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Issue: Captain Vigour #1

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Publication Date: January 1952

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Issues: #1 of 17 Issues

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Publisher: Flag

L. Miller & Son

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Indicia Publisher: Sports Cartoons

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Pages: 28

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Price: 6.0 pence GBQ 0-0-6

Indicia Frequency: none

Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)

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Notes: As stated in the indicia found on the bottom of back cover: "Published for The Body Sculpture Club by Sport Carton [sic] Ltd., 33 Brighton Road, Surbiton, Surrey. Sole Distributors: J. Miller & Sons Ltd., 342-4 Hackney Road, London, E.2. All stories and illustrations are the copyright of the publishers. All names and characters fictitious". Distributors "J. Miller & Sons" are in fact L Miller & Son Ltd.

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Content Items (5 total)

African Journey

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Credits

Penciller(s): Jim Holdaway

Inker(s): Jim Holdaway

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, sports

Feature(s): Captain Vigour

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Pages: 1

Notes: British artist Jim Holdaway (1927-1970) is best-known for his work on the Modesty Blaise comic strip, which he illustrated from 1963 until his untimely death in 1970, when he died of a heart attack at age 42 (Wikipedia).

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Penciller(s): Philip Mendoza

Inker(s): Philip Mendoza

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Genres: sports

Feature(s): Keep Fit with Captain Vigour

First Line: Here are two simple exercises...

Synopsis: Illustrations with text demonstrating two exercises that enhance proper breathing.

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Philip Mendoza

Inker(s): Philip Mendoza

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, sports

Feature(s): Captain Vigour

Character(s): Captain Vigour; Lahai, West African runner; Levuma, witch doctor; Doctor Mackie, Vigour's associate

First Line: The Olympic Games committee have received a letter...

Synopsis: Esteemed athlete Captain Vigour, now a member of the Central Committee of Olympics, learns of Lahai, a young boy living in West Africa with exceptional performance as a runner. Vigour sets out to visit the boy and recruit him for the Olympics but soon learns that the boy cannot move, and has fallen under the spell of Levuma, a witch doctor who is trying to prevent the boy from leaving. Vigour and his team encounter a number of obstacles as they try to rescue the boy from Levuma.

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Pages: 23.5

Notes: Last two story pages have sidebars displaying advertisements.

New Cross Speedway Team

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: sports

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Pages: 1

Notes: Found inside back cover, a full-page B&W photo of 10-man team of competitive cyclists.

Timber!

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Writer(s): ?

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Genres: sports

Feature(s): The Body Sculpture Club

First Line: Muscles Like Granite

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Notes: Back cover advertisement promoting George F. Jowett's Body Sculpture Club. The Captain Vigour comic book series was created in order to promote his business venture. Ad consists of an 8-panel illustrated comic story sequence along with promotional text and a photo of bodybuilder Jowett.