Thorpe & Porter
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
- 12
- Brand Groups:
- 4
- Brand Emblems in Use:
- 4
- Total Number of Series:
- 161
- Total Number of Issues:
- 2931
- Show Covers by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Show Issues by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Creator Checklist:
- via linked story records
- Notes:
- Mostly published US reprints.
In the early 1960s, Thorpe & Porter either acquired or distributed a number of Arnold Book Company's titles. Also in the early 1960s, the imprint Strato was launched, but lasted only a few years. Another imprint, Top Sellers, was more successful and lasted until well into the 1970s.
The company was bought by DC Comics in 1965. In 1965-1966, a number of original-material titles were published.
From 1959, Thorpe & Porter were the sole distributor of both US DC and US Marvel comics in the UK. Marvel comics were issued with the covers altered (in the USA) to show a UK price instead of US price; whilst the cover month was removed. DC comics were franked with a circular UK price stamp, after their arrival. A few Marvels were also price-stamped in similar fashion.
Marvel importation was erratic, due to Marvel UK's promotion of their own reprints, which meant some titles were not offered for periods [Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) is a prime example].
Editing
| Series | Year | Issues | Covers | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 Laffs [m] | 1970 | 11 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 7) | 1970 ? - ? |
| 87th Precinct | 1962 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1962 - 1962 |
| Action Double Double Comics | 1967 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | [circa 1967] - [circa 1971] |
| Adventure Double Double Comics | 1967 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [circa 1967] - [circa 1972] |
| Adventures into Weird Worlds [m] | 1952 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1952 - 1952 ? |
| Adventures of Biggles [m] | 1955 | 9 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | 1955 ? - 1959 ? |
| Airboy Comics | 1953 | 5 issues (5 indexed) | Have 5 (Need 1) | 1953 - 1953 |
| American Eagle Western [m] | 1955 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1955 |
| Archie Comics | 1953 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1953 |
| The Avengers | 1966 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1966 |
| Batman Annual | 1970 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | [1970] |
| Batman Bumper Book [a] | 1979 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1970 |
| Batman Double Double Comics | 1967 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 2) | [circa 1967] - [circa 1971] |
| Benjy All Colour Paperback | 1973 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1973 |
| Benjy and His Friends | 1971 | 30 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 27) | 1971 - 1972 |
| The Bible Illustrated [The New Testament] [m] | 1960 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1960 ? - ? |
| The Bible Illustrated [The Old Testament] [m] | 1960 | 5 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | 1960 ? - [1960?] |
| Blackhawk [m] | 1956 | 37 issues (33 indexed) | Gallery | 1956 - 1958? |
| Blackhawk Album [m] | 1957 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 |
| Blackhawk Annual [b] | 1959 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1959 |
| Bonanza [Western Classics] | 1970 | 15 issues (0 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 10) | 1970 - 1972 |
| Boy Detective Comics | 1952 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1952 |
| The Brave and the Bold Annual | 1967 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1967 |
| Bugs Bunny | 1972 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1972 |
| Bugs Bunny Comics [m] | 1953 | 4 issues (1 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 2) | 1953 - 1953 |
| Cain's Hundred [m] | 1962 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | [1962?] |
| Calimero [m] | 1973 | 12 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 9) | 1973 - 1974 |
| Candida the Marchesa | 1974 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | 1974 - 1974 |
| Casper the Friendly Ghost | 1973 | 24 issues (0 indexed) | Have 13 (Need 11) | 1973 - 1974 |
| Challengers of the Unknown | 1960 | 4 issues (4 indexed) | Gallery | [1960] - [1960] |
| Charles Rand [m] | 1966 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | [1966] |
| Charlie Chaplin [m] | 1973 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 5 (Need 1) | December 1973 - 1974 |
| The Classics Companion of Great Indian Stories [b] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 |
| Classics Illustrated [m] | 1951 | 181 issues (25 indexed) | Have 225 (Need 12) | October 1951 - [June ?, 1963] |
| Classics Illustrated Deluxe Edition [b] | 1950 | 10 issues (0 indexed) | Have 5 (Need 5) | 1950 ? - 1953 ? |
| Classics Illustrated Junior [m] | 1953 | 16 issues (1 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 13) | 1953 - 1954 |
| Classics Illustrated Special Issue [m] | 1957 | 8 issues (0 indexed) | Have 8 (Need 2) | [1957] - [1970] |
| Comic Collection [m] | 1980 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 1) | 1980 ? - ? |
| Comics to Hold You Spellbound | 1953 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1953 - ? |
| Daffy Duck [m] | 1972 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 2) | 1972 - ? |
| Danger Man | 1966 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1966 |
| Dead-Eye Western Comic [m] | 1953 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | February 1953 |
| Detective Double Double Comics | 1967 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [circa 1967] - [circa 1971] |
