Garth - Daily Mirror Story Checklist

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. No Story Writer Artist Date Code Number of strips Reprinted                 1 Garth DF/SD SD/JA 24/7/43 - 11/3/44 B175 - C61 197   2 Children of the Dawn DF SD/JA 13/3/44 - 5/8/44 C62 - C186 125   3 The Island Laboratory DF SD/JA 7/8/44 - 16/9/44 C187 - C222 36   4 The Seven Ages of Garth DF SD/JA 18/9/44 - 20/1/46 C223 - E17 413   5 The Saga of Garth DF SD/JA 22/1/46 - 20/7/46 E18 - E171 154   6 The Awakening of Garth DF SD/DH 22/7/46 – 19/10/46 E172 – E249 78   7 The Quest of the G-Ray DF SD/DH 21/10/46 – 26/4/47 E250 – F99 159   8 Garth Versus The Brain DF SD/DH 28/4/47 - 15/8/47 F100 - F194 95   9 Deep Waters DF SD/DH 16/8/47 - 24/1/48 F195 - G21 137   10 Into the Abyss DF SD/DH 26/1/48 - 10/4/48 G22 - G86 65   11 Olympic Champion DF SD/DH 12/4/48 - 20/9/48 G87 - G225 139   12 The Wonder Women DF SD/JA 21/9/48 - 8/2/49 G226 - H33 120   13 Man Hunt DF SD/JA 9/2/49 - 9/7/49 H34 - H162 129   14 Selim the Slaver DF SD/JA 11/7/49 - 26/11/49 H163 - H282 120   15 Garth and the Glove Game DF SD/JA 28/11/49 - 3/6/50 H283 - J131 159   16 Journey to Jason DF SD/JA 5/6/50 - 23/12/50 J132 - J305 174   17 Space-Time Traveller DF SD/JA 27/12/50 - 12/5/51 J306 - K113 117   18 The Phantom Pharoah DF SD/JA 14/5/51 - 6/10/51 K114 - K239 126   19 Wings of the Night DF SD/JA 8/10/51 - 17/3/52 K240 - L65 136   20 Space Time Rivals DF SD/JA 18/3/52 - 5/7/52 L66 - L159 94   21 Flight into the Future DF SD/JA 7/7/52 - 25/10/52 L160 - L255 96   22 Invasion from Space HM SD/JA 27/10/52 - 14/2/53 L256 - M39 94   23 Warriors of Krull PO SD/JA 16/2/53 - 13/6/53 M40 - M140 101   24 In Hollywood PO SD/JA 15/6/53 - 14/11/53 M141 - M272 132   25 The Return of Malveno PO SD/JA 16/11/53 - 5/5/54 M273 - N106 144   26 The Golden Sphere PO SD/JA 6/5/54 - 4/12/54 N107 - N289 183   27 The 13th Man PO SD/JA 5/12/54 - 2/7/55 N290 - O153 174   28 The Stone of Solomon PO SD/JA 4/7/55 - 25/1/56 O154 - P21 176   29 The Fantastic Doctor Quyn PO SD/JA 26/1/56 - 2/7/56 P22 - P156 135   30 The Hand of Attila PO SD/JA 3/7/56 - 1/1/57 P157 - Q1 155   31 The Last Goddess PO SD/JA 2/1/57 - 26/6/57 Q2 - Q151 150   32 The Captive PO SD/JA 27/6/57 - 15/1/58 Q152 - R13 172   33 The Sorceror PO SD/JA 16/1/58 - 31/7/58 R14 - R181 168   34 The Mask of Chang Ku PO SD/JA 1/8/58 - 3/2/59 R182 - S29 158   35 Crystals of Camelot PO SD/JA 4/2/59 - 16/8/59 S30 - S195 166   36 The Big Game PO SD/JA 18/8/59 - 15/3/60 S196 - T64 179   37 The Living Mountain PO SD/JA 16/3/60 - 24/8/60 T65 - T202 138   38 The Long Sleep PO SD/JA 25/8/60 - 9/3/61 T203 - U58 167   39 Warrior World PO SD/JA 10/3/61 - 26/8/61 U59 - U203 145   40 