The Champion was a British weekly boys'story paper published byAmalgamated Press, which ran from January 28, 1922, until March 19, 1955.[1] Its original editor wasFrancis Addington Symonds. From 1929 until 1940 it had a monthly, pocket-sized companion paper,The Champion Library, containing characters fromThe Champion and its sister paperThe Triumph.[2]The Triumph eventually was merged intoThe Champion in 1942.
The title was revived as a comics magazine in 1966 for a short-lived publication which merged withLion later that year.