Amalgamated Press
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
- 2
- Brand Groups:
- 4
- Brand Emblems in Use:
- 4
- Total Number of Series:
- 118
- Total Number of Issues:
- 41618
- Show Covers by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Notes:
- In 1888, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth launched his first magazine, Answers to Correspondants. Two years later, he launched his first comic called Comic Cuts, which was followed by titles like Illustrated Chips, The Wonder, Funny Wonder, Puck, Merry and Bright, and Firefly. In 1901 Harmsworth gathered all of his publishing ventures under the name The Amalgamated Press (AP), located at Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London.
AP was sold to The Mirror Group in 1959 and formed the core of the IPC Magazines line of comics.
Editing
| Series | Year | Issues | Covers | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy the Kid Book of Picture Stories [b] | 1957 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 - 1958 |
| Bo-Peep and Little Boy Blue [m] | 1929 | 245 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1929 - 1934 |
| Bubbles [m] | 1921 | 1024 issues (1 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 1018) | 16 April 1921 - 24 May 1941 |
| Buck Jones Annual [b] | 1957 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 - 1958 ? |
| Butterfly | 1904 | 656 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 652) | 1904 - 1917 |
| Butterfly [m] | 1925 | 760 issues (0 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 758) | 1925 - 1940 |
| Butterfly and Firefly [m] | 1917 | 446 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 445) | 1917 - 1925 |
| Butterfly Annual | 1939 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1939 - 1940 |
| Captain Condor Space-Man of the Unknown Moon [a] | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 |
| The Champion [m] | 1922 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | No Covers | March 19, 1955 |
| Charlie Chaplin Fun Book | 1915 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1915 |
| Chicks' Own [m] | 1920 | 1605 issues (0 indexed) | Have 18 (Need 1589) | 25 September 1920 - 9 March 1957 |
| Chicks' Own Annual [b] | 1924 | 34 issues (0 indexed) | Have 15 (Need 20) | 1924 - 1957 |
| Children's Fairy | 1919 | 76 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 76) | 1919 - 1921 |
| Children's Sunday Fairy | 1919 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1919 - 1919 |
| Chuckles | 1914 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 5) | 10 January 1914 - 1 December 1923 |
| Comet [m] | 1949 | 510 issues (8 indexed) | Have 448 (Need 72) | 1949 - 1959 |
| Comic Cuts [m] | 1890 | 3006 issues (13 indexed) | Have 55 (Need 2961) | 17 May 1890 - 1953 |
| Comic Home Journal [m] | 1895 | 488 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 486) | 1895 - 1904 |
| Comic Life [m] | 1920 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 4) | 13 March 1920 - 21 January 1928 |
| Confessions Library | 1959 | 44 issues (40 indexed) | Have 21 (Need 26) | February 1959 - December 1960 |
| Cowboy Comics [m] | 1950 | 204 issues (45 indexed) | Have 251 (Need 51) | April 1950 - 1957 |
| Cowboy Picture Library [m] | 1957 | 264 issues (194 indexed) | Have 380 (Need 54) | 5 March 1957 - September 1962 |
| Crackers | 1929 | 615 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 613) | 1929 - 1941 |
| Famous Romance Library | 1956 | 171 issues (106 indexed) | Have 99 (Need 121) | [June 1956 ?] - 1961 ? |
| The Favorite Comic | 1911 | 324 issues (1 indexed) | Have 13 (Need 321) | 1911 - 1917 |
| Film Fun | 1920 | 2222 issues (84 indexed) | Have 456 (Need 1986) | 17 January 1920 - 8 September 1962 |
| Film Fun Annual | 1938 | 24 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1938 - 1961 |
| Film Picture Stories | 1934 | 30 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 28 July 1934 - 16 February 1935 |
| Firefly | 1914 | 51 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 51) | 1914 - 1915 |
| Firefly | 1915 | 111 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 110) | 1915 - 1917 |
| Fun and Fiction | 1911 | 124 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1911 - 1914 |
| The Funny Wonder [m] | 1893 | 325 issues (4 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 323) | 1893 - 1899 |
| The Funny Wonder | 1899 | 109 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 109) | 1899 - 1901 |
| The Funny Wonder [m] | 1914 | 1404 issues (1 indexed) | Have 8 (Need 1396) | 1914 - 1942 |
| The Funny Wonder Annual [b] | 1935 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 3) | 1935 ? - 1941 ? |
| Girls' Crystal [m] | 1953 | 524 issues (5 indexed) | Have 244 (Need 295) | 21 March 1953 - 1963 |
| Girls' Crystal Annual [b] | 1939 | 39 issues (1 indexed) | Have 27 (Need 14) | 1939 - 1978 ? |
| Golden | 1937 | 135 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 134) | 1937 - 1940 |
| The Golden Book of Comics | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 |
| Halfpenny Wonder | 1914 | 39 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1914 - 1914 |
| Happy Days | 1938 | 45 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 44) | 1938 - 1939 |
| Illustrated Chips | 1890 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 26 July 1890 - 1890 |
| Illustrated Chips | 1890 | 2997 issues (1 indexed) | Have 51 (Need 2972) | September 6, 1890 - September 12th, 1953 |
| Jack and Jill | 1909 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1909 - 29 July 1909 |
