Playhour was a British children's comics magazine published by Amalgamated Press/Fleetway/IPC between 16 October 1954 and 15 August 1987, a run of approximately 1,700 weekly issues.
Originally published under the title Playhour Pictures, it was intended as a companion to Jack and Jill, initially aimed at a slightly older audience.
The lead strip in its early days was Prince, the Wonder Dog of the Golden West, drawn by Sep E. Scott.
With issue #32 (21 May 1955), the title of the publication was shortened to Playhour and it lowered its target age-group, introducing comic strips based on A.
It was standard practice in the twentieth-century British comics industry to merge a magazine into another one when it declined in sales.