| Girl | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Girl_Kitty_Hawke.jpg) The cover of Girl issue 1, featuring Kitty Hawke and her All-Girl Air Crew, 1951 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Hulton Press, Odhams Press, IPC |
| Schedule | Weekly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | 2 November 1951 – 3 October 1964 |
| No. of issues | 675 |
| Editor(s) | Marcus Morris, Jean Crouch |
Girl was the name of two weekly comics magazines for girls in the United Kingdom.
The first and more well-known volume was published from 1951 to 1964. It was launched by Hulton Press on 2 November 1951 as a sister paper to the Eagle Girl was very much an educational magazine whose heroines, including those who got into scrapes, became involved in tales that had a moral substance. A considerable number of pages were also dedicated to real-life tales of heroic women in various fields.
A second volume of the series was published by IPC from 1981 to 1990, during which time Dreamer and Tammy were merged into it.[1]
- ^ "Complete AP / Fleetway Comic Index". www.dandare.info. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2011.