Champion

The Champion was a British weekly boys’ story paper published by Amalgamated Press, which ran from January 28, 1922, until March 19, 1955. Its original editor was Francis Addington Symonds. From 1929 until 1940 it had a monthly, pocket-sized companion paper, The Champion Library, containing characters from The Champion and its sister paper The Triumph. The Triumph eventually was merged into The Champion in 1942.

The title was revived as a comics magazine in 1966 for a short-lived publication which merged with Lion later that year.

Champion Book for Boys” was a title published by AP’s rival Dean. The AP version is “The Champion Annual for Boys”.

The Champion had a distinct sports bent, with popular characters including boxing pilot Rockfist Rogan (written by Frank “Captain Condor” Pepper), “Redskin winger” Johnny Fleetfoot (lampooned by Brown Fox in Viz’s Billy the Fish), footballer Danny of the Dazzlers (another by Pepper and a likely influence on Roy of the Rovers) and speedway rider Harry Scurry. The obligatory school story was Ginger Nutt (“the boy who takes the biscuit”) by Ted “Robot Archie” Cowan. Girls’ Crystal’s switch to strips in 1954 left The Champion as the last of AP’s story papers, though by then it included a short strip itself. In 1956 it was merged into Tiger, where Rockfist Rogan kept shooting down Nazis and decking arrogant loggers for a short while.

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Champion 1944-12-23 1195
Champion 1945-06-09 1219
Champion 1945-06-30 1222
Champion 1945-07-14 1224
Champion 1945-08-04 1227
Champion 1945-08-25 1230
Champion 1945-10-06 1236
Champion 1945-11-17 1242

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Champion 1946-12-28 1300
Champion 1949-03-05 1414
Champion 1949-09-03 1440
Champion 1949-09-17 1442
Champion 1949-12-03 1453
Champion 1951-08-15 1542
Champion 1953-06-06 1636

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Champion 1414 1949-03-05
Champion 1440 1949-09-03
Champion 1442 1949-09-17
Champion 1453 1949-12-03

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Champion Annual 1933

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Champion Annual 1952
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Champion Annual 1947
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Champion Annual 1951
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Champion Annual 1955
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Champion Book for Boys 1945
Champion Book for Boys 1950
Champion Book for Boys 1952

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