The Best Of The Victor
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Victor comic a book has been published by Prion Books Ltd - Author Andy McNab of SAS Bravo Two Zero fame and Morrie Heggie, Editor as a salute to the great comic. You can pick up copies of these books from either Ebay or Amazon but if you have trouble drop me a line at info@thevictorbookforboys.com and I will sort you out a copy (images below)
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The Victor was launched by DC Thomson in 1961. Its distinctive colour covers, front and back, carried an explosive action story of true wartime heroism. On opening the comic boys were immediately struck by the robust feel of the strip artwork and the absolute 'Best of Britain' flavour that came from the mix of characters. In the early years The Victor had a backbone of four heroes: Tough of the Track, Alf Tupper & Flight Sergeant Matt Braddock & Morgyn the Mighty, the strongest man in the world; and wealthy footballer Gorgeous Gus. The Victor's unique mix of adventure, war and sport was phenomenally successful. The Victor no. 1" sold 497,786 copies, and by 1965 the comic's weekly circulation broke the half million mark. It had become a national institution that lasted for over 30 years. |
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2011 is the fiftieth anniversary year of 'The Victor' comic, Britain's 'top boys' paper for War, Sport and Adventure'. Following 2010's successful publication of "The Best of the Victor", Prion's sequel is this rip-roaring anthology of the best stories from "The Victor Book for Boys", which was the bestselling DC Thomson annual published from 1964 to 1994. In its heyday in the 1960s "The Victor comic" sold over half a million copies a week, with "The Victor Book for Boys" selling over a quarter of a million copies a year. DC Thomson's long-serving editor Morris Heggie has selected the very best and most evocative two-colour stories and picture stories from the 31 annuals to make one crackingly good nostalgiafest that will appeal not only to Britain's millions of grown-up Victor fans but also to their children who can be introduced to these Best of British comic-strip adventure yarns for the very first time. |