Smash! was a weekly British comic book, published first by Odhams Press and subsequently by IPC Magazines, from 5 February 1966 to 3 April 1971. After 257 issues, it then merged into Valiant. During 1967 and 1968 Smash! was part of Odhams' Power Comics line, notable for its publication of American superhero strips. During this period, alongside British humour strips, Smash! included black-and-white reprints of superhero strips originally published by Marvel Comics and DC Comics. In late 1968, Smash! absorbed its sister titles Pow! and Fantastic, eventually becoming the last surviving Power Comics title. After being taken over by IPC, in March 1969 Smash! went through a major relaunch and thereafter it featured solely British content: a mixture of humour, sporting, and adventure strips. A 1