Publisher: Fleetway
Publication Dates: 27 September 1975 – 3 April 1976
Number of Issues Published: 28 (#27th September 1975 – #3rd April 1976)
Color: Colour
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Information thanks to the Grand Comics Database
Vulcan was a reprint title used by Fleetway to make use of its back-catalogue of superhero and adventure strips printed in Lion and Valiant during the 1960s and early 1970s. Format-wise, it was something of a departure for Fleetway’s comics, being the same size as an American comic, and featuring good quality paper.
After a trial run in Scotland from March 1975 with an issue dated 1 March 1975, the comic was launched nationally with an issue date of 27 September 1975. It continued for a further 28 issues (the last dated 3 April 1976) until being cancelled and merged with Valiant. Later in 1976 an annual was published.
The following series were amongst those reprinted in Vulcan:
– The Spider
– The Steel Claw
– Trigan Empire
– Robot Archie (which married the art from Bert Bus’ Dutch reprints with the original English scripts)
– Mytek the Mighty
– Saber, King of the Jungle
– Kelly’s Eye
– The House of Dolmann
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1975 1975 1975 1975 1975
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Vulcan 1975-03-01
Vulcan 1975-03-08
Vulcan 1975-03-15
Vulcan 1975-03-22
Vulcan 1975-03-29
Vulcan 1975-04-19
Vulcan 1975-04-26
Vulcan 1975-05-03
Vulcan 1975-05-10
Vulcan 1975-05-17
Vulcan 1975-05-24
Vulcan 1975-05-31
Vulcan 1975-06-07
Vulcan 1975-06-14
Vulcan 1975-06-21
Vulcan 1975-06-28
Vulcan 1975-07-05
Vulcan 1975-07-12
Vulcan 1975-09-06
Vulcan 1975-09-20
Vulcan 1975-09-27
Vulcan 1975-10-04
Vulcan 1975-10-11
Vulcan 1975-10-18
Vulcan 1975-10-25
Vulcan 1975-11-01
Vulcan 1975-11-08
Vulcan 1975-11-15
Vulcan 1975-11-22
Vulcan 1975-11-29
Vulcan 1975-12-06
Vulcan 1975-12-13
Vulcan 1975-12-20
Vulcan 1975-12-27
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1976 1976 1976 1976 1976
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Vulcan 1976-01-03
Vulcan 1976-01-10
Vulcan 1976-01-17
Vulcan 1976-01-24
Vulcan 1976-01-31
Vulcan 1976-02-07
Vulcan 1976-02-14
Vulcan 1976-02-21
Vulcan 1976-02-28
Vulcan 1976-03-06
Vulcan 1976-03-13
Vulcan 1976-03-20
Vulcan 1976-03-27
Vulcan 1976-04-03
Vulcan 1976-04-10
Vulcan 1976-04-17
Vulcan 1976-04-24
Vulcan 1976-05-01
Vulcan 1976-05-08
Vulcan 1976-05-15
Vulcan 1976-05-22
Vulcan 1976-05-29
Vulcan 1976-05-29 says on the cover Vulcan 1976-03-13, i don’t know why but it’s for certain 1976-05-29
Vulcan 1976-06-05
Vulcan 1976-06-12
Vulcan 1976-06-19
Vulcan 1976-06-26
Vulcan 1976-07-03
Vulcan 1976-07-10
Vulcan 1976-07-17
Vulcan 1976-07-24
Vulcan 1976-08-14
Vulcan 1976-08-21
Vulcan 1976-08-28
Vulcan 1976-09-04
Vulcan 1976-09-11
Vulcan 1976-09-18
Vulcan 1976-09-25
Vulcan 1976-10-02
Vulcan 1976-10-09
Vulcan 1976-10-16
Vulcan 1976-10-23
Vulcan 1976-10-30
Vulcan 1976-11-06
Vulcan 1976-11-20
Vulcan 1976-11-27
Vulcan 1976-12-04
Vulcan 1976-12-11
Vulcan 1976-12-18
Vulcan 1976-12-25
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1977 1977 1977 1977 1977
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Vulcan 1977-08-08
Vulcan 1977-12-24
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1978 1978 1978 1978 1978
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Vulcan 1978-01-07
Vulcan 1978-01-14
Vulcan 1978-01-21
Vulcan 1978-01-28
Vulcan 1978-02-04
Vulcan 1978-05-20
Vulcan 1978-05-27
Vulcan 1978-06-03
Vulcan 1978-06-10
Vulcan 1978-06-17
