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| Thanks for steering us towards this. The Lion was always one of my favourites – although I guess I started reading them a little after this issue was published – mid-sixties, I think.
Consequently, I didn’t know Paddy Payne and was pleasantly surprised by this lead story of a traitor in the midst (a brave plot line when the war was only recently ended and for most of the population still held grim memories). Lovely inks in the strip – loads of movement guiding your eyes from frame to frame! Anyone know the artist?
Great detailed art too on Rory MacDuff, though a little more static, but the kind of adventure I love to follow – gold bullion, distant lands, dreaded enemies, unexploded bombs - terrific stuff!
As an interlude, I love the adverts – yes, please, send me an Italian-made rock’n’roll guitar for four guineas cash!
Captain Condor was a new one on me. Of course, it’s a rip off of Dan Dare and Rick Random, but still high quality visuals and plot. Attacked by a hideous form of evil life (looking bizarrely like Donald Trump’s toupee), Captain Condor is forced to abandon ship!
Finally, a character I recognise – the wonderful Robot Archie, the father of steampunk! A fast-moving tale in the mysterious land of Zorba in which Archie undergoes emergency repairs in order to defeat the evil rebels in their quest to unseat the Rajah at the ceremony of one thousand jewels.
Captives in El Dorado – a pirate tale – what a great way to finish – with sea battles, cannibals and a giant anaconda called Sid (actually, I don’t know if he’s called Sid – he just looks like one)! We need more pirate tales in the world.
I enjoyed this immensely – great idea, Crash! |
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| Publication | November 14 1959 | Price: 4.5d [0-0-4.5 GBP] | Pages: 3 | Frequency: every Monday |
| Notes | First page is also the cover. |
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| Synopsis | Paddy is questioning members of the squadron when Germans strafe the base. |
| Featuring | Paddy Payne |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; Detective-mystery | Characters: Paddy Payne; Slim Curtis; Charley |
| Notes | First page is also the cover. |
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| Synopsis | Convinced the new boy is an impostor Sandy tests if the boy can swim. |
| Featuring | Sandy Dean's Schooldays |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Barrington-Grenley; Sandy Dean; Jack; Owl; Mr. Mallory |
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| Synopsis | Rory has to deactivate a bomb in mid-air. |
| Featuring | Rory MacDuff |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Rory MacDuff; Barney; Fairfax; Aaron Queeg |
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| Featuring | Nestle's Milky Bar |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
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| Text Story | Behind the Lines (2.25 pages) |
| Synopsis | Max and Battler team-up to stop a fleet of U-Boats from helping the Japanese. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Max Malone; Battler Britton |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | World-Wide Quiz |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Condor orders the evacuation of the space station while trying to figure out how to defeat the thing from outer space. |
| Featuring | Captain Condor |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Captain Condor; John Sellick; Bert |
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| Featuring | Belwynn Ltd. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Illustration | The Mosquito - Britain's Crack Fighter-Bomber of World War II (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | The Educational Book Co. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Ted has to repair Archie, while Yogini escapes with the jewels. |
| Featuring | Robot Archie |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Robot Archie; Ken Dale; Ted Ritchie; Yogini |
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| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Notes | A combination advertisement and activity page. |
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| Synopsis | Sammy tries to make a thousand dollars for a picture of crook Jake MacTaggart. |
| Featuring | Billy the Kid |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Sammy Silver; Jake MacTaggart; Clem; Hugh; Will Bonney [Billy the Kid]; Sheriff Thorogood; Satan (horse); Butch |
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| Featuring | The Lion Club |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Peter Baxter (photo); Ian Morton (photo) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Promo for the Lion Annual 1960, Kit Carson's Cowboy Annual 1960, and Robin Hood Annual 1960, all listed as being currently on sale. |
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| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Mark and Cary are captured by headhunters. |
| Featuring | Captives in El Dorado |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Captain Standing; Mark Petrel; Cary Pinecoffin |
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| Featuring | Weetabix Puff-kins |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photograph) | Inks:?;? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
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| Featuring | Joker's Corner |
| Credits | Script: various |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Jokes from Victor Gibson, Richard Greenwood, Robert Leaf, Richard Crone, Colin Davies, Howard Haigh, George Mansfield, T. Dean, T. Stirgess, A. Stockdale, and David Cooper.
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