Odhams Power Comics

The "Power Comics" line were five titles produced by Odhams between 5th February 1966 (when the first issue of Smash! appeared) and 8th March 1969 (the last issue of Smash! to be published by Odhams, though the title would continue as part of the IPC stable). The first two titles in the line were Smash! and Wham!, later joined by Pow!, Fantastic and finally the short lived Terrific. While the first three titles were essentially standard British weekly anthology titles, they did early on begin incorporating some reprint material from the early American Marvel Comics (as well as the Batman newspaper strip from rival DC Comics), and by the time the final two titles appeared they were almost totally dedicated to the Marvel reprints, albeit still accompanied by some UK originated humour and adventure material. All four of Smash!'s companion titles had disappeared by November 1968 (the line consisted of five titles for just nine months between April 1967 and January 1968) and the transfer from Odhams to IPC marked the end of American material in Smash!