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Genres: war

Feature(s): What would you do?

First Line: An infantry unit fighting a rearguard action

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Pages: 1

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Genres: adventure, fantasy

Character(s): Tom Turville; Silas Manson (villain); Sylvester Turville

First Line: What was the centuries-old secret of the Turvilles?

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Pages: 3

Armour Through the Ages

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Feature(s): Kellogg's Corn Flakes

First Line: GOOD KNIGHT! To you each morning.

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Notes: Advert for Kellogg's Corn Flakes special packs with cut-out Knight in armour on the back. 12 different knights to collect.

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Genres: sports

Character(s): Newton Town [Joe Carson; Curly Mopp; Rocky Stone; Sammy Fyre; Ginger Fyre; Pud Perry; Tiddler Smith; Lord Algy Davenport; Twiggy Flint; Andy Streak; Swotty Brayne]; Dorton Rovers team; Arthur Braggart (villain); Snook (villain)

First Line: After their last astounding adventure

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Feature(s): Hot Wheels

First Line: NEW from MATTEL to outrace and outstunt every other miniature car!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Advert for Hot Wheels with illustrations.

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: aviation, war

Feature(s): Air Ace Picture Library

First Line: Four cracking picture stories of war in the air

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Advert for Air Ace Picture Library issues:
430 Word of Honour
431 Run the Gauntlet
432 Cardboard Hero
433 The Assassin

With reproduction of part of the cover image of #433.

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Genres: war

Feature(s): The Gladiators

Character(s): The Gladiators [Albi the Gypsy; Trimos; Barag; Sordo; Crixus; Quento]; Baraggio; German officer (villain)

First Line: All Rome had hailed them as the six greatest slave gladiators

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Genres: drama, science and technology, sports

Feature(s): Lightning Stormm

Character(s): Sergeant Dan "Lightning" Stormm; Cappy Ricks (mechanic); Rod Boyd; Pete Boyd (brothers); Tommy Kid

First Line: Tyres smoked and screeched, car-metal changed and ripped...

Synopsis: Story is about four 19 year old ex New York delinquents who Captain Stormm had trained to form The Slambangers stock-car racing team. Stormm is an ex stock-car racer who had been crippled in a crash caused by criminals.

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Notes: First appearance of this strip.

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Genres: aviation, war

Feature(s): Paddy Payne

Character(s): Paddy Payne; Jock McLean; Air Vice Marshall Sir James Halder

First Line: 1942...Britain was besieged and battered by the vast bomber fleet of nazi Germany's Luftwaffe.

Synopsis: Paddy is assigned to a desk job in London but it is actually a cover for a secret mission for Paddy to unmask Britain's greatest traitor.

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Pages: 2.5

Notes: First instalment of story.

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Feature(s): What Would You Do?

First Line: Well, that infantry unit's in a really tough spot, isn't it?

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Solution for the puzzle posed on the cover.

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Feature(s): Butlin's1

First Line: Enjoy the day of your life at...Burlin's

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advert for Butlin's holiday camps with two photos.

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Genres: crime, drama, fantasy

Feature(s): The Waxer

Character(s): Septimus Creech (villain - waxworks creator); Mike Martin (ex cop); Takido (waxwork samurai); Torquemada (Spanish inquisition waxwork); George E. Jurgins (millionaire)

First Line: For weeks, no sightseers had entered the dingy museum situated in the meanest district of London...

Synopsis: Inside a derelict waxworks called The Palace of Villainy in London, Septimus Creech controls the waxworks figures, bringing them to life to commit crimes.

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Pages: 2

Notes: First instalment of story.

The Island of 1,000 Secrets

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Ted Ritchie; Ken Dale; Robot Archie

First Line: Ted Ritchie, Ken Dale and their amazing mechanical man, Robot Archie, sped through time and space

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Pages: 3

Notes: First instalment of this story.

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Feature(s): Wall's

Character(s): Wall's Wonderman

First Line: Wall's Wonderman's gigantic free foreign stamps offer!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advert for Wall's Sky Ray and Jumbo ice lollies.

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Genres: mystery

Character(s): Zip Nolan; Joe Kidd (villain); Captain Brinker

First Line: Zip Nolan, of the Highway Patrol in Pensburgh, U.S.A, was trailing Joe Kidd,E

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Pages: 2

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Genres: science fiction

Character(s): Dan Dare; Digby; Stripey; Lex O'Malley

First Line: Colonel Dan Dare and his three pals, Digby, Lex O'Malley and 'Flamer' Spry,E

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Pages: 2

Notes: First instalment of a new story.

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Gargan

Character(s): Rhurki; Gargan; Reega the wise; 'Cash' Maddack (villain); Groker (villain)

First Line: High in an unknown region of the towering Himalayas,E

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Pages: 3

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? [as Leo]

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Feature(s): Leo's Merry-Go-Round

Character(s): Leo (lion)

First Line: Welcome...to all you Eagle readers (and to Lion readers too!)

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Pages: 1

Notes: A message from Leo, two readers' letters and two gag cartoons from ideas submitted by readers. Page includes two stamp collecting adverts and an advert for Air Base balsa Wood aeroplanes from A.A. Hales Ltd.

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Oddball Oates

Character(s): Albert Oates; Doktor Vulpex (villain)

First Line: Albert Oakes was a scientist with a secret.

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Pages: 2

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Genres: sports

Feature(s): Sport spot

Character(s): Douglas Alastair Gordon Pirie (athlete); Ken Buchanan (boxer); Eddie Thomas (his manager)

First Line: Douglas Alastair Gordon Pirie was born to be a long distance runner.

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Pages: 1

Notes: First instalment of a sports article series comprising of:
Great Athletes 1: Douglas Alastair Gordon Pirie
Star Pic no. 1: Ken Buchanan
The Cricket Counties no. 1: Middlesex

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Genres: humorous, nature

Character(s): Mowser; James; Lord Crummy; Lady Crummy

First Line: I have prepared the food for your posh guests, your lordship!

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Feature(s): Cadbury's Bourneville Cocoa

First Line: Here's Adventure! Cadbury's Adventure Library!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advert for six books about explorers on offer from Cadbury's Bournevile Cocoa with order form. With four illustrations depicting exploration.