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Tiger was a British
comic magazineComic magazine may refer to:*A comic, a periodical containing comic strips published in Europe, e.g. in the UK or in France and Belgium*In the U.S., more commonly referred to as a comic book.*In Japan comic magazines are called Manga....
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The comic was launched under the editorship of Derek Birnage on the 11 September 1954, under the name
Tiger - The Sport and Adventure Picture Story Weekly, and featured predominantly sporting strips. Its most popular strip was
Roy of the RoversRoy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and exploits of a fictional footballer named Roy Race which has run in various publications since 1954...
, a
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based strip recounting the life of
Roy RaceRoy Race is a fictional character from the British comic strip Roy of the Rovers. He played for and managed team Melchester Rovers in the First Division and the Premier League.-Personal life:...
and the team he played for,
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. This strip proved so successful it was spun out of
Tiger and into its own comic.
In the mid 70s the comic was merged with the football magazine Scorcher and became known as Tiger and Scorcher - unusually for such mergers it kept this title for several years. Later there was a further, less successful merger with another comic called Speed. The end finally came on 30 March 1985, with some strips moving to
The EagleThe Eagle was a British weekly comic, which ran in two main incarnations over the period of 1950 to 1994 . It is strongly associated with its flagship character, Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, , doing battle against the Mekon and other interplanetary foes.In the gender gap...
. In all 1555 issues were published, as well as a number of hard-cover
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List of Strips
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- Billy's Boots
Billy's Boots was a popular British comic strip by writer Fred Baker and artist John Gillatt, later continued by Mike Western. The comic appeared for the first time in the first issue of Scorcher in 1970, and later moved to Tiger when the two comics merged in 1974...
- moved to EagleThe Eagle was a British weekly comic, which ran in two main incarnations over the period of 1950 to 1994 . It is strongly associated with its flagship character, Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, , doing battle against the Mekon and other interplanetary foes.In the gender gap...
, then Roy of the RoversRoy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and exploits of a fictional footballer named Roy Race which has run in various publications since 1954...
- Death Wish - moved to Eagle
The Eagle was a British weekly comic, which ran in two main incarnations over the period of 1950 to 1994 . It is strongly associated with its flagship character, Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, , doing battle against the Mekon and other interplanetary foes.In the gender gap...
- Fairs Please!
- File of Fame
- Fisty Flynn
- Football Family Robinson about a lower division side called Thatchem United. All players had to be Robinson family members under the tutelage of Grandma Robinson. Team members included Crash Robinson (goalie), Alf Robinson, Fred Robinson, Grizzly Bear Robinson, Ron Robinson and Tich Robinson. Their biggest moment was when they got to Wembley and won the League Cup, in a manner similar to Swindon Town's 1969 victory over Arsenal in the same competition. The story resumed in Roy of the Rovers in the late 1970s.
- Golden Boy - moved to Eagle
The Eagle was a British weekly comic, which ran in two main incarnations over the period of 1950 to 1994 . It is strongly associated with its flagship character, Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, , doing battle against the Mekon and other interplanetary foes.In the gender gap...
- Hot Shot Hamish - moved to Roy of the Rovers
Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and exploits of a fictional footballer named Roy Race which has run in various publications since 1954...
- Jet-Ace Logan
Jet-Ace Logan was a British comic strip appearing in Comet 1956-1959 and Tiger 1959-1968, plus the 1969 Tiger Annual.The hero, Logan, is the ace interplanetary pilot of the RAF, in a time about 100 years in the future...
- Johnny Cougar - A native American wrestler who grappled with a number of colourful opponents.
- King Of The Track
- Martin's Marvellous Mini
- Nipper
- Olac the Gladiator
- Paceman
- Rod And Line
- Roy of the Rovers
Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and exploits of a fictional footballer named Roy Race which has run in various publications since 1954...
- spun-off into its own comic in 1976 (but continued to have stories in Tiger for a couple of years after this)
- Skid Solo - a British Formula 1 Driver in the 70s/80s
- Sintek
- The Strong Guy
- Star Rider - moved to Eagle
The Eagle was a British weekly comic, which ran in two main incarnations over the period of 1950 to 1994 . It is strongly associated with its flagship character, Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, , doing battle against the Mekon and other interplanetary foes.In the gender gap...
- The Suicide Six
The Suicide Six was the title of a serial that ran in Tiger in the 1960s, describing the fantastic exploits of a six-person squad of allied troops from various British Empire nations fighting in North Africa during the Second World War....
- Tallon of the Track - tomboy Jo Tallon runs the Flying Ospreys speedway team
- Topps On Two Wheels (title later changed to Topps)
- The Tough Game - a Rugby League story involving the exploits of three friends, Duggie Batson, Big Ernie Barnes and Ape Man.
- Typhoon Tracy, Trouble-shooter
In addition, sports stars such as Geoff Boycott, Trevor Francis, Ian Botham and Charlie Nicholas wrote columns for Tiger.