List of Valiant stories
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A list of stories published in the Fleetway Publications/IPC weekly boys' comic Valiant between 1962 and 1976.
The Astounding Jason Hyde
- Published: 15 May 1965 to 11 May 1968[1]
- Writer: Barrington J. Bayley[1]
- Illustrator: Eric Bradbury[1]
After being exposed to experimental radiation, scientist Jason Hyde's eyes emit x-ray beams that allow him to see through objects and read minds, abilities he puts towards fighting crime.
- Text story. The entire run of The Astounding Jason Hyde was collected in a trade paperback by Rebellion Developments in 2022.[3][4][5]
Banger and Masher
Battler Britton
- Published: 4 May to 21 September 1963[1]
The adventures of a World War II British fighter ace.
- Continued reprints (of Thriller Picture Library) from Knockout. Battler Britton also appeared as a guest character in "Captain Hurricane" between 23 February to 9 March 1963.[1][7]
The Big Shot
Billy Bunter
- Published: 23 February 1963 to 16 October 1976[1]
- Writer: Ron Clark[1]
- Artists: Albert Pease, Reg Parlett[1]
Plus-sized public schoolboy Billy Bunter engages in numerous attempts to extort small sums of money to spend at the Greyfriars School tuck shop.
- Continued adventures of the long-established heavyweight chump from Knockout.[1] Originally a print character, Billy Bunter appeared in a wide range of media before and after the strip in Valiant,[9] including a controversial live-action revival featuring Bunter as the adulterous Mayor of London and - briefly - Prime Minister of Great Britain.
The Black Crow
- Published: 25 September to 16 October 1976[1]
- Artist: Eric Bradbury[1]
Codenamed The Black Crow, a British secret agent carries out perilous missions in German-held Europe while Gestapo officer Major Klaus von Steutsel attempts to stop him.
- The last new story to debut in Valiant, "The Black Crow" continued after the merger with Battle Picture Weekly.[10][11][12]
Blade of the Frontier
Bluebottle and Basher
- Published: 2 March 1968 to 16 May 1970[1]
- Writer and Artist: Leo Baxendale[1]
Burglar Basher clashes with arch-enemy PC Bluebottle.
- Cartoon strip.[1]
The Boy Who Went To War
Brain Drayne
The Bungle Brothers
Captain Hurricane
- Published: 6 October 1962 – 16 October 1976[1]
- Writers: Scott Goodall, Angus Allan, Gil Page, George Beal[1]
- Artists: R. Charles Roylance, Fred Holmes, Eric Bradbury, Tom Kerr, Alberto Giolitti, Jack Pamby[1]
After his ship is sunk by a U-Boat, Hercules Hurricane becomes so furious at the mere mention of Germans that he flies into an unstoppable "ragin' fury". The Royal Marines soon see the use in this ability, and point Hurricane at various Axis formations. He is accompanied by his former first mate and reluctant adjutant "Maggot" Malone.
Challenge Charlie!
Chris Carron
- Published: 1 February to 29 May 1969[1]
- Artist: John Stokes[1]
Troubleshooter for hire Chris Carron takes jobs in South America.
College Cowboy
- Published: 7 February 1970 to 27 March 1971[1]
Nigel Carfax-Carruthers enrols at the prestigious Kenelm College as a condition for receiving his inheritance. However, the faculty are stunned when the new pupil insists on being referred to as Tex, having been raised on a Texas ranch. His cowboy ways are popular with his peers, but troublesome for the staff.
The Crows
Danny Doom
- Published: 25 May 1974 to 22 March 1975
- Artist: Eric Bradbury, Fred Holmes[1]
Apprentice to the 13th century sorcerer Astorath, young Danny Doom is catapulted forward to the present day when an experiment misfires, getting help from a girl called Carol.
- The presence of a female character was rare for a British boys' comic strip of the time.[15] The character was later given a lead role in Albion, which made him the son of previously unrelated magician Cursitor Doom.[16][17] A more traditional version of Danny made a brief cameo in The Vigilant.
Death Wish
- Published: 20 December 1975 to 18 September 1976[1]
- Artist: Mike Western, Ian Gibson[1]
The sole survivor of his nine-man unit, British Army Sergeant Bannon becomes obsessed with driving German forces out of Italy, no matter the risk to himself.[14]
The Duke of Dry Gulch
- Published: 28 September 1963 to 21 March 1964[1]
- Writer: Tom Tully[1]
- Artist: Mike Western[1][18][19]
Captain Basil de Moncalf arrives in Carsonville to claim his inheritance of the ranch at Dry Ranch, but the scoffing locals soon find out the English aristocrat has the chops to make it in the Wild West.
