Tiger featuring "Skid Solo", 1977
Tiger was a boys' weekly published by the Amalgamated Press, later Fleetway and IPC, launched by editor Derek Birnage on 11 September 1954, subtitled "The Sport and Adventure Picture Story Weekly", and featuring predominantly sporting strips. Sports stars such as Geoff Boycott, Trevor Francis, Ian Botham and Charlie Nicholas wrote columns. Its lead strip was football series "Roy of the Rovers", created by Frank S. Pepper and Joe Colquhoun, which eventually spun-off into its own title in 1976, and continued in Tiger until 1978.
It absorbed The Comet (1959), Hurricane (1965), Jag (1969), Scorcher (1974) and Speed (1980), and was merged into Eagle in 1985. In the latter half of 1961 it spawned Tiger Sports Picture Library.
Strips included:
- "Billy's Boots" (written by Fred Baker, drawn by John Gillat, Mike Western, Ron Turner; moved to Eagle, then Roy of the Rovers)
- "Custer" (drawn by Geoff Campion, imported from Jag)
- "Death Wish" (drawn by Eduard Vaño; imported from Speed, moved to Eagle)
- "Fairs Please!"
- "File of Fame" (drawn by James Bleach)
- "Fisty Flynn"
- "Football Family Robinson" (by Tom Tully and Joe Colquhoun; imported from Speed, moved to Roy of the Rovers)
- "Golden Boy" (moved to Eagle; drawn by Mike Western)
- "Hot Shot Hamish" (by Fred Baker and Julio Schiaffino; imported from Scorcher, moved to Roy of the Rovers)
- "The Inquisitors" (drawn by James Bleach)
- "Jet-Ace Logan" (written by Frank S. Pepper, Ken Bulmer; drawn by John Gillat; imported from The Comet)
- "Johnny Cougar" (drawn by Geoff Campion; moved to Roy of the Rovers)
- "King Of The Track"
- "Martin's Marvellous Mini" (by Fred Baker and Angelo Todaro)
- "Nipper" (drawn by Eric Bradbury; imported from Scorcher, moved to Roy of the Rovers)
- "Olac the Gladiator" (written by Frank S. Pepper, drawn by Brian Leigh, Don Lawrence)
- "Paceman"
- "Road Race Roughriders" (drawn by Graham Coton)
- "Rod And Line" (written by Scott Goodall)
- "Saber, King of the Jungle" (by Ted Cowan and Denis McLoughlin)
- "Skid Solo" (written by Fred Baker, drawn by John Vernon, Mike Western)
- "Sintek"
- "Spike and Dusty" (drawn by John Chester)
- "Splash Gorton" (Scott Goodall and Joe Colquhoun)
- "Steadfast McStaunch (drawn by Denis Gifford, also appeared in The Knock-Out and Whizzer and Chips)
- "The Strong Guy"
- "Star Rider" (moved to Eagle)
- "The Suicide Six"
- "Tallon of the Track" (written by Scott Goodall, drawn by James Bleach)
- "Topps On Two Wheels" (imported from Speed; drawn by Mike Western)
- "Tornado Jones" (written by Scott Goodall)
- "The Tough Game" (drawn by James Bleach)
- "The Toughest Race in the World" (written by Ted Cowan)
- "Typhoon Tracy"
External links[]
- Roy of the Rovers official website
