Although, this looks like a standard category, it is in fact a little bit of an oddity.
As most of our comics could be classified in one way or another as 'adventure' this would mean
that we would have a massive amount of titles in this section.
So, what we have decided to do was to gather together adventure comics that do not appear
in any other of the mainstream categories. This should then give them a bit more exposure,
just in case they get overlooked.
The result is we have a rather interesting collection of titles, many of which are a little bit quirky.
We have 418 titles and 10,915 issues in our 'Adventure Category' for you to enjoy.
Adventure Comics, Books and Radio Shows
| Robin Hood |
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| Section: | Pulp Magazines |
| Categories: | Adventure | Robin Hood | Classic Tales |
| Description: | Robin Hood is a famous outlaw in English folk tales who was a highly skilled archer and swords-man. Traditionally depicted as being dressed in Lincoln green, he is often portrayed as 'robbing from the rich and giving to the poor' with his band of Merry ... |
| Rock Robot |
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| Available: | 32 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 32 |
| From: | 1957 |
| Seq: | 1 - 32 |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | Superhero | Adventure | Crime |
| Description: | A series of 32 weekly comics starring the superhero Rock Robot. Art by Martinez. 1957. Published by Graficas Marco, Barcelona. |
| The Rocket |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Adventure | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | The Rocket was a short lived British Story Paper published weekly by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It ran from February 1923 to October 1924 when it became The Triumph.
Featuring illustrated stories of mainly adventure, ... |
| Rocky Jordan |
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| Available: | 91 Shows |
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| Broadcasting History |
| From: | Oct 1948 |
| To: | Aug 1951 |
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| Categories: | Adventure | Crime |
| Description: | Rocky Jordan was a radio series about an American restaurateur in Cairo who each week became involved in some kind of mystery or adventure. The show was broadcast on CBS from October 31, 1948 to September 10, 1950. and then again from June 27, 1951 to August ... |
| The Rover |
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| Available: | 957 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | Mar 1922 |
| To: | Jan 1961 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Adventure | Crime | Science Fiction | Sports | School |
| Description: | The Rover was published by D.C. Thomson based in Dundee, Scotland.
The Rover was the second of the 'Big Five' it was first published on 4th March 1922. It ran to a total of 1855 issues with 'Rover' in the title.
After nearly a forty year run as 'The ... |
| The Saint |
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| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Detective |
| Description: | The Saint, a modern day Robin Hood was created by author Leslie Charteris and as the original Radio program's introduction said, he was: "known to millions from books, magazines, and motion pictures." Several versions of the program appeared on different ... |
| Sarge Steel |
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| Available: | 8 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 8 |
| From: | Dec 1964 |
| To: | Apr 1966 |
| Seq: | 1 - 8 |
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| Publisher: | Charlton |
| Categories: | Adventure | Spy / Espionage |
| Description: | While Sarge Steel is owned and trademarked to DC the original issues did not carry a copyright notice so by law they are public domain. |
| The School Friend |
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| Available: | 26 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 1 |
| From: | May 1919 |
| To: | Jul 1929 |
| Seq: | v1 229 - v2 229 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | School | Adventure | Sports | Humor | Children / Teenagers |
| Description: | The School Friend was a girl's story paper, published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It was first published on 17th May 1919 and ran until 27th July 1929, for a total of 532 issues.
It then changed its name ... |
| The Schoolboys' Own Library |
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| Available: | 7 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 411 |
| From: | 1925 |
| To: | 1940 |
| Seq: | 1 - 411 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | School | Children / Teenagers | Adventure |
| Description: | Schoolboys' Own Library was published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It was published bi-monthly from April 1925, the tri-monthly from October 1936 until its demise in 1940, another casualty of the wartime ... |
| The Schoolgirl (Shurey) |
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| Available: | 1 Book |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 1 |
| From: | Feb 1922 |
| Seq: | 1 - 1 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Adventure | School | Leading Ladies |
| Description: | The Schoolgirl in its first incarnation was published by Shurey's Publications Ltd. based at 17 Tudor Street, London.
It was a short lived publication that ran from 21st February 1922 until 13th March 1923, for a total of only 56 issues.
