([circa 1953])

L. Miller & Son, 1952 Series
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Price
6d [0-0-6 GBP]
Pages
28
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Sports Cartoons
Brand
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Editing
Jim Lee (editor); Frank Jeffares (assistant editor); Jim Gilbert (art editor)

Day of Suspense (Table of Contents)

Dick Hercules / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Cover Thumbnail for Dick Hercules of St. Markham's (L. Miller & Son, 1952 series) #6
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Beat the Bully (Table of Contents: 1)

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Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Illustrations and descriptions of how to defend yourself if you are grabbed by the throat.

A Half Holiday at St. Markham's (Table of Contents: 2)

Dick Hercules of St. Markham's / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

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Genre
adventure
Characters
Dick Hercules

Indexer Notes

Story progresses throughout the entire comic and finishes on page 26. Five separate sequences interrupt story after pages 3, 6, 8, 11 and 14.

How Is Your General Knowledge? (Table of Contents: 3)

The Prof' Asks / activity / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
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Synopsis
Seven illustrations of landmarks and wild life where there are questions about the subject of the illustration.

Indexer Notes

Answers come later in the comic.

Geo. Greenwood Coaches You on How to Do the Bench Press (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Club Section / activity / 2 pages (report information)

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Synopsis
Club page with illustrations, a competition, information on how to join the 'Junior Body Sculpture Club' and the answers to the general knowledge quiz earlier in the comic.

Richard Bergman (Britain) Four Times World Singles Table Tennis Champion (Table of Contents: 6)

Star Sportsman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

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Try these out - with your friend!
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Four illustrations on the 'Danish Wrestle', 'Chinese Tug-of-War', 'Arm Lock Wrestle' and 'Change the Guard'.

The Knock on in Rugby (Table of Contents: 8)

Play a Better Game / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction; sport
Synopsis
Explains the 'knock on' rule in Rugby and how to avoid 'knocking on', with illustrations.

Indexer Notes

Appears to be part of an on-going feature to play better at certain sports.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Day of Suspense
    Dick Hercules
  2. 1. Beat the Bully
  3. 2. A Half Holiday at St. Markham's
    Dick Hercules of St. Markham's
  4. 3. How Is Your General Knowledge?
    The Prof' Asks
  5. 4. Geo. Greenwood Coaches You on How to Do the Bench Press
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Club Section
  7. 6. Richard Bergman (Britain) Four Times World Singles Table Tennis Champion
    Star Sportsman
  8. 7. ["Try these out - with your friend!"]
  9. 8. The Knock on in Rugby
    Play a Better Game
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
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