Lion #28 August 1965

IPC, 1960 Series
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Price
7D [0-0-7 GBP]
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
every Monday
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fleetway Publications Ltd.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Phantom Piper! / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Colors
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Letters
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Menace of the Golden Men (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Ted Cowan
Pencils
Ted Kearon
Inks
Ted Kearon
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Calling Omega!
Genre
adventure; jungle; science fiction
Characters
Ken Dale; Ted Ritchie; Robot Archie: The Golden Men (villains)

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

It's Charlie of the Chimps / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Charlie Had Not Only Found the lost City
Genre
humour; jungle
Characters
Charlie; girl; chimps; city inhabitants (villains)

[Bill's Bid to Escape from Jail-By Catapult!] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Catapult Kid / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hold on to your End of This Thread Dusty!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
William Caley; Chett Briscoe; Briscoe gang (villains)

The Phantom Piper (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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[Storm into Action with "Lion's" Man of Muscle!] (Table of Contents: 5)

Maroc the Mighty / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Rope, Maroc!
Genre
adventure; sword and sorcery
Characters
Maroc; Prince Timor; King of Samilar; Boros

[Patrolman Zip Takes an evening Off-To Tackle Some Musical Crooks!] (Table of Contents: 6)

Spot the Clue with Zip Nolan Highway Patrol / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Joe Colquhoun
Inks
Joe Colquhoun
Letters
typeset

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Zip Nolan; Captain Brinker

[Super-Submarine versus The Giant Squid!] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Whirlpool of Weed / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Bill Hanley; Rick Slade; Diodin (villain)

[Treachery on the Bridge of Peril!] (Table of Contents: 8)

Highway Danger / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
adventure; spy
Characters
Don Dentry; Mick Maguire; Red Gilman (villain); Stacey (Gilman's mechanic)

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

Mowser / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Reg Parlett
Inks
Reg Parlett
Letters
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Genre
humour; animal
Characters
Mowser; Lord Crummy; James (butler)

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

Andy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humour; domestic
Characters
Andy; wife

Castle of Secrets (Table of Contents: 11)

Vic Gunn / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre
spy
Characters
Vic Gunn; Emperor Rudolph; Barrel

The Bird of Prey! (Table of Contents: 12)

The Fighting Brands / text article / 4 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Story No 3…
Genre
war

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

What Do You Know? / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Ten illustrated questions with answers upside-down at top of page.

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

Leo's Corner / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils
Styx (Leslie Harding)
Inks
Styx (Leslie Harding)
Letters
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Genre
humour

Indexer Notes

Collection of twelve gag cartoons submitted by readers and drawn by Styx (Leslie Harding).

[The Million-Dollar Robbery at the "Human Waxworks Show!] (Table of Contents: 15)

The Spider / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Cowan
Pencils
Reg Bunn
Inks
Reg Bunn
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Spider; Prof. Pelham; Ray Ordini; Detective Bob Gilmore; Detective Pete Trask
Reprints

[Lion's Special Investigator Lands In Deep Water!] (Table of Contents: 16)

The Adventures of Mr. X / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
One of the trickiest manhunts of my career took place in Hexa, a small South American state.
Genre
adventure
Characters
Mr. X; Santos (Brigand chief); Miguel Carla (President of Hexa)

[Our Noble Nit's Telescopic Arm Settles the Barefisted Mauler!] (Table of Contents: 17)

Sir Munchkin / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Gordon Hogg
Inks
Gordon Hogg
Letters
typeset

Genre
humour; historical
Characters
Sir Munchkin; Merlin; the bare-fisted mauler

[Paddy's Priosn-Camp Break-Out!] (Table of Contents: 18)

Paddy Payne Warrior of the Skies / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Cowan
Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
typeset

Genre
war
Characters
Paddy Payne; Colonel Grock (villain)

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

Lion Club / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Reader's page with contributions from readers plus reader's photos.

[Watery Fun With Jimmi When He Has an Overflow of "Gamma Powers"!] (Table of Contents: 20)

Jimmi From Jupiter / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Jimmi; George Gilby; Sid (coffee bar owner); Slotdisc company manager

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

What Did You Do In the War, Dad? / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humour; war
Characters
Dad; son; Fanshaw
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Phantom Piper!
  2. 1. Menace of the Golden Men
    Robot Archie
  3. 2. ["Charlie Had Not Only Found the lost City"]
    It's Charlie of the Chimps
  4. 3. [Bill's Bid to Escape from Jail-By Catapult!]
    The Catapult Kid
  5. 4. The Phantom Piper
  6. 5. [Storm into Action with "Lion's" Man of Muscle!]
    Maroc the Mighty
  7. 6. [Patrolman Zip Takes an evening Off-To Tackle Some Musical Crooks!]
    Spot the Clue with Zip Nolan Highway Patrol
  8. 7. [Super-Submarine versus The Giant Squid!]
    The Whirlpool of Weed
  9. 8. [Treachery on the Bridge of Peril!]
    Highway Danger
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Mowser
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Andy
  12. 11. Castle of Secrets
    Vic Gunn
  13. 12. The Bird of Prey!
    The Fighting Brands
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    What Do You Know?
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Leo's Corner
  16. 15. [The Million-Dollar Robbery at the "Human Waxworks Show!]
    The Spider
  17. 16. [Lion's Special Investigator Lands In Deep Water!]
    The Adventures of Mr. X
  18. 17. [Our Noble Nit's Telescopic Arm Settles the Barefisted Mauler!]
    Sir Munchkin
  19. 18. [Paddy's Priosn-Camp Break-Out!]
    Paddy Payne Warrior of the Skies
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Lion Club
  21. 20. [Watery Fun With Jimmi When He Has an Overflow of "Gamma Powers"!]
    Jimmi From Jupiter
  22. 21. [no title indexed]
    What Did You Do In the War, Dad?
This issue was modified by
  • Doug Brain
  • Roger Brochu
  • Jim Van Dore