Welcome on this blog full of information about British comics and offcourse the comics.
A British comic is a periodical published in the United Kingdom that contains comic strips. It is generally referred to as a comic or a comic magazine, and historically as a comic paper.
British comics are usually comics anthologies which are typically aimed at children, and are published weekly, although some are also published on a fortnightly or monthly schedule. The top three longest-running comics in the world, The Dandy, The Beano, and Comic Cuts, are all British, although in modern times British comics have been largely superseded by American comic books and Japanese manga.
You can access the information and comics through the sidebar.
The comics are mostly in packages from around 100mb, inside these rar-packages you will find the comics in cbr format.
There are no DC Thomson related comics on the site, because i had to remove these.
You can view the comics with any cbr-reader like CDisplay or ComicRack.
Most comics are from the 50’s-80’s with some 90’s.
I only place issues from last century,
so no issues newer than the year 1999.
I did not scan the comics myself only collect them from various sites on the internet, internet archive, Usenet Newsgroups and torrents.
So thanks to all the scanners and uploaders.
This blog is purely ment to preserve the comics and to enjoy them, no financial meanings are involved, if you like the comics buy them as long as they are availabe, because nothing can beat the feeling of reading a real comic.
If you find something wrong (downloads, numbering, information) please let me know so that i can correct the error.
Thanks to the following sites for the information :

















Funny Monthly January 1991
https://www.mediafire.com/file/v7ps8if6ja673th/1991-01.CBR/file
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https://www.mediafire.com/file/3w317ba3ix19pe0/Girls'+Crystal+Annual+1944.cbz/file
1944 Girls Crystal Annual
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https://www.mediafire.com/file/45jks9df194mhgr/Pixie+Annual+1974.cbz/file
Pixie Annual 1974. Not seen that sort of animation cel style of colouring on an IPC annual before, kinda like it.
Pixie was a weekly launched by IPC in late 1972 to see of there was a market for a girls comic between the nursery titles and the orphans, cripples, crippled orphans and orphaned cripples of the girls’ comics. Presumably there wasn’t, as even with a fair quota of reprints it was cancelled and merged with June.
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https://www.mediafire.com/file/5othyfglvhupfwb/Princess+Tina+Annual+1979.cbz/file
Princess Tina Annual 1979. Fair wedge of Moira, Slave Girl of Rone. Questionable use of brown ink.
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https://www.mediafire.com/file/p7wgsdv3tgbl1zr/Princess+Tina+Annual+1980.cbz/file
Princess Tina Annual 1980
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I’ve processed all Whizzer and Chips updates, so these pages must be up to date right now. If you notice an issue missing from which you believe was in a comment please let me know so i can check this, it’s always possible i overlooked 1 or more issues. I am aware that some covers are not showing, i try to correct that later this week, and try to make all covers the same size also.
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-Boys Cinema Annual 1949, 1951
https://www.mediafire.com/file/uph7f0d4bt26th9/Boys%2527_Cinema_Annual_1949.cbz/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/y9tdi6xafkxb5nz/Boys%2527_Cinema_Annual_1951.cbz/file
Originals badly damaged, with missing pages graffiti, tears, discolouration, etc. As such only put basic effort into tidying scans. That’s all the Boys’ Cinema I have, not on my active “get” list for the time being but I’ll pick them up if I see them as cheap as these were. Apparently the annuals issued from 1932 to 1953, though not 100% sure it ran through the war.
-School Friend Annual 1965 (rescan), 1968, 1970
https://www.mediafire.com/file/edgsf99qlov2zob/School_Friend_Annual_1965.cbz/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/xcr2w9402e788u5/School_Friend_Annual_1968.cbz/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/k4y7g8axja6juk9/School_Friend_Annual_1970.cbz/file
Originals had severe browning which wasn’t always removable without losing the palette. These are kinda done as far as I’m concerned, if better copies land in my lap I’ll rescan some pages, but I won’t be actively hunting them ahead of anything we don’t have.
