The following is an attempt to list Blasco's work for the UK market between 1954 and 1977. If you detect any ommissions or errors, please let me know.
Comet Comic |
Issue 334 - Buffalo Bill and the Runaway
Scout Issue 341 - Buffalo Bill Battles through the Blizard Issue 342 - BB and the Arrows that struck by Night Issue 345 - BB & the charge of the 7th Cavalry Issue 347 - BB's Life or Death Race with Crazy Horse Issue 349 - BB and the Peak of Peril Issue 352 - BB braves the Sioux Fury Issue 354 - BB The Sign of the Rattlesnake Fangs Issue 355 - BB Hero of the Great Plains Issue 358 - BB The Fort that would not Fight Issue 360 - BB in Peril Issue 361 - BB & the Boy trumpeteer of the 7th Cav. Issue 362 - BB & The Fighting Renegade Issue 364 - BB & The Menace of the Great Plains Issue 365 - BB & the Medicine Man of the 7th Cavalry Issue 368 - BB & the Emperor of the Plains Issue 369 - BB & the Doomed Pioneer Issue 371 - BB & the Blade of Mackinley Issue 377 - BB & the Deadly Jest Issue 379 - BB & the Fateful Hour of Midday Issue 380 - BB & the Deserted Town Issue 381 - BB & the 7th Cavalry Scouts Issue 383 - BB & the Sharp-Clawed Fury Issue 384 - BB & the Man of Destiny Issue 386 - BB & the Whirlwind from Arizona Issue 392 - BB & the Siege of Thunder River Issue 393 - BB & the Mysterious Captives Between Issues 394 - 467 - Various BB Stories Issue 468 - BB & the Forbidden Path Issue 472 - BB & the Madness of Whirlwind Issue 473 - BB in Apache Ambush Issue 478 - BB & the Trouble at Peaceful Bend Issue 484 - BB & the Sergeant's Secret Issue 486 - BB & the Strange White Medicine Issue 487 - BB & the Crooked Trader Issue 492 - BB & the Sole Survivor Issue 504 - BB & the Test of Courage |
11 Dec 1954 29 Jan 1955 5 Feb 1955 26 Feb 1955 12 March 1955 26 March 1955 16 April 1955 30 April 1955 7 May 1955 28 May 1955 11 June 1955 18 June 1955 25 June 1955 9 July 1955 16 July 1955 6 Aug 1955 13 Aug 1955 27 Aug 1955 8 Oct 1955 22 Oct 1955 29 Oct 1955 5 Nov 1955 19 Nov 1955 26 Nov 1955 10 Dec 1955 21 Jan 1956 28 Jan 1956 6 July 1957 3 Aug 1957 10 Aug 1957 14 Sept 1957 26 Oct 1957 9 Nov 1957 16 Nov 1957 21 Dec 1957 15 March 1958 |
Sun Comic |
Highway Days (Dick Turpin) Billy the Kid Lord of Sherwood (Robin Hood) Wyatt Earp |
Some stories only Some stories only - inks sometimes by brothers Alejandro and Adriani Blasco Some stories only - 15 Sept 1956 until 26 Jan 1957 Some stories only |
Thriller Picture Library |
Issue 143 - Close Range Issue 227 - Guns on the Prairie Issue 262 - Ambush Issue 291 - Robin Hood Issue 299 - Robin Hood |
Oct 1956 June 1958 Feb 1959 Nov 1959 - Sun reprint Jan 1960 - Sun reprint |
Playhour Comic |
Issues 171-174 - Tales from the
Arabian Nights, Ali Baba Issues 179-??? - The Story of Pinocchio |
January 18 - February 8 1958 March 15 - ?? 1958 |
Top Spot |
No number - The Day of Execution (dated 26 Sept. 1959) | 1959 |
Cowboy Picture Library |
No. 265 - Kit Carson & the
Tokens of Peace |
June 1958 Aug 1958 Feb 1959 April 1959 July 1959 Aug 1959 Nov 1959 - Comet reprint Feb 1960 May 1960 June 1960 Jan 1961 Feb 1961 May 1961 Aug 1961 Dec 1961 April 1962 July 1962 |
Eagle |
Vengeance Trail | 1962 |
War at Sea Library |
No. 36 - False Colours | July 1963 |
Valiant |
The Steel Claw Slave of the Screamer |
Oct 1962 - Oct 1973. Most issues - also drawn by
Tom Kerr, Carlos Cruz, and Reg Bunn. |
Hurricane |
The Black Avenger (Billy the Kid reprints from Sun) | 15 Aug 1964 and 16 Jan 1966 |
Tiger Comic |
Val Venture and the Curse of Krah Val Venture: The Coming of the Skull |
May - July 1965 Jan - March 1966 |
Lion Comic |
Texas Jack: Frontier Cavalier (BuffaloBill
reprints from the Comet) Danger Man (based on TV series) The Phantom Viking (Nevio Zeccara art) |
Some stories only June - Sept 1966 Blasco 20 May- 15 July 1967 only |
Ranger |
Rob Riley (continued in Look & Learn) | Sept 1965 - Jun 1966 |
Fleetway Super Library |
Stupendous Series 5 - The Cold Trail (Steel Claw) Stupendous Series 13 - City Beneath the Sand (Steel Claw) |
March 1967 July 1967 |
Look and Learn |
Montezuma's Daughter | 1968 |
Jag |
The Indestructible Man | May 1968 |
Wild West Picture Library |
No. 73 - Hot Money No. 86 - The Long Trail West No. 100 - The War Maker |
May 1969 |
Vulcan |
The Steel Claw (reprints from Valiant) | March 1975 - April 1976 |
2000 AD |
Invasion | 1977 - episodes 1-3 only |
Action |
Dredger | 29 Jan - 5 Feb 1977 |
Known Illustrations |
Wonderland Tales: A Story and Picture Book Princess Grace's Fairy Story Book |
Ideabooks, London - undated: with Alessandro Blasco
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5/03/06