Swift (comic)

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Swift (comic)

Swift was a British weekly comics magazine published by in the UK as a junior companion to the Eagle.

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Cover from 1958, featuring "Smiley"
Publication information
PublisherHulton Press(1954–1959)
Odhams Press (1959–1963)
ScheduleWeekly
FormatOngoing series
Publication date20 March 1954 – 2 March 1963
No. of issues461
Editor(s)Marcus Morris
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Publication history

It was founded by the Rev. Marcus Morris and launched by Hulton Press in 1954. After Hultons were sold to Odhams Press in 1959, Swift absorbed Odhams' weekly title Zip and inherited a number of its strips.[1] Swift was merged into the Eagle in 1963.[2]

Comics published in Swift

Archival holdings

The British Library holds copies of Swift from 20 March 1954 to 2 March 1963.[20]

References

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