– Sun 312, 379, 392
https://www.mediafire.com/file/buwv0mziwkh8byi/Sun_1955-01-29_312.cbz/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/2sfjezdgdckqq5e/Sun_1956-05-12_379.cbz/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/f36440gdg2i0axz/Sun_1956-08-11_392.cbz/file
– Tip Top Book 1950, 1953
https://www.mediafire.com/file/ui4vf5080nbj7io/Tip_Top_Book_1950.cbz/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/3qg6jgvrb4y93rr/Tip_Top_Book_1953.cbz/file
I am planning to do some sort of checklist for AP/Fleetway/IPC annuals so we can nail down haves, wants and partials, but I’ve got about 15 more to scan first.
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Thank you very much. Great idea. Take your time were not in a competition.
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Probably will be slowing down a bit, this was Easter weekend bounty!
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Hi Boombox
If it is any help, Catalogue of Boys and Girls Annuals by Adley and Lofts list Boys Cinema Annuals from 1932 to 1941, 1947 and 1949 to 1951. Were unable to fond anything from 1942 to 1946 and 1948
regards
Tom
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Cool, that seems to tally with the slightly ropey Mike Hamer book I have on the phone. Between those two, Alan Clarke’s book on annuals and a bit of Google should be fairly easy to cobble together
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Wonder if war years paper rationing might account for lack of annuals from
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*puts on oversized nerd glasses* it certainly did; the big, big kicker was the fall of Norway; Amalgamated Press hurriedly cancelled a bunch of titles that were still selling more than 2000 AD ever has simply because they didn’t have the paper allocation to print them in profitable numbers – Jester, Puck, Butterfly and I think Joker or Golden went the same week, the story papers were gutted, etc. IIRC they pared the annuals down to four or five – Girls Crystal, School Friend, Knockout and Radio Fun I think were published every year in wartime, maybe one or two others. Like the weeklies, a whole ton of them ended after the 1940 editions – Chips, Puck, Butterfly, Sunbeam, Funny Wonder, Schoolgirls Own, Jester – and didn’t start back up again.
And it was double-edged too – there were huge drives for scrap paper and so a lot of what *was* printed was recycled by people doing their bit (including publishers clearing out a lot of inventory and file copies, partly to do their bit and partly because of fire safety). In some ways it’s surprising that so much pre-1945 stuff survives.
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Hi Boombox.
Let us know your checklist wants, needs etc in general for AP/Fleetway/IPC annuals, lets see what we can do between us, between us all who use this excellent site.
Regards
“The Highwayman”
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Will do! =) Hoping to knock something together over the next couple of days around work.
One of the reasons I get faintly irritated with the leeches is that the damage we could do with a bit of coordination is frustrating… Aside from a few wartime titles and the odd bit of fan boy bait like Misty, annuals are a fiver at most for anyone in the UK. If 10% of the people who downloaded from me alone chipped in with an annual scan every month we’d be done in no time and start blowing holes in the weeklies (which again are largely cheap).
(Incidentally, anyone who contributes scans, information or even a passable stab at conversation can ask me to reupload and I’ll do it when I get time – though strangely those are always the people happy to wait for Boutje’s updates…)
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My scanning pile at the moment: –
School Friend 73 up, minus whatever ones are on here
June 62, 63, 82
Girls Crystal 66
Tip Top 54-55
Tammy all the ones not already on here
Jag 72
Valentine 74 to 76
Penny 80
June Book of Strange Stories (I forget which one, waiting for an A3 scanner opportunity as it actually has resale value)
I have a vaguely alphabetical running order and am occasionally rescanned stuff I did on vFlat as and when I feel like it.
Weeklies at the moment The Project means I’m only actively going after 1950s and earlier, so it’s probably not worth listing as we’re unlikely to both randomly turn up the same issue of Jester or whatever
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Wow an impressive scan pile!
I have a scan of June Annual 1963 which is attached below.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/x5g8b2fiaiuup27/June+Annual+1963.cbz/file
Best Wishes,
CF.
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Brilliant! Thanks for sharing =)
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Thank you very much.
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Fantastic news! As a general collector of British comics I had boxes of girls comics but I threw them away when I temporarily lost interest. Unfortunately this was before scanning (and recycling), and particularly considering the ridiculous D.C.T. situation…
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This site is good for lists of UK Annuals.
http://www.tonystrading.co.uk/
Best wishes,
CF.
