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Pow! was a weekly British comic book published by Odhams Press' Power Comics imprint in 1967 and 1968. Like other Power Comics, Pow! featured a mixture of British strips with reprints from American Marvel Comics, including Spider-Man, Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD and the Fantastic Four.
It is unrelated to POW! Entertainment, an American media production company.
The Power Comics imprint was led by a three-man editorial team, known as Alf, Bart, and Cos. Alfred Wallace ("Alf") was the Managing Editor at Odhams, and supervised the entire Power Comics line. Under his direction, Bart and Cos were the staff editors who handled the individual titles. Bart (a pen-name for Eagle's Bob Bartholemew) was the editor directly responsible for Pow!.
Pow! first appeared on 21 January 1967. It was printed on newsprint stock, in black-and-white except for its colour front and back covers, and initially comprised 28 pages.
After 12 months, with its 53rd issue, cover-dated 13 January 1968, it absorbed its sister title Wham! to form Pow! and Wham!.
The 86th and final issue appeared on 7 September 1968, after which it merged into Smash!, another of the Power Comics line of five titles.
Like the other Power Comics, Pow! supplemented its British content with reprints from American Marvel Comics, all written by Stan Lee. Spider-Man (drawn by Steve Ditko) and Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (drawn by Jack Kirby), began in issue #1. After the merger with Wham! in issue #53, the Fantastic Four (also drawn by Kirby) joined the Pow! lineup.
Other than the American superheroes, Pow! principally featured British humour strips. These included Kicks, Wee Willie Haggis: The Spy from Skye, Ken Reid's Dare-a-Day Davy (in colour, for the back page), Ron Spencer's The Dolls of St Dominic's, Mike Brown's The Group and Wiz War, and (from issue #18) Mike Higgs' The Cloak. It also featured some adventure strips, including The Python and Jack Magic.
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Pow! (comics)
Pow! was a weekly British comic book published by Odhams Press' Power Comics imprint in 1967 and 1968. Like other Power Comics, Pow! featured a mixture of British strips with reprints from American Marvel Comics, including Spider-Man, Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD and the Fantastic Four.
It is unrelated to POW! Entertainment, an American media production company.
The Power Comics imprint was led by a three-man editorial team, known as Alf, Bart, and Cos. Alfred Wallace ("Alf") was the Managing Editor at Odhams, and supervised the entire Power Comics line. Under his direction, Bart and Cos were the staff editors who handled the individual titles. Bart (a pen-name for Eagle's Bob Bartholemew) was the editor directly responsible for Pow!.
Pow! first appeared on 21 January 1967. It was printed on newsprint stock, in black-and-white except for its colour front and back covers, and initially comprised 28 pages.
After 12 months, with its 53rd issue, cover-dated 13 January 1968, it absorbed its sister title Wham! to form Pow! and Wham!.
The 86th and final issue appeared on 7 September 1968, after which it merged into Smash!, another of the Power Comics line of five titles.
Like the other Power Comics, Pow! supplemented its British content with reprints from American Marvel Comics, all written by Stan Lee. Spider-Man (drawn by Steve Ditko) and Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (drawn by Jack Kirby), began in issue #1. After the merger with Wham! in issue #53, the Fantastic Four (also drawn by Kirby) joined the Pow! lineup.
Other than the American superheroes, Pow! principally featured British humour strips. These included Kicks, Wee Willie Haggis: The Spy from Skye, Ken Reid's Dare-a-Day Davy (in colour, for the back page), Ron Spencer's The Dolls of St Dominic's, Mike Brown's The Group and Wiz War, and (from issue #18) Mike Higgs' The Cloak. It also featured some adventure strips, including The Python and Jack Magic.