Vulcan 1978-06-24
Vulcan 1978-07-01
Vulcan 1978-07-08
Vulcan 1978-07-15
Vulcan 1978-07-22
Vulcan 1978-08-05
Vulcan 1978-08-12
Vulcan 1978-08-19
Vulcan 1978-08-26
Vulcan 1978-09-02
Vulcan 1978-09-09
Vulcan 1978-09-16
Vulcan 1978-09-23
Vulcan 1978-09-30
Vulcan 1978-10-07
Vulcan 1978-10-14
Vulcan 1978-10-21
Vulcan 1978-10-28
Vulcan 1978-11-04
Vulcan 1978-11-11
Vulcan 1978-11-18
Vulcan 1978-11-25
Vulcan 1978-12-02
Vulcan 1978-12-09
Vulcan 1978-12-16
Vulcan 1978-12-23
Vulcan 1978-12-30
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1979 1979 1979 1979 1979
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Vulcan 1979-01-06
Vulcan 1979-01-13
Vulcan 1979-01-20
Vulcan 1979-01-27
Vulcan 1979-02-03
Vulcan 1979-02-10
Vulcan 1979-02-17
Vulcan 1979-02-24
Vulcan 1979-03-03
Vulcan 1979-03-10
Vulcan 1979-03-17
Vulcan 1979-03-24
Vulcan 1979-03-31
Vulcan 1979-04-07
Vulcan 1979-04-14
Vulcan 1979-04-21
Vulcan 1979-04-28
Vulcan 1979-05-05
Vulcan 1979-05-12
Vulcan 1979-05-19
Vulcan 1979-05-26
Vulcan 1979-06-02
Vulcan 1979-06-09
Vulcan 1979-06-16
Vulcan 1979-06-23
Vulcan 1979-06-30
Vulcan 1979-07-07
Vulcan 1979-07-14
Vulcan 1979-07-21
Vulcan 1979-07-28
Vulcan 1979-08-04
Vulcan 1979-08-11
Vulcan 1979-08-18
Vulcan 1979-08-25
Vulcan 1979-09-01
Vulcan 1979-09-08
Vulcan 1979-09-15
Vulcan 1979-09-22
Vulcan 1979-09-29
Vulcan 1979-10-06
Vulcan 1979-10-13
Vulcan 1979-10-20
Vulcan 1979-10-27
Vulcan 1979-11-03
Vulcan 1979-11-10
Vulcan 1979-11-17
Vulcan 1979-11-24
Vulcan 1979-12-01
Vulcan 1979-12-08
Vulcan 1979-12-15
Vulcan 1979-12-22
Vulcan 1979-12-29
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1980 1980 1980 1980 1980
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Vulcan 1980-01-05
Vulcan 1980-01-12
Vulcan 1980-01-26
Vulcan 1980-02-02
Vulcan 1980-02-09
Vulcan 1980-02-16
Vulcan 1980-02-23
Vulcan 1980-03-01
Vulcan 1980-03-08
Vulcan 1980-03-15
Vulcan 1980-03-22
Vulcan 1980-03-29
Vulcan 1980-04-05
Vulcan 1980-04-12
Vulcan 1980-04-19
Vulcan 1980-04-26
Vulcan 1980-05-03
Vulcan 1980-05-10
Vulcan 1980-05-17
Vulcan 1980-05-24
Vulcan 1980-05-31
Vulcan 1980-06-07
Vulcan 1980-06-14
Vulcan 1980-06-21
Vulcan 1980-06-28
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VARIOUS VARIOUS VARIOUS
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Vulcan Holiday Special 1976
Vulcan Holiday Special 1978
Vulcan Summer Special 1979
Vulcan Annual 1977
Vulcan Annual 1978
Vulcan Annual 1979
Vulcan Annual 1980
British Comics 
Vulcan number v2 number 26
http://www.mediafire.com/file/5lklmawcimgvu6m/Vulcan_%2326.7z
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Thanks, another gap filled.
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One small correction. The v1 issue ‘Number 1# ‘is actually ‘Number 3#’
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Thanks, i will make a not of that, so you have only to change the name after downloading.
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The Vulcan Annual 1977 stops at page 56, the first page of a story. While the books index page shows over 85 pages. (thank you for creating this site)
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Sorry, there is only half of the Holiday Special here as well.
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Sorry about that, i can’t check all comics for completeness, i have to find out through comments like yours, i will keep my eyes open for complete issues.
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I found them allready, you can find the downloadlinks below the other link.
