Adventure Annual

T.V. Boardman & Co., Ltd.

United Kingdom

Published: 1953
Page count: 192
Cover price: ?
Colour: Black & white
Size: Golden Age size
Interior paper: Newsprint
Cover stock: Glossy colour
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Format: Comic
Branding: None
GCD: www.comics.org/issue/345067

Credits

Editing: T.V. Boardman

Issue contents

Cover The Adventure Annual Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Genre: Science fiction

Credits

Painting: Denis McLoughlin
Letters: ?

Adventure Annual (T.V. Boardman, 1953) — The Adventure Annual

1. Untitled Illustration, 2 pages

Credits

Art: Denis McLoughlin
Colours: Denis McLoughlin

Notes

Inside cover, collage featuring some of the characters that appear in the book.

2. Untitled Illustration, 1 page

Credits

Art: ?

Notes

Western motif with space for owners name.

3. The Adventure Annual Illustration, 1 page

Featuring

Genre: Science fiction

Credits

Art: Denis McLoughlin (signed)

Notes

Frontispiece.

4. Contents Table of contents, 1 page

Featuring

Genre: Adventure

Credits

Art: Denis McLoughlin (signed)
Colours: Denis McLoughlin (signed)
Letters: Typeset

Notes

Contents listing with an illustration of a pirate.

5. Son of the Sioux Text story, 9 pages

Featuring

Genre: Western-frontier

Credits

Author: Brian Blake
Art: Derek Charles Eyles [as D. C. E.] (signed)
Colours: ?
Letters: Typeset

Reprint history

Printed in: The Super Album (Alexander Moring, 1956 series) #[nn] ([1956])

Notes

Text story with five half-page colour illustrations. Artist credit via Phil Rushton.

6. The Signet of the King (Adam Peril) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature: Adam Peril
Genre: Adventure
Characters: Lt. Adam Peril U.S.N.;Tiny; Anita Galvez

Credits

Script: ?
Art: ?
Colours: ?
Letters: ?

Reprint history

First print: Buccaneers (Quality, 1950 series) #27 (May 1951)
— The Signet of the King

Notes

Six pages B&W, four in colour.

7. Lady in the Iron Mask (Black Roger) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature: Black Roger
Genre: Adventure
Characters: Roger Randolph (Black Roger); Princess Jotphar; Bart; Kazmir

Credits

Script: ?
Art: ?
Colours: ?
Letters: ?

Reprint history

First print: Buccaneers (Quality, 1950 series) #27 (May 1951)
— The Lady in the Iron Mask
Also printed: Black Roger Comic (Young's, 1952? series) #5 ([May 1952?])
— The Lady in the Iron Mask
: Black Roger Comic (Times, 1955? series) #5 ([August 1955?])
— Black Roger and the Lady in the Iron Mask

Notes

Four pages in colour, three in B&W.

8. Operation Cataclysm Text story, 12 pages

Featuring

Genre: Science fiction

Credits

Author: Eric Leyland
Art: Con. (signed)
Letters: Typeset

Reprint history

Printed in: The Super Album (Alexander Moring, 1956 series) #[nn] ([1956])

Notes

Text story illustrated with five B&W illustrations.

9. The Cattle King Text story, 12 pages

Featuring

Genre: Western-frontier

Credits

Author: Eric James
Art: Steve Chapman
Letters: Typeset

Reprint history

Printed in: The Super Album (Alexander Moring, 1956 series) #[nn] ([1956])

Notes

Text story illustrated with five B&W illustrations.

Art credit via Ray Moore.

10. The Conquered Goddess Text story, 12 pages

Featuring

Genre: Adventure

Credits

Author: Arthur Groom
Art: Denis McLoughlin (signed)
Letters: Typeset

Reprint history

Also printed: The New Spaceways Comic Annual (Boardman Books, 2014) (March 2014)
— The Conquered Goddess
Printed in: The Super Album (Alexander Moring, 1956 series) #[nn] ([1956])

Notes

Text story illustrated with five B&W illustrations.

11. The Robot Empire Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Genre: Science fiction
Characters: Swift Morgan; Silver; Voss; Emperor Markow; Professor Valor

Credits

Script: Colin McLoughlin
Art: Denis McLoughlin
Letters: ?

Reprint history

Also printed: The New Spaceways Comic Annual (Boardman Books, 2014) (March 2014)
— The Robot Empire
Printed in: The Comic Art of Denis McLoughlin (Boardman Books, 2007 series) #1 (April 2007)

Synopsis

Voss and his men from Saturn plan to use giant robots to take over the solar system.

