A list of stories published in the Amalgamated Press/Fleetway Publications weekly boys' comic Knockout between 1939 and 1963.
The Adventures of Bear Cub
Published: 17 February 1940 to 25 January 1941 (text); 28 February to 30 May 1942 (strip) Illustrator: Derek Eyles (text) Artist: Eric Parker (strip) Young Sioux warrior Bear Cub makes friends with paleface Bill Chapman.
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Published: 27 November 1948 to 8 January 1949
Artist: Michael Hubbard
Marco Polo and father Nicolo Polo are entertained at the court of Kublai Khan.
The Bandit of Baghdad
Published: 1 October to 3 December 1949
Artist: Lunt Roberts
Scheming Vizier Abu Hassan tries to usurp the post of Caliph of Baghdad at the expense of true heir, the young Prince Ahmed of Basra.
Battler Britton
Published: 21 May 1960 to 16 February 1963
Artists: Geoff Campion, Ian Kennedy, Colin Merritt
The adventures of a World War II British fighter ace. Continued from Sun; continued (as reprints) in Valiant.
Beau Brummell
Published: 27 May 1950 to 12 May 1951
Writer: Frank S. Pepper (under the pseudonym John Marian) Illustrator: Eric Parker Tales of the Regency dandy. Text story.
Bert and Daisy - The Happy Vaccies
Published: 8 March 1941 to 29 September 1945
Illustrators: Derek Eyles, Eric Parker
Two evacuees find adventure in their new home. Retitled "The Happy Adventures of Bert and Daisy" from 14 July 1945.
Billy Bunter
Published: 4 March 1939 to 16 February 1963
Artists: Charles H. Chapman, Frank Minnitt, Eric Roberts, Reg Parlett, Arthur Martin, Les Barton, A.J. Pease The heavyweight chump Billy Bunter causes problems for the other pupils and staff of Greyfriars School with his greed and idiocy. Cartoon strip. Continued in Valiant.
The Black Pirate
Published: 26 November 1960 to 4 March 1961
Artist: Cecil Langley Doughty
Richard Fairfax, the son of Captain Jonas Fairfax, hunts down the Spanish galleon Santa Joanna to seek revenge for the unlawful death of his father.
Blacksmoke
Published: 3 October 1959 to 2 January 1960
Boy Tim Flanagan attempts to restore the storied but decommissioned locomotive Blacksmoke.
Blarney Bluffer
Published: 23 July 1960 to 16 February 1963
Artist: Angel Nadal
A small-scale spiv tells tall tales to shift his wares. Cartoon strip. Later reprinted as "Gabby McGlew" in Valiant.
Bobby's Bugle Guards the Khyber Pass
Published: 12 August 1939 to 10 February 1940. Bobby's bugle guards the Khyber Pass. Text story.
Buffalo Bill
Published: 17 February 1940 to 3 February 1951 (strip), 27 April 1950 to 15 August 1953 (text) Writer: Joan Whitford (under the pseudonym John Haslar, text) Artists: Joseph Walker, Cecil Langley Doughty, Derek Eyles, Eric Parker (strip) Illustrators: Derek Eyles, Cecil Holloway, Eric Parker, Geoff Campion, Stephen Chapman (text) Buffalo Bill keeps crooks and hostile natives at bay in the Wild West.
Breed of the Brudenels
Published: 17 December 1949 to 6 May 1950
Writer: Leonard Matthews
Artist: H. M. Brock
The adventures of dandy highwayman Dick Turpin.
Captain Flame
Published: 6 November 1948 to 1 December 1950; 14 March to 6 June 1953
Writer: Leonard Matthews
Artist: Sep E. Scott
After being stranded on a desert island by pirates, Michael Flame and loyal friend Count Anthony Ferrara escape and fund their own galleon flush the miscreants out of the world's sea-lanes.
Captain Careless
Published: 21 October 1961 to 12 May 1962
Artist: Fred Holmes
King's Cavaliers captain Kit Careless and his men Tom Hodges and Ben Carstairs try to recover the Crown Jewels from the mysterious Masked Woman and her underlings. Modified reprints of "Claude Duval" from The Comet.
Captain Kidd's Lost Prize
Published: 14 to 28 May 1949
Artist: T. Heath Robinson
The merchantman Sunflower tries to evade dread pirate William Kidd's Venture.
Captain Phantom
Published: 9 August 1952 to 5 December 1953
Writer: Ron Clarke
Artists: Graham Coton, Mike Western
The British agent codenamed Captain Phantom is a master of disguise, a talent he uses to foil Germany's designs on Britain during World War II. His secret identity, not known to even his own superiors, is Squadron Leader Ralph Daunton.