| Jester [m] | 1912 | 465 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1912 - 1920 |
| Jester | 1924 | 847 issues (0 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 840) | 1924 - 1940 |
| Jester and Wonder [m] | 1902 | 506 issues (1 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 504) | 24 May 1902 - 1912 |
| Jingles | 1934 | 741 issues (0 indexed) | Have 39 (Need 729) | 1934 - 29 May 1954 |
| John Wesley | 1953 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 16 May 1953 |
| The Joker | 1927 | 655 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 651) | 1927 - 1940 |
| Jolly Comic | 1935 | 250 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 249) | 1935 - 1939 |
| Jolly Jester [m] | 1920 | 165 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 164) | 1920 - 1924 |
| Jolly Times | 1920 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1920 - 1920 |
| Jungle Jinks | 1923 | 62 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 61) | 8 December 1923 - 7 February 1925 |
| Kinema Comic | 1920 | 651 issues (0 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 647) | 1920 - 1932 |
| Kit Carson's Cowboy Annual | 1954 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1954 ? - 1960 ? |
| Knockout [m] | 1939 | 1240 issues (87 indexed) | Have 545 (Need 725) | 4 March 1939 - 16 February 1963 |
| Knockout Annual [a] | 1957 | 6 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1956 - 1962 ? |
| Knockout Fun Book | 1941 | 16 issues (1 indexed) | Have 16 (Need 2) | 1941 - 1955 |
| Larks | 1927 | 656 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 654) | 1927 - 1940 |
| Lion [m] | 1952 | 390 issues (153 indexed) | Have 379 (Need 69) | 23rd February 1952 - 1959 |
| Little Sparks | 1920 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1920 - 1920 |
| Little Sparks | 1920 | 124 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 122) | 1920 - 1922 |
| Lot-O'-Fun | 1920 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 13 March 1920 - 16 February 1929 |
| Love Romance | 1950 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1950 - 1950 |
| Marilyn [m] | 1955 | 542 issues (185 indexed) | Have 204 (Need 359) | 19 March 1955 - 18 September 1965 |
| Merry and Bright | 1910 | 337 issues (2 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 335) | 1910 - 31 March 1917 |
| Merry and Bright the Favorite Comic | 1917 | 928 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 926) | 1917 - 1935 |
| Mighty Midget Comic | 1958 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1958 - 1958 |
| Monthly Playbox | 1904 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1904 - 1905 |
| My Favourite | 1928 | 351 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 350) | 1928 - 1934 |
| Only My Fun | 1908 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 22 October 1908 |
| The Penny Wonder | 1912 | 47 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 46) | 1912 - 1912 |
| Playbox | 1898 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1898 - ? |
| Playbox | 1905 | 61 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 60) | 1905 - 1910 |
| Playbox [m] | 1910 | 44 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1910 - 1913 |
| Playbox | 1925 | 1279 issues (1 indexed) | Have 16 (Need 1266) | 1925 - 1955 |
| Playbox Annual [b] | 1909 | 48 issues (0 indexed) | Have 8 (Need 40) | 1909 - 1956 |
| Playhour [m] | 1910 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1910 - 1910 |
| Playhour Pictures | 1954 | 31 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 31) | 16 October 1954 - 14 May 1955 |
| Playtime | 1919 | 243 issues (0 indexed) | Have 19 (Need 242) | 1919 - 1923 |
| Playtime | 1923 | 307 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1923 - 1929 |
| Puck | 1904 | 1867 issues (1 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 1861) | 30 July 1904 - 1940 |
| Radio Fun [m] | 1938 | 1015 issues (13 indexed) | Have 109 (Need 948) | 1938 - 1959 |
| Radio Fun Annual | 1940 | 21 issues (2 indexed) | Have 19 (Need 3) | 1940 - 1960 |
| The Rainbow | 1914 | 1898 issues (1 indexed) | Have 55 (Need 1882) | February 14, 1914 - April 28, 1956 |
| Rainbow Annual [b] | 1924 | 34 issues (0 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 25) | 1924 - 1957 ? |
| Round the Nursery Fire | 1915 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 18 December 1915 - 1915 |
| Roxy | 1958 | 288 issues (65 indexed) | Have 69 (Need 244) | 1958 - 14 September 1963 |
| School Friend | 1950 | 762 issues (2 indexed) | Have 280 (Need 485) | May 20th, 1950 - 23rd January, 1965 |
| School Friend Picture Library [m] | 1962 | 39 issues (0 indexed) | Have 18 (Need 22) | February 1962 - 1965 |
| Sparkler | 1931 | 251 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1931 - 1939 |
| Sports Fun | 1922 | 13 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1922 - 1922 |
| Sun [m] | 1952 | 395 issues (17 indexed) | Have 344 (Need 64) | March 29, 1952 - 1959 |
| Sun Comic [m] | 1949 | 122 issues (0 indexed) | Have 72 (Need 53) | 1949 - March 22 1952 |
| Sunbeam | 1922 | 173 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1922 - 1926 |
| Sunbeam | 1926 | 747 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 746) | 1926 - 1940 |
| Sunday Fairy | 1919 | 22 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1919 - 1919 |
| Super Detective Library [m] | 1953 | 154 issues (145 indexed) | Have 182 (Need 28) | March 1953 - 1959 ? |
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