Steed and Mrs. Peel comic strips began in Polystyle Publications' "TV Comic" in issue #720, dated 2 October 1965, beginning after the TV debut of Emma Peel, and ran until issue #771, dated 24 September 1966 — this run consisted of 10 serials plus one 4-page one-off in "TV Comic Holiday Special" (June 1966). At that point the rights were sold to publishers D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, where the next version of the strip appeared in issue #199, dated 10 December 1966, of "Diana" the popular paper for girls. Its run ended in issue #224, dated 2 June 1967, with art by Emilio Frejo and Juan Gonzalez Alacrojo — this run consisted of 8 serials.