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| Now here is a mystery.
Ian Fleming wrote 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' in the early 1960s. It was published in 1964. The film of the book came out in 1968. I, like most people, assumed that Fleming made up the name.
This annual was published in 1958.
But page 1 of the annual depicts a number of racing cars famous for racing on Englands Brooklands race track, including one named 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' [300 HorsePower and dated to 1923.]
As the man with the pointy ears would say, 'fascinating!' |
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| Publication | 1959 | Pages: 1 |
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| Featuring | Sinbad Simms |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Sinbad Simms; Jasper |
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| Text Article | A Ditty Box? What's That? (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Davy Jones; Devva Lokka |
| Notes | Explanations for various nautical terms. |
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| Text Article | Battle of the Roaring Giants! (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils: Connolly (signed) | Inks: Connolly (signed) | Colors: Connolly (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Car |
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| Comic Story | The Runaway Train! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A new train design has been threatened with destruction. |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Robert Raye; Bentley; Sexton Blake; Tinker; Gustav |
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| Synopsis | Billy reads a book on hypnotism and plans to use it to get answers to the maths exam. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Billy Bunter; Jones Minor; Quelchy; Bessie Bunter |
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| Synopsis | Sporty and Sydney go to Switzerland to watch winter sports. |
| Featuring | Sporty and Sydney |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sporty; Sydney |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mrs. Entwhistle; Ernie Entwhistle; Mr. Entwhistle |
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| Synopsis | Hashpan's friend Shambles thinks Lucky will steal his gold. |
| Featuring | Lucky Logan |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Hashpan; Lucky Logan; Shambles Wilson; Patch (horse); Wang-Wong |
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| Text Article | Here Are Some Strange Facts from All Over the World! (4 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Graham Phillips; Rusty (fox); Alfred (stuffed gorilla) |
| Notes | Eighteen strange facts. |
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| Activity | How to Make a Very Clever Secret Code (4 pages) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | How to make a way to read and write secret codes. |
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| Cartoon | Washing Day at Camp.... (1 page) |
| Featuring | Beaver Patrol Boys |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Alfie; Fatty; Skipper |
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| Synopsis | Johnnie meets a former soldier he served with. |
| Featuring | Johnnie Wingco |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Johnnie Wingco [Johnnie Wingate-Cole]; Pop Wilson; Molly Wilson; Sam Markis; M'vubu |
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| Synopsis | Sporty and Sydney try out for the cricket team. |
| Featuring | Sporty and Sydney |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Sporty; Sydney |
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| Synopsis | Mike and his dad go camping. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mike |
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| Synopsis | Ernie causes trouble taking Mr. Giggleswick's lawn mower back to him. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ernie Entwhistle; Mr. Entwhistle; Charlie; Mr. Giggleswick; Mrs. Entwhistle |
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| Activity | Tod and Annie's Puzzle Places (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Tod; Annie; Silas Stiggins |
| Notes | Unscramble the county names on the map. |
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| Text Article | Naming the New World- (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Christopher Columbus; Henrietta Maria; Philip II; Louis XIV; Charles IX; Charles II |
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| Comic Story | Thunderbolt Jaxon and the Flying Wreckers (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Someone is trying to sabotage Nat Berleigh's new plane. |
| Featuring | Thunderbolt Jaxon |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Thunderbolt Jaxon [Jack Jaxon]; Nat Berleigh; Pamela Berleigh; Don Marlowe; Cyrus Skoul; Sid; Joe Smithers |
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| Synopsis | Sydney gets too close to the rugby match. |
| Featuring | Sporty and Sydney |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Sporty; Sydney |
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| Synopsis | Mike and his dad go to hear the first cuckoo of the season. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mike |
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| Synopsis | Tod and Annie hop a train to escape from Stiggins. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tod; Annie; Silas Stiggins; Charlie; Joe Lawson |
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| Activity | Billy Bunter's Kookery Kwiz (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Billy Bunter |
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| Activity | Sporty's Sports Quiz (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Sporty; Sydney |
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| Activity | Johnnie Wingco's Puzzle Planes (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Johnnie Wingco |
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| Synopsis | Ernie saves a fox from a fox hunt. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ernie Entwhistle; Charlie; Mrs. Entwhistle; Mr. Entwhistle |
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| Synopsis | Billy tries to play a bugle. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Billy Bunter; Toddy; Jones Minor; Quelch |
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| Synopsis | Davy and Georgie protect a train from Running Buck. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Georgie Russel; Running Buck |
