Spike (comic)
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Spike was a British comics anthology
that ran from (issues dates) 22 January 1983 to 28 April 1984. 67 Issues. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
, it was a traditional 'action comic for boys', with many of its strips revolving around football
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Its strips included:
Comics anthology
Comics anthologies collect works in the medium of comics that are too short for standalone publication.- U.S. :- UK :British comics have a long tradition publishing comics anthologies, often weekly...
that ran from (issues dates) 22 January 1983 to 28 April 1984. 67 Issues. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing The Dundee Courier, The Evening Telegraph, The Sunday Post, Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy and Commando comics...
, it was a traditional 'action comic for boys', with many of its strips revolving around football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
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Its strips included:
- Spike himself
- Iron Barr, an incredibly talented working classWorking classWorking class is a term used in the social sciences and in ordinary conversation to describe those employed in lower tier jobs , often extending to those in unemployment or otherwise possessing below-average incomes...
amateur goalkeeper (similar in concept to Tough of the Track) - The Man In Black, a story revolving around the fictional legendary British athlete William WilsonWilson of the WizardWilson the Wonder Athlete or William Wilson is a fictional character whose adventures were initially published in the British illustrated story paper The Wizard published by D. C. Thomson & Co.-Publication history:...
. - The Bleak Street Bunch, a kind of Bash Street Kids serial although more serious and dealing with contemporary issues.
- Midshipman Coward a tale about a sailor boy.
- The Taming Of Johnny Tough A story about a boy who gets trained (by unorthodox methods) to be a top footballer.
- Krazy Kops a comic strip about incompetent police officers it had appeared in Sparky under the name L Cars.