| Doctor Dolittle | 1973 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1973 - 1974 |
| Dracula | 1962 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1962 |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs Korak, Son of Tarzan [m] | 1971 | 71 issues (1 indexed) | Have 47 (Need 27) | 1971 - 1976 |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs Korak, Son of Tarzan [cent covers] [m] | 1971 | 58 issues (0 indexed) | Have 58 (Need 1) | 1971 ? - 1974 ? |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes Bumper Album [a] | 1972 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1972 |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes [cent covers] [m] | 1971 | 91 issues (4 indexed) | Have 64 (Need 28) | 1971 - [1975 ?] |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes [First Series] [m] | 1970 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 1) | 1970 - 1971 |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes [Second Series] [m] | 1971 | 116 issues (6 indexed) | Have 118 (Need 3) | [March 3rd 1971] ? - 1975 |
| Eerie [m] | 1952 | 3 issues (2 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 1) | [1952] ? - 1952 |
| Fantastic Tales | 1963 | 21 issues (21 indexed) | Have 21 (Need 1) | 1963 - 1963 |
| Fargo Kid [m] | 1959 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | [1959] - 1959 |
| First Love [m] | 1959 | 18 issues (0 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 10) | 1959 - 1961 ? |
| The Flash [m] | 1960 | 5 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | 1960 ? - 1962 ? |
| The Flash | 1962 | 4 issues (4 indexed) | Gallery | 1962 - 1962 ? |
| Forbidden Worlds [m] | 1950 | 8 issues (8 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? - 1951 |
| Fotostrip | 1970 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1970 ? - 1970 ? |
| Fox and Crow | 1970 | 31 issues (0 indexed) | Have 17 (Need 16) | 1970 - ? |
| Frankenstein | 1963 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1963 |
| Frogman Comics | 1952 | 7 issues (4 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 1) | 1952 - 1952 |
| Funny Half Hour [m] | 1970 | 171 issues (0 indexed) | Have 44 (Need 136) | 1970 ? - 1979 ? |
| Gene Autry Comics | 1953 | 36 issues (0 indexed) | Have 29 (Need 15) | 1953 - 1954 |
| Giant Superman Album [b] | 1975 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [1975?] |
| Green Lantern Annual [m] | 1967 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1967 |
| Gunsmoke | 1970 | 17 issues (0 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 8) | 1970 - 1971 |
| Hammer's Halls of Horror [m] | 1978 | 4 issues (4 indexed) | Gallery | [May] 1978 - August 1978 |
| An Illustrated Library of Great Adventure Stories [b] | 1950 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1952 |
| An Illustrated Library of Great Indian Stories [b] | 1952 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1952 |
| Jesse James Comics | 1952 | 9 issues (7 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 5) | 1952 - 1952 |
| Jimmy Olsen Double Double Comics | 1967 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | [circa 1967] |
| Jughead | 1955 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1955 ? |
| Jumbo Comics | 1952 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1952 |
| Justice League Double Double Comics | 1968 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [circa 1968] - [circa 1972] |
| Justice Traps the Guilty [m] | 1957 | 15 issues (6 indexed) | Have 14 (Need 1) | 1957 ? - 1958 |
| Justice Traps the Guilty | 1965 | 13 issues (5 indexed) | Have 12 (Need 2) | 1965 - 1965 |
| Kaanga | 1952 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1952 |
| Kid Colt Outlaw [m] | 1950 | 58 issues (54 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 ? - 1960 ? |
| Kid Colt Western Comics | 1952 | 7 issues (4 indexed) | Have 5 (Need 3) | 1952 - 1952 |
| Kid Colt, Outlaw Album [b] | 1958 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | [1958] |
| Kid Slade Gunfighter | 1957 | 7 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 - 1960 ? |
| Kid Slade, Gunfighter | 1957 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 - 1957 |
| King Kong | 1970 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1970 |
| Kit Carson Comics [m] | 1952 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 1) | 1952 - ? |
| Korak Son of Tarzan Adventure Album [m] | 1971 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1971 |
| Korak Son of Tarzan Bumper Album | 1973 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1973 - 1973 |
| Larry Harmon's Laurel & Hardy [m] | 1969 | 142 issues (3 indexed) | Have 75 (Need 84) | 1969 - 1974 ? |
| Larry Harmon's Laurel and Hardy a Special Yuletide Album [a] | 1972 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1972 |
| Laurel & Hardy Bumper Book [b] | 1970 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1970 |
| Laurel and Hardy Extra | 1969 | 8 issues (0 indexed) | Have 5 (Need 6) | 1969 - 1972 |
| Lois Lane Double Double Comics | 1968 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [circa 1968] |
| Lone Ranger | 1970 | 15 issues (1 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 5) | 1970 - 1971 |
| Mad | 1959 | 290 issues (2 indexed) | Have 146 (Need 157) | [October 1959] - 1994 ? |
| Marked for Murder [m] | 1965 | 8 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1965 - ? |
| Matt Slade Gunfighter | 1957 | 5 issues (4 indexed) | Have 5 (Need 1) | 1957 - 1957 |
| Merry Tales | 1970 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1970 - 1970 |
| Metal Men Annual [b] | 1967 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1967 |
| Mike Shayne Private Eye [m] | 1962 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1962 - ? |
| Miracle Man | 1965 | 13 issues (8 indexed) | Gallery | 1965 - ? |
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