J.B. Allen 1946 series
Publication Dates: 20 September 1946 – 17 May 1949
Number of Issues Published: 70 (#1 – #70)
Color: Black and Red (Alternate Pages),
Issues #15-70: Red and Green Photogravure
Dimensions: tabloid
Paper Stock: newsprint cover and interiors
Binding: squarebound
Numbering continued in The Comet (Amalgamated Press, 1949 series) #71 onwards (31 May 1949).
Amalgamated Press 1949 serie
Publication Dates: 1949 – 1959
Number of Issues Published: 517 (#71 – #587)
Color: Colour covers and centrefold, other pages black and white
Dimensions: 7.25″ x 9.5″
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Numbering continued from The Comet (J. B. Allen, 1946 series) #1-70.
Information thanks to the Grand Comics Database
The Comet was a British comic magazine, launched by Cheshire-based publisher J. B. Allen on 20 September 1946. When the publisher was taken over by the Amalgamated Press in May 1949, Leonard Matthews was appointed editor and exchanged the paper’s customary humour strips for adventure ones like “Battler Britton”, “Billy the Kid”, “Robin Hood”, “Kit Carson”, “Dick Turpin” and “Jet-Ace Logan”. It continued publishing until 17 October 1959, when it was merged into Tiger.
Strips included:
“Blossom” (Eric Bradbury)
“Bowmen of King Harry” (Eduardo Teixeira Coelho)
“Buck Jones” (Reg Bunn)
“Buffalo Bill” (Eric Bradbury, Geoff Campion, Colin Merrett, Alejandro Blasco, José Bielsa)
“Claude and Cuthbert” (Hugh McNeill)
“Claude Duval” (Patrick Nicolle)
“Deed-a-Day Danny” (Hugh McNeill)
“Dick Barton”
“Don Deeds” (R. W. Plummer)
“The Golden Scarab” (Reg Beaumont)
“Handy Andy” (Hugh McNeill)
“Jet-Ace Logan” (George Gillat)
“Jungle Lord” (Reg Beaumont)
“The King’s Thief”, drawn by Eric Bradbury
“Kit Carson” (Geoff Campion, José Bielsa)
“Lucky Logan”, drawn by Eric Bradbury
“Our Ernie”, drawn by Eric Bradbury
“Robin Hood” (Reg Bunn)
“Scamp” (Harry Hargreaves)
“Shorty the Deputy Sheriff” (Hugh McNeill)
“Simon the Simple Sleuth” (Hugh McNeill)
“The Sky Explorers” (Reg Parlett)
“Strongbow the Mighty” (Geoff Campion)
“Thunderbolt Jaxon” (Geoff Campion)
“Tough But Tender Tex” (Norman Ward)
Bimonthly Publications
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1946 1946 1946 1946 1946
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Comet 1946-12-13
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1947 1947 1947 1947 1947
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Comet 1947-05-16
Comet 1947-05-30
Comet 1947-06-13
Comet 1947-07-11
Comet 1947-07-25
Comet 1947-08-08
Comet 1947-08-22
Comet 1947-09-05
Comet 1947-09-19
Comet 1947-10-03
Comet 1947-10-17
Comet 1947-11-04
Comet 1947-11-18
Comet 1947-12-02
Comet 1947-12-16
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1948 1948 1948 1948 1948
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Comet 1948-01-13
Comet 1948-02-10
Comet 1948-02-24
Comet 1948-03-09
Comet 1948-04-06
Comet 1948-04-20
Comet 1948-05-04
Comet 1948-06-01
Comet 1948-06-15
Comet 1948-07-13
Comet 1948-08-10
Comet 1948-08-24
Comet 1948-10-19
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1949 1949 1949 1949 1949
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Comet 1949-04-05
Comet 1949-05-03
Comet 1949-07-16
Comet 1949-12-17
Comet 1949-12-31
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1950 1950 1950 1950 1950
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Comet 1950-01-14
Comet 1950-01-28
Comet 1950-02-11
Comet 1950-02-25
Comet 1950-03-11
Comet 1950-03-25
Comet 1950-04-08
Comet 1950-04-22
From now on a Weekly Publication
Comet 1950-05-06
Comet 1950-05-20
Comet 1950-05-27
Comet 1950-06-03
Comet 1950-06-10
Comet 1950-06-17
Comet 1950-06-24
Comet 1950-07-01
Comet 1950-07-08
Comet 1950-07-15
Comet 1950-07-22
Comet 1950-07-29
Comet 1950-08-05
Comet 1950-08-12
Comet 1950-08-19
Comet 1950-08-26
Comet 1950-09-02
Comet 1950-09-09
Comet 1950-09-16
Comet 1950-09-23
Comet 1950-09-30
Comet 1950-10-07
Comet 1950-10-14
Comet 1950-10-21
Comet 1950-10-28
Comet 1950-11-04
Comet 1950-11-11
Comet 1950-11-18
Comet 1950-11-25
Comet 1950-12-02
Comet 1950-12-09
Comet 1950-12-16
Comet 1950-12-23
Comet 1950-12-30
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1951 1951 1951 1951 1951
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Comet 1951-01-06
Comet 1951-01-13
Comet 1951-01-20
Comet 1951-01-27
Comet 1951-02-03
Comet 1951-02-10
Comet 1951-02-17
Comet 1951-02-24
Comet 1951-03-17
Comet 1951-03-24
