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CC013 - Edition 1,000
KNOCKOUT
If you are the lucky owner of an
original No. 1 series ‘Knockout’ comic-you could sell it today for some £350.
Not bad on a 3rd threepenny investment (old money of course).
‘Knockout’ first hit the newsagent in
1939 - just prior to the outbreak of War and was originally titled ‘The
Knockout Comic’ later the Series 1 was teamed up with ‘Valiant’ in 1963.The
second series - Series II teamed up with ‘Wizard’ and ‘Chips’ in 1973.
Our Chevrolet features no less than “Deed a Day Danny” - could he be ‘Desperate Dans’ boy? Taff suggests ‘Trust him once Taff’ as his replacement. It’s the 13th in the Series.
Annuals that ran from 1941. The last annual was
produced in 1962. A second comic l bearing the same name was started in 1973 and
ran until 1985.
Mr Peter Hopkins gives more details here about the comic PETER HOPKINS LETTER
MORE INFORMATION- I read The Knockout from 1939 through to 1941.I seem to remember in November 1939 the comic had a giveaway cardboard gun powered by an elastic band.I still have what is left of the Knockout annual for 1940.All great stuff, particularly the dual between Sexton Blake and The Hooded Stranger. -Thanks Alfred Holbrook
Deed a day Danny's catch phrase was
"What's for tea ma?"
His dad said "Daft I call it"
His pet was a caterpillar!
I have an annual from the early forties but my mother threw out my collection of
Knockout and Radio Fun comics while I was in the RAF in the fifties.
I still have a lot of Picturegoer magazines from the fifties what are they worth
I wonder?
Regards - Alex
I read “Knockout” from the late 1940s to the early 1950s and remember that it stood head and shoulders above its would-be peers, such as the Beano and Dandy, bearing a relation to them not unlike that of today’s broad-sheets to the tabloids.
Apart from such staples as Deed-a-Day Danny and Our Ernie it had some comic-strip content which could appeal to all ages, amongst these The Gremlins and Little Wallop, both of which managed to include a degree of politico-social comment, without reducing their entertainment value.
Much of its content also contrived to be educational as well as enjoyable and usually included a pictorial version of some literary classic such as Dumas’s “Musketeer” novels or Kingsley’ “Westward Ho”. These were later joined by similar treatments of films such as “The Captain Castille” and “Bonnie Prince Charlie” and pictorial biographical versions of historical figures such as Marco Polo. Both the pictorial and literary qualities were excellent in those days although both later fell off, presumably reflecting market pressures which themselves reflected declining educational standards.
Adrian J. English
As an 8-year old I loved 'Knockout' Comics. (1945) I remember a particular line from Sexton Blake, on some sort of walkie-talkie, 'Calling Hoo Sung, calling Hoo Sung in the Rolling Sphere, this is Sexton Blake, we are in danger' -this was in the Jungle, Indian perhaps, I remember the tall reeds, the Rolling Sphere bursting through just in time. I would LOVE to procure (purchase) these comics if anyone knows if this is possible. They MUST be preserved somewhere.
Don Ives,
14 Bel-air Crescent
BEAUMARIS 7215
Tasmania Australia
sevinod1@bigpond.com
It was in the early 50's that I
believe the Knockout came into its own, my brother had the
Eagle and I reckon it was at least on a par with it. My favourites were Sexton
Blake, Billy
Bunter (with Mr. Quelch and company) and Space family Robinson, or whas it
Rollinson.
They were fantastic and I couldn't wait to get my weekly fix, even when on
holiday. I believe
even very tatty remnants of the early ones are quite rare. I remember having a
whole pile of
them in mint condition, goodness only knows what happened to them.
Roger Willis
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