The Static Zone PO SD/JA 28/8/61 - 21/2/62 U204 - V45 151   41 When Venus was Born PO SD/JA 22/2/62 - 15/9/62 V46 - V221 176   42 The Hounds of Skarn PO SD/JA 17/9/62 - 23/2/63 V222 - W47 136   43 The Islands of Kaa PO SD/JA 25/2/63 - 3/8/63 W48 - W184 137   44 The Troll PO SD/JA 5/8/63 - 27/11/63 W185 - W283 99 1968 45 The Golden Slayer PO SD/JA 28/11/63 - 16/5/64 W284 - X117 144   46 The Rebels PO SD/JA 18/5/64 - 16/11/64 X118 - X274 157   47 The Teenager PO SD/JA 17/11/64 - 17/4/65 X275 - Y91 128   48 The Big Joker PO SD/JA 19/4/65 - 28/8/65 Y92 - Y205 114   49 The Time Couriers PO SD/JA 30/8/65 - 24/12/65 Y206 - Y306 101   50 The Invaders PO SD/JA 28/12/65 - 23/4/66 Y307 - Z96 100   51 The Brain JE SD/JA 25/4/66 - 13/8/66 Z97 - Z192 96   52 The Night of the Knives JE SD/JA 15/8/66 - 28/11/66 Z193 - Z283 91   53 Lord of the Computers JE SD/JA 29/11/66 - 28/3/67 Z284 - A73 101   54 The Wakening JE SD/JA 29/3/67 - 27/7/67 A74 - A177 104   55 Wrath of Venus JE SD/JA 28/7/67 - 7/11/67 A178 - A265 88   56 The Glenoig Miracle JE SD/JA 8/11/67 - 15/3/68 A266 - B65 109   57 The Time Lock JE SD/JA 16/3/68 - 6/7/68 B66 - B161 96   58 The Web of Dionara (Part 1, interupted by industrial dispute) JE SD/JA 8/7/68 - 28/8/68 B162 - B206 45   44 The Troll (incomplete re-run, published during industrial dispute) PO SD/JA 29/8/68 - 18/11/68 B207 - B276 70   58 The Web of Dionara (Part 2) JE SD/JA 19/11/68 - 8/1/69 B277 - C7 42   59 Mind Destroyers JE SD/JA 9/1/69 - 22/4/69 C8 - C95 88   60 The Rohan Legend JE JA 23/4/69 - 1/8/69 C96 - C181 86   61 Playboy of Space JE JA 2/8/69 - 7/11/69 C182 - C265 84   62 These Men are Mine JE JA 8/11/69 - 16/2/70 C266 - D40 88   63 Exiles JE JA 17/2/70 - 21/5/70 D41 - D120 80   64 Ghost Ship JE JA 22/5/70 - 2/9/70 D121 - D205 85   65 The Brain Voyagers JE JA 3/9/70 - 9/12/70 D206 - D288 83   66 The Syndicate JE JA 10/12/70 - 20/3/71 D289 - E66 83   67 Journey into Fear JE JA 22/3/71 - 26/6/71 E67 - E149 83   68 Sundance JE FB/JA 28/6/71 - 11/10/71 E150 - E236 87 2012 69 The Cloud of Balthus JE FB/JA 12/10/71 - 27/1/72 E237 - F23 91 2012 70 The Orb of Trimandias JE FB/JA 28/1/72 - 22/5/72 F24 - F121 98 2013 71 Wolf Man of Ausensee JE FB 23/5/72 - 6/9/72 F122 - F210 89 2011 72 People of the Abyss JE FB 7/9/72 - 23/12/72 F211 - F303 93 2012 73 The Women of Galba JE FB 27/12/72 - 10/4/73 F304 - G86 90   74 Ghost Town JE FB 11/4/73 - 12/7/73 G87 - G164 78 1976, 2011 75 The Mask of Atacama JE FB 13/7/73 - 25/10/73 G165 - G254 90 2012 76 The Wreckers JE FB 26/10/73 - 18/2/74 G255 - H41 96 2011 77 The Beast of Ultor JE FB 19/2/74 - 5/6/74 H42 - H131 90 2013 78 Freak Out to Fear JE FB 6/6/74 - 27/9/74 H132 - H227 96   79 Bride of