Comet 1951-04-14
Comet 1951-04-28
Comet 1951-07-14
Comet 1951-09-29
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1952 1952 1952 1952 1952
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Comet 1952-02-09
Comet 1952-03-22
Comet 1952-03-29
Comet 1952-04-05
Comet 1952-04-12
Comet 1952-04-19
Comet 1952-04-26
Comet 1952-05-03
Comet 1952-05-10
Comet 1952-05-17
Comet 1952-05-24
Comet 1952-05-31
Comet 1952-06-07
Comet 1952-06-14
Comet 1952-06-21
Comet 1952-06-28
Comet 1952-07-05
Comet 1952-07-12
Comet 1952-07-19
Comet 1952-07-26
Comet 1952-08-02
Comet 1952-08-16
Comet 1952-08-23
Comet 1952-08-30
Comet 1952-09-06
Comet 1952-09-13
Comet 1952-09-20
Comet 1952-09-27
Comet 1952-10-04
Comet 1952-10-11
Comet 1952-10-18
Comet 1952-10-25
Comet 1952-11-01
Comet 1952-11-08
Comet 1952-11-22
Comet 1952-11-29
Comet 1952-12-06
Comet 1952-12-13
Comet 1952-12-20
Comet 1952-12-27
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1953 1953 1953 1953 1953
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Comet 1953-01-03
Comet 1953-01-10
Comet 1953-01-17
Comet 1953-01-24
Comet 1953-01-31
Comet 1953-02-07
Comet 1953-02-14
Comet 1953-02-21
Comet 1953-02-28
Comet 1953-03-07
Comet 1953-03-14
Comet 1953-03-21
Comet 1953-03-28
Comet 1953-04-04
Comet 1953-04-11
Comet 1953-04-18
Comet 1953-04-25
Comet 1953-05-02
Comet 1953-05-09
Comet 1953-05-16
Comet 1953-05-23
Comet 1953-05-30
Comet 1953-06-06
Comet 1953-06-13
Comet 1953-06-20
Comet 1953-06-27
Comet 1953-07-04
Comet 1953-07-11
Comet 1953-07-18
Comet 1953-07-25
Comet 1953-08-01
Comet 1953-08-08
Comet 1953-08-15
Comet 1953-08-22
Comet 1953-08-29
Comet 1953-09-05
Comet 1953-09-12
Comet 1953-09-19
Comet 1953-09-26
Comet 1953-10-03
Comet 1953-10-10
Comet 1953-10-17
Comet 1953-10-24
Comet 1953-10-31
Comet 1953-11-07
Comet 1953-11-14
Comet 1953-11-18
Comet 1953-11-25
Comet 1953-12-05
Comet 1953-12-26
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1954 1954 1954 1954 1954
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Comet 1954-01-09
Comet 1954-01-16
Comet 1954-01-30
Comet 1954-02-06
Comet 1954-02-13
Comet 1954-02-20
Comet 1954-02-27
Comet 1954-03-06
Comet 1954-03-13
Comet 1954-03-27
Comet 1954-04-03
Comet 1954-04-24
Comet 1954-05-01
Comet 1954-05-08
Comet 1954-05-22
Comet 1954-05-29
Comet 1954-06-05
Comet 1954-06-12
Comet 1954-06-19
Comet 1954-06-26
Comet 1954-07-03
Comet 1954-07-10
Comet 1954-08-14
Comet 1954-09-04
Comet 1954-09-11
Comet 1954-09-18
Comet 1954-09-25
Comet 1954-11-13
Comet 1954-11-20
Comet 1954-11-27
Comet 1954-12-04
Comet 1954-12-11
Comet 1954-12-18
Comet 1954-12-25
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1955 1955 1955 1955 1955
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Comet 1955-01-01
Comet 1955-01-08
Comet 1955-01-15
Comet 1955-01-22
Comet 1955-01-29
Comet 1955-02-05
Comet 1955-02-12
Comet 1955-02-19
Comet 1955-02-26
Comet 1955-03-05
Comet 1955-03-12
Comet 1955-03-19
Comet 1955-03-26
Comet 1955-04-02
Comet 1955-04-09
Comet 1955-04-16
Comet 1955-04-30
Comet 1955-05-07
Comet 1955-05-14
Comet 1955-05-21
Comet 1955-05-28
Comet 1955-06-04
Comet 1955-06-11
Comet 1955-06-18
Comet 1955-06-25
Comet 1955-07-02
Comet 1955-07-09
Comet 1955-07-16
Comet 1955-07-23
Comet 1955-07-30
Comet 1955-08-06
Comet 1955-08-13
Comet 1955-08-20
Comet 1955-08-27
Comet 1955-09-03
Comet 1955-09-10
Comet 1955-09-17
Comet 1955-09-24
Comet 1955-10-01
Comet 1955-10-08
Comet 1955-10-15
Comet 1955-10-22
Comet 1955-10-29
Comet 1955-11-05
Comet 1955-11-12
Comet 1955-11-19
Comet 1955-11-26
Comet 1955-12-03
Comet 1955-12-10
Comet 1955-12-17
Comet 1955-12-24
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1956 1956 1956 1956 1956
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Comet 1956-01-07
Comet 1956-01-14
Comet 1956-01-28
Comet 1956-02-04
Comet 1956-02-11
Comet 1956-02-18
Comet 1956-02-25
Comet 1956-03-03
Comet 1956-03-10
Comet 1956-03-17
Comet 1956-03-24
Comet 1956-03-31
Comet 1956-04-07
Comet 1956-04-14
Comet 1956-04-21
Comet 1956-04-28
Comet 1956-05-05
Comet 1956-05-26
Comet 1956-06-16
Comet 1956-06-30
Comet 1956-07-07
Comet 1956-09-08
Comet 1956-09-29
Comet 1956-10-06
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1957 1957 1957 1957 1957
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Comet 1957-07-13
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1958 1958 1958 1958 1958
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Comet 1958-03-03
Comet 1958-10-25
