The Adventures of Biggles (Strato) No. 7 was the seventh of a series of nine comic albums published by Strato Publications of London in the 1950s which contained Biggles and other comic stories. Many of the Biggles stories had first been published by Action Comics, Sydney in their comic series also entitled Adventures of Biggles.
The cover was adapted from that of Australian issue #30. The cover gives a byline to W. E. Johns but doesn't sttribute drawings to anyone.
Contents[]
The comic contained the following:
- Pyrenean Manhunt (Part 1 and Part 2) - a Biggles story from Action Comics' Adventures of Biggles, issue #17, by Albert de Vine.
- The Air Adventures of Tim Valour "The Kidnappers" - a non-Biggles story about an F-86 Sabre pilot set during the Korean War. Attributed to John Dixon. Tim Valour is on leave in Hawaii and goes to the rescue of a boy who has been kidnapped.
- Gimlet Takes Over - not attributed, a Gimlet story from the now very rare Action Comics Gimlet series.
- The Crimson Comet "Operation Wog" - features the superhero secret agent who has wings but keeps them usually hidden under a trench coat. This story is set during the Korean War. The Crimson Comet rescues a group of UN P.O.W.s who had been forced to work in a North Korean germ warfare factory and then destroys the plant before the toxins can be used.