Jenghiz Khan JE FB 28/9/74 - 14/1/75 H228 - J11 90 2012 80 The Angels of Hell Gap JE FB 15/1/75 - 2/5/75 J12 - J101 90 2011 81 The Doomsmen JE FB 3/5/75 - 15/8/75 J102 - J191 90 2012 82 The Bubble Man JE FB 16/8/75 - 28/11/75 J192 - J281 90 2011 83 The Beautiful People JE FB 29/11/75 - 16/3/76 J282 - K64 90 2011 84 The Spanish Lady JE FB 17/3/76 - 7/7/76 K65 - K160 96 2011 74 + Ghost Town (re-run) JE FB 8/7/76 - 6/10/76 K161 - K238 78 2014 85 The Man-Hunt JE FB/MA 7/10/76 - 15/1/77 K239 - L12 84   86 Ship of Secrets JE MA 17/1/77 - 29/4/77 L13 - L100 88 2012 87 Mr Rubio Calls JE MA 30/4/77 - 15/8/77 L101 - L192 92   88 Sapphire JE/JA MA 16/8/77 - 28/11/77 L193 - L282 90   89 Finality Factor JE/JA MA 29/11/77 - 12/4/78 L283 - M84 112 2014 90 Power Game JE/JA MA 13/4/78 - 10/8/78 M85 - M187 103   91 The Long Sleep JE/JA MA 11/8/78 - 18/11/78 M188 - M273 86   92 Voyage into Time JE/JA MA 20/11/78 - 15/3/79 M274 - N63 97 2013 93 The Fisherman JE/JA MA 16/3/79 - 14/7/79 N64 - N166 103   94 The Mind Stealers JE/JA MA 16/7/79 - 10/11/79 N167 - N268 102   95 Citizen Mundo 14500 JE/JA MA 12/11/79 - 23/2/80 N269 - O46 87 2015 96 French Woman JE/JA MA 25/2/80 - 13/6/80 O47 - O137 91   97 The Forgotten JE/JA MA 14/6/80 - 2/10/80 O138 - O232 95   98 The Iron Maidens JE/JA MA 3/10/80 - 14/2/81 O233 - P38 113   99 Legion of the Damned JE/JA MA 16/2/81 - 28/4/81 P39 - P99 61 2013 100 Make Your Play JE/JA MA 29/4/81 - 2/6/81 P100 - P129 30   101 Day of Anger JE/JA MA 3/6/81 - 7/10/81 P130 - P238 109 2014 102 The Space Mods JE/JA MA 8/10/81 - 13/2/82 P239 - Q37 108   103 Seek and Destroy JE/JA MA 15/2/82 - 7/6/82 Q38 - Q133 96   104 The Bombers JE/JA MA 8/6/82 - 5/10/82 Q134 - Q235 102   105 Hunters JE/JA MA 6/10/82 - 27/1/83 Q236 - R22 96 2014 106 Merchants of Terror JE MA 28/1/83 - 29/4/83 R23 - R100 78   107 Hammer of Thorwold JE MA 30/4/83 - 1/8/83 R101 - R180 80 2014 108 Sammy JE MA 2/8/83 - 3/11/83 R181 - R261 81   109 La Belle Sauvage JE MA 4/11/83 - 7/2/84 R262 - S32 82   110 Tell No Tales JE MA 8/2/84 - 9/5/84 S33 - S110 78   111 Lords of Space JE MA 10/5/84 - 24/8/84 S111 - S202 92   112 Winning is all JE MA 25/8/84 - 24/11/84 S203 - S283 81   113 Whose Finger on the Button? JE MA 26/11/84 - 7/3/85 S284 - T52 82   114 This Land is Mine JE MA 8/3/85 - 6/6/85 T53 - T130 78   115 Tigress JE MA 7/6/85 - 5/9/85 T131 - T208 78   116 Comet of Doom AA MA 6/9/85 - 5/12/85 T209 - T286 78   117 Return to Thule JE MA 6/12/85 - 14/3/86 T287 - U64 85   118 Sage of Eadon AA MA 15/3/86 - 16/6/86 U65 - U142 78  2013 119 Brotherhood of Blood JE MA 17/6/86 - 15/9/86 U143 - U220 78   120 Vengeance of Venn AA MA 16/9/86 - 16/12/86 U221 - U298 78   121 Outlaws JE MA 17/12/86 - 