The Hotspur Book for Boys

From 1965 to 1991, D.C. Thomson's The Hotspur Book for Boys delivered 27 annual volumes of adventure, a staple of British boys' comics. Most frequently illustrated by the celebrated Ian Kennedy, these hardback collections gathered serialized tales of wartime daring, sport, and exploration from the pages of the weekly Hotspur comic. They offered a durable, treasured format for the high-octane, morally clear-cut storytelling that defined a generation of British comic reading.