Lion Annual #1968
(1968)

Fleetway Publications, 1954 Series
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Pages
160
On-sale Date
1967
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fleetway Publications, Ltd.
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Issue Notes

There is no price either on the cover or inside this item.

Packed With All Your Favourites from Lion Weekly (Table of Contents)

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Characters
Zip Nolan; Robot Archie; The Spider; Texas Jack

Record Breakers (Table of Contents: 1)

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Genre
non-fiction; sport

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

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The Tank Raiders (Table of Contents: 3)

Zip Nolan Highway Patrol / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Zip Nolan; Captain Brinker; bank robbers (villains)

[Newton Town Faced a Vital Match - and it Seemed They Would Only be Able to Raise a Nine-Man Team] (Table of Contents: 4)

Carson's Cubs / text story / 4 pages (report information)

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Genre
sport
Characters
Newton Town FC [Joe Carson; Tiddler Smith; Rocky Stone; Andy Smith]; Sam Hardwick; Josh Crabtree; Inspector Farr

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Leo's Corner / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
humour

Indexer Notes

A collection of one-panel jokes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Mowser / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stop that cat scraping out dishes, James
Genre
humour; animal
Characters
Mowser; James the Butler; His Lordship

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Texas Jack / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the camp of the Oglalla Sioux
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
General Custer; Texas Jack; Crazy Horse; Senator Jason Cox; Suzanne Cox; New Moon; Walking Snake (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Lofty Lightyear / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lofty Lightyear had come down to Earth...
Genre
humour; science fiction
Characters
Lofty Lightyear; flying saucer; construction site boss

[...One day Olaf Larsen took the boys of his class on a tour of the docks."] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Phantom Viking / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
superhero
Characters
The Phantom Viking [Olaf Larsen]; Helen; Simpson; Groves

Robot Archie - Trouble Shooter (Table of Contents: 10)

Robot Archie / text story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
adventure
Characters
Robot Archie; Ken Dale; Ted Ritchie; Tex Grayne; President Martinez; General Gonzales (villain)

The Black Pearl (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
John Brook; Brimstone Harry; Smercher; the mate

For Valour! (Table of Contents: 12)

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Genre
non-fiction; war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Robin Hood / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Through the greenswards of Sherwood Forest
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
Robin Hood; Tim the Rover; Friar Tuck; Little John; Will Scarlet; Alan A'Dale; Wat of the Whip; Sir Roger de Mowbray [Sheriff of Nottingham] (villain); sheriff's men (villains)

Indexer Notes

Part one of story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Code Name - Barracuda / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the secret headquarters of the British branch of W.A.M.
Genre
spy
Characters
Barracuda; Frollo; Dr. Aqua (villain)

The Private War of Private Moore (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 7 pages (report information)

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Genre
war
Characters
Private Joe Moore; Sergeant-Major Horace Bull; Lieutenant Scott

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Mowser / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
That cat has torn his Lordship's favourite seat!
Genre
humour; animal
Characters
Mowser; James the Butler; Her Ladyship; His Lordship

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Jinks / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Aunt Bettie, do you mind if we phone Uncle Jinks...
Genre
humour
Characters
Jinks; his nephews; Bettie; Fred

The Shark Monster of Aronda Bay (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Robot Archie / advertisement / 8 pages (report information)

[How Did the Nazi U-Host Packs Track Down Allied Convoys in Mid-Ocean?"] (Table of Contents: 19)

Rockfist Rogan / text story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
war
Characters
Rockfist Rogan; Curly Hooper; Archie Streatham; Dizzy Dyall; John J. Warnhurst; Group Captain Blantyre

Explorers in Space (Table of Contents: 20)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Zip Nolan Highway Patrol / text story / 5 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
With a roar of acceleration and a squeal of protesting tires a big white car overtook Zip Nolan
Genre
crime; detective-mystery
Characters
Zip Nolan; Captain Brinker; Ed Pyne; Oaky Doak; Joe; Charles Elder (villain)

The Snake Chief (Table of Contents: 22)

Texas Jack / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Texas Jack [Colonel Johnathon Morningstar]; Lieutenant Prim; General Custer; Chief Forked Tongue; Yellow Fang (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Jinks / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
How about this new motor-bike, Jinks
Genre
humour
Characters
Jinks; Fred; Betty

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Leo's Corner / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
humour

