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Streamline is a British Golden Age superhero comic, which appeared in the short-lived magazine ''Streamline Comics'' (1947), which only ran for four issues. The character was co-created by Denis Gifford and Bob Monkhouse, and later appeared as a character in the ''2000 AD'' strip ''Zenith'' and the independent title ''Black Tower Comics Group Adventures''. ==Publication history== Streamline was co-created by Denis Gifford and Bob Monkhouse, first appearing in ''Streamline Comics'' #1 (1947) published by Cardal Publishing. The comic ran for four issues, black and white throughout inside, with Streamline the main feature. The ''Streamline'' strip was drawn in #1 by Denis Gifford, and in #2-4 by science-fiction writer Bryan Berry. In Streamline's debut appearance, ''The Adventure of the Flaming Fiends'', scientist Keenan King is suspicious when he witnesses a fire at the 21st National Bank, returning to his laboratory to experiment on himself with the mysterious Elixir X. Obtaining a suitable costume, he encounters another bank on fire and discovers robbers in asbestos suits but is beaten back by the heat and forced to leave in order to a rescue the bank security guard. By the time of the next bank fire, he has formulated a liquid that dissolves asbestos. Splashing it over the robbers who are then vulnerable to the heat and flames, and hits them out of the bank to the awaiting police. Streamline Comics #4 promised more adventures of "Britain's Superman"〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://themagicrobot.wordpress.com/category/streamline/ )〕 in Streamline Comics #5 but this was never published. A reimagined Streamline made a guest appearance in the ''2000 AD'' strip ''Zenith'', along with other vintage British superheroes, debuting in ''2000 AD'' Prog 629 (cover date 3 June 1989). The ''Zenith'' strip was written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Steve Yeowell. ''Zeniths ''Streamline'' became a traitor serving the evil alien race the Lloigor and was killed in Prog 660 (cover date 6 January 1990) when super-hero DJ Chill makes the temperature drop severely within Streamline's force field. Since 1986, the original run of ''Streamline Comics'' has been reprinted along with several other out-of-print Golden Age superheroes by British independent comics publisher Black Tower Comics Group, collected in ''Black Tower Gold Collection'' . In 2005, the online comic ''Starscape''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.spitfirecomics.co.uk/ )〕 published ''Streamline'' to begin its selection of British Golden Age strips, shown in Comic Display reader format. Since the 1980s, ''Streamline'' has appeared in ''Black Tower Comics Group Adventures'', also published by Black Tower Comics Group, drawn by creator/publisher Terry Hooper.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Streamline (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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