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2 unusual facts about Roy Carson


Roy Carson

Roy Carson was a British hard-boiled detective created in 1948 by Denis McLoughlin and his brother Colin and first published by Boardman Books in their series of rotogravure comic books (1948–1954).

Boardman Books also used Roy Carson in text stories published in their children's annuals in the 1950s.


Denis McLoughlin

Both Adventure Annual and New Spaceways Comic Annual feature Roy Carson and Swift Morgan stories.

Mildly inspired by Alex Raymond, Denis and Colin filled the first seven issues with the adventures of detective Roy Carson and adventure/science fiction hero Swift Morgan alternately.

Reprints Swift Morgan, Roy Carson and Buffalo Bill from the Boardman rotogravure series.


see also

Denis McLoughlin

One McLoughlin story features hard boiled detective Roy Carson while the other has science fiction hero Swift Morgan.