<Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 25 September 1976--20 March 1993 as a weekly, relaunched as a monthly in September 1993 until March 1995 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No. of issues </Th> <Td> 872 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Roy of the Rovers comic was launched as a weekly on 25 September 1976, named after the established comic strip of the same name that first appeared as weekly feature in the Tiger on 11 September 1954 . The title ran for 853 issues, until 20 March 1993 (industrial action prevented publication of 3 issues in December 1978 and a further 5 in May and June 1980), and included other football strips and features . In February 1989, the comic merged with the similarly themed Hot Shot, and was known for a brief time as Roy of the Rovers and Hot Shot, but reverted to its original title shortly afterwards . </P> <P> The comic was relaunched as a monthly in September 1993, but finally closed in March 1995, after a further 19 issues . </P>

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