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Valiant was a weekly British comics periodical published by Fleetway Publications and later IPC Magazines from 4 October 1962 to 16 October 1976. A boys' adventure comic, it debuted numerous memorable characters, including Captain Hurricane, The Steel Claw and Mytek the Mighty. Valiant lasted for 712 issues before being merged with stablemate Battle Picture Weekly. Creation Having taken over Amalgamated Press in 1959 to profit from their boys' comics sales, the Mirror Group decided on the launch of a new title to join the likes of Lion, Tiger, Buster and Knockout in their portfolio, now under the name Fleetway Publications. Knockout was the elder statesman of the line, having been running since 1939; the venerable title had received a modernising makeover in 1960, and Fleetway were keen to apply the same principles used in the relaunch to a new title. At the direction of Fleetway executive Jack Le Grand, group editor Sid Bicknell assigned editors Steve Barker and Tony Power to the new comic, designed to compete with DC Thomson's smash-hit The Victor. Publication history Valiant launched on 6 October 1962, with a Geoff Campion cover depicting new headline star Captain Hurricane and a free 'Pocket Rocket' and football League Ladders. The new comic eschewed prose stories (by then largely gone from Fleetway's other titles) in favour of comic serials and strips, interspersed with factual pages and, in later issues, letters from readers. The comic led strips based on the typical boys' adventure mix of the time - war, westerns, sport and fantasy. "Captain Hurricane" was a light-hearted World War II series depicting the adventures of Royal Marines Captain Hercules Hurricane and his long-suffering batman 'Maggot' Malone. Already a towering heavyweight, Hurricane's short temper would see him pitched into "ragin' furies" that blessed him with the power to cut an unarmed swathe through German troops and tie tank barrels in knots. Hugely popular with readers, Captain Hurricane would be a constant presence throughout the magazine's life. More straight-laced military history was provided by "To Glory We Steer", modified versions of The Comet's Horatio Nelson biographical naval warfare story, and "Blade of the Frontier". Another reprint was highwayman actioner "Jack o' Justice", brought over from Radio Fun and actually a modified version of Sun'''s "Dick Turpin".

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Valiant: Swiss bank · lugger hired by the Royal Navy · episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (S6 E22) · 2005 film directed by Gary Chapman

Overview

Valiant was a weekly British comics periodical published by Fleetway Publications and later IPC Magazines from 4 October 1962 to 16 October 1976. A boys' adventure comic, it debuted numerous memorable characters, including Captain Hurricane, The Steel Claw and Mytek the Mighty. Valiant lasted for 712 issues before being merged with stablemate Battle Picture Weekly. Creation Having taken over Amalgamated Press in 1959 to profit from their boys' comics sales, the Mirror Group decided on the launch of a new title to join the likes of Lion, Tiger, Buster and Knockout in their portfolio, now under the name Fleetway Publications. Knockout was the elder statesman of the line, having been running since 1939; the venerable title had received a modernising makeover in 1960, and Fleetway were keen to apply the same principles used in the relaunch to a new title. At the direction of Fleetway executive Jack Le Grand, group editor Sid Bicknell assigned editors Steve Barker and Tony Power to the new comic, designed to compete with DC Thomson's smash-hit The Victor. Publication history Valiant launched on 6 October 1962, with a Geoff Campion cover depicting new headline star Captain Hurricane and a free 'Pocket Rocket' and football League Ladders. The new comic eschewed prose stories (by then largely gone from Fleetway's other titles) in favour of comic serials and strips, interspersed with factual pages and, in later issues, letters from readers. The comic led strips based on the typical boys' adventure mix of the time - war, westerns, sport and fantasy. "Captain Hurricane" was a light-hearted World War II series depicting the adventures of Royal Marines Captain Hercules Hurricane and his long-suffering batman 'Maggot' Malone. Already a towering heavyweight, Hurricane's short temper would see him pitched into "ragin' furies" that blessed him with the power to cut an unarmed swathe through German troops and tie tank barrels in knots. Hugely popular with readers, Captain Hurricane would be a constant presence throughout the magazine's life. More straight-laced military history was provided by "To Glory We Steer", modified versions of The Comet's Horatio Nelson biographical naval warfare story, and "Blade of the Frontier". Another reprint was highwayman actioner "Jack o' Justice", brought over from Radio Fun and actually a modified version of Sun'''s "Dick Turpin".

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).