| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 16, 1952 | Price: 3d [0-0-3 GBP] | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | A 'silent' strip with no speech balloons or |
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| Cover | Surf boards |
| Featuring | Moko and Boko |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Moko (monkey); Boko (parrot) |
| Notes | A 'silent' strip with no speech balloons or |
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| Comic Story | Origin of Billy the Kid (5 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Billy the Kid [Will Bonney]; Mrs. Bonney; Bill Thompson |
| Notes | First issue with Billy the Kid. His appearance was modelled on Robert Taylor. |
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| Comic Story | At the seaside |
| Featuring | The Penguin Patrol |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Girl Guides of the Penguin Patrol |
| Notes | A large single panel with lots of characters and activity. |
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| Comic Story | Skipping through the army records |
| Featuring | Handy Andy |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Handy Andy |
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| Text Story | The Mystery of the Deserted Ship (1.75 pages) |
| Featuring | Chums of Hawkhurst |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Jack Lawless; Jim Baxter; Lofty Lowe; Fatty Fitch; Dan Stevens (escaped convict); Dr. Wise (headmaster); Cynthia Wise (his daughter); Wynne Williams (her friend); Fowler; Gleeson |
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| Featuring | The Sun car spotters club |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | List of readers' membership numbers, prizes awarded to readers who's number appears. |
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| Comic Story | Ivanhoe (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Ivanhoe; Rowena; Cedric; Prince John; Robin Hood; Norman knights |
| Notes | Movie adaptation with Robert Taylor; Part 9 of 21 |
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| Comic Story | The Planet of Peril (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Jak of the Jaguars |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Science Fiction | Characters: Jak; Karina; Chief Droon |
| Notes | Part 12 of 24.
Panels with typewritten captions, no speech balloons. |
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| Text Story | The Man from London (1.6 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Wild Bill Hickock; Alan Medway; Kansas Joe Jackson (villain); Bob North |
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| Featuring | "Sun" stars for your scrapbook |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photos) | Inks:? (photos) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Photos of John Wayne; James Craig and Barbara Payton; Danny Kaye |
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| Comic Story | The Silver Dwarf (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sir Julius Rymer, aided by Wild, is trying to get hold of the Silver Dwarf, a small ornament which contains the secret of Lord Chessington's missing heir. Dick Turpin is out to stop him. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: Dick Turpin; Moll Moonlight; Sam Supple; Jonathan Wild; Sir Julius Rymer; Fingers Mulvaney; Snatcher Martin |
| Notes | Part 15 of 29 |
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| Text Story | Tarzan's Savage Fury (1.3 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Tarzan; Jane; Joey; Rokov; Oliver Greystoke (imposter) |
| Notes | Movie adaptation with Lex Barker |
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| Cartoon | The Joker's Fun |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Nine gag cartoons drawn from ideas sent in by readers. |
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| Comic Story | Round the rock |
| Featuring | Ollie the Merry Mouser |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ollie; Mouse |
| Notes | A 'silent' strip with no speech balloons but has two captions. |
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| Comic Story | Western Scrapbook |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | Facts about the old west. |
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