# Express Weekly
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{{Short description|Comic magazine}}
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| schedule = Weekly
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| genre = [Adventure](/source/Adventure_(genre)), [Children's](/source/Children's_comics), [Science fiction](/source/Science_fiction_comics)
| publisher = [Beaverbrook](/source/Beaverbrook_Newspapers) (1954–1960)
[City Magazines](/source/City_Magazines) (1960–1962)
| date = 4 Sept. 1954 – 13 Jan. 1962
| issues = 375
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| writers = [Mike Butterworth](/source/Mike_Butterworth), Dave Wood
| artists = Bruce Cornwall, [Ron Embleton](/source/Ron_Embleton), [Jack Kirby](/source/Jack_Kirby), [Mike Noble](/source/Mike_Noble), Terence Patrick, [Ferdinando Tacconi](/source/Ferdinando_Tacconi), [Mike Western](/source/Mike_Western)
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'''''Express Weekly''''' was a British children's [comic](/source/comic) magazine, published between 1954 and 1962 under a progression of titles: '''''Junior Express''''', '''''Junior Express Weekly''''', '''''Express Weekly''''', and '''''TV Express Weekly'''''.
The publication was similar in format to the popular children's comic ''[Eagle](/source/Eagle_(British_comics))'': tabloid with [photogravure](/source/photogravure) colour, with a mixture of comic strips and features.[{{cite web|url=https://britishcomics.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/express-weekly/|title=Express Weekly|date=30 March 2015|website=wordpress.com}}] In 1960, the title was acquired by [City Magazines](/source/City_Magazines) and renamed ''TV Express Weekly''.[{{cite web|title=W. E. JOHNS WORK IN EXPRESS WEEKLY AND TV EXPRESS WEEKLY|url=http://www.wejohns.com/TV%20Express%20Weekly/|website=wejohns.com|accessdate=17 April 2018}}]
It was acquired by [Polystyle Publications](/source/Polystyle_Publications) in 1962 (after issue #375)[[https://downthetubes.net/?page_id=9791 "British Comics Reference | British TV-related Comic Strips,"] DownTheTubes.net. Retrieved Feb. 25, 2021.] and merged into ''[TV Comic](/source/TV_Comic)''.
* ''Junior Express'' (38 issues, 4 Sept. 1954–June 1955)
* ''Junior Express Weekly'' (35 issues, June 1955–11 Feb. 1956)
* ''Express Weekly'' (212 issues, 18 Feb. 1956–Apr. 1960)
* ''TV Express Weekly'' (91 issues, 23 Apr. 1960–13 Jan. 1962)
==Comic strips (selected)==
* ''[Biggles](/source/Biggles_(TV_series))'', by [Mike Western](/source/Mike_Western) and then [Ron Embleton](/source/Ron_Embleton) (1960–1962)[Steve Holland, [http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2008/05/mike-western-1925-2008.html Mike Western (1925-2008)], Bear Alley, 20 May 2008]
* ''[Journey into Space](/source/Journey_into_Space)'', drawn first by [Ferdinando Tacconi](/source/Ferdinando_Tacconi), and then Bruce Cornwall and Terence Patrick (from 1956)[Booklet accompanying the 1998 release of ''[The World in Peril](/source/Journey_Into_Space)'' on audio cassette by BBC Worldwide Ltd]
* ''[No Hiding Place](/source/No_Hiding_Place)'', by [Mike Western](/source/Mike_Western) (1960–1962)