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Issue: Adventure Annual #1
Publication Date: January 1953
 
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Publisher: FlagT. V. Boardman
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: The Popular Press Ltd.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 192
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: none entered
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (18 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): T.V. Boardman
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour covers; mixed colour and black & white interior
Dimensions: Traditional Golden-Age British Comic Annual
Paper Stock: Board cover
Binding:  
Publishing Format:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Title Page
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The Adventure Annual

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
2
Inside cover, collage featuring some of the characters that appear in the book.
[untitled]

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Credits
?
?
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Miscellaneous
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Western motif with space for owners name.
The Adventure Annual

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
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Miscellaneous
1
Frontispiece.
Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
swashbuckler
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Contents listing with an illustration of a pirate.
Son of the Sioux

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
9
Text story with five half-page colour illustrations. Artist credit via Phil Rushton.
The Signet of the King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, swashbuckler
Adam Peril
Lt. Adam Peril U.S.N.;Tiny; Anita Galvez
Reprinting
FlagBuccaneers #27 published May 1951
was The Signet of the King [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Six pages B&W, four in colour.
Lady in the Iron Mask

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, swashbuckler
Black Roger
Roger Randolph (Black Roger); Princess Jotphar; Bart; Kazmir
Reprinting
FlagBuccaneers #27 published May 1951
was The Lady in the Iron Mask [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Four pages in colour, three in B&W.
Operation Cataclysm

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Con. (signed)
Con. (signed)
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
12
Text story illustrated with five B&W illustrations.
The Cattle King

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Eric James
typeset
Subject Matter
western
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
12
Text story illustrated with five B&W illustrations.
Art credit via Ray Moore.
The Conquered Goddess

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
Reprinting
FlagThe New Spaceways Comic Annual #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 2014
as The Conquered Goddess [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
Text story illustrated with five B&W illustrations.
The Robot Empire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colin McLoughlin
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Swift Morgan; Silver; Voss; Emperor Markow; Professor Valor
Voss and his men from Saturn plan to use giant robots to take over the solar system.
Reprinting
FlagThe Comic Art of Denis McLoughlin #1 published April 2007
as The Robot Empire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe New Spaceways Comic Annual #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 2014
as The Robot Empire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
Scourge of the Caribbean

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, swashbuckler
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
11
Text story illustrated with four B&W illustrations.
Art credit via Phil Rushton.
Koo-Koo the Clown

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gordon Grimsley
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
13
Text story with six B&W illustrations.
Roy Carson and the Old Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colin McLoughlin
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Roy Carson
Roy Carson; Dutch Scully; Lord Gaymore; Silk; Limey; Duece; Weedy
Roy Carson investigates a stolen painting.
Reprinting
FlagBest of British Comics and Stories #1 published April 1998
as Roy Carson and the Old Master [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Comic Art of Denis McLoughlin #1 published April 2007
as Roy Carson and the Old Master [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics #[nn] published January 2008
as Roy Carson and the Old Master! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe New Spaceways Comic Annual #[nn] [unnamed variant] published March 2014
as Roy Carson and the Old Master [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
Prince Rupert's Recruit

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
11
Text story with five B&W illustrations.
The Mysterious Dr. Jupiter

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
crime
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
10
Text story with four B&W illustrations.
Jungle Flight

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
John Southcombe
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
11
Text story with four B&W illustrations.
The Sign Of Gemini

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
12
Text story with three B&W illustrations.
Alliance of Evil

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, swashbuckler
Captain Daring
Captain Daring; Captain Foxx; Patch; Captain Jigg; Lady Delores
Reprinting
FlagBuccaneers #27 published May 1951
was Alliance of Evil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
The Code of Treachery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, swashbuckler
Eric Falcon
Eric Falcon; Captain Cutlass
Reprinting
FlagBuccaneers #27 published May 1951
was The Code of Treachery! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Three pages in colour, three in B&W.
Treacherous Whirlpool

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bill Peterson
Bill Peterson
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Reprinting
FlagDoll Man #34 published June 1951
was Treacherous Whirlpool?? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Three pages colour art, three B&W.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Woozy Winks
Woozy Winks; Mitzi
Woozy Winks, What Are You Doing?
Woozy visits a flea circus and picks up a couple of unwanted visitors.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Two pages colour, three in B&W.
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
2
Reprints the inside front cover.
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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