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
- Show Issues by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Creator Checklist:
- via linked story records
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| The Golden Book of Comics | 1950 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1950 |
| John Wesley | 1953 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 16 May 1953 |
| Only My Fun | 1908 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 22 October 1908 |
| Suspense [m] | 1958 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | No Covers | August 1958 |
| Tiny Tots Annual [b] | 1956 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1956 |
| Billy the Kid Book of Picture Stories [b] | 1957 | 2 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 - 1958 |
| Buck Jones Annual [b] | 1957 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 - 1958 ? |
| Butterfly Annual | 1939 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 1) | 1939 - 1940 |
| Love Romance | 1950 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1950 - 1950 |
| Playbox | 1898 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1898 - ? |
| Wonder and Jester | 1902 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 10 May 1902 - 17 May 1902 |
| Children's Sunday Fairy | 1919 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1919 - 1919 |
| Jack and Jill | 1909 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1909 - 29 July 1909 |
| Playhour [m] | 1910 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1910 - 1910 |
| Little Sparks | 1920 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1920 - 1920 |
| Lot-O'-Fun | 1920 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 13 March 1920 - 16 February 1929 |
| Mighty Midget Comic | 1958 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1958 - 1958 |
| TV Fun Annual [b] | 1957 | 4 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1957 - 1960 |
| Wonderland Tales Weekly | 1920 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1920 - 1920 |
| Comic Life [m] | 1920 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 4) | 13 March 1920 - 21 January 1928 |
| Jolly Times | 1920 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1920 - 1920 |
| Round the Nursery Fire | 1915 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 18 December 1915 - 1915 |
| Chuckles | 1914 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 5) | 10 January 1914 - 1 December 1923 |
| Illustrated Chips | 1890 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 26 July 1890 - 1890 |
| Knockout Annual [a] | 1957 | 6 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1956 - 1962 ? |
| Monthly Playbox | 1904 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1904 - 1905 |
| The Funny Wonder Annual [b] | 1935 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 3) | 1935 ? - 1941 ? |
| Kit Carson's Cowboy Annual | 1954 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 1954 ? - 1960 ? |
| Wonderland Annual [b] | 1920 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 6) | 1920 - 1926 |
| Sports Fun | 1922 | 13 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 12) | February 11th, 1922 - 1922 |
| Knockout Fun Book | 1941 | 16 issues (1 indexed) | Have 16 (Need 2) | 1941 - 1955 |
| Radio Fun Annual | 1940 | 21 issues (2 indexed) | Have 19 (Need 3) | 1940 - 1960 |
| Sunday Fairy | 1919 | 22 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1919 - 1919 |
| Film Fun Annual | 1938 | 24 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 1938 - 1961 |
| Wonder | 1901 | 24 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1901 - 1901 |
| Wonder | 1901 | 25 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1901 - 3 May 1902 |
| Wonder | 1892 | 27 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1892 - 1893 |
| Tiger Tim's Tales | 1919 | 28 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 26) | 1919 - 1920 |
| Film Picture Stories | 1934 | 30 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 28 July 1934 - 16 February 1935 |
| Playhour Pictures | 1954 | 31 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 31) | 16 October 1954 - 14 May 1955 |
| Triumph [m] | 1924 | 31 issues (3 indexed) | No Covers | 1924 - 1940 |
| Chicks' Own Annual [b] | 1924 | 34 issues (0 indexed) | Have 15 (Need 20) | 1924 - 1957 |
| Rainbow Annual [b] | 1924 | 34 issues (0 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 25) | 1924 - 1957 ? |
| Girls' Crystal Annual [b] | 1939 | 39 issues (1 indexed) | Have 27 (Need 14) | 1939 - 1978 ? |
| Halfpenny Wonder | 1914 | 39 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1914 - 1914 |
| School Friend Picture Library [m] | 1962 | 39 issues (0 indexed) | Have 18 (Need 22) | February 1962 - 1965 |
| Confessions Library | 1959 | 44 issues (41 indexed) | Have 36 (Need 13) | February 1959 - December 1960 |
| Playbox [m] | 1910 | 44 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1910 - 1913 |
