Valiant and Knockout
#2 March 1963
(2 March, 1963)
IPC,
1963 Series
- Price
- 6d [0-0-6 GBP]
- Pages
- 32
- Indicia Frequency
- Weekly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fleetway Publications Ltd.
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Captain Hurricane / comic story / 3.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cheer up, mate!
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Captain Hurricane; Battler Britton; Maggot Malone
- Synopsis
- While on a temporary posting to Battler Britton's Spitfire squadron, Hurricane is shot down over France.
Indexer Notes
Captain Hurricane teams up with Battler Britton in this story.
[no title indexed]
The Crows / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The roof lets the rain in.
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Pa Crow; Ma Crow; Clarence Crow
- Synopsis
- A leaky roof has the Crows looking for a new home.
[no title indexed]
The Nutts / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our handsome family will win this prize easy!
- Genre
- humour; domestic
- Characters
- Ches Nutt; Nora Nutt; Grandma Nutt; Grandpa Nutt; Wal Nutt; Hazel Nutt; Baby Peanut
- Synopsis
- The Nutts want to win a newspaper's "Handsome Family" contest but Grandpa's job as a zoo-keeper has given him a taste for elephant food, causing his ears to grow.
- Reprints
-
in Valiant and TV21 (IPC, 1971 series) #9th October 1971 (9 October 1971)
-
[no title indexed]
Kid Gloves / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sorry about yesterday, Mr. Jones!
- Genre
- sport
- Characters
- Kid Gloves; 'Ebony' Jones; 'Killer' Diller; Doc Deeds; Harry the Hypnotist
- Synopsis
- Doc Deeds sends Harry the Hypnotist to try and fix Kid.
[no title indexed]
Kelly's Eye / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The eye... it must be some where around here!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Tim Kelly; Pindah
- Synopsis
- In the Florida Everglades, Tim loses the Eye of Zoltec and is captured by an old Seminole named Pindah.
- Reprints
- in Albion Origins (Titan, 2007 series) (October 2007)
-
[no title indexed]
The Man Called 39 / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've got just three seconds before those shots reach the scientist!
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Nick Shadow;
- Synopsis
- Shadow foils an assassination attempt and causes the assassins' helicopter to crash. He then attempts to gain their confidence by helping them escape from the police.
[no title indexed]
Percy the Problem Child / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And as our guest guesser this week we've got that grand old sport, Pa Styme.
- Genre
- humour; sport
- Characters
- Percy; Pa Styme
- Synopsis
- Percy sets the readers a series of questions on sporting pastimes.
[no title indexed]
The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So you've started a life of crime again, Crandall?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Louis Crandell; Professor Barringer; Dr. Deutz
- Synopsis
- Crandell flees from the police when he is blamed for Deutz's attack. Witnessing this, Deutz commits another crime posing as the Steel Claw.
- Reprints
-
in Seriespesial (Semic, 1979 series) #8/1982 (uke 47 1982) -
in Steel Claw (Quality Periodicals, 1986 series) #3 (February 1987) - in Steel Claw: The Vanishing Man (Titan, 2005 series) (December 2005)
-
[no title indexed]
Billy Bunter / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Poor old Quelch!
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Billy Bunter; Mr. Quelch; Headmaster; Gym Instructor
- Synopsis
- The Headmaster gives Quelch the task of ensuring Bunter loses weight.
[no title indexed]
Hawk Hunter and the Iron Horse / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Those critters just don't know when to give up, do they?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Hawk Hunter; General Jack Casement; Major Parker; US Cavalry soldiers; Survey party, Cheyenne warriors
- Synopsis
- Hawk takes the survey party out again, this time with a cavalry escort.
[no title indexed]
From the Vaults of Time / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A fully grown brontosaurus!
- Characters
- Professor Kraken; Professor Needler
- Synopsis
- Emerging from a flooded gravel pit, a Brontosaurus leaves a trail of destuction in its wake.
[no title indexed]
Paladin the Fearless / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jean-Michel Charlier; ? (translator)
- Pencils
- Albert Uderzo
- Inks
- Albert Uderzo
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So the king wants me, eh?
- Genre
- adventure; humour
- Characters
- Paladin; Cedric; Sir Skinnun-Bone; Peasant
- Synopsis
- Setting off to see the King, Paladin is unaware that Cedric has been left behind.
- Reprints
- from Belloy - La Princesse Captive (La Wallonie) 1951
[no title indexed]
Sporty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I joined a gymnasium once, Sydney.
- Genre
- humour; sport
- Characters
- Sporty; Sydney; Bashem the gym owner; Robbers
- Synopsis
- When Sporty has trouble performing a handstand, Sydney decides to show off his skills.
The Fang [Part 2]
Jack O' Justice / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jack O' Justice; Moll Moonlight; Anne Carstairs
- Synopsis
- After receiving a warning from a disembodied hand, Jack and Moll search for Anne Carstairs in Blackrock Manor.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
This is a reprint of "Dick Turpin in The House of a Hundred Locks" with Turpin renamed Jack O' Justice.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Glider Pilots
Famous Fighters -
1.
["Cheer up, mate!"]
Captain Hurricane -
2.
["The roof lets the rain in."]
The Crows -
3.
["Our handsome family will win this prize easy!"]
The Nutts -
4.
[no title indexed]
Spotter's Special -
5.
["Sorry about yesterday, Mr. Jones!"]
Kid Gloves -
6.
["The eye... it must be some where around here!"]
Kelly's Eye -
7.
["I've got just three seconds before those shots reach the scientist!"]
The Man Called 39 -
8.
["And as our guest guesser this week we've got that grand old sport, Pa Styme."]
Percy the Problem Child -
9.
["So you've started a life of crime again, Crandall?"]
The Steel Claw -
10.
[no title indexed]
It's All Yours -
11.
["Poor old Quelch!"]
Billy Bunter -
12.
["Those critters just don't know when to give up, do they?"]
Hawk Hunter and the Iron Horse -
13.
["A fully grown brontosaurus!"]
From the Vaults of Time -
14.
["So the king wants me, eh?"]
Paladin the Fearless -
15.
Alvis
Cars From A to Z -
16.
["I joined a gymnasium once, Sydney."]
Sporty -
17.
The Fang [Part 2]
Jack O' Justice -
18.
[no title indexed]
Soccer Roundabout
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- Katy Hayhurst
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