- The character was a childhood favourite of The Independent columnist John Walsh.[20]
The Fateful Journey
Fort Navajo
- Published:: 15 May to October 1965[1]
- Writer: Jean-Michel Charlier[1]
- Artist: Jean Giraud[1]
Brothers Craig and Mike Blueberry join the United States Cavalry during the Indian Wars.
- Modified reprints of "Fort Navajo" from Pilote.[1][23]
Gabby McGlew
The Ghostly Guardian
Boy Jim Frobisher and his dog Trap set up in the family's ancestral home in Cornwall, and soon makes fast friends with ghost of ancestor Firebrand Frobisher and his amiable spirit friends Captain Keelhaul and One-Eyed Jake.
- One-Eyed Jake is no relation to "One-Eyed Jack".
Hawk Hunter and the Iron Horse
- Published: 6 October 1962 to 27 April 1963[1]
- Artists: Bill Lacey, Mike Western[1]
The skills 17-year old Hawk Hunter has picked up from living among Native Americans all his life, General Dodge of Union Pacific Railroad hires the lad to defend his trains from the likes of gangster Mick Mulroon.
His Sporting Lordship
Navvy Henry Nobbins is surprised to find out he is the heir to the Earlship of Ranworth. However, he has to carry out a set of sporting tasks before he can collect the title and ancestral home Plonkton Castle. His task is further complicated by local businessman Mr. Parkinson and his thug Fred Bloggs, who hope to turn the castle into a glue factory. In order to stave this off, Butler Jarvis and other staff from Plonkton help Nobbins in his endeavours.
The House of Dolmann
- Published:: 29 October 1966 to 11 April 1970, 7 September to 26 October 1974[1]
- Writer: Tom Tully[1]
- Artist: Eric Bradbury, Carlos Cruz, Reg Bunn, Geoff Campion[1]
Genius Eric Dolmann creates a miniature army of robots to help him fight crime.
Humbert Higgs, the Gentle Giant
- Published: 23 May to 3 October 1970[1]
Backwards hick Humbert Higgs try to make it as a boxer.
Hymer Loafer
The Incredible Adventures of Janus Stark
- Published: 10 April 1971 to 18 May 1974, 8 to 23 March 1975[1]
- Writers: Tom Tully, Scott Goodall, Gil Page, Stewart Wales, Angus Allan[1]
- Artist: Francisco Solano López, Félix Carrión[1]
Rubber-limbed Victorian-era escapologist Janus Stark wows Music Hall audiences and solves crimes.
The Ironmaster
It's a Dog's Life
Jack Justice
Great-great-great-grandson of the heroic highwayman Jack O' Justice,[29] Jack Justice and his partner Diana Dauntless help modern-day police solve crimes.
Jack o' Justice
- Published:: 6 October 1962 to 18 June 1966[1]
- Artists: Hugh McNeill, Geoff Campion, John McNamara, Jack Pamby, Mike Western, Tom Kerr[1]
Philanthropic highwayman Jack o' Justice and his partner Moll Moonlight right wrongs.
- Initially reprints of "Dick Turpin" from Sun before new material was created to continue the serial.[1] Moll Moonlight retained her name from the original material,[30][31] for which she had been created as a female foil for Turpin by Sun team Leonard Matthews, Mike Butterworth, David Motton and McNeill.[32] As a rare female character in Valiant, Moonlight is well-remembered.[14]
Jackaroo Joe
- Published: 30 October 1965 to 1 October 1966[1]
- Writer: Angus Allan[1]
- Artist: Mike White[1][33]
Australian Joe Macallister begins a journey to Scotland to claim his title as Laird of Glenawe, travelling on the back of his kangaroo Oscar.
Joe's Transport Cafe
Kelly's Eye
Kid Gloves
- Published: 6 October 1962 to 19 September 1964[1]
- Writer: Ron Clarke[1]
- Artists: Geoff Campion, Eric Bradbury[1]
Native Indian Kid Gloves tries to launch a boxing career.
Kid Pharaoh
- Published: 13 May 1972 to 6 December 1975[1]
- Artist: Francisco Solano López, Julio Schiaffino, Geoff Campion[1]
Pharaoh Zethi is cursed into a deep sleep by his treacherous high priest Thothek. Awakening in the present day, he goes into Greco-Roman wrestling as "Kid Pharaoh", and soon comes to believe aristocrat Baron Munsen is Thothek reincarnated.
