Jim Barrel

A Silver Age creation from the pages of Lion, Jim Barrel debuted in February 1965 courtesy of writers and artists Ted Cowan and Ted Kearon, landing in one of IPC's most beloved British anthology comics. Running through the mid-to-late sixties, he shared those ink-packed pages with a wonderfully eclectic crowd — from the mechanical mayhem of Robot Archie to the street-level thrills of Zip Nolan — making Lion and Smash! the kind of comics that kept British kids glued to every weekly installment. With only seven catalogued appearances, Jim Barrel is a genuine rarity, the sort of hidden gem that makes flipping through Silver Age British comics such a rewarding treasure hunt for dedicated collectors.