Amalgamated Press
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
- 2
- Brand Groups:
- 3
- Brand Emblems in Use:
- 3
- Total Number of Series:
- 117
- Total Number of Issues:
- 41913
- 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 4 (Need 1021) | 16 April 1921 - 24 May 1941 |
| Buck Jones Annual | 1957 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 - ? |
| Butterfly | 1904 | 656 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 654) | 1904 - 1917 |
| Butterfly [m] | 1925 | 760 issues (0 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 758) | 1925 - 1940 |
| Butterfly and Firefly [m] | 1917 | 446 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1917 - 1925 |
| Butterfly Annual | 1939 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1939 |
| 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 9 (Need 1596) | 25 September 1920 - 9 March 1957 |
| Chicks' Own Annual [b] | 1924 | 33 issues (0 indexed) | Have 14 (Need 20) | 1924 - 1957 |
| Children's Fairy | 1919 | 76 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1919 - 1921 |
| Children's Sunday Fairy | 1919 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1919 - 1919 |
| Chuckles | 1914 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 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 (11 indexed) | Have 20 (Need 2991) | 17 May 1890 - 1953 |
| Comic Home Journal [m] | 1895 | 488 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 487) | 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 15 (Need 33) | February 1959 - December 1960 |
| Cowboy Comics [m] | 1950 | 204 issues (32 indexed) | Have 206 (Need 6) | April 1950 - February 1957 |
| Cowboy Picture Library [m] | 1957 | 264 issues (91 indexed) | Have 261 (Need 20) | March 1957 - September 1962 |
| Crackers | 1929 | 615 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 614) | 1929 - 1941 |
| Famous Romance Library | 1956 | 168 issues (100 indexed) | Have 58 (Need 130) | [June 1956 ?] - [October 1961 ?] |
| The Favorite Comic | 1911 | 324 issues (1 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 324) | 1911 - 1917 |
| Film Fun | 1920 | 2222 issues (39 indexed) | Have 387 (Need 2047) | 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 | 1934 - 1935 |
| Firefly | 1914 | 51 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1914 - 1915 |
| Firefly | 1915 | 111 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1915 - 1917 |
| Fun and Fiction | 1911 | 124 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1911 - 1914 |
| The Funny Wonder [m] | 1893 | 325 issues (4 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 324) | 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 3 (Need 1401) | 1914 - 1942 |
| The Funny Wonder Annual [b] | 1937 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 1937 ? - 1937 ? |
| Girls' Crystal [m] | 1953 | 529 issues (0 indexed) | Have 187 (Need 348) | 21 March 1953 - 1963 |
| Girls' Crystal Annual [b] | 1939 | 39 issues (0 indexed) | Have 21 (Need 18) | 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 35 (Need 2984) | September 6, 1890 - 1952 |
| 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 3 (Need 844) | 1924 - 1940 |
| Jester and Wonder [m] | 1902 | 506 issues (1 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 504) | 1902 - 1912 |
| Jingles | 1934 | 741 issues (0 indexed) | Have 5 (Need 736) | 1934 - 29 May 1954 |
| John Wesley | 1953 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 16 May 1953 |
| The Joker | 1927 | 655 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 652) | 1927 - 1940 |
| Jolly Comic | 1935 | 250 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 249) | 1935 - 1939 |
| Jolly Jester [m] | 1920 | 165 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 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 2 (Need 649) | 1920 - 1932 |
| Kit Carson's Cowboy Annual | 1954 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1954 ? - 1960 ? |
| Knockout [m] | 1939 | 1240 issues (79 indexed) | Have 520 (Need 736) | 4 March 1939 - 16 February 1963 |
| Knockout Annual [a] | 1957 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1956 - ? |
| Knockout Fun Book | 1941 | 16 issues (0 indexed) | Have 16 (Need 2) | 1941 - 1955 |
| Larks | 1927 | 656 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 655) | 1927 - 1940 |
| Lion [m] | 1952 | 389 issues (119 indexed) | Have 378 (Need 69) | 23rd February 1952 - 1959 |
| Little Sparks | 1920 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1920 - 1920 |
| Little Sparks | 1920 | 124 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 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 | 549 issues (106 indexed) | Have 150 (Need 416) | 19 March 1955 - 18 September 1965 |
| Merry and Bright | 1910 | 337 issues (2 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 336) | 1910 - 31 March 1917 |
| Merry and Bright the Favorite Comic | 1917 | 928 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 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 11 (Need 1270) | 1925 - 1955 |
| Playbox Annual [b] | 1909 | 48 issues (0 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 41) | 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 4 (Need 242) | 1919 - 1923 |
| Playtime | 1923 | 307 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1923 - 1929 |
| Puck | 1904 | 1867 issues (1 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 1865) | 30 July 1904 - 1940 |
| Radio Fun [m] | 1938 | 1018 issues (11 indexed) | Have 53 (Need 975) | 1938 - 1959 |
| Radio Fun Annual | 1940 | 21 issues (2 indexed) | Have 19 (Need 3) | 1940 - 1960 |
| The Rainbow | 1914 | 1898 issues (1 indexed) | Have 11 (Need 1891) | February 14, 1914 - April 28, 1956 |
| Rainbow Annual [b] | 1927 | 10 issues (0 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 1) | 1927 - ? |
| Round the Nursery Fire | 1915 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 18 December 1915 - 1915 |
| Roxy | 1958 | 288 issues (55 indexed) | Have 54 (Need 259) | 1958 - 14 September 1963 |
| School Friend | 1950 | 762 issues (0 indexed) | Have 213 (Need 550) | 1950 - 1965 |
| School Friend Picture Library [m] | 1962 | 39 issues (0 indexed) | Have 13 (Need 26) | 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 (10 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 1 (Need 747) | 1926 - 1940 |
| Sunday Fairy | 1919 | 22 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1919 - 1919 |
| Super Detective Library [m] | 1953 | 154 issues (123 indexed) | Have 156 (Need 4) | March 1953 - 1959 ? |
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