Hornet (DC Thomson)

This article is about the British comic. For the Marvel Comics characters, see Hornet (comics).

The Hornet was a British boys' comic published by D. C. Thomson & Co. for 648 issues[1] from 14 September 1963[2][3] to 7 February 1976, after which it was merged with The Hotspur.[4] The free gift with the first issue was a balsa wood "Kestral Glider".[4]

  1. ^ Paul Sassienie, The Comic Book: The One Essential Guide for Comic Book Fans Everywhere, Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell, 1994, p. 252.
  2. ^ Jeremy Briggs, "Calling Warlord Agents!" Archived 25 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Interview with Bill Graham, Downthetubes.com: "August 5th, 1963. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was put on the staff of The Hornet on the day the first issue went to press".
  3. ^ Roger Sabin, Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels, London: Phaidon, 1996, repr. 2001, ISPN 0-7148-3993-0, p. 49: "DC Thomson hit back [after the launch of Eagle] . . . by launching new titles, the most famous of which were Victor (1961) and Hornet (1963)."
  4. ^ a b The Hornet at 26pigs.com.