A nostalgic history of Tiger—from Roy of the Rovers and Billy’s Boots to the many comics it absorbed before its final merger with Eagle in 1985.
British Comics
Hot Shot! – Nov 12th 1988
Revisiting Gary Lineker’s Hot Shot! from 12 November 1988—a short-lived football comic filled with ambition, grit and dreams of sporting glory.
Roy of the Rovers – Nov 11th 1978
Revisiting Roy of the Rovers from 11 November 1978—a nine-pence Saturday packed with football, mud, morals, mayhem and Peter Shilton.
Warlord – Nov 9th 1985
Revisiting Warlord from 9 November 1985—wartime adventures, memorable characters and a revealing snapshot of British boys’ comics in the mid-1980s.
Tiger and Speed – Nov 8th 1980
Revisiting Tiger and Speed from 8 November 1980—Billy’s Boots, Skid Solo, Death Wish, Hot-Shot Hamish and plenty of nostalgic comic-book mayhem.