18/3/87 U299 - V66 78   122 Super-Hero AA MA 19/3/87 - 17/6/87 V67 - V144 78   123 The Great Beast JE MA 18/6/87 - 16/9/87 V145 - V222 78   124 The Gallant and Gray AA MA 17/9/87 - 17/12/87 V223 - V300 78   125 The Don's Daughter JE MA 18/12/87 - 17/3/88 V301 - W66 77 2015 126 In the Beginning AA MA 18/3/88 - 17/6/88 W67 - W144 78 2015 127 Body Swap JE MA 18/6/88 - 16/9/88 W145 - W222 78 2015 128 Beyond the Dreamtime AA MA 17/9/88 - 15/12/88 W223 - W300 78 2013 129 Venus Trap JE MA 16/12/88 - 16/3/89 W301 - X64 78   130 Takeover UK! JA MA 17/3/89 - 15/6/89 X65 - X142 78   131 Scourge of God JE MA 16/6/89 - 14/9/89 X143 - X220 78   132 The Doll Master AA MA 15/9/89 - 14/12/89 X221 - X298 78 2015 133 Swordsman of Subucus JE MA 15/12/89 - 16/3/90 X299 - Y65 78   134 The Chiller Connection AA/JA MA 17/3/90 - 15/6/90 Y66 - Y143 78 2013 135 Dancing Queen JE MA 16/6/90 - 14/9/90 Y144 - Y221 78   136 Dark Side JA MA 15/9/90 - 14/12/90 Y222 - Y299 78   137 Treasure of Colchis TQ/JA MA 15/12/90 - 16/3/91 Y300 - Z65 78   138 Bedside Manor JE MA 18/3/91 - 15/6/91 Z66 - Z143 78   139 Apache Moon JE MA 17/6/91 - 14/9/91 Z144 - Z221 78 2014 140 The Iceman Liveth TQ MA 16/9/91 - 14/12/91 Z222 - Z299 78   141 Hell-Fire JE MA 16/12/91 - 16/3/92 Z300 - A64 77   142 Blood Sport TQ MA 17/3/92 - 15/6/92 A65 - A143 79   143 Man on the Edge JA MA 16/6/92 - 14/9/92 A144 - A221 78   144 The Killing of Rusty O'Roare JE MA 15/9/92 - 14/12/92 A222 - A299 78   145 Twin Souls PH MA 15/12/92 - 16/3/93 A300 - B64 78   146 Viva El Garto! AA MA 17/3/93 - 15/6/93 B65 - B142 78   147 Return to the Static Zone PO/JA MA 16/6/93 - 14/9/93 B143 - B220 78   148 Warlord PH/JA MA 15/9/93 - 14/12/93 B221 - B298 78   149 Champions PH/JA MA 15/12/93 - 16/3/94 B299 - C64 78   150 Nightmare in Paris AA MA 17/3/94 - 15/6/94 C65 - C142 78   151 Days of Doom JA MA 16/6/94 - 14/9/94 C143 - C220 78   152 Twilight World PH MA 15/9/94 - 23/11/94 C221 - C280 60   153 Stag Night MA MA 24/11/94 - 18/1/95 C281 - D15 48   154 Devil Woman PH MA 19/1/95 - 29/3/95 D16 - D75 60   155 Home Run AA MA 30/3/95 - 7/6/95 D76 - D135 60   156 Sub mission MA MA 8/6/95 - 16/8/95 D136 - D195 60   157 Bigfoot JT MA 17/8/95 - 25/10/95 D196 - D255 60   158 Railhead AA MA 26/10/95 - 5/1/96 D256 - E4 60   159 Room 202 MA MA 6/1/96 - 14/3/96 E5 - E64 60   160 Mistress Orange MA MA 15/3/96 - 23/5/96 E65 - E124 60   161 Nasuanna MA MA 24/5/96 - 8/8/96 E125 - E190 66   162 Sal's Island PT MA 9/8/96 - 17/10/96 E191 - E250 60   163 The Picture MA MA 18/10/96 - 28/12/96 E251 - E310 60   164 Dam Drivers MA MA 31/12/96 - 8/2/97 E311 - F34 36   165 Z File MA MA 10/2/97- 22/3/97 F35 - F70 36                   (166) Garth in Space KR SD/JA