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This article was written by Kim Stevens and kindly provided to me by Shaqui Le Vesconte and reproduced here with their kind permission.




On The Buses was an extremely popular television situation comedy, written by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, which began in 1969. Its setting was the Luxton ...

I am a massive Saint / Leslie Charteris fan and have all of the books.
Would dearly love to see this series of strips reprinted in a book but I think it's doubtful the majority of the art remains so would be a case of collecting the Tornado and TV 21 issues and scanning them.
And goodness only knows ...

I've been trying to find the names of the artists who drew those strips in 1967 and 1968 but can't locate any info, and how many Saint strips appeared in the comic too? Thanks.


So.....

Artists on the strip, due to everyone that has posted here were:

Edmond Ripol
Harry Bishop
Vicente Alcazar ...

I believe Edmond Ripol also drew some. I think Carlos Poinos & Vicente Alcazar may have continued the strip in the TV21 era.


Thanks for the information!

The Saint (TV Tornado #24, 1967_art by Harry Bishop).jpgI believe Harry Bishop was involved too, in 'The Saint' comic strip series ...

BTW I sent you wrong email addy by error as confused last part of my work email addy, have re-sent. APOLOGIES.


No worries. Hadn't sent them yet as was transferring photos from my phone to computer to email. I'm doing that shortly. :up:


Only had a chance to briefly browse through everything ...

Richard S. wrote: 15 Apr 2026, 17:38 Did you know that Dan Dare was supposed to feature in a theme park in Northampton?

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... mpton.html

Brilliant !!!!

ShaquiUK wrote: 14 Apr 2026, 23:21

jim244 wrote: 14 Apr 2026, 21:58 Voyage ran for the first 14 issues and was replaced by The Saint in issue 15.
I believe issues 7-14 were text stories as you mention above.

BTW I sent you wrong email addy by error as confused last part of my work email addy, have re-sent. APOLOGIES.

It was probably Daredevil #1 which my mate Terry Smith gave to me around 1970. We used to go around buying comics together in the 1960s. We lost contact when he married and moved away but a few years ago I got off the bus where I live and there he was with his wife and three children visiting his ...

Dear Captain,

What a beautiful goodbye said with sincerity and style from a Comics UK legend.
I haven't been here for as long as you but I have enjoyed reading your posts and your sense of humour that prevails throughout them.
As you sail off to new adventures I wish you good health and good luck ...

The odd thing about the Dr who strips is I now have all of the TV Comic ones, which is the reason that I have been writing chronologies of them in another section here.
Only 30 percent original copies, the rest I downloaded and printed off.
Obviously for myself and not to rip the artists/writers off ...

With the Fireball Anthology of strips, I thought that it was a shame that it omitted the TV Comic strips.


It wasn't really feasible unless someone came forward with a complete collection of TV Comic covering that period. Contrary to popular belief, I don't actually own every single comic with ...

Further information for TV Tornado.

After researching this,I know believe that other than sporadic text stories,the Voyage strip lasted from issues 1-6 only.
All of these were 2 pages in black and white.
Issue 1 "The Seaviews Ghost"
Issue 2 "The Green Monsters of the Deep".
Issue 3 "Crime ...

May I ask, what is your favourite Anderson show?
Personally I am a massive fan of Four Feather Falls, Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet, UFO, Thunderbirds, Space 1999 series 1.....


Space:1999 is at the top of my list, as anyone will gather from the comic anyhology for it.

I had hoped that ...

Richard S. wrote: 11 Apr 2026, 06:57 More art from the recent Barrie Mitchell exhibition (on the Isle of Wight). This time it's art associated with his beloved Jaguar cars.

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.co ... art-2.html

Very nice.

More original artwork from the incredibly prolific pen(cil) of Eric Parker...today, thrillingly, we have a selection of his drawings of furniture.

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2026/03/eric-parker-miscellaneous-work-part-4.html


Loved this and many thanks , have you noticed how Eric ...