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Boys' World

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Boys' World was a boys' comic magazine published in the UK by Longacre Press.[1] It ran for 89 issues beginning on 26 January 1963, and in 1964[1] it merged with the Eagle. The headquarters of Boys' World was in London.[2] It featured the mythological serial strip "Wrath of the Gods", painted in colour by Ron Embleton and the earliest comic strip parody of Doctor Who, 'Dr What and His Time Clock'. Among the other artists who worked for the comic were Brian Lewis and Frank Bellamy.

References

  1. ^ a b "Story Papers". Collecting Books and Magazines. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. ^ "On Eagle's Wings: The British Comics Boom 1950-1969". Paul Gravett. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

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