The Kidnapped Planets
Kraken
Laird of Lazy Q
The Last Boys in the World
All of the world's population disappears apart from schoolboys Bill Marlowe, Steve Stephens and Chris Blake and their science master Mr. Watts, thanks to them being in possession of a strange metal called deleranium. Together, the group try to find out where everyone has gone.
Legge's Eleven
- Published: 26 September 1964 to 24 February 1968[1][35]
- Writer: Fred Baker[1]
- Artist: Douglas Maxted[1]
Given a free transfer by First Division side Highwood Athletic, seven-foot misfit Ted Legge finds the only offer on the table is to become player-manager of Fourth Division Rockley Rovers. The unorthodox inside forward's first challenge is to get 11 players together. His signings included monocle-wearing Sir Darcy Lozenge, obese goalkeeper Tubby Mann, hirsute Scot Angus MacFee, French dandy Pierre Gaspard, winger 'Nipper' Norton and twin fullbacks Ron and Les Tearaway.
Little Fred and Big Ed
- Published: 16 November 1963 to 4 April 1964[1]
- Writer: René Goscinny[1]
- Artist: Albert Uderzo[1]
As the Roman conquest of Britain progresses in 43 A.D., the brave Britons of the surrounded village Nevergivup refuse to fold to the invaders, their efforts spearheaded by wily Fred and his musclebound, rotund companion Ed.
- Modified black-and-white reprints of "Asterix" from Pilote.[36][37][38][39] The strip's name was later shortened to "Little Fred".[1] A second attempt to relocate Asterix followed later in 1964 in the pages of Ranger, where the strip was modified again as "Britons Never, Never, Never Shall Be Slaves!".[40]
The Lincoln Green Mob
- Published: 25 May 1974 to 22 March 1975[1]
- Artists: Félix Carrión, Geoff Campion, Fred Holmes[1]
Robby Hood, Bill Scarlet, Fatty Tuck and Johnny Little find a horn that freezes anyone else for five minutes when they blow it.
Little Orvy
- Published: 2 March to 31 August 1968[1]
- Artist: Rick Yager[1]
Imaginative Orvy daydreams about more exciting ways to learn in class.
- Cartoon strip.[1] Reprints of Field Enterprises syndicated newspaper strip "The Imaginary Adventures of Little Orvy".[41]
Lords of Lilliput Island
- Published: 27 May 1967 to 6 January 1968[1]
After the adult population of the island of Mayo is shrank by nuclear drinking water contamination. The good-natured Clive Driscoll and his chums try to protect the shrunk-down grown-ups from island bully Tug Wilson.
The Lout That Ruled the Rovers
Alf "Monty" Montgomery has his lifetime ban from attending Mudville Rangers surprisingly lifted when he inherits a 51% controlling interest, and installs himself as player-manager.
- Introduced to the comic under the editorship of John Wagner.[42]
The Lurking Menace
- Published: 17 January to 17 May 1970[1]
Diving to recover gold bullion from a shipwreck off the coast of Australia, Tod Titan soon finds he is not the only man hunting for the treasure.
The Man Called 39
Mark Tyme
- Published: 20 October 1962 to 16 February 1963[1]
- Artist: Reg Parlett[1]
Nuisance soldier Private Mark Tyme incurs the wrath of Sergeant-Major Bellow.
- Cartoon strip.[1]
Master Spy, the Schoolboy Secret Agent
Master-Mind
- Published: 15 May 1965 to 23 April 1967[1]
The frequent failures of a would-be gangster kingpin and his inept mob.
- Cartoon strip.[1] Not to be confused with "Master Mind" from Buster.
Mickey the Mimic
The Midgets of Migas
Mission to Marva
Mowser
- Published: 25 May 1974 to 3 April 1976[1]
- Cartoonist: Reg Parlett[1]
In Crummy Castle sly, supine housecat Mowser constantly comes out on top in struggles with his nemesis James the Butler.
The Mystery of Fulgor
The discovery of the planet Fulgor in the Solar System in 2215 leads to a crewed expedition to check its viability for colonisation.
- Modified reprint from El Mundo Futuro.[22]
Mytek the Mighty
- Published: 26 September 1964 to 31 January 1970[1]
- Writer: Tom Tully[1]
- Artist: Eric Bradbury, Bill Lacey[1]
Professor Arnold Boyce builds a huge robot version of the Akari tribe's god Mytek to make contact with the isolated natives; however, his bitter assistant steals Mytek and causes chaos, with the Professor and agent Dick Mason in pursuit.
The Nutts
Odd Job Bob
One Man and His Dog...
