Sun
#190
(September 27th 1952)
Amalgamated Press,
1952 Series
- Price
- 3d [0-0-3 GBP]
- Pages
- 20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indexed from a digital copy.
Indian Fighter
Billy the Kid / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Chief Big Elk and his braves had been given rifles and firewater by bad white traders and they swarmed out on the warpath.
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Billy the Kid (Will Bonney); Major Brant; Chief Big Elk (villain)
The Traitor of the School
Chums of Hawkhurst / text story / 1.5 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Jimmy Baxter; Forth Form students; Mr. R. A. Julian; Mr. Stringer (villain)
[no title indexed]
The Sun Car Spotters Club / activity / 0.25 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
List of numbers that match the membership numbers of club members. Those whose number was shown could send in for a prize.
[no title indexed]
The Joker's Fun Fare / cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop saying it's just like Uncle Fred!
- Genre
- humour
Indexer Notes
Collection of jokes sent in by readers.
[Tossing the Caber]
Moko and Boko / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Moko (a monkey); Boko (a parrot)
- Synopsis
- Moko is not having much success at tossing the caber so Boko shows him how to do it, and ends up with a headache.
Indexer Notes
Feature is in pantomime.
[no title indexed]
Ivanhoe / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As Robin Hood's bowmen attacked Torquilstone Castle, the Norman knight, Front-de-Boeuf, roared out orders to his men.
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Ivanhoe; Cedric; Isaac of York; Wamba the Jester; Robin Hood; bowmen; Front-de-Boeuf (villain); Bois-Gilbert (villain); de Bracy (villain)
Indexer Notes
Adaptation of the M.G.M. movie.
Bad-Luck Ben
Wild Bill Hickok / text story / 1.5 pages
- Script
- Barry Ford
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wild Bill Hickok; Bad-Luck Ben; Indians (villains)
The Planet of Peril
Jak of the Jaguars / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Jak; Karina; jaguars; Troggs; Branes (villains); Tweens (villains)
Enter Gypsy Joe
My Pal Wagger / text story / 1.33 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Ned; Wagger (his dog): Gypsy Joe (villain)
The Silver Dwarf
Dick Turpin / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the spot, Dick.
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Dick Turpin; Moll Moonlight; Sixteen String Jack; Tom King; ruffians (villains)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
Indian Fighter
Billy the Kid -
2.
The Traitor of the School
Chums of Hawkhurst -
3.
[no title indexed]
The Sun Car Spotters Club -
4.
Would You Like To Win 10/-?
-
5.
["Stop saying it's just like Uncle Fred!"]
The Joker's Fun Fare -
6.
[Tossing the Caber]
Moko and Boko -
7.
["As Robin Hood's bowmen attacked Torquilstone Castle, the Norman knight, Front-de-Boeuf, roared out orders to his men."]
Ivanhoe -
8.
Bad-Luck Ben
Wild Bill Hickok -
9.
["What can I give you for a Christmas present?"]
-
10.
What's Happened to Robin Hood?
Cadbury's Puzzle Corner -
11.
The Planet of Peril
Jak of the Jaguars -
12.
Enter Gypsy Joe
My Pal Wagger -
13.
Go To the Zoo
The Penguin Patrol -
14.
The Silver Dwarf
Dick Turpin -
15.
[Stirling Mouse]
Ollie the Merry Mouser! -
16.
Bow Legged Westerners
Barry Ford's Western Scrapbook
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- William Ford
- Katy Hayhurst
- John Kerry
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