Sun

a.k.a.: Fitness and Sun

Publisher: J.B. Allen

Format: Weekly anthology (initially fortnightly)

First Issue: Fitness and Sun #1 (11th November 1947)

Last Issue: Sun #558 (17th November 1959)

Absorbed: None

Absorbed into: Lion

Strips: Addy, Ali Barber, Battler Britton, Billy the Kid, Buck Jones; Clip McCord, Special Agent; Deed-a-Day Danny, Dick Turpin, Formula 'X', Harold Hare, Jak of the Jaguars, John and Joan, Johnny Conquest, Kindheart, Lancelot Lake, Max Bravo, Mike, Moko the Monk; Old Buck and Texas Titch, Our Prairie Pals; Ollie, Patsy and Tim, Penguin Patrol, Robin Hood, Roy Rogers, Sherwood Outlaw, Simon the Simple Sleuth, Sinbad the Sailor, Sitting Bull, Sparks and Flash, Stonehenge Kit the Ancient Brit, The Swiss Family Robinson, The Terrible Three, Voyage to Venus, Wild Bill Hickok, Young Joey

Comments: Launched by J.B. Allen in 11th November 1947 as Fitness and Sun, with the fifth issue the comic became just Sun. Early issues included keep fit articles, but these were dropped with the title change. Stories were a mix between comic strips and illustrated text pieces. On 24th May 1949 with Sun #41, the comic was taken over by Amalgamated Press, as was Sun's sister comic Comet, and the new editors replaced most of the humour strips with adventure strips. On 20th May 1950 and #57, Sun became a weekly title. The final issue was 17th October 1959, when Sun merged with Lion after 558 issues.

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