Verso Media Library
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Welcome to the Verso Media Library — a digital archive of classic British comics, full issue runs, story collections, magazines, and books. Everything is neatly organised and can be read instantly on desktop, tablet, or mobile.
Whether you’re revisiting the comics you grew up with, exploring magazine culture from years gone by, or browsing a favourite book genre, the Library brings it all together in one easy place.
ANNUALS & SPECIALS
A treasure trove of classic British comic annuals and one-off specials from across the decades. From action-packed war stories and high-speed racing dramas to football legends, TV tie-ins, and much-loved girls’ titles. This is where the big Christmas hardbacks and special editions live on.
You’ll find favourites including Battle, Debbie, Eagle, Lion, Mandy, Roy of the Rovers, Scorcher, Speed, Tammy, Tiger, Victor, Vulcan, Wildcat, and many more. These books were designed to be picked up, dipped into, and enjoyed, and that’s exactly how they read today.
Whether you’re reliving Christmas mornings from years gone by or discovering these classics for the first time, this section is pure nostalgia in its finest form.
BIG STORIES
This section brings together the stand-out story arcs, long-running favourites, and truly iconic characters from Britain’s classic comic era. These are the strips readers still talk about decades later. The ones that defined genres, inspired generations, and kept kids glued to the newsagent shelves every week.
You’ll find football heroes, sci-fi pilots, action adventurers, comedy favourites, and some of the most memorable serials ever printed, including Billy’s Boots, Dan Dare, Hot-Shot Hamish, Jet-Ace Logan, Johnny Cougar, Skid Solo, The Thirteenth Floor, Tommy’s Troubles, Typhoon Tracy, and many more.
Each collection is presented as a complete run, making it easy to read the full story from start to finish. Just click a cover and dive straight into the adventure.
Annuals
Big Stories
Compilations
Full Issues
COMPILATIONS
This section brings together themed collections and character-focused runs from across British comics, TV tie-ins, sport, sci-fi, comedy, and adventure. Instead of single titles, these volumes group stories by subject, era, or character, making them perfect for binge-reading a favourite theme in one go.
You’ll find everything from football heroes, racing legends, and war adventures to cult TV favourites, comedy classics, sci-fi icons, and forgotten gems. From gritty newspaper strips to full-colour TV adaptations, these compilations showcase just how broad and inventive British comics really were.
Whether you’re in the mood for sport, science fiction, spies, slapstick, or nostalgia-heavy TV nostalgia, there’s something here to drop straight into and enjoy.
FULL ISSUES
This is the heart of the Verso Media Library — complete, issue-by-issue runs of Britain’s most iconic comics, preserved in full and ready to read from start to finish.
From legendary titles like Action, Battle, Beano, Eagle, Champ, Tiger, Victor, Warlord, Roy of the Rovers, Scorcher, TV21, and many more, this section lets you experience these comics exactly as they were originally published, week after week, cover to cover.
Whether you’re following long-running storylines, revisiting favourite characters, or discovering entire titles you missed the first time around, this is pure archive browsing at its best. Thousands of issues, fully readable, fully searchable, and always available.
If you ever dreamed of having your own newsagent’s worth of comics at your fingertips, this is it.
MAGAZINES
Step into a full digital archive of classic British magazines covering everything from music, TV, sport, and pop culture to crime, computers, and cult fandoms. This section captures the voices, trends, and obsessions of their time, exactly as they appeared on the newsstands.
You’ll find titles such as Radio Times, Look-In, TV Times, Smash Hits, Classic Pop, Rolling Stone, Goal, Shoot, Panini Albums, Doctor Who Magazine, and True Crime, alongside many more specialist and one-off publications.
Whether you’re reliving Saturday night TV listings, flicking through football history, revisiting pop’s biggest moments, or diving into vintage crime reporting, these magazines offer a genuine snapshot of the eras that shaped them.
Every issue is preserved, fully readable, and ready to explore.
BOOKS
A growing collection of fiction and non-fiction across every major genre, crime, thrillers, romance, sci-fi, history, fantasy, biography, poetry, and more. Everything is clearly organised and ready to read online.
If you enjoy these books, please consider visiting the authors’ official websites and supporting them by purchasing their wider back catalogue. Your support genuinely helps keep their work alive.
DONATE
All quizzes, comics, magazines, and broadcast files are completely free to access. Donations are always appreciated and help keep the site online, fund future content, and support the continued growth of the Library.
Where purchase options are available, everything except the books can also be bought separately if you’d prefer to support the project that way.
Every contribution, whether a donation or a purchase, goes directly back into improving and expanding the Verso Media Library.