A brief history of the Victor and the Hornet comics.
The England 1966 World Cup heroes biographies.
World Cup Souvenirs, (coming soon).
This page will consist of articles discussing various features or looking at subjects associated with both comics.
A new article about the biographies of the 1966 winning England World Cup team as published in The Hornet has now been added.
The other articles in this section include -
The Brief history of the Victor and Hornet comics which was on the main page of this website has now been added to this page. Please scroll down to the bottom of this page for the article.
The three new articles which featured in the December 2009 update have been added to this page. (Please scroll down the page to view them). They include winter text and picture stories from both comics; a Shiwa Sands text/picture comparison story and Harry the Hornet's Hotch-Potch information pages.
Victor/Hornet artist Leo Rawlings. The artist fought during the Second World War, was captured by the Japanese and held as a Prisoner of War (P.O.W.). He drew many strips for D.C. Thomson, including the Sergeant Millar World War One series and many other strips.
The story about three brave men's retrieval of important documents from a sinking German U-Boat as told on the front and back covers of The Hornet.
Memories by an overseas reader of The Victor.
The Victor's 25th anniversary issue. Have a go at answering the anniversary quiz. How good is your memory of the characters and stories that have appeared in The Victor? Some of the answers to the questions can be found on this website.
The variety of advertisements that appeared in both comics, complete with examples.
How the Gurkhas have been portrayed in both comics and the story of the retired Gurkhas recent fight (2008-09), against the Labour Government to be allowed to reside in the United Kingdom if they so wish. Please click on the relevant images below.|
A brief history of the Victor and the Hornet comics. |
The England 1966 World Cup heroes biographies. |
World Cup Souvenirs, (coming soon). |
Overseas Readers memories of The Victor and Hornet. |
The Victor Silver Jubilee issue |
Gurkha exploits in The Victor and Hornet. |
Victor Hornet comic adverts |
A Hornet true story investigation. |
Leo Rawlings - artist. |
Winter stories. |
A Shiwa Sands text/picture comparison. |
Harry the Hornet's Hotch-potch. |
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