Strip dates given are those of their original appearance in the British newspaper the Daily Mirror, first compiled by Geoffrey Wren and Ann Holmes and updated by Ant Jones and Philip Harbottle. With thanks also to Lee Grice and Ron Tiner for some images featured in this section of downthetubes
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The Wreckers
Story Number: 76
Writer: Jim Edgar
Artist: Frank Bellamy
First Published: 26/10/73 – 18/2/74 (G255 – H41)
Number of Episodes: 96
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2011
Notes: The Daily Record ran an extra episode of this story, not published in the Mirror – news item here
The Beast of Ultor
Story Number: 77
Writer: Jim Edgar
Artist: Frank Bellamy
First Published: 19/2/74 – 5/6/74 (H42 – H131 )
Number of Episodes: 90
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2013
Freak Out to Fear
Story Number: 78
Writer: Jim Edgar
Artist: Frank Bellamy
First Published: 6/6/74 – 27/9/74 (H132 – H227)
Number of Episodes: 96
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2016
Bride of Jenghiz Khan
Story Number: 79
Writer: Jim Edgar
Artist: Frank Bellamy
First Published: 28/9/74 – 14/1/75 (H228 – J11)
Number of Episodes: 90
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2012
The Angels of Hell Gap
Story Number: 80
Writer: Jim Edgar
Artist: Frank Bellamy
First Published: 15/1/75 – 2/5/75 (J12 – J101)
Number of Episodes: 90
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2011
The Doomsmen
Story Number: 81
Writer: Jim Edgar
Artist: Frank Bellamy
First Published: 3/5/75 – 15/8/75 (J102 – J191)
Number of Episodes: 90
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2012
The Bubble Man
Story Number: 82
Writer: Jim Edgar
Artist: Frank Bellamy
First Published: 16/8/75 – 28/11/75 (J192 – J281)
Number of Episodes: 90
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2011
The Beautiful People
Story Number: 83
Writer: Jim Edgar
Artist: Frank Bellamy
First Published: 29/11/75 – 16/3/76 (J282 – K64)
Number of Episodes: 90
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2011
The Spanish Lady
Story Number: 84
Writer: Jim Edgar
Artist: Frank Bellamy
First Published: 17/3/76 – 7/7/76 (K65 – K160)
Number of Episodes: 96
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2011
Ghost Town (re-run)
Story Number: 74
Writer: Jim Edgar
Artist: Frank Bellamy
Re-Published: 8/7/76 – 6/10/76 (K161 – K238)
Number of Episodes: 78
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2014
The Man-Hunt
Story Number: 85
Writer: Jim Edgar
Artist: Frank Bellamy/Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 7/10/76 – 15/1/77 (K239 – L12 )
Number of Episodes: 84
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2014
Ship of Secrets
Story Number: 86
Writer: Jim Edgar
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 17/1/77 – 29/4/77 (L13 – L100 )
Number of Episodes: 88
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2012
Mr Rubio Calls
Story Number: 87
Writer: Jim Edgar
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 30/4/77 – 15/8/77 (L101 – L192)
Number of Episodes: 92
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2017
Sapphire
Story Number: 88
Writer: Jim Edgar/John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 16/8/77 – 28/11/77 (L193 – L282)
Number of Episodes: 90
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2017
Finality Factor
Story Number: 89
Writer: Jim Edgar/John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 29/11/77 – 12/4/78 (L283 – M84)
Number of Episodes: 112
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2014
Power Game
Story Number: 90
Writer: Jim Edgar/John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 13/4/78 – 10/8/78 (M85 – M187)
Number of Episodes: 103
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2019
The Long Sleep
Story Number: 91
Writer: Jim Edgar/John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 11/8/78 – 18/11/78 (M188 – M273)
Number of Episodes: 86
Voyage into Time
Story Number: 92
Writer: Jim Edgar/John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 20/11/78 – 15/3/79 (M274 – N63)
Number of Episodes: 97
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2013
The Fisherman
Story Number: 93
Writer: Jim Edgar/John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 16/3/79 – 14/7/79 (N64 – N166)
Number of Episodes: 103
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2018
The Mind Stealers
Story Number: 94
Writer: Jim Edgar/John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 16/7/79 – 10/11/79 (N167 – N268)
Number of Episodes: 102
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2018
Citizen Mundo 14500
Story Number: 95
Writer: Jim Edgar/John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 12/11/79 – 23/2/80 (N269 – O46)
Number of Episodes: 87
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2015
The French Woman
Story Number: 96
Writer: Jim Edgar/John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 25/2/80 – 13/6/80 (O47 – O137)
Number of Episodes: 91
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2018
The Forgotten
Story Number: 97
Writer: Jim Edgar/John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 14/6/80 – 2/10/80 (O138 – O232)
Number of Episodes: 95
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2018
The Iron Maidens
Story Number: 98
Writer: Jim Edgar/John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 3/10/80 – 14/2/81 (O233 – P38)
Number of Episodes: 113
Legion of the Damned
Story Number: 99
Writer: Jim Edgar/John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 16/2/81 – 28/4/81 (P39 – P99)
Number of Episodes: 61
Reprinted in the Mirror: 2013
Make Your Play
Story Number: 100
Writer: Jim Edgar/John Allard
Artist: Martin Asbury
First Published: 29/4/81 – 2/6/81 (P100 – P129)
Number of Episodes: 30
Note on strip codes / serial numbers, etc: Each code letter (running A to Z, excluding the letter I) represents a year’s worth of Mondays to Saturdays, the days on which The (Daily) Mirror newspaper of London is published. Thus, in any given year, there will be a maximum of 314 numbers assigned to a serial code.
Before 1982, the Mirror was not published Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day. From 1982 it was published every day except Sunday and Christmas Day. The later stories, “The Picture” (1996), “Dam Drivers” (1997) and “Z File” (1997) only appeared in the Mirror‘s Northern Ireland edition.
Thick writing = leap years
1943 = B (310)
1944 = C (310)
1945 = D (308)
1946 = E (309)
1947 = F (310)
1948 = G (311)
1949 = H (310)
1950 = J (309)
1951 = K (310)
1952 = L (310)
1953 = M (310)
1954 = N (310)
1955 = O (308)
1956 = P (310)
1957 = Q (310)
1958 = R (310)
1959 = S (310)
1960 = T (311)
1961 = U (309)
1962 = V (310)
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