Lion #15 June 1968
(15th June, 1968)

IPC, 1968 Series
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Price
7 [0-0-7 GBP]
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Every Monday
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fleetway Publications Ltd.
Editing
Bernard Smith

Issue Notes

One item is unaccounted for, between the Lion Club and the start of the Robot Archie story.

[Rapid Fire!] (Table of Contents)

Texas Jack / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Texas Jack; U.S. Cavalry
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The Snake (Table of Contents: 1)

The Spider / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Reg Bunn
Inks
Reg Bunn
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Spider; Professor Pelham; Roy Ordini; The Snake (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Carson's Cubs / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Cowan
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
But not even the return of Algernon Davenport could help to penetrate the tight-packed well drilled Graystoke defence!
Genre
sport
Characters
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]; Graystoke Villa team

[Make the Scene with a Tonibell Miniball!] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Mackintosh's Daft Doodle Game] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[The Amazing Mystery of the Fake Frontiersman!] (Table of Contents: 5)

Zip Nolan / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Colquhoun
Inks
Joe Colquhoun
Letters
?
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Zip Nolan; Captain Brinker; bank robber (villain)

Indexer Notes

Story asks if you spotted the clue.

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

Lion Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

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?
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Inks
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Letters
typeset

Robot Archie's Time Machine (Table of Contents: 7)

Robot Archie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Cowan
Pencils
Ted Kearon
Inks
Ted Kearon
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Robot Archie; Ted Ritchie; Ken Dale; townspeople; Hugo the Black Wolf (villain); Hugo's Wolves (knights, villains)

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

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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Pencils
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Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
!. What is the special name for this page?

[The Box of Clicks] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

The 10,000 Disasters of Dort / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Butterworth
Pencils
?
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the space of seconds, Beppo, the little Rhesus monkey was a towering monster...
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Professor Mike Dauntless; Gaston

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Laugh With Leo / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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typeset
Genre
humour

Indexer Notes

Jokes submitted by P. Tranter, A. Cobb, S. Barrow, D. Martindale, C. Rodtriquez and M. Dunn

[Leaving School Soon?] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Gadgetman and Gimmick-Kid / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have come to get your brain, Bromley
Genre
superhero
Characters
Gadgetman [Burt Travis]; Gimmick-Kid [Gary Stewart]; Bromley; scientists; The Trickster (villain); Brain-Men (villains)

["Rory and Barney sped back towards El Kasdir] (Table of Contents: 14)

Rory MacDuff / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Rory MacDuff; Barney Lomax; Pepe LeBoule; Gaston; Jonas Fairfax (villain); Queeg (villain)

Part 3: The Battle of Sydney - With Stumps as Weapons (Table of Contents: 15)

The Story of the Tests / text article / 1 page (report information)

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?
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?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
sport

The Horse Thieves (Table of Contents: 16)

Texas Jack / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Texas Jack; townspeople; Cal Rogers (villain); horse thieves (villains)

[Exciting Holiday Reading] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[African Scene] (Table of Contents: 18)

Spot the Errors! / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

The Phantom Viking / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
A giant space-creature known as Cyborg was terrorising the earth
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Phantom Viking [Olaf Larsen]; Inspector Forbes; army captain; Cyborg (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Mowser / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Reg Parlett
Inks
Reg Parlett
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
His Lordship has a busy day ahead of him
Genre
humour; animal
Characters
Mowser; James; Lord Crummy; Lady Crummy
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Rapid Fire!]
    Texas Jack
  2. 1. The Snake
    The Spider
  3. 2. ["But not even the return of Algernon Davenport could help to penetrate the tight-packed well drilled Graystoke defence!"]
    Carson's Cubs
  4. 3. [Make the Scene with a Tonibell Miniball!]
  5. 4. [Mackintosh's Daft Doodle Game]
  6. 5. [The Amazing Mystery of the Fake Frontiersman!]
    Zip Nolan
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Lion Club
  8. 7. Robot Archie's Time Machine
    Robot Archie
  9. 8. ["!. What is the special name for this page?"]
    Quick Quiz
  10. 9. [The Box of Clicks]
  11. 10. ["In the space of seconds, Beppo, the little Rhesus monkey was a towering monster..."]
    The 10,000 Disasters of Dort
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Laugh With Leo
  13. 12. [Leaving School Soon?]
  14. 13. ["I have come to get your brain, Bromley"]
    Gadgetman and Gimmick-Kid
  15. 14. ["Rory and Barney sped back towards El Kasdir]
    Rory MacDuff
  16. 15. Part 3: The Battle of Sydney - With Stumps as Weapons
    The Story of the Tests
  17. 16. The Horse Thieves
    Texas Jack
  18. 17. [Exciting Holiday Reading]
  19. 18. [African Scene]
    Spot the Errors!
  20. 19. ["A giant space-creature known as Cyborg was terrorising the earth"]
    The Phantom Viking
  21. 20. ["His Lordship has a busy day ahead of him"]
    Mowser
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