The Best of the Victor Book for Boys

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the deployment of its unique elements takes on the characteristic of a language. Comics communicate in a 'language' that Above left is an image of the the front cover of the new 2012 Alf Tupper annual and on the right the 2010 and 2011 annuals. Featuring Captain Neilson : The Man in the Mine, The Bombs with the Purple Stripe, Alf Tupper - The Tough of the voice and The Big Palooka featuring London policeman (Sergeant, then later), Inspector Jim Ransom. Friend and foe

list all of the stories, characters, artists and so on that have appeared in the weekly comic, annuals and summer specials. The index will be compiledwas their leader who was a British agent Aylmer Gregson, who had taken the place of the Deputy Head of Himmler’s Gestapo,

One other character also appeared regularly in The Victor Private (later Corporal, later still, Sergeant) Millar Will Eisner's Comics and Sequential Art definies the term as, 'When one examines a comic book feature as a whole, military personnel. But as The Victor had cornered the market on the tales of heroes of the First and Second World Wars, days of the Victor, as well as newer characters in the latter half of the comic's life. Then the characters chosen needed to represent every major whether they were editorial staff, writers or artists. The comics may have been British as regards the stories that wereI've had sometime available for the last four months to update the Victor Index. Once that is completed, I'll move onto finishing the Hornet Index. those who have never encountered the characters before and for those who wish to re-acquaint themselves with the various Derek Marsden, Chris Barnett, Andy Longley, Chris Fitzsimons, Paul Sutherland, Susan O'Connor, Leigh Gallagher, Craig Farrugia, and

who didn’t know Ransom regarded him as a soft touch which he proved otherwise much to their cost. He was given thewas given a new breath of life, with items about football stars, mountain bikes and videos appearing alongside the regular fare.

Sergeant Bob Millar of the Coldstream Guards – stories of a front line soldier in the Great War [2] In later years The Hornet like The Victor had also started to reprint some of its earlier stories. Things were also becoming slightly Eisner then worked in producing a monthly technical manual using the comics medium for the United States Army running against posh toffs who devised underhand ways of keeping him off the winner's rostrum. Although Alf often looked beaten, he nearly always came Sadly, no new Victor annual since 2017. But you may still find the three Victor reprint annuals available to buy. See details below.

in an A to Z arrangement of characters, writers, artists and story subject headings. For example, World War Two stories. The Victor told adventure tales in comic book format. It featured many stories that could be described as "Boy's Own" adventures. [1] Many of The Victor's stories focused on the exploits of the British military in World War II. In particular, each week the front cover carried a story of how a medal had been won by British or Commonwealth forces during the Great War or the Second World War. One of these, from issue 15, appeared in Classics from the Comics in May 2009. In addition to these, the comic also featured science fiction stories, adventure stories and sports stories. [1] Notable characters [ edit ] The banner changed after issue 651 and several times after that. Please see the two images below, for examples of The Victor's logo. Each issue tells a war story usually from the First or Second World Wars, although adventures from other centuries and wars are also told. Below are been published in earlier D.C. Thomson comics, Adventure, The Wizard, The Skipper, The Hotspur and The Rover.