| The Silent Three | |
|---|---|
 "The Silent Three" from School Friend, c. 1950 | |
| Author(s) | Horace Boyten and Stewart Pride |
| Illustrator(s) | Evelyn Flinders |
| Current status/schedule | Concluded weekly strip |
| Launch date | 1950 |
| End date | 1963 |
| Publisher(s) | School Friend |
| Genre(s) | Drama |
The Silent Three (originally The Silent Three of St. Kit's) was a British comic strip published in the girls' comics magazine School Friend[1] from 1950 to 1963,[2] written by Horace Boyten and Stewart Pride, and originally illustrated by Evelyn Flinders.[3] Three schoolgirls at St. Kit's boarding school, Betty Roland (mask #1), Joan Derwent (mask #2) and Peggy West (mask #3), banded together as a secret society against the tyranny of the head prefect, later also fighting crime wearing numbered masks and hooded green robes.[4] In 1977 Posy Simmonds drew a weekly strip for The Guardian entitled The Silent Three of St Botolph's in tribute.
References
- ^ Paul Gravett, Comics Britannia episode 2: Boys and Girls, BBC
- ^ The Silent Three at International Hero
- ^ Cloud Chamber 106, June 2000
- ^ Only the Silent Three Could Help Her, Delusional Schoolgirl, 11 June 2011