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Thriller Comics, which was later renamed Thriller Comics Library and eventually Thriller Picture Library, was a British comic book magazine published in digest-sized issues by Amalgamated Press, and later Fleetway Publications, from 1951 to May 1963, totaling 450 issues—initially two per month and later four.

 

The magazine primarily featured historical adventure stories, showcasing iconic characters like Robin Hood, Dick Turpin, and the Three Musketeers, as well as western figures such as Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok. It included adaptations of classic adventure novels and films, along with original characters like Captain Flame, Max Bravo, and Battler Britton, created specifically for the title or reprinted from other AP publications, Knockout, Sun, and Comet. Notable artists included D.C. Eyles, Mike Hubbard, Eric Parker, and Septimus E. Scott, with Edward Holmes as the original editor, later succeeded by Leonard Matthews in 1952.

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