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Girl comic comic issues
Sister comic to the 1950's Eagle, obviously aimed at girls rather than boys. With the Eagle there are weekly features on sports such as football, cricket, boxing and ju jitsu. With girl, the features are on baking, etc, with the first issue having a recipe for chocolate nut fudge, the second on how to make surprise boxes, and the first on how to make a monkey glove puppet. Another difference is the colour centre pages. Eagle has diagrams of ships, planes, cars, etc, and in the first 3 issues of Girl has "Jacky" visiting sweet factories, film sets and the zoo.
Girl is seriously difficult to get hold of, especially on eBay as searching on 'girl comic' isn't going to help, so you need to either add 'girl comic eagle' or 'girl comic hulton press' to find any issues and there aren't many.
We managed to get hold of complete volumes 1 and 2 to go through. The first couple of volumes have 16 pages per issue. After that, all the different websites have a different number of issues and there's conflicting information on whether this ends at Volume 13 no 13 or Volume 13 number 40.
We'll add information over time as we find it.
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Publication summary
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First issue |
02 November 1951
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Last issue |
03 October 1964
(#643) |
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Total issues |
643 |
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Average pages |
16 |
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WEEKLY |
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End of life |
FINISHED |
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Wikipedia entry |
View entry |
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Publisher |
Hulton Press |
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Issue Info |
ComicVine
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Key issues summary
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V1 #1 |
02 November 1951 |
First issue |
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V1 #2 |
09 November 1951 |
Second issue |
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V1 #3 |
16 November 1951 |
Third issue |
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V1 #9 |
28 December 1951 |
1st XMAS cover |
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V1 #14 |
01 February 1952 |
1st red masthead (first 13 are yellow) |
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V1 #19 |
07 March 1952 |
Picture Galary No 1 - Duke of Edinburgh |
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V1 #31 |
28 May 1952 |
1st Coronation issue |
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V1 #32 |
04 June 1952 |
2nd Coronation issue |
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V2 #1 |
29 October 1952 |
1st issue in new volume |
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V2 #31 |
27 May 1953 |
Coronation issue |
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V2 #32 |
03 June 1953 |
Coronation issue |
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V3 #1 |
06 January 1954 |
1st issue in new volume |
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V4 #1 |
05 January 1955 |
1st issue in new volume |
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V5 #1 |
04 January 1956 |
1st issue in new volume |
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V6 #1 |
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1st issue in new volume |
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V7 #1 |
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1st issue in new volume |
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V8 #1 |
03 January 1959 |
1st issue in new volume |
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V9 #1 |
02 January 1960 |
1st issue in new volume |
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V10 #1 |
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1st issue in new volume |
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V11 #1 |
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1st issue in new volume |
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V13 #1 |
30 January 1964 |
1st issue in new volume |
Christmas cover issues
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V1 #9 |
28 December 1951 |
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V2 #9 |
24 December 1952 |
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V2 #61 |
23 December 1953 |
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General comic range checking notes
All the early issues don't have any staples, so all the pages are loose. From early volume 9, they start to get the spine sewn with cotton, which gives them ragged edges, then then give up on that and go back to loose pages.
Always flip through checking the page numbers to make sure that pages haven't been removed. As you do this, then you can look for coupons cutout or puzzles/quizes filled in. Most issues have a crossword first half. This is fun with a comic of this age as you can see original adverts and fill in features on how to box, etc. Early issues only have 16 pages so it doesn't take long
Individual issue checking notes summary
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V1 #9 |
28 December 1951 |
Collie dog A3 pin-up poster centre pages |
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V1 #19 |
07 March 1952 |
Picture Galary No 1 centre pages - Duke of Edinburgh centre pages |
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V1 #20 |
14 March 1952 |
Picture Galary No 2 centre pages - Dignity and Impudence |
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V1 #21 |
21 March 1952 |
Picture Galary No 3 centre pages - Shoeing of the Mare |
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V1 #22 |
26 March 1952 |
Picture Galary No 4 centre pages - Queen Elizabeth |
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V1 #23 |
02 April 1952 |
Picture Galary No 5 centre pages - Lambs in Spring |
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V1 #24 |
09 April 1952 |
Picture Galary No 6 centre pages - Procession to Calvary |
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V1 #25 |
16 April 1952 |
Picture Galary No 7 centre pages - Risen Master |
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V1 #26 |
23 April 1952 |
Picture Galary No 8 centre pages - Her First Love |
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V1 #27 |
30 April 1952 |
Picture Galary No 9 centre pages - Prince Charles |
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V1 #28 |
07 May 1952 |
Picture Galary No 10 centre pages - Tortures of Tantalus |
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V1 #29 |
14 May 1952 |
Picture Galary No 11 centre pages - Mother and Daughter |
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V1 #30 |
21 May 1952 |
Picture Galary No 12 centre pages - Diana of the Uplands |
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V1 #31 |
28 May 1952 |
Picture Galary No 13 centre pages - Horse and Foal |
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V1 #32 |
04 June 1952 |
Picture Galary No 14 centre pages - Girl with a Cat |
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V1 #33 |
11 June 1952 |
Picture Galary No 15 centre pages - Princess Margaret |
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V1 #34 |
18 June 1952 |
Picture Galary No 16 centre pages - The Ballet Shoe |
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V1 #35 |
25 June 1952 |
Picture Galary No 17- |
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V1 #36 |
02 July 1952 |
Picture Galary No 18 centre pages - Queen Mary |
Price guide notes
These are hardly ever on eBay so we haven't got a clear idea of price. Obviously No 1 is the most sort after key issue with the first appearance of Kitty Hawke.
After that, the price of issues generally fall to a consistant level as they are still common and were produced in vast numbers. Expect to pay £4-10 for most issues in nice complete condition.
The first issues in each volume and Christmas cover issues are always more expensive. Collecting Christmas covers is still popular so the demand for these issues increases the price.
If we are missing anything from these summary lists, or you spot errors, feel free to email us at comics @ jumblesaler.com and we will update our lists which benefits all our users.
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