Speed

Speed was launched by IPC on 23rd February 1980, and ran for 31 issues until 25th October 1980 before being merged with the long running sports themed comic Tiger. Speed was an adventure comic with an eclectic mix of strips including 'Journey to the Stars' by Ron Turner (a lightweight sci-fi strip about a family stranded in space), 'Baker's Half Dozen' by Mike Western (a war strip which wouldn't have been out of place in Battle), 'Topps on Two Wheels' (starring cycle motorchampion Eddie Topps) and and probably the title's most successful series, 'Death Wish', about a disfigured stuntman who takes absurd risks because he no longer cares whether he lives or dies. Death Wish outlasted not only Speed but also Tiger, ending up in the pages of Eagle after the latter title folded in March 1985.