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The Popular
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Latest Book:The Popular 625 - Yo Ho For the Spanish Main | Uploaded: May 18, 2016
Categories:School | Children/Teenagers | Adventure
The Popular was a British weekly story paper for boys. Originally published as The Penny Popular, the penny was dropped from the title when the price went up to two-pence. It was a companion paper to The Penny Wonder, which published more sinister stories.
It was published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
As The Penny Popular it was published from October 1912 to March 1918 for a total of 286 issues. In this format it was incorporated into The Boy's Friend.
The Popular was published from January 1919 to February 1931 for a total of 628 issues. It was then incorporated into The Ranger.
It featured many stories by Charles Hamilton writing under the pseudonyms of Frank Richards for the Greyfriars stories and as Martin Clifford and Owen Conquest for general boy's adventure stories. It also reprinted a number of the Sexton Blake stories from The Union Jack.
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1 The Popular 001 - Billy Bunter's Postal-Order! 16 Harmsworth May 18, 2016 7.00 2324 42
200 The Popular 200 - Coker's Capture! 28 ernesto | josemas Oct 6, 2012 19.00 3516 54
204 The Popular 204 - The Ghost of Bailey's Bonanza! 28 Harmsworth May 18, 2016 16.00 1998 41
209 The Popular 209 - A Strange Accusation 28 ernesto | josemas Oct 6, 2012 20.00 3105 60
217 The Popular 217 - The Schoolboy Prospectors! 28 ernesto | josemas Sep 30, 2012 20.00 3194 44
220 The Popular 220 - The New Captain 28 Harmsworth May 18, 2016 20.00 1941 25
222 The Popular 222 - The Campaign Against Carthew! 28 ernesto | josemas Sep 8, 2012 20.00 2522 54
223 The Popular 223 - The Outlaw King! 28 Ernesto | josemas | paw broon Aug 27, 2012 19.00 2976 41
393 The Popular 393 - A Wayside Adventure 28 Harmsworth May 18, 2016 40.00 1979 46
438 The Popular 438 - The Newhouse Rebellion 28 hoover Feb 11, 2013 15.00 2328 49
520 The Popular 520 - Shanghaied 28 hoover Feb 11, 2013 15.00 2238 47
532 The Popular 532 - The Terror of the Desert 27 hoover Feb 4, 2013 15.00 2428 38
533 The Popular 533 - Tricking the Fourth 27 hoover Feb 4, 2013 15.00 2296 38
534 The Popular 534 - The River of Fire! 28 hoover Feb 11, 2013 14.00 3187 48
625 The Popular 625 - Yo Ho For the Spanish Main 28 Friardale | Harmsworth May 18, 2016 40.00 3285 34
  
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