One-Eyed Jack
- Published: 20 December 1975 to 16 October 1976[1]
- Writer: John Wagner[1]
- Artist: John Cooper[1]
Eyepatch-wearing Detective Jack McBane undertakes a ruthless war on New York's criminals.
- Continued in Battle Picture Weekly.[1]
Our 'Great' Grandpa
- Published: 23 September 1972 to 6 January 1973[1]
- Artist: Trevor Metcalfe[1]
Two boys try to keep control of their wild, young-at-heart grandfather.
Paco
- Published: 17 April to 16 October 1976[1]
- Artist: John Stokes, Alberto Salinas[1]
Half-wolf, half-dog Paco deals with cruel trappers.
Paladin the Fearless
- Published:: 6 October 1962 to 27 July 1963[1]
- Writer: Jean-Michel Charlier[43]
- Artist: Albert Uderzo[1]
A young boy is raised by woodcutter Cedric Cedarwood to become the successor to folk hero Paladin the Peerless and fight off the Vikings.
Percy the Problem Child
- Published: 6 October 1962 to 20 April 1963[1]
- Artist: Reg Parlett[1]
A cheerful boy poses trivia questions for readers.
The Potters of Poole Street
- Published: 29 March to 13 December 1975[1]
- Artists: Jack Pamby, John Catchpole, Geoff Campion[1]
Growing up in poverty in the Midlands town of Dunchester, Alfie Potter tries to save for a mountain bike so he can earn some money for his widowed mother and sister Maude.
The Prisoner of Zenga
- Published: 11 October to 13 December 1975[1][44]
- Artist: John Stokes[1]
Project Z is an effort by Professor Gleeson to find an android capable of storing brain patterns in order to preserve genius for future generations. However, his devious assistant Julian Caine ensures that the first brain copied into the prototype is the mind of master criminal Max Zenga.
- A Zenga robot made a brief appearance in 2018's The Vigilant.[45]
Raven on the Wing
- Published:: 2 March 1968 to 18 January 1975[1]
- Artist: Francisco Solano López[1]
Gypsy boy Raven joins struggling Highboro' United, where his skills soon help turn the team around despite his eccentricities and superstitions, which included insisting on playing barefoot.
Return of the Claw
- Published:: 5 June 1971 to 27 October 1973[1]
Louis Crandell digs out his metal hand and goes back into action.
- Sequel to "The Steel Claw".
Rip Kerrigan
Robot Archie
Saboteurs of Space
Sam Sunn
- Published: 13 May 1967 to 24 February 1968[1]
- Artist: Reg Parlett[1]
The misadventures of a small, superhumanly strong boy.
School for Spies
The Secret Champion
Sergeant Strong
- Published: 29 March to 6 December 1975[1]
- Writer: Scott Goodall[47]
- Artist: Eric Bradbury[1]
After an accident in space, Sgt. Simon Strong is left with ten times the strength and density of a normal man. He puts his abilities to stopping crime.
- A collected edition of "Sergeant Strong" was published in 2023 as part of Hibernia's Fleetway Files series.[47]
Sexton Blake
- Published: 13 January 1968 to 16 May 1970[1]
- Writer: Angus Allan[1]
- Artist: Eric Dadswell[1]
Further adventures of the crime-solving detective.
- Based on the TV version of Blake; some strips were adapted from "Maxwell Hawke" in Buster.[1]
Shorty the Sheriff
- Published: 6 October 1962 to 16 February 1963[1]
- Writer: Reg Orlandini[1]
- Artist: Reg Parlett[1]
A diminutive sheriff suffers mishaps in the Old West.
- Cartoon strip.[1]
The Shrinker
Simon Test and the Islands of Peril
- Published: 10 April to 29 May 1971[1]
- Writer: Angus Allan[1]
- Artist: Eric Bradbury[1]
Six adventurers - including Simon Test - are kidnapped by the mysterious Big Man and put through lethal ordeals on half-a-dozen Islands of Perils.
Sixer
Slave of the Screamer
Soldier Sharp - The Rat of the Rifles
- Published: 28 February to 16 October 1976[1]
- Writer: John Wagner[42]
- Artists: R. Charles Roylance, Eric Bradbury, Frank McDairmid[1]
As the Allies liberate France in 1944, Cockney loudmouth Arnie Sharp's cowardice gets most of his unit killed, but circumstances see him incorrectly recognised as a hero. Only his badly-injured childhood acquaintance Sammy Little survives with knowledge of the truth.
- Continued in Battle Picture Weekly.[1]
Son of the Stars
With 21st century Earth over-crowded, a rocket crew scope out the Solar System for colonisation.