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| Synopsis | Silas goes back on his promise to take Mickey and Betty to the circus. |
| Featuring | Mickey's Pal the Wizard |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Silas Marley; Mickey Royston; Betty Royston; Akbar-El-Bagrag |
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| Synopsis | Sydney is annoyed that he's the reserve while Sporty plays goalie. |
| Featuring | Sporty and Sydney |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sporty; Sydney |
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| Synopsis | Mike and his dad plan to go on a motor tour of the beauty spots. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mike |
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| Synopsis | Billy makes money pressing pants. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Billy Bunter; Jones Minor; Quelch; Todd |
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| Comic Story | Thunderbolt Jaxon and the Kidnappers (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Thunderbolt Jaxon stumbles upon a group of kidnappers. |
| Featuring | Thunderbolt Jaxon |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Thunderbolt Jaxon [Jack Jaxon]; Donald; Pete; Slim Samuels; Fat Harry; Lucy |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Vanishing Thief! (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sexton Blake solves the robbery of a Burmese merchant. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sexton Blake; Wong Ho; Tinker; Inspector Coutts |
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| Synopsis | Sinbad and Jasper help a man find a sunken pirate ship. |
| Featuring | Sinbad Simms |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: Sinbad Simms; Jasper; Tom Bowlin; Bludger Benson; Smiler |
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| Synopsis | Tod and Annie are accused of stealing a ring. |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Tod; Annie; Colonel Brigstock; Mrs. Brigstock; Jim; John Stevens; Silas Stiggins |
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| Synopsis | Sporty and Sydney practice playing golf. |
| Featuring | Sporty and Sydney |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Sporty; Sydney |
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| Text Story | Jimmy Topper and his Chums of St. Clement's (19 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tom thinks Jimmy told on him when he took a forbidden path. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Gusty Guston; Chalky White; Tom Tuffen; Dick Loring; Jimmy Topper; Jack Lee; Paddy O'Toole; Bill Drake; Grace Fuller; Davidson; Brenda Drake; Dr. Pelham; Peter Glynn; Bats Burton; Lucy Loveday; Freda Price; Cecil Browne; Horace Manders; Scruffy; Margery Manners |
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| Cartoon | They Visit the Zoo...... (1 page) |
| Featuring | Beaver Patrol Boys |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Jumbo (elephant); Fatty; Cuthbert; Lazy; Alfie |
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| Comic Story | The Diamond Smugglers! (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sexton watches a suspicious man on a cross-channel ship. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Sexton Blake; Tinker |
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| Synopsis | Sydney has a large fishing rod. |
| Featuring | Sporty and Sydney |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Sporty; Sydney |
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| Synopsis | Mike has a new pet mouse. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mike; Wilfred (mouse); Dimps; Ginger (cat) |
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| Synopsis | The wizard turns Silas into a donkey. |
| Featuring | Mickey's Pal the Wizard |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Mickey Royston; Betty Royston; Silas Marley; Akbar-El-Bagrag; Ismail |
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| Synopsis | Hashpan is made sheriff of a small-town. |
| Featuring | Lucky Logan |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Lucky Logan; Hashpan; Hot-Head Pete; Hopeless (mule) |
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| Synopsis | Sporty adds a motor to his bicycle. |
| Featuring | Sporty and Sydney |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Sporty; Sydney; Jock; Angus |
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| Synopsis | Ernie runs into a photographer trying to win a photo competition. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ernie Entwhistle; Charlie; Mrs. Entwhistle; Mr. Entwhistle |
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| Synopsis | Mike's dad take Mike and Curly fishing. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mike; Curly |
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| Text Article | When the Western World was Young- (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Ferdinand Magellan |
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| Text Article | What's in a Name? (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Cartoon | General Inspection... (1 page) |
| Featuring | Beaver Patrol Boys |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Alfie; Lazy; Fatty |
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| Synopsis | The Rollinsons are asked to find the prince of Skandok. |
| Featuring | The Space Family Rollinson |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Dad Rollinson; Mum Rollinson; Betsy Rollinson; Joey Rollinson; Joy Rollinson; Bob Rollinson |
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| Synopsis | Sporty and Sydney play table tennis. |
| Featuring | Sporty and Sydney |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Sports | Characters: Sporty; Sydney |
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| Synopsis | Billy tries to find out the answer to a maths question. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Billy Bunter; Squelch; Jones Minor; Joe; Mr. Hodd |
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| Synopsis | Danny tries to help a man by building a crook trap. |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Danny; Willy |
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| Text Article | The Editor Has the Last Word- |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Contains the answers to the various puzzles throughout the issue. |
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| Content | Genre: Jungle |
| Notes | Probably related to the Johnnie Wingco story.
Back cover. |
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