The Champion (story paper)

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The Champion Vol XV issue 374, 1929. Champion 374.jpg
The Champion Vol XV issue 374, 1929.

The Champion was a British weekly boys' story paper published by Amalgamated Press, which ran from January 28, 1922, until March 19, 1955. [1] Its original editor was Francis Addington Symonds. From 1929 until 1940 it had a monthly, pocket-sized companion paper, The Champion Library, containing characters from The Champion and its sister paper The Triumph. [2] The Triumph eventually was merged into The Champion in 1942.

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The title was revived as a comics magazine in 1966 for a short-lived publication which merged with Lion later that year.

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References

  1. "The Champion" . Retrieved 23 February 2007.
  2. Friardale: The Champion Library