CREATOR

Name: Amalgamated Press* (British comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1901 by Alfred Charles William Harmsworth (1865-1922). Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Amalgamated in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation has had several imprints over the years of which Fleetway is the most well known.
* Today the corporation is named IPC Media (founded in 1958).

 

 

MAIN STORY
The series premiered in 1920*. Stopped in 1940 after 124 issues.

The issues contain several children's stories featuring long forgotten series such as Bobbie and His Bears, Jumbo Jim and Brother Tim, Lemon and Dash, Motherless Mary, Teddy and His wonderful Toys, and Tommy Tucker.

* The first series was published in 1914 titled Sparks, but it was later renamed Big Comic and Sparks, Sparks and Big Comic, and then again Sparks.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

None.

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 2 random issues)

#9 - 1920
#103 - 1922

 

 

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