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New Spaceways Comic Annual

The New Spaceways Comic Annual was published in 1954 by London's Boardman Books under their Popular Press imprint. The Book is about 10.75 x 7.75 inches. hardcover, printed boards, 158 pages. Contents are a combination of comic book and illustrated text stories. Illustrated in four color and black and white. Denis McLoughlin, creative director for the series, based most of the spacemen, rockets, flying saucers, space creatures, robots, etc. on the toys then carried by Woolworth's. Woolworth's were the primary distributor of the Boardman annuals in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and all over the former British Empire.

Contents
The comic contents include three British original stories by Denis McLoughlin and a third by an unknown artist. One McLoughlin story features hard boiled detective Roy Carson while the other has science fiction hero Swift Morgan. The story Swift Morgan and the Flying Saucers is a reprint from 1949. As such, it is a very early UFO story. The other comic content is reprinted (in color and black and white) from U.S. Quality Comics Group. Comic content includes: • ''Zip O'Daly Rocket Ship Pilot'' (British original?) • Swift Morgan and the Flying Saucers by Denis McLoughlin • Eric Falcon - The Surrender of Eric Falcon • Chop Chop by Matt BakerPlastic Man - Grandma Crookes by Jack Cole • The Whip - Crimson Vengeance (origin) by Reed CrandallDoll Man - The Full Moon Monster • Corsair Queen - King of Corpse CaySwift Morgan and the Ancient Egyptians by Denis McLoughlin • Roy Carson Strikes Again by Denis McLoughlin • Arizona Raines Water Hogs Die Broke might be by Matt Baker ==Sources==
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