| Happy Days | 1938 | 45 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 44) | 1938 - 1939 |
| Wonderland Tales | 1919 | 46 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1919 - 1920 |
| The Penny Wonder | 1912 | 47 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 46) | 1912 - 1912 |
| Playbox Annual [b] | 1909 | 48 issues (0 indexed) | Have 8 (Need 40) | 1909 - 1956 |
| Firefly | 1914 | 51 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 51) | 1914 - 1915 |
| Wonderland Weekly | 1920 | 56 issues (0 indexed) | Have 7 (Need 49) | 1920 - 1921 |
| Top Spot [m] | 1958 | 58 issues (4 indexed) | Have 56 (Need 18) | October 25th, 1958 - January 16th, 1960 |
| Playbox | 1905 | 61 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 60) | 1905 - 1910 |
| Jungle Jinks | 1923 | 62 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 61) | 8 December 1923 - 7 February 1925 |
| Wonder | 1913 | 64 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1913 - 1914 |
| Children's Fairy | 1919 | 76 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 76) | 1919 - 1921 |
| Tiger Tim's Weekly | 1920 | 94 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 94) | 1920 - 1921 |
| The Funny Wonder | 1899 | 109 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 109) | 1899 - 1901 |
| Firefly | 1915 | 111 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 110) | 1915 - 1917 |
| Sun Comic [m] | 1949 | 122 issues (0 indexed) | Have 72 (Need 53) | 1949 - March 22 1952 |
| Fun and Fiction | 1911 | 124 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1911 - 1914 |
| Little Sparks | 1920 | 124 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 122) | 1920 - 1922 |
| Golden | 1937 | 135 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 134) | 1937 - 1940 |
| Super Detective Library [m] | 1953 | 154 issues (146 indexed) | Have 182 (Need 28) | March 1953 - 1959 ? |
| Jolly Jester [m] | 1920 | 165 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 164) | 1920 - 1924 |
| Famous Romance Library | 1956 | 171 issues (108 indexed) | Have 123 (Need 113) | [June 1956 ?] - 1961 ? |
| Sunbeam | 1922 | 173 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1922 - 1926 |
| Cowboy Comics [m] | 1950 | 204 issues (53 indexed) | Have 251 (Need 51) | April 1950 - 1957 |
| Playtime | 1919 | 243 issues (0 indexed) | Have 19 (Need 242) | 1919 - 1923 |
| Bo-Peep and Little Boy Blue [m] | 1929 | 245 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1929 - 1934 |
| Jolly Comic | 1935 | 250 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 248) | 1935 - 1939 |
| Sparkler | 1931 | 251 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 250) | 1931 - 1939 |
| Cowboy Picture Library [m] | 1957 | 264 issues (200 indexed) | Have 380 (Need 54) | 5 March 1957 - September 1962 |
| Roxy | 1958 | 288 issues (71 indexed) | Have 73 (Need 241) | 1958 - 14 September 1963 |
| Playtime | 1923 | 307 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1923 - 1929 |
| TV Fun [m] | 1953 | 311 issues (4 indexed) | Have 40 (Need 289) | 19 September 1953 - 5 September 1959 |
| Wonder [m] | 1942 | 317 issues (1 indexed) | Have 15 (Need 303) | 1942 - Sept. 12, 1953 |
| The Favorite Comic | 1911 | 324 issues (1 indexed) | Have 13 (Need 321) | 1911 - 1917 |
| The Funny Wonder [m] | 1893 | 325 issues (4 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 323) | 1893 - 1899 |
| Merry and Bright | 1910 | 337 issues (2 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 335) | 1910 - 31 March 1917 |
| My Favourite | 1928 | 351 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 350) | 1928 - 1934 |
| Lion [m] | 1952 | 390 issues (153 indexed) | Have 379 (Need 69) | 23rd February 1952 - 1959 |
| Sun [m] | 1952 | 395 issues (17 indexed) | Have 344 (Need 64) | March 29, 1952 - 1959 |
| Butterfly and Firefly [m] | 1917 | 446 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 445) | 1917 - 1925 |
| Jester [m] | 1912 | 465 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 1912 - 1920 |
| Comic Home Journal [m] | 1895 | 488 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 486) | 1895 - 1904 |
| Jester and Wonder [m] | 1902 | 506 issues (1 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 504) | 24 May 1902 - 1912 |
| Comet [m] | 1949 | 510 issues (8 indexed) | Have 448 (Need 72) | 1949 - 1959 |
| Girls' Crystal [m] | 1953 | 524 issues (5 indexed) | Have 244 (Need 295) | 21 March 1953 - 1963 |
| Marilyn [m] | 1955 | 542 issues (209 indexed) | Have 239 (Need 326) | 19 March 1955 - 18 September 1965 |
| Crackers | 1929 | 615 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 611) | 1929 - 1941 |
| Kinema Comic | 1920 | 651 issues (1 indexed) | Have 8 (Need 646) | 1920 - 1932 |
| The Joker | 1927 | 655 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 651) | 1927 - 1940 |
| Butterfly | 1904 | 656 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 652) | 1904 - 1917 |
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