Daily Mirror Book for Boys 1970 24   (167) Double Diamonds KR JA Daily Mirror Book for Boys 1971 24                 Reprints The Mirror began reprinting Garth in 2011 A number of the stories are heavily edited and strips omitted, so the strip total is different on each one compared with the original presentation No Story Colourist Published Strip Count   80 The Angels Of Hells Gap MB 21/2/11-12/4/11 88   76 The Wreckers MB 13/4/11-7/6/11 96   84 Spanish Lady MB   8/6/11-2/8/11 96   83 The Beautiful People MB   3/8/1-23/9/11 90   74 Ghost Town MB   24/9/11-8/11/11 78   82 The Bubble Man MB   9/11/11-30/12/11 90   71 Wolf Man of Ausensee MB   31/12/11-21/2/12 89   69 The Cloud Of Balthus MB   22/2/12-14/4/12 91   72 People Of The Abyss MB   16/4/12-8/6/12 93   86 Ship Of Secrets MB   9/6/12-30/7/12 88   73 The Women Of Galba MB   31/7/12-13/9/12 78   75 The Mask Of Atacama MB   14/9/12-5/11/12 90   68 Sundance MB   6/11/12-27/12/12 87   81 The Doomsmen MB   28/12/12-18/2/13 90   79 Bride of Jenghiz Khan MB   19/2/13-10/4/13 78   77 The Beast of Ultor MB   11/4/13-1/6/13 90   70 The Orb of Trimandias MB   3/6/13-29/7/13 98   92 Voyage Into Time MB   30/7/13-24/9/13 97   134 The Chiller Connection MB   25/9/13-8/11/13 78   99 Legion of the Damned MB   9/11/13-14/12/13 61   118 Sage of Eadon MB   16/12/13-30/1/14 78   128 Beyond the Dreamtime MB   31/1/14-17/3/14 78   105 Hunters MB   18/3/14-12/5/14 96   101 Day of Anger MB   13/5/14-15/7/14 109   89 Finality Factor MB   16/7/14-18/9/14 111   139 Apache Moon MB   19/9/14-3/11/14 78   85 The Man-Hunt MB   4/11/14-22/12/14 84   107 Hammer of Thorwold MB   23/12/14-7/2/15 80   125 The Don's Daughter MB   9/2/15-24/3/15 76   95 Citizen Mundo 14500 MB   25/3/15-13/5/15 85   126 In the Beginning MB   14/5/15-25/6/15 74   127 Body Swap MB   26/6/15-10/8/15 78   132 The Doll Master MB   11/8/15-24/9/15 78                                             Writer / Artist abbreviations: AA = Angus Allan • DF = Don Freeman • DH = Dick Hailstone • FB = Frank Bellamy • HM = Hugh McClelland • JA = John Allard • JE = Jim Edgar • JT = James Tomlinson • KR = Ken Roscoe • MA = Martin Asbury | PH = Philip Harbottle • PO = Peter O'Donnell | PT = Peter Tranter • SD = Steve Dowling • TQ = Tim Quinn • MB = Martin Baines 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 Figures in brackets denote number of days the newspaper appeared that year Pre 1982 it was not published Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day From 1982 it was published every day except Sunday and Christmas Day Stories 163, 164 and 165 appeared only in the Mirror's Northern Ireland edition. 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