List of Knockout (British comics) stories

Boy scout Danny's desire to help others doesn't always go smoothly.

• Cartoon strip.

Dick Turpin

Highwayman Dick Turpin carries out daring robberies.

• Text story.

Dick Turpin and the Cavern of Monsters

Two boys from a secret society of miniature people thwart crimes in the Old West.

From the Vaults of Time

Professor Kraken's experiments allow him to hatch dinosaur eggs, but the creatures soon escape their enclosure and rampage across Britain.

Redheaded Tom Meadowman is a squire in the service of Sir Guy de Travere. He wants to become a knight himself, but must first deal with Sir Guy's scheming man-at-arms Broadsword.

• From 8 March 1958 the serial was renamed "Firebrand the Red Knight" to reflect Tom gaining his knighthood.

Gordon Jim

After a vicious border feud, Gordon Jim is the only survivor of the noble Scottish house of Lanark after their clashes with the Northern English Sutherland family. Complicating things, he and Arabel Sutherland are in love, and trying to conceal this from her father, Sir Henry.

Hopalong Cassidy

A black-clad clean-cut sarsaparilla-swilling gunman defends the innocent in the Wild West, despite a leg injury.

• Initially reprints of the King Features Syndicate newspaper strip, before in-house material created from 13 April 1957.

Jimmy Jingles' Time Machine

An experimental time machine transports young boy Jimmy Jingles back to the time of King Arthur.

Johnnie Wingco

Master pilot Johnnie Wingco carries out a wide variety of daring flying missions across the globe.

A young European girl attempts to survive in the jungles of Africa.

After discovering a gem called the Eye of Zoltec in an ancient temple, Tim Kelly finds the stone makes him invulnerable.

A young king's antics and ideas keep his ministry busy.

• Cartoon strip.

The King's Horses

• Text story.

Kit Carson

Heroic cowboy Kit Carson keeps order on the Old West frontier.

Sheriff 'Lucky' Logan keeps order in the town of Horseshoe Bend.

MacTavish of Red Rock

Dougal MacTavish arrives in the Wild West to take over a frontier ranch he has inherited. Soon those after the spread for their own reasons - including bandit Karl Bencher and a local Comanche tribe - find the burly, kilt-wearing Scot to be no pushover.

Inheriting the Russian throne from his mother Catherine the Great, Emperor Paul I quickly causes problems with his insane behaviour. After comrade Nicholas Rostov is sentenced to Siberia for coughing in the Tsar's presence, Imperial Guard Captain Peter Gordanov begins to lose his confidence in the throne.

Mark Trail, Forest Patrolman

Photojournalist and outdoor magazine writer Mark Trail's assignments lead him into danger and adventure.

• Reprints of the Post-Hall Syndicate newspaper strip.

Matt Marriott

Matt Marriott uses reason where he can and Colt Peacemaker six-shooters where he can't to keep order.

A close association with a wizard leads to adventures for Micky Roysham and his sister Betty.

Mike, Spike and Greta

A pair of inept cowboys and their mule Greta seek their fortune.

• Cartoon strip.

Nick and Nan and Stainless Stan

Nick and Nan are treasure hunting with their uncle when his flying boat crashes. The trio are left stranded on a tropical island; their uncle fashions wreckage into the robot Stan to help them.

• An updated remake of "The Steam Man on Treasure Island".

No. 13 Grimm Street

Oliver Bold

Swashbuckling English privateer Oliver Bold leads his crew on daring raids against Spanish bases in the Caribbean.

Our Ernie

Wigan lad Ernie Entwhistle helps around the town.

• Cartoon strip.

Percy and Steve

A pair of football enthusiasts who routinely overestimate their skills and importance.

Genius detective Pete Madden foils the schemes of numerous shadowy characters.

A masked avenger protects the innocent in rural America.

Pony Express

Good friends Buffalo Bill Cody and Texas Jack compete for the government's Pony Express franchise.

Professor Digby invents the Dwindling Pill, capable of shrinking human beings. His nephew Tim and niece Patsy take them and are miniaturised for numerous adventures.

