Editing Radio Fun

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| issues = 1167
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'''''Radio Fun''''' was a British [[celebrity comics]] [[comic book|comic paper]] that ran from (issues dates) 15 October 1938 to 18 February 1961, when it became the first out of twelve titles to merge with [[Buster (comic)|''Buster'']].<ref>[http://www.dandare.info/history/fleet_index.htm "Complete AP / Fleetway Comic Index,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914032811/http://www.dandare.info/history/fleet_index.htm |date=14 September 2019 }} DanDare.info. Retrieved March 18, 2021.</ref>

The comic strips included the uncredited work of industry regulars such as [[Roy Wilson (comics)|Roy Wilson]] and George and [[Reg Parlett]]. The format of the humorous strips was to pack in as many gags and slapstick situations as possible.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lew Stringer |url=http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2007/12/50-year-flashback-annuals-for-christmas.html |title=Blimey! It's another blog about comics!: 50 Year Flashback: Annuals for Christmas 1957 |publisher=Lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk |date=2007-12-23 |access-date=2014-03-03}}</ref> 

== Publication history ==
''[[Wonder (comics)|Wonder]]'' merged with it in 1953.

The title became ''Radio Fun and Adventures'' towards the end of its run.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lew Stringer |url=http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Radio%20Fun |title=Blimey! It's another blog about comics!: Radio Fun |publisher=Lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk |access-date=2014-03-03}}</ref>

''Radio Fun'' ran for 1167 issues.

== Strips ==
The comic mainly featured [[comic strip]] versions of [[radio]] and [[film]] stars, including:
* [[Arthur Askey]]
* [[Benny Hill]]
* [[Bernard Bresslaw]]
* [[Charlie Chester]]
* [[Petula Clark]]
* [[Charlie Drake]]
* [[Clark Gable]]
* [[Tommy Handley]]
* [[Jimmy Jewel]] and [[Ben Warriss]]
* [[Tom Keene (actor)|Tom Keene]]
* [[Sandy Powell (comedian)|Sandy Powell]]
* [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]]
* [[Norman Wisdom]]

In its last few years, it ran a ''[[Superman]]'' strip abridged and reformatted from [[DC Comics]]. Other later cover strips were ''[[The Falcon (radio series)|The Falcon]]'' and ''[[Wagon Train]]''.

==References==
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== Sources ==
* {{gcdb series|id= 66121 |title=Radio Fun (Amalgamated Press, 1938 Series)}}
* {{gcdb series|id= 66114 |title=Radio Fun (IPC, 1959 Series)}}

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