The Hotspur

The Hotspur was a weekly periodical published by DC Thomson from 1933 to 1981. In its original incarnation it contained text stories but no comic strips; comics did not appear until 1959, when the paper was renamed New Hotspur. In 1963 the title returned to The Hotspur.

Amongst the text stories was "The Boyhood of Desperate Dan".

In 1976 Hornet merged into The Hotspur; in 1980 The Crunch followed. In early 1981 The Hotspur merged into Victor, although Hotspur annuals were still published until 1991.

Features included...


 * "Danny Boyd"
 * "The Mantracker" (from The Crunch)
 * "The Menace from Moon Crater"
 * "Starhawk" (from The Crunch)
 * "The Young Aces of Space"