| Writers: | Alfred Mazure, Peter O'Donnell |
| Artists: | Alfred Mazure, Jim Holdaway |
Romeo Brown was a British comic strip published in the Daily Mirror from 1954 to 1962.
It was originally written and illustrated by Alfred Mazure; Mazure was replaced in 1957 by writer Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway. It featured the adventures of Romeo Brown, a dashing private detective and reluctant ladies' man. The strip was cancelled unexpectedly by the chairman of the group who, according to O'Donnell, said he couldn't understand it.[1] O'Donnell had by this time completed the next adventure and Holdaway had illustrated the first 8 days' worth.
O'Donnell recalled in a 2002 interview: "This was a strip running in the tabloid Daily Mirror, for which I was writing "Garth". The editor was dissatisfied so he engaged Jim Holdaway to take over the drawing and asked me to write the scripts. That's how Jim and I first met, and we ran the strip for seven years, Romeo Brown was a comic private detective, and my brief was that every story was to revolve around a girl or girls, and the more clothes I could safely get off them the better."[2]
O'Donnell followed Romeo Brown with the comic strip Modesty Blaise in the Evening Standard, which Holdaway illustrated from its debut on 13 May 1963 until his death in 1970.
| Title | Artist | Strip Numbers | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Romeo Brown | Mazure | N208 - N231 | 01/09/54 - 28/09/54 |
| 02 | Mazure | N232 - N250 | 29/09/54 - 20/10/54 | |
| 03 | Mazure | N251 - N271 | 21/10/54 - 13/11/54 | |
| 04 | Mazure | N272 - N291 | 15/11/54 - 07/12/54 | |
| 05 | Mazure | N292 - N310, O1 - O7 | 08/12/54 - 08/01/55 | |
| 06 | Looking After Bobby | Mazure | O8 - O37 | 10/01/55 - 12/02/55 |
| 07 | The Missing Will | Mazure | O38 - O119 | 14/02/55 - 14/06/55 |
| 08 | Caribbean Pirates | Mazure | O120 - O189 | 15/06/55 - 03/09/55 |
| 09 | Tiger Girl | Mazure | O190 - O244 | 05/09/55 - 07/11/55 |
| 10 | The Girl With The Heart Shaped Birthmark | Mazure | O245 - O289, P1 - P28 | 08/11/55 - 02/02/56 |
| 11 | Find the Lady | Mazure | P29 - P81 | 03/02/56 - 05/04/56 |
| 12 | Marriage Ltd | Mazure | P82 - P142 | 06/04/56 - 15/06/56 |
| 13 | Beauty Queen | Mazure | P143 - P208 | 16/06/56 - 31/08/56 |
| 14 | His Last Joke | Mazure | P209 - P268 | 01/09/56 - 09/11/56 |
| 15 | Double Trouble | Mazure | P269 - P310, Q1 - Q18 | 10/11/56 - 21/01/57 |
| 16 | Fingle's Follies | Holdaway | Q19 - Q81 | 22/01/57 - 04/04/57 |
| 17 | The Missing Ming Vase | Holdaway | Q82 - Q140 | 05/04/57 - 13/06/57 |
| 18 | Romeo the Ruthless | Holdaway | Q141 - Q204 | 14/06/57 - 27/08/57 |
| 19 | The Girl and the Ghoul | Holdaway | Q205 - Q266 | 28/08/57 - 07/11/57 |
| 20 | The Secret of Black Barbary | Holdaway | Q267 - Q310, R1 - R20 | 08/07/57 - 23/01/58 |
| 21 | The Empress's Garters | Holdaway | R21 - R89 | 24/01/58 - 15/04/58 |
| 22 | Romeo Goes West | Holdaway | R90 - R157 | 16/04/58 - 03/07/58 |
| 23 | The Frolics of Fifi | Holdaway | R158 - R217 | 04/07/58 - 11/09/58 |
| 24 | The Trouble With Tania | Holdaway | R218 - R287 | 12/09/58 - 02/12/58 |
| 25 | The Snow Maiden | Holdaway | R288 - R310, S1 - S37 | 03/12/58 - 12/02/59 |
| 26 | Lord of the Fiery Dragon | Holdaway | S38 - S111 | 13/02/59 - 11/05/59 |
| 27 | The Fightin' Females | Holdaway | S112 - S180 | 12/05/59 - 30/07/59 |
| 28 | The Gipsy's Curse | Holdaway | S181 - S263 | 31/07/59 - 04/11/59 |
| 29 | The King of the Beatniks | Holdaway | S264 - S310, T1 - T22 | 05/11/59 - 26/01/60 |
| 30 | Gigi and the Head-Shrinkers | Holdaway | T23 - T93 | 27/01/60 - 19/04/60 |
| 31 | The Nobblers | Holdaway | T94 - T173 | 20/04/60 - 21/07/60 |
| 32 | The Baffling Ballerina | Holdaway | T174 - T251 | 22/07/60 - 20/10/60 |
| 33 | The Con-Man | Holdaway | T252 - T311, U1 - U14 | 21/10/60 - 17/01/61 |
| 34 | Arabian Knight | Holdaway | U15 - U98 | 18/01/61 - 26/04/61 |
| 35 | Where There's a Will | Holdaway | U99 - U175 | 27/04/61 - 25/07/61 |
| 36 | The Admiral's Grand-Daughter | Holdaway | U176 - U246 | 26/07/61 - 16/10/61 |
| 37 | The Missing Miss Peach | Holdaway | U247 - U308, V1 - V10 | 17/10/61 - 11/01/62 |
| 38 | The Richest Girl In The World | Holdaway | V11 - V88 | 12/01/62 - 12/04/62 |
| 39 | Romeo On The Run | Holdaway | V89 - V161 | 13/04/62 - 07/07/62 |