Roy of the rovers

Roy of the Rovers, 28/04/79

The Greek Roy of the Rovers Fan Club: Roy of the Rovers Holiday Special 1993

Good luck lads! #ENGPAN #ThreeLions

Find out more about Roy of the Rovers: 65th Anniversary Special by Barrie Tomlinson, Joe Colquhoun, Rob Power at Simon & Schuster UK. Read book reviews & excerpts, watch author videos & more.

September 11, 1954, is probably not a date you are too familiar with, but it is a date that went down in comic strip history in the United Kingdom. That was the date the British comic Tiger first hit the shelves and was the first time the comic-reading fraternity caught a glimpse of the legendary Roy of the […]

Just time for a very quick post today... the latest Previews catalogue has revealed that Rebellion will be collecting the earliest Roy of the Rovers strips in a hardback volume coming in July. Written by Frank Pepper and drawn by Joe Colquhoun, Roy of the Rovers: Best of the 1950s will be a hardback reprinting strips from Tiger. A very welcome addition to their Treasury of British Comics range! More details will emerge in the weeks to come, but for now here's a cover preview and the basic…

Following the long-running The Hard Man (and before joining Melchester), Johnny Dexter spent a year or so playing for bottom-of-the-Fourth-Division Burnside Athletic in Dexter’s Dozen . Mike White was the regular artist.

Here we go again with some more of the best of Roy of the Rovers monthly... Issue 16 - SO MUCH Mighty Mouse (58 pages!) and a bit of Roy (6 pages), whatever Issue 17 - and it's a Nipper special Issue 18 - is graced by a John Gillatt cover and pages and pages of John's art inside with Billy's Boots front and centre Issue 19 - total Hot Shot Hamish - no Roy (or anyone else at all) - just 64 pages of the big mon Issue 20 - the Safest hands in soccer is the centre of attention this month...

Find out more about Roy of the Rovers: The Best of the 1960s by Derek Birnage, Joe Colquhoun, Fred T Holmes, Bobby Charlton at Simon & Schuster UK. Read book reviews & excerpts, watch author videos & more.