ROCKET
Publishers: NEWS OF THE WORLD / ERIC BEMROSE
Dates: 1 21st Apr 1956-32 24th Nov 1956 (joins Express Weekly)
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In 1956 News of the World publications launched Rocket, a new 16 page tabloid weekly as a companion to their TV Comic and Express Weekly titles. Dubbed 'The First Space-Age Weekly' its contents were mostly science-fiction and fact. It proudly proclaimed it was 'Edited by Douglas Bader', and perhaps the famous airman had some input but he wasn't the actual day to day editor. From its format it was obviously intended to be a rival to Hulton's Eagle, but Rocket spluttered and crashed after just 32 weeks.
(taken from Lew Stringer's excelent web-site - check it out!)
Total value for all issues of this title listed:
| Condition |
PR 1.0 |
FR 1.5 |
GD 2.0 |
VG 4.0 |
FN 6.0 |
VF 8.0 |
VF/NM 9.0 |
NM- 9.2 |
NM 9.4 |
MINT 10.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | |
| Total £ | 16.60 | 34.55 | 51.00 | 102.00 | 205.00 | 378.00 | 630.00 | 787.50 | 945.00 |
Note: some PR issues may have no value. Selected issues in FN, VF or VF/NM may not exist in some titles.
