The Boys' Realm (1st Series large) was published by the Amalgamated Press and ran to 721 issues from 14th May 1902 to 25th March 1926.

Hamilton turned out many stories for the Amalgamated Press but only the Boys' Realm had any significant Hamilton content after the advent of the Magnet and Gem.

I have included the Pelham issues in the listing as Pelham school was a Hamilton creation. He only wrote a few issues for the Boys Realm Football Library before the subs (many of them famous in their own right) took over. You can read an interesting CD article on this publication by Bill Lofts here. For a period of time Jack Noble of Pelham rather confusingly starred in both the Boys Realm and Boys Realm Football Library at the same time. Sadly none of the Pelham issues of the Boys Realm that I have in my collection appear to be original Hamilton stories.

The Boys' Realm published the series King Cricket [254-278, 13.4.07-28.9.07] by Charles Hamilton, which recounted the events of a whole cricket season. It was very topical, as the stories included encounters with contemporary county sides, including the great players of the day. The story was reprinted in the Boys Friend Library issue 237 (first series). Eric Fayne wrote an article on King Cricket in his 'Lets be controversial' column in Collectors Digest issue 273 from 1969. You can read it here.

The following list has many gaps I would like to fill so if you can help please get in touch even if it is only to confirm whether a particular issue has a Hamilton story or not. Obviously scans or photocopies of the missing issues would be much appreciated!  If you can help in any way then please contact me.

Issue

02/12/1905

09/12/1905

16/12/1905

23/12/1905

30/12/1905

06/01/1906

13/01/1906

20/01/1906

27/01/1906

03/02/1906

10/02/1906