Swift vol 4 No 32, 1958
Swift was a junior companion to the Eagle, launched by Hulton Press in 1954. Marcus Morris was the editor untiol 1959, when he was succeeded by Clifford Makins. After Hultons were sold to Odhams Press in 1959, it absorbed Zip, before Swift was merged into the Eagle in 1961.
Strips included:
- "Arty and Crafty" by Geoffrey Bond and Martin Aitchison
- "Blackbow the Cheyenne", drawn by Don Lawrence
- "The Boy David", later "David and Jonathan" - biblical strip
- "Captain Pugwash" by John Ryan (1959)
- "Cliff McCoy and Slicker", western strip drawn by Jim Holdaway, 1955-
- "Dixon of Dock Green", based on the TV cop show
- "Educating Archie", based on TV ventriloquist Peter Brough
- "The Fleet Family", a sort of Swiss Family Robinson in the Australian outback, drawn by Frank Bellamy, Eric Dadswell (1954)
- "King Arthur and His Knights", by Clifford Makins and Frank Bellamy, 1955-56
- "Mono the Moon Man" (1954)
- "Paul English", drawn by Giorgio Bellavitis, Frank Bellamy, 1955
- "Pony Express", drawn by Don Lawrence
- "The Prisoner of Zenda", classic novel adaptation drawn by Patrick Nicolle, 1961
- "Red Rider", Canadian mountie strip drawn by Jim Holdaway
- "Robin Hood and His Merry Men", by Clifford Makins and Frank Bellamy, 1956-57
- "Robin Hood and Maid Marian", by Clifford Makins and Frank Bellamy, 57
- "Roddy the Road Scout" (1954-1961)
- "The Rolling Stones", about a circus family
- "Sally of Fern Farm"
- "The Sign of the Scarlet Ladybird", advertising strip promoting Ladybird Books and their merchandise (1954-1961)
- "Sir Boldasbrass", colour double-page strip by John Ryan
- "Smiley", about a young Australian boy, written by Moore Raymond (1958)
- "Swiss Family Robinson", drawn by Frank Bellamy, 1954-55
- "Tammy the Sheepdog", drawn by G. William Backhouse
- "Tarna, Jungle Boy", original cover feature, a sort of junior Tarzan, drawn by Harry Bishop (1954-1963)
- "Then and Now", advertising strip promoting the Gas Council
- "Tom Tex and Pinto", western strip drawn by Harry Bishop (1954-1955)
- "Wells Fargo", drawn by Don Lawrence, joined the title when Zip was merged into it
- "Wyatt Earp", drawn by Roland Davies
External links[]
- Win Wiacek, The Best of British: Swift, FA Online, 27 April 2012