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Issue: Lion Annual #1979
Publication Date: January 1979
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Issues: #1979 of 30 Issues
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Publisher: FlagFleetway Publications
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Indicia Publisher: IPC Magazines Ltd.
On Sale Date: 1978
Volume:
Pages: 128
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Content Items: 42 (31 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: colour cover; mixed colour and black-and-white interior
Dimensions: 7.5 " x 11"
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Binding: hardcover
Publishing Format: annual
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Feature(s): Robot Archie
Character(s): Robot Archie; octopus
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Lion Annual Contents

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Character(s): Ken Dale; Ted Ritchie; Robot Archie; headmaster of St. Lukes; ghosts of St. Luke's; Sgt. Trelawny; Zip Nolan; Sylvester Turville
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Dad Causes Quite a Stir When He Becomes a Frogman

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Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): What Did You Do in the War, Dad?
Character(s): Dad; Son
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Enemy Sailors Are All at Sea When They Take on Trelawny!

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Trelawny of the Guards
Character(s): Sgt. Trelawny; Cork; Smithson; British soldiers; British sailors; German soldiers; Italian frogmen
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Operation Archie

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Robot Archie
Character(s): Ken Dale; Ted Ritchie; Robot Archie
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Leo's Laugh-In
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Bad Lock - A Ghost Gets Stuck in a Keyhole

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): The Spooks of St. Luke's
Character(s): Headmaster; Spooks; Students
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Speed School!

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Genres: sports
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Genres: war
Feature(s): Paddy Payne
Character(s): Paddy Payne; Colonel Grock (villain)
First Line: In 1942, during the Second World War, the small island of Malta...
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The Amazing Case of the Pensburgh Assassin

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Zip Nolan Highway Patrol
Character(s): Zip Nolan; Captain Brinker; assassin
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Our Priceless Puss Causes Trouble at the Seaside for James

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Genres: humorous, nature
Feature(s): Mowser
Character(s): Mowser; James; His Lordship
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Dad Makes a Find That Goes With a Bang for the Bomb Disposal Unit

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Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): What Did You Do in the War, Dad?
Character(s): Dad; Son
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Great Goals...Great Goalscorers!

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Fido
Character(s): Fido; Fido's owners
First Line: I think Fido is coming back for his dinner
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Feature(s): Lion Quiz-Pics!
First Line: Who Wrote The Three Musketeers?
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More Trouble for the Butler When He Tries to be Tidy

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Genres: humorous, nature
Feature(s): Mowser
Character(s): Mowser; James the Butler; His Lordship
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Adam in the Strange World of the Stone Age!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Francisco Solano Lopez
Inker(s): Francisco Solano Lopez
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Genres: adventure, science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Adam Eterno
Character(s): Adam Eterno; Murath; Kathon the Wise; The Shanequans (Cro-Magnons); The Beastmen (Neanderthals) (villains); Rarrk (villain); Grorrl (villain)
Synopsis: Adam saves a Cro-Magnon tribe from Neanderthals, then discovers the Beastmen are being spurred by reptilian aliens.
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They Were the...Law of the West

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Joe Jordan Scotland's World Cup Winner!

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The Spooks Lose Their Hearts to a Female Phantom!

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): The Spooks of St. Luke's
Character(s): The Ghosts; The Students
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Trelawny Runs Into Trouble - for Saving a General from Capture!

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Trelawny of the Guards
Character(s): Sgt. Trelawny; British General; German commandos
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Driving a tank seems easy, but Dad ends up in deep water!

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Feature(s): What Did You Do in the War, Dad?
Character(s): Dad; Son
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These Wacky Spooks Really Make You Chuckle!

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): The Spooks of St. Luke's
Character(s): The Spooks; The Students; Sir
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Genres: war
Feature(s): Paddy Payne
Character(s): Paddy Payne; Colonel Grock (villain)
First Line: Look, you fools! Payne is in there!
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The Amazing Affair of the Roller Skate Booby-Trap!

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Zip Nolan Highway Patrol
Character(s): Zip Nolan; Shorty Neal; Joe Neal
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Genres: adventure, fantasy
Feature(s): Spellbinder
Character(s): Tom Turville; Sylvester Turville; Lord Grandley; Leofric Grandley (villain)
First Line: Tom Turville inherited ancient Turville Hall
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The Boys Really Catch It for Making a Spook-Trap!

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Feature(s): The Spooks of St. Luke's
Character(s): Headmaster; Students; Spooks
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Flying Saucers - Indeed!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Alan; Maximillian Winterspring [Tharne]; The Light; Alan's Father; Alan's Mother.
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The King of Keg Island

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Character(s): Peter Cable; Mudie; Stoddart; Anderson; Mr. Carstairs; Simon Lashley (villain)
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More Trouble on the Beach When James Gets His Camera Out

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Genres: humorous, nature
Feature(s): Mowser
Character(s): Mowser; James the Butler; His Lordship; Her Ladyship
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Last Days of the Hunter

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Genres: adventure, jungle
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Pages: 2.25
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Laughter Time

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Genres: humorous
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Genres: humorous, nature
Feature(s): Fido
Character(s): Fido; His owners
First Line: Fido will want some of this when he smell it!
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Lion Quiz-Pics!
First Line: Can you hunt tigers in Africa?
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More Football Feats

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Genres: sports
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Trelawny on a Hazardous Mission - To Capture a Flag

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Trelawny of the Guards
Character(s): Sgt. Trelawny; Colonel Paish; Colonel Rogerson; German officers of the Zwolfte Panzer
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Pages: 4
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Genres: humorous, jungle
Feature(s): Tatty-Mane King of the Jungle
Character(s): Tatty-Mane; serfs [gorillas]; fighter plane
First Line: Crikey! This heatwave is getting me down!
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On Guard

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Genres: non-fiction
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Genres: war
Feature(s): The Gladiators
Character(s): The Gladiators [Albi the Gypsy; Trimos; Barag; Sordo; Crixus; Quento]; Sergeant Irons; Trooper Hal Meeker; Major von Stryker (villain)
First Line: Italy, 1944. Two survivors from a shattered British tank...
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No Peace for James When Mowser is Around

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Genres: humorous, nature
Feature(s): Mowser
Character(s): Mowser; James the Butler; His Lordship
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More Troubles for Dad When He Takes to the AIr

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Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): What Did You Do in the War, Dad?
Character(s): Dad; Son
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Pages: 1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Robot Archie
Character(s): Robot Archie; Octopus
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Exact dublicate of the front cover

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