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.
Some of the Pyro/Kleeware/Tudor Rose toys used as models for this annual include: X-300 Space Cruiser ; X-300 Space Cruiser ; Johillco Spacemen ; and Tudor Rose Space Clipper.

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 from U.S. Quality Comics Group. Comic content includes:Zip O'Daly Rocket Ship Pilot Swift Morgan and the Flying Saucers by Denis McLoughlin