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'''Frank Langford''' drew the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' comic stories ''[[Backtime (comic story)|Backtime]]'' (1971), ''[[Ride to Nowhere (comic story)|Ride to Nowhere]]'' (1973) and ''[[Fogbound (comic story)|Fogbound]]'' (1973). | |||
''' | Born Cyril J. Eidlestein in Stepney, London, on 2 June 1926, he married Hilda M. Langford in 1953, and changed his name legally to Frank Cyril Langford some time in the 1960s. His earliest work was in romance comics like ''Roxy'' in the 1950s. His best-known work includes the full-colour strip "The Angry Planet" (1963) in ''Boy's World'', the [[Penelope Creighton-Ward|title character]]'s strip in ''[[Lady Penelope (magazine)|Lady Penelope]]'' (1966-69), "The Persuaders" (1973) in ''[[TV Action]]'', and a series of romance stories in DC Comics' ''Secret Hearts'', ''Young Love'', ''Young Romance'' and ''Falling in Love'' (1969-73). He also drew the daily strip ''Jack and Jill'' in the ''Herald & Sun'' in the early '70s, and had a long-standing sideline in advertising strips. He died in Enfield, Middlesex, in 1996. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:19, 7 July 2022
Frank Langford drew the Doctor Who comic stories Backtime (1971), Ride to Nowhere (1973) and Fogbound (1973).
Born Cyril J. Eidlestein in Stepney, London, on 2 June 1926, he married Hilda M. Langford in 1953, and changed his name legally to Frank Cyril Langford some time in the 1960s. His earliest work was in romance comics like Roxy in the 1950s. His best-known work includes the full-colour strip "The Angry Planet" (1963) in Boy's World, the title character's strip in Lady Penelope (1966-69), "The Persuaders" (1973) in TV Action, and a series of romance stories in DC Comics' Secret Hearts, Young Love, Young Romance and Falling in Love (1969-73). He also drew the daily strip Jack and Jill in the Herald & Sun in the early '70s, and had a long-standing sideline in advertising strips. He died in Enfield, Middlesex, in 1996.