Red Ryder

Cowboy Red Ryder fends off cattle rustlers with trusty steed Thunder.

• Reprints of the NEA Service syndicated strip.

The Rio Kid's Double

A lookalike frames the cowboy known as the Rio Kid, who strives to clear his name.

Robin Hood

The Saga of Eric the Red

Viking explorer Erik the Red sets out on an exciting voyage.

Sexton Blake

Genius detective Sexton Blake foils the schemes of numerous shadowy characters.

Slade

Lone gunman Slade patrols the border of Texas and Mexico.

Despite his bumbling inadequacies, an amateur detective always solves crimes.

• Cartoon strip.

Sinbad Simms

The adventures of Sinbad Simms and his tame shark Jasper.

Sitting Bull's Schooldays

Sitting Bull entertains the young of his tribe with tales of his youth.

• Text story.

Smugglers' Creek

Cornish lad Dick Treherne fights local nobleman James Mostyn's alliance with the villainous smuggler Black Patch.

Space Age Kit

The antics of schoolboy Kit and his family in the Britain of the future.

Dad and Mom Rollinson and their children Bob, Betsy, Joey and Joy are kidnapped by Zektron aliens, who then abandon them near Saturn.

Spies of Spain

In 1567 Martin and his sister Mary try to prevent the treasonous Lord Radnor from facilitating a Spanish invasion of Britain.

Sporty

Amiable, diminutive Sporty tries his hand in a variety of outdoor activities, despite the whinging antics of lanky friend Sydney trying to spoil things.

A doughty, determined anthropomorphic dog attempts to solve crimes.

Ancient Briton Kit causes trouble in his settlement.

Mohawk tribesman Strongbow helps strangers and undertakes daring quests.

The adventurers of pupils at an English boarding school.

• Text story.

Texas John Slaughter

Lawman John Slaughter brings in desperadoes and keeps invaders away from pioneer settlers.

Orphan Jack Jaxon discovers a magic belt that grants him the powers of Thor when in the service of good.

Two Native American Braves irritate the rest of their tribe with their antics.

Two children escape a cruel orphanage and search for a new home.

• The initial text stories were called "The Runaway Orphans". Todd and Annie also featured in the concurrent strip "A Christmas Carol" from 4 December 1948 and 1 January 1949; also drawn by McNeill, this featured the Charles Dickens novel being read to the pair. A similar conceit was later used for the strip adaptations of The Secret Garden (5 November to 26 November 1949, in which the pair attended a screening of the film) and Black Beauty (5 January to 9 February 1952, when the Anna Sewell book was again read to the characters).

Will o' the Woods

• Text story.

Literary adaptations

Gulliver's Travels

• Based on the novel by Jonathan Swift.

Stories from the Arabian Nights

• Based on the translations by Antoine Galland.

Mr Midshipman Easy

• Based on the novel by Frederick Marryat.

The Children of the New Forest

• Based on the novel by Frederick Marryat.

Treasure Island

• Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Kidnapped

• Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The Coral Island

• Based on the novel by R. M. Ballantyne.

The Three Musketeers

• Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.

Westward Ho!

Based on the novel by Charles Kingsley.

The Black Arrow

• Based on the by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Film adaptations

The Adventures of Robin Hood

• Based on the Warner Bros. film.

Sinbad the Sailor

• Based on the RKO film.

Dick Turpin's Ride to York

• Based on the Stoll Pictures film.

The Exile

• Based on the Universal-International Pictures film.

Bonnie Prince Charlie

• Based on the London film.

Red River

• Based on the United Artists film.

Cardboard Cavalier

• Based on the Two Cities film.

The Iron Mask

• Based on the United Artists film.

The Captain from Castile

• Based on the 20th Century Fox film.

Buccaneer's Girl

• Based on the Universal Pictures film.

The Happiest Days of Your Life

• Based on the London film.

Ambush

• Based on the MGM film.

Indian Scout

• Based on the United Artists film.

The Flame and the Arrow

• Based on the Warner Bros. film.

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