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Hi boutje, here’s an Upgrade of Buster Fortnightly #27 with the free gift Joke Book included.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/xly9m7ayg5hrczn/Buster+Fortnightly+#27.CBR/file
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Hi Boombox & Boutje
Here’s your starter for 10, hope they help, a present from:
“The Highwayman”
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[1962] June, scanned @ 400 Dpi
https://www.mediafire.com/file/w4vj4j7323m86pk/%255B1962%255D_-_June_Book.rar/file
[1963] June, scanned @ 400 Dpi
https://www.mediafire.com/file/1ipsdku8uu9bfrs/%255B1963%255D_-_June_Book.rar/file
[1972] Jag, Large file, it was scanned @ 600 Dpi, i must have forgotten to lower the Dpi, so it’s nearly 1.5gb, it needs reducing.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/sabg0bcw8jjw94z/%255B1972%255D_-_Jag_Annual.rar/file
[1973] School Friend, Not my scan, poor scan, scanned at a very low Dpi, but better than nothing.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/s0nnvao1cld13xg/%255B1973%255D_-School_Friend_Annual-Poor_Scan-_Low_Dpi.rar/file
[1972] Tammy, Raw scan, never edited it.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/ayf2w3jul3u1ro9/%255B1972%255D_-Tammy_Annual-_Raw_Scan_Needs_Edit.rar/file
[1977] Tammy, Raw scan, never edited it.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/a3j1qenkhyrevjx/%255B1977%255D_-Tammy_Annual-_Raw_Scan_Needs_Edit.rar/file
[1981] Tammy, Raw scan, never edited it.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/u83es2it34akv1j/%255B1981%255D_-Tammy_Annual-_Raw_Scan_Needs_Edit.rar/file
[1983] Tammy, Raw scan, never edited it.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/olwe5vh660skedf/%255B1983%255D_-Tammy_Annual-_Raw_Scan_Needs_Edit.rar/file
[1984] Tammy, Raw scan, never edited it.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/ygtsjy6vsq0cdgp/%255B1984%255D_-Tammy_Annual-_Raw_Scan_Needs_Edit.rar/file
[1984] Tammy, Raw scan, never edited it.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/bv333tmvejtr5zx/%255B1985%255D_-Tammy_Annual-_Raw_Scan_Needs_Edit.rar/file
Regards
The Highwayman
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Oh wow, thanks so much, that has obliterated so much of my pile!!!!
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Love the Jag Annual! The Indestructible Man AND Nuvolari? Wonderful!
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Fantastic Junes too… IMHO it didn’t really hit its stride until the lare 60s when they really leant into the weird, but it would still absolutely batter Bunty in a fight.
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Thanks for scans, Not sure if my beginner skills are up to the editing but will give it a go
Tom
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Thank you very much.
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Great work – 300 dpi is fine for comics, maybe 400 if you want a clearer look at the dots! Maybe 200 or 150 for hefty annuals for a little less work (or time anyway).
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I guess people know how to change the extension to .cbr (or .cbz but it would still be a rar file I think). I prefer cbz (zip) myself simply because it’s open source (and native to windows).
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Thank you very much.
Great to see another Jag annual turn up. Back in the day, I had one of the Jag Annuals. Can’t remember if it was 1971 or 1972, and can’t remember what happened to it either which is tragic.
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The last one just turned up in the post today and is on my scan list, as well as getting better scans of the one with football on the cover (1970?)
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Hi Boombox.
You need to invest in an A3 scanner sooner than later.
I run an, A3 Epson GT20000, caters for very thing scanning wise. Their old, noisy & not the quickest, but i like them & what’s the rush.
Though when i upgraded to Windows 10 Pro, when it first came out, i found it wasn’t compatible with Windows 10 Pro, so i had to go into the windows setting, check a few boxes etc, now it runs perfect.
Also have another, Epson GT20000 A3, & Epson GT15000 A3, as back ups & other A4’s as back ups.
Regards
The Highwayman
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It’s more a space issue, sadly. I am hoping to get to the local library one weekend as they have a public one there, hopefully before some of the older stuff disintegrates! =)
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A new Matt Marriott and Story 59 with a correction on the cover
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cI-Vbhi80Y26Dzh9kCBSwg785a2NT319/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1noACgs0INg2jIeg7825jnGxKLprKm_Uo/view?usp=sharing
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Thank you very much. I will update these later today.
