Roy of the Rovers (comic)
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Roy of the Rovers comic magazine was launched as a weekly on 25 September 1976, named after the established comic strip of the same name that first appeared as a weekly feature in the Tiger on 11 September 1954. The title ran for 853 issues, until 20 March 1993[nb 1] (industrial action prevented publication of 3 issues in December 1978 and a further 5 in May and June 1980), and included other football strips and features. In February 1989, the magazine merged with the similarly themed Hot Shot, and was known for a brief time as Roy of the Rovers and Hot Shot, but reverted to its original title shortly afterwards.
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Publisher | Fleetway |
Schedule | Weekly, then monthly |
Publication date | 25 September 1976 – 20 March 1993 as a weekly, relaunched as a monthly in September 1993 until March 1995[1] |
No. of issues | 872 |
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The magazine was relaunched as a monthly in September 1993, but finally closed in March 1995, after a further 19 issues.