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Publisher: L. Miller & Son
Years in Operation: 1940 - 1966
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Country: Flag United Kingdom Web Site: Brands: 9 Indicia Publishers: 5 Series: 310 Printings: 4649 (4478 Issues) Disclose Notes: Started by Len Miller and his son Arnold. In 1959, when Arnold Miller changed careers to become a sexploitation filmmaker, the company changed from "L. Miller & Son Ltd." to "L. Miller & Co." (Arnold Miller had run his own comics company, Arnold Book Company, from 1948 to 1958.)   Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
Ace Western Comic {Comic Books} 1959 - 1959 1 (0)
Ace Western Comic Album {Comic Books} 1953 - 1
Action Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Magazine Enterprises A-1 series.
1958 - 2
Action Series {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Magazine Enterprises A-1 series (1-10) or from Fawcett (11-12).
1958 - 12
Adventures in Wonderland {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from Lev Gleason.
1956 - 3
Alice in Wonderland {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Redrawn newspaper strip reprints.
1941 - 1
American Comic Annual {Hardcovers} 1943 - 1
Andy Devine {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Issue range unsure. Reprints from Fawcett Comics. 28 pages
1950 - 6
Annie Oakley {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: More issues may remain to be documented. Contents vary, with some issues containing reprints of Marvel western comic stories while others were fully produced in Great Britain.
1957 - 1958 18
Annie Oakley Western Tales {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 0
Arrowhead {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints material from the Marvel series of the same title.
1954 - 3
Atomic Mouse {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from Charlton comics.
1953 - 5
Battle Action in Pictures {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: US reprints. Source unknown as of yet.
1959 - 4
Battle Stories {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Fawcett Comics.
1952 - 1953 9
Battleground {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints primarily from US Marvel comics.
1961 - 1962 11
Bible Tales for Young People {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Marvel comics.
1954 - 5
Bill Boyd Western {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: L Miller published issues 1 & 2 with the same numbering as the original US Fawcett comics. For some unknown reason, #3 was reprinted as #50 and that numbering was continued. Reprints from US Fawcett Comics.
1950 - 1955 78
Bill Boyd Western Comic Annual {Hardcovers} Disclose
Note: The first two issues are not numbered. Primarily reprints from US Fawcett Comics with some original British material. Page counts may vary between issues.
1956 - 1960 5
Billy Buckskin Western {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Marvel comics.
1956 - 3
Billy the Kid {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: More issues may exist.
1956 - 1957 3
Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine {Comic Books} 1953 - 1959 78
Black Fury {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Charlton Comics.
1957 - 1958 13
Black Knight {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Black Knight (Marvel, 1955 Series), in black and white.
1955 - 5
Black Rider {Comic Books} 1955 - 4
Blake the Trapper {Comic Books} 1955 - 1955 3
Blue Beetle {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Fox Comics.
1954 - 1955 3
Blue Bolt Adventures {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Novelty Comics.
1951 - 5
Bob Colt {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Fawcett Comics.
1951 - 1952 10
Bob Steele Western {Comic Books} 1951 - 1952 7
Bob Swift Boy Sportsman {Comic Books} 1951 - 1952 4
Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Raiders {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 3
Boy Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Lev Gleason Comics.
1950 - 1951 8
British Heroes {Comic Books} 1953 - 1954 8
Bronc Saddler {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from unknown US source.
1959 - 3
Bronco West Indian Scout {Comic Books} 1960 - 1
Buffalo Bill Cody {Comic Books} 1957 - 1959 19
Bulldog Brittain Commando! {Comic Books} 1952 - 7
Captain America {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Marvel comics. A third issue has been reported, but remains to be confirmed.
1954 - 2
Captain and the Kids {Comic Books} 1942 - 1
Captain Flash {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Sterling Comics.
1955 - 4
Captain Gallant {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Charlton Comics.
1956 - 4
Captain Marvel {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: First Captain Marvel series published by L. Miller & Son. Rotogravure printed.
1944 - 1
Captain Marvel {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: One-shot from L Miller & Son published circa 1945. Cover displays no price, but was likely 1/- GBP. Indicia contains no title. Denis Gifford in his book The Complete Catalogue to British Comics lists the date of publication as December 1944, but the Fawcett comic with corresponding cover and stories is dated January 1945.
1945 - 1945 1 (0)
Captain Marvel [Captain Marvel Adventures] {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Fourth Captain Marvel series by L. Miller & Son. Indicia title is "Captain Marvel", cover title on early issues is "Captain Marvel Adventures", later issues vary (like "Captain Marvel Man" on v1#23 and "Captain Marvel Adventures: The Marvelman" on v1#24). Issues are numbered only on the cover, not in the indicia. There are no publication dates on the comics, though they can be inferred by the weekly schedule and some known dates. The indicias have copyright dates but these are the copyright dates of the material they are reprinting, so they don't indicate the actual date of the comic.
1953 - 1954 24
Captain Marvel Adventures {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Second Captain Marvel series by L. Miller & Son. Rotogravure printed.
1946 - 1950 8
Captain Marvel Adventures {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Third Captain Marvel series published by L. Miller & Son.
