Garth was a comic strip in the Daily Mirror newspaper from July 24, 1943, to December 14, 1993. The strip belonged to the action-adventure genre and recounted the exploits of the title character, an immensely strong hero who battled various villains throughout the world and many different chronological eras. This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a popular British tabloid daily newspaper. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Action-adventure games are video games that combine elements of the adventure game genre with various action elements. ... From the Greek , in mythology and folklore, a hero (male) or heroine (female). ... One popular concept of the villain, meant to mimic the purposely distinctive visage of villains from silent films of the early 20th century. ...

Description and authors

Garth's time-travelling adventures lasted for 50 years and covered 148 stories. The backstory of the character was that Garth washed ashore in the Shetlands and was adopted by an elderly couple. Garth developed almost superhuman strength and eventually became a naval captain and all-round military genius. Garth travelled through many eras and confronted villains such as Madam Voss and Baal. His true love was the ancient goddess-like figure, Astra. Garth's sidekick and mentor was Professor Lumiere, who psycho-analyzed the hero and recovered memories of his previous experiences. The strip was loosely based on the American Superman series. Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... See Shetland (disambiguation) for other meanings. ... Statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of the agriculture A goddess is a female deity, in contrast with a male deity known as a god. Many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both the conventional genders and in some cases... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Superman is a fictional character and one of the most famous and popular comic book superheroes of all time. ...

Steve Dowling was the orginator of the Garth character, and at the time, took on 15-year-old John Allard, who stayed with the strip for its entire lifetime. After 59 adventures Dowling retired and handed Garth over to Allard, which he carried on until 1971 when Eagle comics' Dan Dare artist, Frank Bellamy, took over the art with Allard writing the scripts. Garth's longevity had been established by Don Freeman, who created almost every basic Garth plot on which the saga was built. Philip Harbottle is a leading Garth expert and collector of the strips, and he also wrote several of the stories during the 1990s. Martin Asbury became Garth's artist after Frank Bellamy's death, drawing the strip until its final episode. Logo of the 1950s Eagle, designed by Frank Hampson The Eagle was a British weekly comic, which ran in two main incarnations over the period of 1950 to 1994 (with accompanying annuals). ... The return of the original Dan Dare in 1989 Dan Dare - Pilot of the Future is a classic British science fiction comic hero, created by Frank Hampson in 1950. ... Frank Bellamy (born 21 May 1917, died 5 July 1976) was a British comics artist, best known for his work on the Dan Dare strip, on which he replaced Frank Hampson. ... A script is a document describing the narrative and dialogue of a play, film, TV series episode or comic book in detail. ... MY NAME IS BOB AND I LOVE PEANUTS!!!!!!11A plot is the course or arrangement of events in a narrative. ...

In 1993 Bill Storrie produced perhaps a dozen or so sixty-page photocopied magazines titled The Gopherville Argus Special Edition No. 1 featuring Garth as a tribute to the writers and artists who had been involved with the strip. The majority, if not every Garth strip is now owned by King Features. King Features Syndicate is a syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation; it distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to thousands of newspapers around the world. ...

Episode list

Bibliography

Garth strips were reprinted in book form on a number of occasions:

• Garth in "The Last Goddess" and "Romeo Brown", Daily Mirror c.1960
• The Daily Mirror Book of Garth 1975, Fleetway Publications 1975
• The Daily Mirror Book of Garth 1976, Fleetway Publications 1976
• Garth Book One: "The Cloud of Balthus", Titan Books 1984 ISBN 090761034X
• Garth Book Two: "The Women of Galba", Titan Books 1985 ISBN 0907610498

External links

• Internationalhero.co.uk page on Garth
• Tegneserier.org chronological Garth index
• Downthetubes.net page with Garth entry