The Eagle and Tiger Comic 1986, 24p, Special Souvenir Issue - Project 2002, New Dan Dare Adventure
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Tony Smith / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
2AGP2WRFile size:
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3418 x 4422 px | 28.9 x 37.4 cm | 11.4 x 14.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
31 January 2019Location:
England, Great Britain , UKMore information:
Tiger was a weekly British comic magazine published from 1954 to 1985, originally by Amalgamated Press (AP) and later by IPC/Fleetway. Launched as Tiger – The Sport and Adventure Picture Story Weekly, initially the publication predominantly featured sporting strips. Its most popular strip was Roy of the Rovers, a football-based strip recounting the life of Roy Race and the team he played for, Melchester Rovers. As was common with British comics during this period, Tiger absorbed a number of other comics magazines during its run; six in all. Following successive mergers with other AP publications in the 1950s, the comic was known as Tiger Incorporating the Champion (from 1955) and then (from 1959) Tiger and Comet. Amalgamated Press was acquired by the Mirror Group in 1959, and renamed Fleetway Publications. Following successive mergers with other Fleetway publications in the 1960s, the comic was known as Tiger and Hurricane (from May 1965), then (from 1969) Tiger and Jag for many years. It was coupled with the football magazine Scorcher in 1974, resulting in Tiger and Scorcher appearing for more than six years. In 1980, there was a further, less successful, merger with another comic called Speed. The end finally came on 30 March 1985, with Tiger merging into The Eagle from issue #159 of that comic, dated 6 April 1985, which was temporarily titled Eagle and Tiger (with some strips from Tiger coming to the merged publications). In all, 1, 573 issues were published, as well as a number of hardcover annuals