Doctor Who Classic Comics
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Doctor Who Classic Comics was a magazine published by Marvel Comics as a sister publication to Doctor Who Magazine. It was launched in 1992 by Marvel UK as collections of strips from earlier tie-in titles, including TV Comic, Countdown and TV Action and, later, strips from Doctor Who Weekly and Doctor Who Monthly. John Freeman, an editor of Doctor Who Magazine, had negotiated the purchase of publishing rights to all of these comic strips.
Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]
Features[[edit] | [edit source]]
A few issues included telesnaps features, publishing off-air images from missing-presumed-wiped Doctor Who TV stories from the 1960s at the same time that Doctor Who Magazine also ran telesnap features. The magazine also featured articles related to all the Doctor Who comic strip stories, including interviews, listings and a detailed listing feature as well as a small mention of current news and events. Early issues included posters.
Current rights[[edit] | [edit source]]
The publishing rights are now held by Panini, who bought the assets of Marvel UK in the 1990s and still publishes Doctor Who Magazine. Although the title republished the Daleks strip from TV Century 21, those strip rights still rest with Express Newspapers.
Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
Polystyle Publications[[edit] | [edit source]]
First Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
Second Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
Third Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
Fourth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Title | Doctor | Featuring | Printed in | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death Flower | 4th | DWCC 5-6 | ||
| Woden's Warriors | DWCC 14 | |||
| Return of the Daleks | DWCC 17 | |||
| The Wreckers | DWCC 19 |
The Daleks[[edit] | [edit source]]
Dell Comics[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Title | Doctor | Featuring | Printed in | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Who and the Daleks | Dr. Who | Barbara, Susan, Ian, Daleks | DWCC 9 |
Doctor Who Magazine[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Title | Doctor | Featuring | Printed in | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timeslip | 4th | K9 Mark II, First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor | DWCC 27 | |
| Doctor Who and the Star Beast | K9 Mark II, Sharon | DWCC 25-26 | ||
| The Neutron Knights | DWCC 9 | |||
| The Tides of Time | 5th | Sir Justin of Wells, Shayde, Rassilon | DWCC 10-11 | |
| Stars Fell on Stockbridge | Max | DWCC 18 | ||
| The Stockbridge Horror | Shayde | DWCC 21-23 | ||
| Kane's Story | 6th | Peri, Frobisher | DWCC 19 | |
| Abel's Story | DWCC 20 | |||
| The Warrior's Story | DWCC 21 | |||
| Frobisher's Story | DWCC 22 | |||
| Exodus | DWCC 16 | |||
| Revelation! | ||||
| Genesis! | Peri, Frobisher, Cybermen | |||
| Planet of the Dead | 7th | DWCC 14 | ||
| Evening's Empire | Ace | DWCC AHS |
Back-up[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Title | Featuring | Printed in | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Return of the Daleks | Daleks | DWCC 23-24 | |
| The Final Quest | Sontarans | DWCC 24 | |
| K-9's Finest Hour | K9, Fourth Doctor | DWCC 25 | |
| Warlord of the Ogrons | Ogrons | DWCC 26 |
The Incredible Hulk Presents[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Title | Doctor | Featuring | Printed in | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Once in a Lifetime | 7th | DWCC 21 | ||
| War World! | ||||
| Technical Hitch | DWCC 24 | |||
| A Switch in Time! | DWCC 25 |
Original stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Title | Featuring | Printed in | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beware the Trods! | John Who | DWCC 8 | |
| Rover's Return | Lammers | DWCC 13 | |
| Last Word | John Who, Gillian Who | DWCC 27 |
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
A special issue, Doctor Who Classic Comics Autumn Holiday Special, was published midway through the magazine's run. It featured the first (and, until the publication of the graphic novel of the same name in 2016, only) complete publication of the DWM strip Evening's Empire, which had been discontinued after the first chapter had been published, due to production problems. The reference work Howe's Transcendental Toybox (2nd ed.) categorises this issue as a graphic novel.
Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]
DWCC 27 (Full cover)
