The Hornet was a British boys' comic published by D. C. Thomson & Co. for 648 issuesPaul Sassienie, The Comic Book: The One Essential Guide for Comic Book Fans Everywhere, Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell, 1994, p. 252. from 14 September 1963Jeremy Briggs, "Calling Warlord Agents!" Interview with Bill Graham, Downthetubes.com: "August 5th, 1963. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was put on the staff of The Hornet on the day the first issue went to press".Roger Sabin, Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels, London: Phaidon, 1996, repr. 2001, ISPN 0-7148-3993-0, p. 49: "DC Thomson hit back [after the launch of Eagle] . . . by launching new titles, the most famous of which were Victor (1961) and Hornet (1963)." to 7 February 1976, after which it was merged with The Hotspur.The Hornet at 26pigs.com. The free gift with the first issue was a balsa wood "Kestral Glider".
Notable strips and characters The Blazing Ace of Spades - starring Richard Starr, a ruthless World War II fighter pilot V for Vengeance (1965–75; 1976–80 The Hotspur) - starring the Deathless Men, masked concentration camp escapees who first appeared in prose format in The Wizard in 1942.Mike Conroy, War Stories: A Graphic History, New York: Ilex/Harper, 2009, , p. 116. William Wilson, first appeared in prose format in The Wizard in 1943, appeared in picture form in The Hornet starting on 12 September 1964.Graham Kibble-White, The Ultimate Book of British Comics, London: Allison & Busby, 2005, , p. 218.Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury, Great British Comics: Celebrating a Century of Ripping Yarns and Wizard Wheezes, London: Aurum, 2006, , p. 166.
References
External links The Hornet at the Grand Comics Database Adrian Banfield, A brief history of The Victor - (1961- 1992, published every Monday), 2008. Adrian Banfield, The Hornet Index, April 2010.