"Garth" was the famous British newspaper, Daily Mirror’s time-travelling comic strip superhero, started on July 24, 1943 and ended on March 22nd 1997. It was created by Steve Dowling for the Daily Mirror. Garth's time-travelling adventures lasted for over 50 years and covered 165 stories. Due to public demand, reprints of these classic stories began in 2011.
Author: Steve Dowling
Life span: July 24, 1943 - March 22, 1997
Publisher: Daily Mirror
Characters & Story
As a small child the man who would become Garth was washed ashore in the Shetlands in a tiny coracle. Pulled out of the sea by an elderly couple who then adopted him, Garth grew up to be incredibly strong. He became a Naval Captain, but his boat was torpedoed. The shipwrecked Garth washed up from the sea on a wooden raft, amnesiac from his experiences, coming to land on a small island. He is discovered by Gala, a native girl, who introduces him to her people, and whom he later saves from a despotic tyrant. Later his friend Professor Lumiere psycho-analysed him, restoring his memories.
Slew of information
Garth was the brainchild of strip cartoonist and writer Steve Dowling and BBC producer Gordon Boshell. Both were working on the British national newspaper The Daily Mirror at the time.... (and) were approached by the editor, who wanted a new strip. Boshell and Dowling came up with the concept of a "strong man" strip, loosely modelled on the popular American comic book "Superman".
Garth had many adventures, travelling through time to a variety of eras and encountering a wide range of opponents. Among them was mad and evil scientist Madam Voss, who used a machine to exchange brains between bodies. Her brain ended up in Garth’s body and his in her body, but eventually Garth managed to restore his mind to his own body. She would return to battle him on a number of occasions.
"The first "Garth" daily strip appeared in the Mirror on Saturday 24th July 1943. It showed our hero, an amnesia victim, washed up from the sea on a wooden raft. He is discovered by Gala, a native girl, who introduces him to her people, and whom he later saves from a despotic tyrant."
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| Garth as drawn by Frank Bellamy |
Life span: July 24, 1943 - March 22, 1997
Publisher: Daily Mirror
As a small child the man who would become Garth was washed ashore in the Shetlands in a tiny coracle. Pulled out of the sea by an elderly couple who then adopted him, Garth grew up to be incredibly strong. He became a Naval Captain, but his boat was torpedoed. The shipwrecked Garth washed up from the sea on a wooden raft, amnesiac from his experiences, coming to land on a small island. He is discovered by Gala, a native girl, who introduces him to her people, and whom he later saves from a despotic tyrant. Later his friend Professor Lumiere psycho-analysed him, restoring his memories.
Slew of information
Garth was the brainchild of strip cartoonist and writer Steve Dowling and BBC producer Gordon Boshell. Both were working on the British national newspaper The Daily Mirror at the time.... (and) were approached by the editor, who wanted a new strip. Boshell and Dowling came up with the concept of a "strong man" strip, loosely modelled on the popular American comic book "Superman".
Garth had many adventures, travelling through time to a variety of eras and encountering a wide range of opponents. Among them was mad and evil scientist Madam Voss, who used a machine to exchange brains between bodies. Her brain ended up in Garth’s body and his in her body, but eventually Garth managed to restore his mind to his own body. She would return to battle him on a number of occasions.
"The first "Garth" daily strip appeared in the Mirror on Saturday 24th July 1943. It showed our hero, an amnesia victim, washed up from the sea on a wooden raft. He is discovered by Gala, a native girl, who introduces him to her people, and whom he later saves from a despotic tyrant."
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kono kotha hobe na ............ kuntalda u r just great ........... aker por ak darun post ............ thanks for the Garth ...............
ReplyDeletenowdays garth is again runs in DAILY MIRROR as reprint of old dailies ...................
ReplyDeletekuntalda tomar k k misti pochando amake janio ............ khaoanor daityo amar ............. :):):):):):)
ReplyDeleteWhoever Printed this Quest of G-Ray Publication skipped a lots of Strips from the story. (Around 50+ strips).
ReplyDeleteI am planning to release a complete version of it in the future.
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