Speed was launched on 23rd February 1980, edited by David Hunt, and published each Monday by IPC magazines. Aimed at boys, the comic featured strips about sports, daredevils, racers, and included articles and profiles on high performance vehicles of land, sea, and in the air.
- Christopher Cockerell. Speed 20th September. 1980.
- Peter Twiss. Speed 6th September. 1980.
- Reginald Joseph Mitchell. Speed 25th October. 1980.
- Yuri Gagarin. Speed 27th September. 1980.