Smash!

Smash! was one of the Power Comics line published by Odhams from 15th February 1966 until 15th March 1969, from which point it continued to be published by IPC (following the dissolution of Odhams) until 3rd April 1971. For much of its run it featured a mix of British originated humour and adventure strips including Bad Penny, The Nervs, The Swots and the Blots and Grimly Feendish (all by Leo Baxendale), Queen of the Seas (by Ken Reid), Space Jinx and Moon Madness (by Brian Lewis), the Legend Testers (by Jordi Bernet) and It's the Rubberman, alongside reprints of American material including Batman (from the Sunday newspaper strip), Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Avengers and Incredible Hulk (notably, Smash! #38 also contained a one-off British originated Hulk strip, the first British originated strip to star a Marvel character, some years before the creation of Marvel UK). Later, after the title incorporated sister title Pow! it also gained Spider-Man, as well as the UK originated strip The Cloak by Mike Higgs, and after incorporating Fantastic it gained Thor as well. After Smash! was taken over by IPC, however, all US reprint material was dropped. Later additions included Cursitor Doom by Eric Bradbury and Erik the Viking by Don Lawrence (the latter being reprinted from Lion). Smash! Annuals were published from 1967-1976.