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Hastily updated after the Highwayman’s incredible post, here’s what I make the status of AP/Fleetway/IPC annuals on this site:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/kidhz9o2gnj4ejn/AnnualsNotOnSite.pdf/file
Caveats:
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I will double check my scan pile later and get a definitive list up so we can try and avoid doing the same work twice =)
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Okay, my revised to-scan list after The Highwayman’s amazing generosity: –
– School Friend 74, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81 (do we have 76? Wonder why I’m missing that one)
– Crackers 37
– Giant Holiday All-Girl Comic Album
– June 1982
– Girls Crystal 1966
– Penny 1980
– Tammy 1978
– T. V. Fun 1958
– Tip Top 1954, 1955
– Valentine 74 75 76
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I DON’T have School Friend 1976. One to add to the ebay searches!
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hi boombox, if Battler Britton No 01 is the blue cover, no to is under Small Titles, less than 6 issues, Various Comics
Tom
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I might have the order wrong then, it’s the blue cover one we need scans of, my bad =)
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(I have the blue one in my scan pile, just forgot to list it where it’s an odd shape!)
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Hi Boombox, try this link
https://www.mediafire.com/file/f24xyqi2ndw4m3v/Battler_Britton_%255B1960%255D.cbr/file
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Sorry Boutje
Meant this link for you as well
Tom
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Outstanding, thanks! Title complete!
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https://www.mediafire.com/file/fwcwlmo9vf6iuq0/BBDustCovers.zip/file
Here is the best that 3 minutes on Google has to offer for the dust jackets! =)
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Hi Boombox & Boutje.
Back again, found a few more from Boombox’s list.
Hope they help fill a few gaps here & there.
[1974] – School Friend
https://www.mediafire.com/file/x3cki7omk7qcbon/%255B1974%255D_-_School_Friend_Annual.rar/file
[1975] – School Friend
https://www.mediafire.com/file/1vpfd7afe9nvi8x/%255B1975%255D_-_School_Friend_Annual.rar/file
[1977] – School Friend, Not my scan, poor scan
https://www.mediafire.com/file/d4to89v4ek053rn/%255B1977%255D_-School_Friend_Annual-%2528Not_my_Scan_-_Poor%2529.rar/file
[1978] – School Friend
https://www.mediafire.com/file/5ovur4yalva7lr0/%255B1978%255D_-_School_Friend_Annual.rar/file
[1978] – Tammy, Not my scan, almost complete but missing some pages, still, it’s better than nothing.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/fezh43chunh4mru/%255B1978%255D_-Tammy_Annual-Missing_Pages-Needs_Edit_%2528Not_my_scan%2529.rar/file
[1980] – School Friend, Not my scan, poor scan
https://www.mediafire.com/file/86vy8qa1m1bld6o/%255B1980%255D_-School_Friend_Annual-%2528Not_my_Scan_-_Poor%2529.rar/file
[1981] – School Friend
https://www.mediafire.com/file/bnyqyu0tsk2zi7j/%255B1981%255D_-_School_Friend_Annual.rar/file
Hope this helps a bit.
Just wondering where all the downloaders are who complain when they can’t access the site, why aren’t you uploading, even if it’s just 1 annual, comic etc !???,…..share & share alike.
Anyway, will see what the weekend brings, as going to a very large car boot sale on Sunday morning, will be there at silly o’clock, weather permitting.
Regards
“The Highwayman”
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Thank you very much. Take your time, we are not in a rush. Most complaints are because they can’t upload from Googledrive, but that’s not my problem. In 95% of the issues they can solve it theirself if they care to look through comments on this site with enough solutions offered, or even better try to find a solution on the internet themselves.
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That is incredible once again! Thank you so much!
Regarding other uploaders, I do have a certain amount of sympathy for non-British users as shipping alone is probably a killer. But I do wish people would at least be more thankful…
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Sympathies appreciated, down here in Oz, shipping often quoted at 20 to 30 pounds per annual. And hard to find an annual here under $25.00. Still I keep trying
Tom
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Thank you for the latest downloads, Love annuals since Xmas as a kid an good to see more of them
Tom
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