Vulcan (comic book)

Vulcan was a weekly comic book published by Fleetway from 1975 to 1976.

Publishing History

"Vulcan" was a reprint title used by Fleetway to make use of its' back-catalogue of superhero and adventure strips printed in "Lion" and "Valiant" during the 1960s and early 1970s. Format-wise, it was something of a departure for Fleetway's comics, being the same size as an American comic, and featuring good quality paper.

After a trial run in Scotland from March 1975 with an issue dated 1st March 1975, the comic was launched nationally with an issue date of 27th September 1975. It continued for a further 28 issues (the last dated 3rd April 1976) until being cancelled and merged with "Valiant". Later in 1976 an annual was published.

Notable stories

The following series were amongst those reprinted in "Vulcan": -

* "The Spider"
* "The Steel Claw"
* "Trigan Empire"
* "Robot Archie" (which married the art from Bert Bus' Dutch reprints with the original English scripts)
* "Mytek the Mighty"
* "Saber, King of the Jungle"
* "Kelly's Eye"
* "The House of Dolmann"