagner and illustrated by Arthur Ranson. ...more on Wikipedia about "Button Man"

Buzz was an A3 ( broadsheet) British comic that ran from (issues dates) 20 January 1973 to 4 January 1975, when it merged with The Topper. Its strips included: ...more on Wikipedia about "Buzz (comic)"

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