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Thank you. No need to apologise, i see you are dealing with a large volume of comics and i don’t expect you to have checked every single page. Thank you for creating this site.
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You are welcome, i am happy with visitors like you that comment when things are not correct so i can try to make things right.
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Vulcan v2 1 is incomplete. Pages 4 and 5 are missing.
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Thanks for letting me know, i try to find a complete one.
P.S.
Found it allready, you can find it at the top of the page.
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Sadly there’s more. Vulcan v2 7 only counts 20 pages (from 32).
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Thanks, luckily i found a complete one, the link is at the top of the page.
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The Kobra/Vulcan scans started as an April fool’s joke when I discovered several German Kobra scans and transferred the English text onto the pages, remaking Vulcan copies. Everything after Vulcan V2 28 (3 Apr 1976) were Kobra scans and some of the missing Scottish issues from 1975 were again Kobra scans with English added back in. It also appears that Kobra issues were printed two weeks earlier than the Vulcan equivelant and were marked on the front cover with the week of the year but no date.
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Thanks, i will place this information on the page for keeping.
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Hello boutje777,
I just discovered your Vulcan page .
As always per my Trigan interest, it is interesting to see how Vulcan treated the Look and Learn issues by reconfiguring pages, pictures, dropping sometimes full pages in the continuity
And amazed to see Storm in issue 139
Another fantastic work by you !!!
Thanks again
Jb
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You are welcome, thanks to the scanners and original uploaders offcourse, all i do is bring the issues together.
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V1 #8 is available at http://the-night-cruiser.blogspot.com/2017/03/comics-vulcan.html
Jb
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Thanks, but i believe it’s allready on the page Vulcan 1975-04-19.
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Hi Boutje
I think The Vulcan v1 1976-03-13 was bad dated (I know it’s the date in the front cover), however it fit with 1976-05-29 because its stories are the following of the 1976-05-22 issue
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Thanks Luis Miguel, that was a bit confusing yes 2 issues with the same date, which one has to be 1976-05-29 you think a or b, so i can place it on the right place with a note by the covers.
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Hi Boutje
As I said the incorrect one is v1 1976-03-13, it has Mytek The Mighty’s hand in the front cover, you have named it as Vulcan 1976-03-13b, I am sure because it fits perfectly with the previous and post stories.
Its real dated is 1976-05-29
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Thanks Luis Miguel, i will correct this tonight.
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Hi Boutje. Did you ever begin a Storm (Don Lawrence) compilation? If so, what issues are needed? It’s proving tricky to find in English.
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No, never tried burning my fingers on that one, there is the story The pirates of Pandarve that was serialized in Marvel’s Strip Magazine, otherwise i only came across Storm stories in Heavy Metal. There are a few stories in the Compilationsblog.
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Ah. Found the first issue from BEA… https://mega.nz/file/WeoRmaKC#18XuN3pgWPtYX0-e26Zg5Tf47LBKQcxnEPwLdusJeqU And saw reprints in later Vulcans. Didn’t know about Heavy Metal, I’ll have a look. Thanks
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I believe only 2 stories were in Heavy Metal v20 06 and v23 01.
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Yeah, got them. Wikipedia says Quality published reprints in English. I’ve sent Dez Skinn a message. Let’s see. 🙂
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Hello Boutje,
From your last posts, and as per my last remarks (june) in your home page, the Look and Learn Trigan episods in Vulcan 210-213 were not following the story continuity, they should have been Lnkn 808-815.
Things want back correct in Vulcan 214 which effectively contains the right Lnkn 816-819 ones.
Thanks again for your work
Jb
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Thanks, those are homemade issues so i think the one who made them was mistaken, i try to find out what happened or maybe it was on purpose.
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Hi Boutje777,
Again many thankd for you and your team efforts, my questions regarding Vulcan, is that even Wikipedia and Grand Comic DB are telling that Vulcan last issue released was on April 1976, so what about all your issues above extending till Dec. 1979? are they genuine? and is the issue dated 1979-12-01 last issue released?
Sorry for my bad english and hope I was clear as much as I can.
Thanks in advance.
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You are welcome. These last issues are all homemade, so not official publishings.
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Hi Boutje777,
I tried to trace all Vulcan missing gaps [total 255 issues/missing 88 issues] and prepared the list below (might help completing them one day):
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Thanks, i copied and saved the list for later use.
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I scanned the 1975-10-11 issue when I found a copy at a con, hoping that others would be able to fill in the rest, I’m glad the comic is coming out, I loved the Trigan Empire.
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