Featuring mainly ... |
| Schoolgirls' Picture Library |
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| Available: | 148 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 1 |
| From: | 1957 |
| To: | 1965 |
| Seq: | 1 - 1 |
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| Section: | UK Comic Books |
| Categories: | School | Adventure | Masked / Mystery Men | Leading Ladies |
| Description: | Pocket Library series which were issued 2 per month, with the frequency later changing to 4 per month. This doesn't mean they appeared weekly or fortnightly, rather that 2 or 4 issues went on sale at the same time each month. Published by Amalgamated Press. ... |
| Scoops |
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| Available: | 15 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 1 |
| From: | 1934 |
| To: | 1934 |
| Seq: | 20 - 20 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Science Fiction | Adventure | Classic Tales | Monsters |
| Description: | Scoops was a weekly British science fiction magazine published by Pearsons in tabloid format in 1934. It is considered the first British S.F. magazine, although, at the time it was sometimes referred to as a comic. This is a rare title nowadays and of great ... |
| Six-Gun Heroes (1959 Series) |
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| Available: | 7 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1959 |
| To: | 1962 |
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| Publisher: | Charlton - Promotional Comics |
| Categories: | Adventure | Western |
| Description: | promotional series available at some shoe stores: Blue Bird, Edwards', Schiff's, Kirby's, R&S and GallenKamp's. Publication Dates: 1960 - 1962
Number of Issues Published: 7 (#6 - #16)
More issues may exist, but they are not currently documented ... |
| The Skipper |
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| Available: | 199 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1930 |
| To: | 1941 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure | Mixed Bag | School |
| Description: | The Skipper was published by D.C. Thomson based in Dundee, Scotland.
The Skipper was the fourth of the 'Big Five' it was first published on 6th September 1930. It ran to a total of 544 issues until 1st February 1941.
This was the first of the 'Big ... |
| Sky Blazers |
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| Categories: | Adventure | Aviation |
| Description: | Sky Blazers first aired on CBS on December 9, 1939. It was produced by Phillips H. Lord, who also created the more famous series Gangbusters.
The hero of Sky Blazers is Col. Roscoe Turner, who used his World War I discharge bonus to buy an airplane. Starting ... |
| Sky Girl Archives |
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| Section: | Comic Book Compilations |
| Categories: | Adventure | Aviation |
| Description: | Sky Girl's first appearance was in Jumbo Comics #68 (Oct 1944) published by Fiction House. She appeared in Jumbo Comics until issue #129 (Nov 1949).
Ginger Maguire, nicknamed Sky Girl, was the star of several World War II aviation adventures, though was apparently ... |
| The Smart Set |
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| Available: | 50 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1900 |
| To: | 1930 |
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| Section: | Newspapers and Magazines |
| Categories: | Adventure | Humor | Romance |
| Description: | The Smart Set was an American literary magazine, founded by Colonel William d'Alton Mann and published from March 1900 to June 1930. During its heyday under the editorship of H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan, The Smart Set offered many up-and-coming ... |
| La Sombra Justiciera |
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| Available: | 48 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 47 |
| From: | 1954 |
| To: | 1957 |
| Seq: | v1 1 - v1 47 |
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| Non-English: | Spanish Language Books |
| Categories: | Superhero | Adventure | Crime | Masked / Mystery Men |
| Description: | The masked crimefighter La Sombra Justiciera was created by prolific scriptwriter J. B. Artes and drawn by Emilio Giralt Ferrando. Published by Editorial Ferma of Barcelona, the series ran from 1954 to 1957, a total of 47 issues. There was also an annual, dated ... |
| Spicy Adventure |
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| Section: | Pulp Magazines |
| Categories: | Adventure |
| Description: | Spicy-Adventure Stories was a monthly pulp magazine published by Culture Publications based in New York, USA.
It ran from July 1934 to December 1942 for a total of 95 issues.
It contained adventure stories of a risqué nature and the covers reflected ... |
| The Spirit |
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| Available: | 5 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 5 |
| From: | 1952 |
| To: | 1954 |
| Seq: | 1 - 5 |
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| Publisher: | Fiction House |
| Categories: | Crime | Adventure | Masked / Mystery Men |
| Description: | THE SPIRIT (Fiction House) 1952 Series,
No. 1, Spring 1952 - no. 5, 1954.
Will Eisner's classic hero from the comic strips and earlier run in Quality. |
| Sport Thrills |
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| Available: | 2 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 5 |
| From: | Nov 1950 |
| To: | Nov 1951 |
| Seq: | 11 - 15 |
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| Publisher: | Star Publications |
| Categories: | Sports | Adventure |
| Description: | Issues 11-15 with the first three issues later as Accepted reprints. |