12. Scourge of the Caribbean Text story, 11 pages

Featuring

Genre: Adventure

Credits

Author: David Roberts
Art: Eric Parker
Letters: Typeset

Reprint history

Printed in: The Super Album (Alexander Moring, 1956 series) #[nn] ([1956])

Notes

Text story illustrated with four B&W illustrations.

Art credit via Phil Rushton.

13. Koo-Koo the Clown Text story, 13 pages

Credits

Author: Gordon Grimsley
Art: ?
Letters: Typeset

Notes

Text story with six B&W illustrations.

14. Roy Carson and the Old Master (Roy Carson) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Roy Carson
Genre: Detective-mystery
Characters: Roy Carson; Dutch Scully; Lord Gaymore; Silk; Limey; Duece; Weedy

Credits

Script: Colin McLoughlin
Art: Denis McLoughlin
Letters: ?

Reprint history

Also printed: The New Spaceways Comic Annual (Boardman Books, 2014) (March 2014)
— Roy Carson and the Old Master
Printed in: The Comic Art of Denis McLoughlin (Boardman Books, 2007 series) #1 (April 2007)
: Best of British Comics and Stories (Boardman Books, 1998 series) #1 (April 1998)
: The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics (Running Press Book Publishers, 2008 series) #[nn] (2008)

Synopsis

Roy Carson investigates a stolen painting.

15. Prince Rupert's Recruit Text story, 11 pages

Credits

Author: John Dennis
Art: ?
Letters: Typeset

Notes

Text story with five B&W illustrations.

16. The Mysterious Dr. Jupiter Text story, 10 pages

Featuring

Genre: Crime

Credits

Author: Peter O'Donnell
Art: ?
Letters: Typeset

Notes

Text story with four B&W illustrations.

17. Jungle Flight Text story, 11 pages

Featuring

Genre: Adventure

Credits

Author: John Southcombe
Art: ?
Letters: Typeset

Notes

Text story with four B&W illustrations.

18. The Sign Of Gemini Text story, 12 pages

Credits

Author: Peter O'Donnell
Art: ?
Letters: Typeset

Notes

Text story with three B&W illustrations.

19. Alliance of Evil (Captain Daring) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature: Captain Daring
Genre: Adventure
Characters: Captain Daring; Captain Foxx; Patch; Captain Jigg; Lady Delores

Credits

Script: ?
Pencils: Reed Crandall
Inks: ?
Colours: ?
Letters: ?

Reprint history

First print: Buccaneers (Quality, 1950 series) #27 (May 1951)
— Alliance of Evil

20. The Code of Treachery (Eric Falcon) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature: Eric Falcon
Genre: Adventure
Characters: Eric Falcon; Captain Cutlass

Credits

Script: ?
Art: ?
Colours: ?
Letters: ?

Reprint history

First print: Buccaneers (Quality, 1950 series) #27 (May 1951)
— The Code of Treachery!

Notes

Three pages in colour, three in B&W.

21. Treacherous Whirlpool (Doll Man) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature: Doll Man
Genre: Superhero

Credits

Script: ?
Art: Bill Peterson
Colours: ?
Letters: ?

Reprint history

First print: Doll Man (Quality, 1941 series) #34 (June 1951)
— Treacherous Whirlpool??
Also printed: Doll Man the World's Mightiest Mite (Rosnock, 1952? series) #1 ([1952?])
— Treacherous Whirlpool??

Notes

Three pages colour art, three B&W.

22. Untitled (Woozy Winks) Comic story, 5 pages

"Woozy Winks, What Are You Doing?"

Featuring

Feature: Woozy Winks
Genre: Humour
Characters: Woozy Winks; Mitzi

Credits

Script: ?
Art: ?
Colours: ?
Letters: ?

Synopsis

Woozy visits a flea circus and picks up a couple of unwanted visitors.

Notes

Two pages colour, three in B&W.

23. Untitled Illustration, 2 pages

Credits

Art: Denis McLoughlin (signed)
Colours: Denis McLoughlin

Notes

Reprints the inside front cover.

24. Untitled Illustration, 1 page

Credits

Pencils: Denis McLoughlin (signed) (painted)
Inks: Denis McLoughlin (signed) (painted)
Colours: Denis McLoughlin (signed) (painted)

Notes

Back cover.

Status

AusReprints ID

92420

Entry created

19/11/2021

Cover added

19/11/2021

Index completed

19/11/2021

Last updated

21/11/2021