One interesting side of our school category is the amount of titles that were
published in Great Britain, and also their longevity.
The Girls' Crystal was first published in 1935 as a story paper and continued
its run until 1953, when it transformed into a comic book and continued in that format for
ten years.
The Silent Three, was a popular comic strip published in School Friend
between 1950 and 1963. It featured a trio of schoolgirls:
Joan Derwent, Betty Roland and Peggy West. The boarders at
St. Kit's school fought crime and injustice both inside and
outside of the school, often wearing masks and hooded green robes.
The Hotspur featured the Red Circle School stories that became firm favorites with
its readers. This is just one of the titles published by D.C. Thomson, known as the 'Big Five',
which are also included in this category.
The emergence of The Dandy, The Beano and later television meant that the
circulation of British school titles gradually faded away.
We have 39 titles and 5,536 issues in our 'School Category' for you to enjoy.
School Comics, Books and Radio Shows
| Adventure |
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| Available: | 376 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 999 |
| From: | Sep 1921 |
| To: | Jan 1961 |
| Seq: | 1 - 999 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Children / Teenagers | School | Sports | Adventure |
| Description: | Adventure was published by D.C. Thomson based in Dundee, Scotland.
Adventure was the first of the 'Big Five', it ran for a total of 1878 issues between 17th September 1921 to 14th January 1961, where it then merged with 'The Rover'.
One of the Big Five ... |
| The Boys' Friend |
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| Available: | 28 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 999 |
| From: | Jan 1895 |
| To: | Dec 1927 |
| Seq: | 1 - 999 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Children / Teenagers | Adventure | School |
| Description: | The Boys' Friend was a story paper, published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London. It ran for a total of 1717 issues from 29th January 1895 until 31st December 1927, when it was merged into The Triumph. It incorporated ... |
| The Boys' Herald |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | School | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | The Boys' Herald was published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It was first published on 1st August 1903 and ran for a total of 530 issues until 13th September 1913.
It changed its name to just 'The Herald' ... |
| The Boys' Realm |
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| Available: | 7 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 299 |
| From: | Sep 1909 |
| To: | Jun 1915 |
| Seq: | 1 - 299 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Adventure | Mixed Bag | School |
| Description: | The Boys' Realm was a story paper, published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It was first published on 14th June 1902 and ran until 9th February 1929 for a total of 1235 issues.
Its initial run was from 14th ... |
| The Captain |
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| Available: | 43 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1899 |
| To: | 1924 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | Adventure | Sports | School |
| Description: | The Captain was a magazine for young boys, published monthly in the United Kingdom by George Newnes from April 1899 to March 1924, for a total of 300 issues.
A 'quality' boys' magazine, almost like a junior version of the same publisher's, more ... |
| The Champion |
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| Available: | 213 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 999 |
| From: | Jan 1922 |
| To: | Mar 1955 |
| Seq: | 1 - 999 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Adventure | Children / Teenagers | School |
| Description: | The Champion was a weekly anthology story paper published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London. It ran for a total of 1729 issues between 28th January 1922 and 19th March 1955.
It incorporated Young Britain on 23rd ... |
| Chums |
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| Available: | 9 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1892 |
| To: | Sep 1941 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | Sports | School | Mixed Bag |
| Description: | Chums was a long running British Story Paper for boys. It was published from 1892 until January 1927 by Cassell & Company based at Ludgate Hill, London. From February 1927 until 1941 it was published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon ... |
| The Dreadnought |
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| Available: | 7 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1912 |
| To: | 1915 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | School | Adventure | Humor | Crime |
| Description: | The Dreadnought was a short-lived Boy's Story Paper, published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It was first published on March 9th 1912 and ran until June 12th 1915 for a total of 171 issues.
It had a number ... |
| The Gem |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | School |
| Description: | The Gem was a British Story Paper. Companion paper to the more famous Magnet. It was published first fortnightly then weekly in the United Kingdom by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It ran from February 1907 to December ... |
| Girls' Crystal |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | School | Children / Teenagers |
| Description: | Girls' Crystal was published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It was first published on 26th October 1935 and ran for a total of 908 issues until 18th May 1963 when it was incorporated into 'The School Friend'.
For ... |
| Girls' Crystal Annual |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | School | Children / Teenagers | Annual |
| Description: | The Girls' Crystal Annual is an offshoot of The Girls' Crystal paper, was first published in 1939 and ran until the late seventies. It was published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It had the usual mix of girl's ... |
| The Hotspur |
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| Available: | 335 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | Sep 1933 |
| To: | Oct 1959 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Adventure | Crime | Sports | School | Science Fiction | Detective |
| Description: | One of the Big Five boys' story papers from D.C. Thomson. Featuring illustrated stories of adventure, sports, schooldays, crime, s.f. plus jokes.
They bear no relation to the American pulps or, in fact, the British pocket libraries. They are in a class ... |
| The Magnet |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Mixed Bag | School |
| Description: | The Magnet was published weekly by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It was published on 15th February 1908 until 18th May 1940. Originally as The Magnet Library it dropped Library from its title on 10th August 1929. ... |
| The Nelson Lee Library |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | School | Detective |
| Description: | The Nelson Lee Library was published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It ran for a total of 948 issues in four runs, between 12th June 1915 and 12th August 1933.
First Run or Old Series, ran from 12th June 1915 ... |
| Our Miss Brooks |
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| Available: | 179 Shows |
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| Broadcasting History |
| From: | Jul 1948 |
| To: | Feb 1957 |
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| Categories: | Humor | School |
| Description: | Our Miss Brooks is an American sitcom starring Eve Arden as a sardonic high-school English teacher. It began as a radio show broadcast on CBS from 1948 to 1957. When the show was adapted to television (1952-56), it became one of the medium's earliest hits. ... |
| The Pilot |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | School | Sports | Adventure |
| Description: | The Pilot was a short-lived Boy's Story Paper. It was published weekly in the United Kingdom by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It ran from October 1935 to April 1938 for a total of 131 issues. It was then incorporated ... |
| The Popular |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | School | Children / Teenagers | Adventure |
| Description: | 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 ... |
| 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 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 ... |
| The Schoolgirl |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | School |
| Description: | The Schoolgirl was a British Story Paper for girls. It was published weekly by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London. It followed on from an earlier publication of the same name published by Shurey's Publications Ltd.
It ... |
| Schoolgirl's Weekly |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | School | Children / Teenagers | Leading Ladies |
| Description: | Schoolgirls' Weekly was published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It was first published on 21st October 1922 and it ran until 20th May 1939 when it was incorporated into 'Girls' Crystal'. It had a total ... |
| The Schoolgirls' Own Library |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | School |
| Description: | Schoolgirls' Own Library was published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London. The girls' equivalent of Schoolboys' Own Library.
It was first published on October 1922 and it ran until June 1940 for a total ... |
| 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. ... |
| 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 ... |
| The Wizard |
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| Available: | 269 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | Sep 1922 |
| To: | Nov 1963 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Adventure | Crime | Science Fiction | Sports | School |
| Description: | One of the Big Five boys' story papers from D.C. Thomson. Featuring illustrated stories of adventure, sports, schooldays, crime, s.f. plus jokes. This paper ran from Sep 1922 for 1970 issues. The run ended in Nov. 1963.
They bear no relation to the American ... |
| Young Britain |
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| Available: | 2 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | Jun 1919 |
| To: | Nov 1923 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Categories: | Children / Teenagers | School | Sports | Adventure |
| Description: | Young Britain was published weekly by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It was first published on 14th June 1919 until 17th November 1923, when it becomes Young Britain (New Series). It had a total of 232 issues.
It ... |
