Swift
#v6#36
(17 October 1959)
Hulton Press,
1954 Series
- Volume
- 6
- Price
- 0.045 [0-0-4.5 GBP]
- Pages
- 16
- Indicia Frequency
- every Tuesday
- On-sale Date
- 1959-10-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
[no title indexed]
Smiley the boy from down under / cover / 1.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Smiley is helping Stockwhip Sam, a detective, to hunt down a gang
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Smiley; Scallywag (his horse)
Indexer Notes
Full colour on cover, black and white half page inside cover.
[no title indexed]
Corgi Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- New from Corgi
Indexer Notes
Advert for Corgi Erector vehicle with Corporal guided missile. With photos.
The House of Danger
Dixon of Dock Green / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Help! Help! I can't swim!
- Genre
- drama; crime
- Characters
- Police Constable George Dixon; Chalky White (villain); Jules Rocco (people smuggler)
[no title indexed]
Our gang / comic story / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wish we had some sweets!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Tubby; Teena; Tich; Slimy Simon (burglar); policeman
[Living Up to Their Famous Names]
Swift cinema club news / text article / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Two young people who may one day become as famous as their parents are Julia Lockwood and Christopher Braden.
- Characters
- Julia Lockwood; Christopher Braden
Indexer Notes
Photo of Julia Lockwood from The Flying Eye, photo of Christopher Braden from The Kid From Canada.
[no title indexed]
Wells Fargo / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Zz - zzzz - zuh!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Jim Hardie; Tom Tipton; Simon Girty (villain); Cole brothers x 2 (villains)
The Grecian Vase
Sir Nigel Tawny explorer / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ready? We'll swim towards the market buoy, then dive!
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Characters
- Sir Nigel Tawny; Dagger; Angus
[no title indexed]
Merrick of Merryhill / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's something fishy going on here!
- Genre
- drama; children; crime
- Characters
- David Merrick; John Littlebear (native American boy); Pug (villain); Mr. Potts (villain); Detective Inspector Devon
[no title indexed]
Flame and the gun runners / comic story / 0.7 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! Cries Jeremy. There's Emil with a gun.
- Genre
- adventure; animal; children
- Characters
- Flame (dog); Jeremy Hope; Mohammed; Mr. Hope (Jeremy's father); Emil (villain)
Indexer Notes
Top left of centre page spread.
No. 8 Progress
Aeroplanes of yesterday and today / text article / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 1919 - The Vickers Vimy
Indexer Notes
Illustration of The 1919 Vickers Vimy biplane signed by Gordon with a caption.
Bottom left of centre page spread.
King Vulture
Wild creatures of the world / illustration / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A bright-coloured but ugly bird,
Indexer Notes
Large painting of a King Vulture with an inset caption.
Top right of centre page spread.
[no title indexed]
The Rolling Stones / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, there's one of the clowns!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- The Rolling Stones (two boys and a girl circus tumbling act); Horace (clown)
Indexer Notes
Bottom left of centre page spread.
[no title indexed]
Tarna jungle boy / comic story / 1.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What is it?
- Genre
- children; jungle
- Characters
- Tarna; Peggy; Jeb (Peggy's grandfather); Toto (chimp); Zoro (puma)
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's terrific fun reading, when you have Arthur Mee's children's encyclopedia
Indexer Notes
Advert for Arthur Mee's children's encyclopedia with photos of two children (heads) and a set of encyclopedias. And an order form.
[no title indexed]
The Bouncers / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No gold! Just a rusty old machine!
- Genre
- humour; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Bouncers; Blackbeard
Indexer Notes
The Bouncers are human-like creatures from the centre of the earth but have no legs but, instead, bounce on their bottoms.
[no title indexed]
in-house column / 0.8 page
Indexer Notes
Reader's page including a letter from the editor, Swift club membership form and a competition.
[no title indexed]
Good-turn Timmy / comic story / 0.2 page
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Timmy; mum; dad
Indexer Notes
Four panel strip with no dialogue or captions.
[no title indexed]
Skippy / comic story / 0.6 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This egg's hard boiled. I never seem to get them right.
- Characters
- Skippy (boy); weatherman; Buster (dog)
Indexer Notes
An educational strip where, each week, Skippy shows readers how to make a useful device from everyday objects.
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Handley's notebook / text article / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's a jolly useful bit of information a detective gave me.
- Characters
- Jimmy Handley
Indexer Notes
Informative facts with illustrations.
[no title indexed]
Nicky Nobody and his dog Chum / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There are your two suspects, Boss - dead to the world!
- Genre
- children; crime
- Characters
- Nicky Nobody; Sir Giles (private detective); The Boss (villain); Carlo (villain)
[no title indexed]
Captain Grant's children / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The party take refuge in the branches of a great tree.
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Robert Grant; Lord Glenarvon; McNabbs; Professor Paganel; Thalcave (native guide); Lady Glenarvon; Mary Grant
Indexer Notes
Adapted from the Jules Verne story.
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Smiley is helping Stockwhip Sam, a detective, to hunt down a gang"]
Smiley the boy from down under -
1.
["New from Corgi"]
Corgi Toys -
2.
The House of Danger
Dixon of Dock Green -
3.
["I wish we had some sweets!"]
Our gang -
4.
[Living Up to Their Famous Names]
Swift cinema club news -
5.
["Zz - zzzz - zuh!"]
Wells Fargo -
6.
The Grecian Vase
Sir Nigel Tawny explorer -
7.
["There's something fishy going on here!"]
Merrick of Merryhill -
8.
["Look! Cries Jeremy. There's Emil with a gun."]
Flame and the gun runners -
9.
No. 8 Progress
Aeroplanes of yesterday and today -
10.
King Vulture
Wild creatures of the world -
11.
["Look, there's one of the clowns!"]
The Rolling Stones -
12.
["What is it?"]
Tarna jungle boy -
13.
["It's terrific fun reading, when you have Arthur Mee's children's encyclopedia"]
-
14.
["No gold! Just a rusty old machine!"]
The Bouncers -
15.
[no title indexed]
-
16.
[no title indexed]
Good-turn Timmy -
17.
["This egg's hard boiled. I never seem to get them right."]
Skippy -
18.
["Here's a jolly useful bit of information a detective gave me."]
Jimmy Handley's notebook -
19.
["There are your two suspects, Boss - dead to the world!"]
Nicky Nobody and his dog Chum -
20.
["The party take refuge in the branches of a great tree."]
Captain Grant's children
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