Indexer Notes

Collection of one-panel jokes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Trelawny of the Guards / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
When the tide of battle has ebbed it leaves a flotsam of debris
Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Trelawny; Captain Nichols; Lieutenant Wilson

The Stone of Venus (Table of Contents: 26)

The Spider / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Reg Bunn
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Reg Bunn
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Genre
superhero
Characters
The Spider; Prof. Pelham; Ordini; The Actor (villain); Bruto (villaim); Mister Mastermind (villain)

Indexer Notes

Story is tinted in red.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Mowser / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
One of Mowser's hairs in my soup!
Genre
humour; animal
Characters
Mowser; James the Butler; His Lordship; Her Ladyship

Indexer Notes

Story is tinted red

The Gallant Six Hundred (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
war

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Story is tinted red

All About the West (Table of Contents: 29)

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Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Robin Hood / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Robin Hood is riding to Northumberland...
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
Robin Hood; Tim the Rover; Friar Tuck; Little John; Will Scarlet; Alan A'Dale; Wat of the Whip; The Black Boar; Sir Roger de Mowbray [Sheriff of Nottingham] (villain); sheriff's men (villains)

Mystery Planet (Table of Contents: 31)

Captain Condor / text story / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
science fiction
Characters
Captain Condor; Sgt. Willis

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Jinks / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmm! Someone's dropped a handbag!
Genre
humour
Characters
Jinks

The First of the Skyfighters (Table of Contents: 33)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction; war

[Lofty Lightyear, the lanky lad from another planet, was taking it easy at the seaside"] (Table of Contents: 34)

Lofty Lightyear / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
humour; science fiction
Characters
Lofty Lightyear; Henry; Ethel; Air Sea Rescue

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Back cover reproduction of the front cover.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Packed With All Your Favourites from Lion Weekly
  2. 1. Record Breakers
  3. 2. Contents
  4. 3. The Tank Raiders
    Zip Nolan Highway Patrol
  5. 4. [Newton Town Faced a Vital Match - and it Seemed They Would Only be Able to Raise a Nine-Man Team]
    Carson's Cubs
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Leo's Corner
  7. 6. ["Stop that cat scraping out dishes, James"]
    Mowser
  8. 7. ["In the camp of the Oglalla Sioux"]
    Texas Jack
  9. 8. ["Lofty Lightyear had come down to Earth..."]
    Lofty Lightyear
  10. 9. [...One day Olaf Larsen took the boys of his class on a tour of the docks."]
    The Phantom Viking
  11. 10. Robot Archie - Trouble Shooter
    Robot Archie
  12. 11. The Black Pearl
  13. 12. For Valour!
  14. 13. ["Through the greenswards of Sherwood Forest"]
    Robin Hood
  15. 14. ["In the secret headquarters of the British branch of W.A.M."]
    Code Name - Barracuda
  16. 15. The Private War of Private Moore
  17. 16. ["That cat has torn his Lordship's favourite seat!"]
    Mowser
  18. 17. ["Aunt Bettie, do you mind if we phone Uncle Jinks..."]
    Jinks
  19. 18. The Shark Monster of Aronda Bay
    Robot Archie
  20. 19. [How Did the Nazi U-Host Packs Track Down Allied Convoys in Mid-Ocean?"]
    Rockfist Rogan
  21. 20. Explorers in Space
  22. 21. ["With a roar of acceleration and a squeal of protesting tires a big white car overtook Zip Nolan"]
    Zip Nolan Highway Patrol
  23. 22. The Snake Chief
    Texas Jack
  24. 23. ["How about this new motor-bike, Jinks"]
    Jinks
  25. 24. [no title indexed]
    Leo's Corner
  26. 25. ["When the tide of battle has ebbed it leaves a flotsam of debris"]
    Trelawny of the Guards
  27. 26. The Stone of Venus
    The Spider
  28. 27. ["One of Mowser's hairs in my soup!"]
    Mowser
  29. 28. The Gallant Six Hundred
  30. 29. All About the West
  31. 30. ["Robin Hood is riding to Northumberland..."]
    Robin Hood
  32. 31. Mystery Planet
    Captain Condor
  33. 32. ["Hmm! Someone's dropped a handbag!"]
    Jinks
  34. 33. The First of the Skyfighters
  35. 34. [Lofty Lightyear, the lanky lad from another planet, was taking it easy at the seaside"]
    Lofty Lightyear
  36. 35. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Doug Brain
  • John Kerry