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Issue: Lion #1
Publication Date: February 1952
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Issues: #1 of 390 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAmalgamated Press
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Indicia Publisher: The Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
On Sale Date: 02/13/1952
Volume:
Pages: 24
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: 3.0 pence GBQ 0-0-3
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bernard Smith
Disclose Notes: Indexed from a digitized copy on the British Comics Blog.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour
Dimensions: 19.5 cm x 27 cm
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Outlaw of Space [Part 1]

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Condor; Pete; The Geeks (villains)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Story continues on back page.
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Sandy Dean's First Term [Part 1]

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Genres: drama
Character(s): Sandy Dean; Mr. Mallory; Jack Hardy; Bossy Bates (villain); Spider Jessop (villain); Gus Trevor (villain)
First Line: Arriving in the middle of the term at Tollgate
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Pages: 3
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Nobody Is Going to Shoot That Dog!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure, western
Character(s): Rod Fleming; Eagle Wing; Flash (dog); Old Man Patterson; Big Pete (villain)
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Pages: 2
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Sports That Roused the Romans

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Genres: historical, non-fiction, sports
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Part 1

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Penciller(s): Peter Gallant
Inker(s): Peter Gallant
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: war
Character(s): Sgt. Roy Tempest; Pte. Jack Steel; German soldiers (villains)
First Line: In 1943, during the war, it became vitally necessary to destroy a German radar station...
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What Happens When You Dial 999

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Genres: non-fiction
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1000 Prizes Waiting to Be Won

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Disclose Notes: Contest for Lion readers.
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The Case of the Tailor's Dummy

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Brett Marlowe; Rusty Race; Mugsy Gill (villain)
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A Pup - and a Punch!

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Writer(s): Duncan Matheson
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: sports
Character(s): Hamilton Cesar Jones; Tich Wilson
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Pages: 2.5
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Free - With No. 2 of Lion

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Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement for the booklet 'Speed Marvels of 1952' which was a free gift with the second issue of Lion.
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Inventors Are the Boys for Brain Waves!

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Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
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Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Ted Kearn
Inker(s): Ted Kearn
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Genres: adventure, jungle
Character(s): Ken Dale; Ted Ritchie; Robot Archie
First Line: As the steamer arrived at the African port...
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Join the Lion Birhday Club

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.33
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"Is this man paddling a kayak, a cobble or a caracle?

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Feature(s): World-Wide Quiz
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The Bike No One Could See!

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Character(s): Jingo Jones; Higgins; Headmaster
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Condor; Pete; The Geeks (villains)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Story continued from front cover.

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