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1959 1959 1959 1959 1959
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Comet 1959-04-04
Comet 1959-06-20
Comet 1959-10-17
Comet Book of the railways 1953
Comet Collectors Guide
British Comics 
I am not able to download/read the Comet files. it goes to Adrive, and will not download.
how do I access your files to read them please?
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Thanks for letting me know. I will upload the files to Google Drive later this evening and will make new links tomorrow.
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Thank You, I will try again tomorrow. I have also tried reading/downloading most of your comics listed, and I have found the same proplems again, in as much they all go to Adrive and I cannot access to read them!
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Thanks, i believe that most links are from some years ago now and things have changed with Adrive, i will check all links the next days and upload the comics again to Mediafire and make new links where it concerns Adrive. It will take some time but i hope all links are working in a few weeks.
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The following comes up, but I still cannot open them. Am I doing something wrong?
comet12.rar 10 items
Comet 400.cbr
Comet 401.cbr
Comet 402.cbr
Comet 403.cbr
Comet 404.cbr
Comet 428.cbz
Comet 429.cbr
Comet 511.cbz
Comet 570.cbr
Comet book of the railways 1953.cbz
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When you see that screen, look above on the right you will see an arrow pointed down, that is the downloadbutton. Sometimes Google Drive can’t cope with large files and it gives an error, just ignore and push download anyway, when that happens.
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Thank You, I did do your recomended action before, and got the following.
Google Drive can’t scan this file for viruses.
comet12.rar (75M) exceeds the maximum size that Google can scan. Would you still like to download this file?
Download anyway
It downloaded but I still could not acces the 10 items of comet12.rar as it said it could not support Adobe Reader or file is corrupt.
Any advice?
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The only advice i can give is, after downloading unpack the files using a rar or zip program, you will get the seperate cbr-files which you can read with any cbr-reader like CDisplay or ComicRack that are free to download from the internet. Or use a googlesearch with “cbr reader”.
You can’t access these files with adobe-reader.
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Brilliant, thank you for advice. I can now download and read, bringing back memories for when I was a small and very young paper boy in the late 50’s, which I was able to read (when delivering) all my favourite comics – Comet, Sun, Eagle, Lion and Tiger!!!
Again thank you, hopefully I will be able to progress other comics on your Marvelous Site!
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You are welcome, i am glad it all worked out well in the end.
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Comet issue 116 was corrupt, thanks!
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Thanks for letting me know, i made a link for the individual issue beneath the other link.
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These links are not working – can you fix please?
I am after these ones:
217-221,223-225,227,230,232
233,234,236,239-248
400-404,428,429,511,570 book of the railways 1953
And, I think these ones are missing – 332, 333, 334, 336, 345, 395, 396, 397, 398:
http://www37.zippyshare.com/v/NwJt10DD/file.html
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Thanks for the link. Can you try download again, i can download without problems. It says, oops there was a problem with the network, but when you just push the downloadbutton in spite of the error, it will download as usual. Let me know if it works or not, if not i will make other links.
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Just had a brainwave and tried downloading in a different browser and they work – so thanks.
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No problem, good to know the problem is solved.
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No COMET! or Comment! Ha Ha!
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