1950 - 1953 35
Captain Marvel Annual {Comic Books} 1953 - 1
Captain Marvel Coloring Book {Comic Books} 1948 - 1
Captain Marvel Jr Annual {Comic Books} 1953 - 1
Captain Marvel Jr. {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: First Captain Marvel Jr series published by L. Miller & Son. Numbering might not have been consecutive. Rotogravure printed.
1945 - 1950 9
Captain Marvel Jr. {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Second Captain Marvel Jr series by L. Miller & Son.
1950 - 1953 36 (39)
Captain Marvel Jr. {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Third series of Captain Marvel Jr by L. Miller & Son.
1953 - 1954 24
Captain Midnight {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Fawcett Comics. Issue #43 is saddle-stitched, as are all the issues in this early series. Rotogravure printed. 16 pages(#s 42, 44); 52 pages(#s 43, 45). Dimensions vary, the 52-page issues are traditional comic size, the 16-page issues are slightly smaller. Also, the rotogravure issues have matte covers, newsprint, whereas the 52-page issues have glossy covers. Interior color varies from monochrome to two-color, sometimes in the same issue.
1946 - 7
Captain Midnight {Comic Books} 1950 - 3
Captain Midnight {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Fawcett Comics.
1950 - 1953 40
Captain Midnight {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Fawcett Comics.
1962 - 1963 12
Captain Starlight in Robbery Under Arms {Comic Books} 1957 - 1
Captain Tornado {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from a French source.
1952 - 1955 42
Captain Video {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Fawcett Comics.
1951 - 1952 6
Captain Vigour {Comic Books} 1952 - 1954 17
Cary Colt {Comic Books} 1954 - 9
Charlie Chan {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Charlton comics.
1955 - 3
Cheyenne Kid {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Charlton Comics.
1957 - 1958 18
Cody of the Pony Express {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints of US Charlton series.
1956 - 2
Colorado Kid {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: UK original material. "The Colorado Kid" on the cover; "Colorado Kid" in the indicia.
1954 - 1959 84
Comics on Parade {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Published irregularly. Reprints from United Features Syndicate.
1941 - 1943 11
Comics on Parade: Captain and the Kids {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from United Features Syndicate. Rotogravure. 16 pages.
1944 - 1
Comics on Parade: Iron Vic {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from United Features Syndicate. Rotogravure. 16 pages.
1944 - 1
Confidential Romances {Comic Books} 1957 - 15
Confidential Stories {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from various US sources. Numbering continues from "Confidential Romances" series.
1957 - 1959 36
Coronation Special {Comic Books} 1953 - 1
Courage {Comic Books} 1956 - 3 (0)
Cowboy Action {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Marvel comics.
1956 - 1957 18
Cowboy Hero Annual {Hardcovers} Disclose
Note: Reprints from various US sources including Fawcett Comics.
1957 - 1960 4
Cowboy Western Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Charlton Comics.
1956 - 21
Cynical Susie and Others from Comics on Parade {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from United Features Syndicate. Rotogravure printed.
1944 - 1
Danger and Adventure {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Charlton Comics.
1955 - 3
Daniel Boone {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Original British material and reprints from US Charlton comics.
1957 - 1959 35
Daredevil {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Lev Gleason Comics.
1953 - 10
Davy Crockett {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: British original material. Reprint content also likely.
1956 - 1960 52
Davy Crockett Album {Comic Books} 1956 - 1
Dennis the Demon {Comic Books} 1960 - ? 2
Detective Comic {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US American Comics Group and Fawcett Comics.
1959 - 9
Detective Comics {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Miller released two series of Detective Comics. This documents the 32-pages 6d series. There was also a 68-pages 1/- series with at least 4 issues.
1950 - ? 8
Dick Hercules of St. Markham's {Comic Books} 1952 - 1954 17
Don Winslow of the Navy {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Fawcett Comics. Rotogravure. 12 pages.
1947 - 1
Don Winslow of the Navy {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Fawcett Comics.
1951 - 1952 12
Don Winslow of the Navy {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Fawcett Comics.
1952 - 1953 50
Dynamite Dunn {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: United Features Syndicate reprints.
1944 - 1
Ella Cinders {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from United Features Syndicate.
1942 - 1
Family Favourites {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Cover title is "Family Favourites Comic Weekly" or "Family Favourites Comic". Indicia title is simply "Family Favourites".
1954 - 34
Family Favourites Comic Annual {Hardcovers} 1954 - 1
Fawcett Movie Comic {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints US Fawcett Movie Comics.
1951 - 1952 13
Fawcett's Funny Animals {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Fawcett's Funny Animals.
1946 - 3
Fawcett's Funny Animals {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: This is the second Miller series with this title.
1951 - 1952 7
Fawcett's Funny Animals American Comics Annual {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Fawcett's Funny Animals. 68 pages.
1945 - 1
Fightin' Air Force {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Charlton Comics.
1956 - 3
Fightin' Army {Comic Books} 1950 - ? 1
Fightin' Marines {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: More issues may remain to be documented.
1956 - 1956 2
Fightin' Navy {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Reprints from US Charlton Comics.
1956 - 3

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