- Modified reprint from El Mundo Futuro.[22]
The Soppy Ha'porths
The Space Explorers
Space Pirates
Spellbinder
- Published: 25 January to 1 March 1975[1]
- Artist: Geoff Campion[1]
Tom Turville is helped by sorcerer ancestor Sylvester.
Sporty
Spot the Clue with Zip Nolan
- Published: May 25, 1974 to 21 February 1976[1]
Zip Nolan is an American highway patrolman from Pensburgh, equipped with detective skills and a Harley Davidson Electra Glide motorcycle.
The Star of Fortune
Star Trek
- Published: 2 October 1971 to 29 December 1973[1]
- Writer: Angus Allan[1]
- Artist: John Stokes[1]
Captain Kirk and the company of the spaceship U.S.S. Enterprise bravely journey to where people have not been previously.
The Steel Claw
- Published: 6 October 1962 to 16 May 1970[1]
- Writers: Ken Bulmer (6 October 1962 to 21 September 1963), Tom Tully (21 September 1963 to 16 May 1970)[1]
- Artists: Jesús Blasco, Tom Kerr, Massimo Belardinelli, Carlos Cruz, Reg Bunn[1]
Louis Crandell gains the ability to turn invisible when he receives an electric shock through his metal hand.
- Revived as "Return of the Claw" in 1972.
Stryker
- Published: 21 August to 16 October 1976[1]
- Artist: Ian Kennedy[1]
The Swots and the Blots
- Published: 10 April 1971 to 18 May 1974[1]
- Writer and Artist: Leo Baxendale[1][55]
Two factions - the academically inclined Swots (led by Cyril, and including 'Oiliver' Oliver, Cynthia, 'Hooter' Horace, Pudding Face, 'Eggy' Egbert, 'Nosy' Norman', Walter 'Crawly' Crawleigh and 'Cadger' Cuthbert) and the mischief-driven Blots (commanded by George, and consisting of Alf Wit, Spiky, Pongo Brown, Beryl, Tich, Henry 'The Eighth', 'Hairbert' Herbert, Fred and Fatty) struggle for supremacy at a school.
- Cartoon strip, continued from Smash!.[1][14] Alf Wit is not to be confused with The Beano character of the same name.
Tatty Mane
Terrors of the Deep
The Test Match Terrors
They Couldn't Break Brady
- Published: 13 December 1975 to 3 April 1976[1]
- Artist: Eric Bradbury[1]
Dave Brady's career at First Division Milburn United is dogged by someone's repeated attempts to injure him.
To Glory We Steer
- Published: 6 October 1962 to 16 February 1963[1]
- Artist: Eric Parker[1]
Horatio Nelson moves up through the ranks in the Royal Navy.
Tommy Hawk and Mo Cassin
- Published: 6 October 1962 to 20 April 1963[1]
- Artist: Denis Gifford[56]
Two Native American Braves irritate the rest of their tribe with their antics.
Trail to Nowhere
- Published: 25 May to 21 December 1974[1]
- Artist: Mike Western[1]
Trapper Colorado Jones finds young Simon Grant, the sole survivor of a stagecoach massacre. The boy is in a hurry to head to his father at Fort Hazard, with Jones having the unenviable job of making sure the brat doesn't get himself killed first.
The Trouble-Seekers
- Published: 10 April to 25 December 1971[1]
- Artist: Ian Kennedy[1][57]
Engineers 'Knocker' White, 'Jinx' Jenkins, Professor Toops and the latter's unreliable robot George deal with unusual situations.
Tubby the All Round Sportsman
The Tuffs of Terror Island
Twelve Guilty Men
Valley of the Giants
- Published: 25 May to 10 August 1974[1]
- Artist: Eric Bradbury[1]
On an expedition to Brazil explorer Brett Mason, his family and scientist Doctor Jose Yarga become trapped in a strange volcanic valley where dinosaurs still live.
Voyage of No Return
Wacker
Wally Whale and Willy Winkle
Wee Red
When Britain Froze
Whiz-Along Wheeler
The Wild Wonders
- Published: 28 March 1964 to 18 May 1974, 25 October to 13 December 1975[1]
- Writer: Tom Tully[1]
- Artist: Mike Western[1]
With a tough upbringing on the remote Woragg Island in the Hebrides, brothers Charlie and Rick Wild have little to do but stay fit. On rescuing them, Olympic swimmer Mike Flynn finds their find their fitness makes them champion athletes - though not all their competitors are impressed with the upstarts due to their primitive behaviour.