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Issue: Champion Annual #1968
Publication Date: January 1968
 
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Publisher: FlagIPC
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Indicia Publisher: Fleetway Publications Ltd.
On Sale Date: 1967
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Pages: 160
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Content Items: 34 (24 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour Covers; Black and white and some colour interors
Dimensions: 19.5 cm x 27.5cm
Paper Stock: Heavy paper
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Britain's Champions

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Illustrations of various British sports champions with a bit of text about each person.
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Contents

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superhero
The Phantom Viking [Olaf Larsen]; students; spies
Seems a small place to have an airfield, sir!
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Just Joking

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humorous
Have a laugh with these amusing jokes.
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Collection of one-panel jokes.
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adventure, aviation
Jet Jordan
Jet Jordan; Bluey Watkins; flying doctor; Bill Penn; spies (villains)
Red Bisons - look out!
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Courage of a Champion

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sports, war
John Shaw
The bony knuckles thudded into his jaw for the tenth time and the tall, sixteen year-old village lad went crashing down on the turf.
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Jinks
Jinks; nephews; Betty
Winter! Snow! Ah, it brings back a few childhood memories!
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Inky Moore - Newshound

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adventure
Inky Moore; Cyril Slurry; Mr. Henry Wiggins; Bert and Sam (window cleaners); Slippery Sam (villain)
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Von Stern's Evil Plan

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war
Major Tony Clements; Captain Freddy Drummond-Pryce; Trooper Snodgrass; Professor Fritz Klaus (villain); General Von Stern (villain); Dr. Karl Schmidt (villain)
It was August, 1945, two months after the Nazis had surrendered to the Allies, following six years of bitter war.
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This appears to be a prequel to the feature "Return of the Stormtroopers" explaining how the Nazis ended up in suspended animation. However it contradicts the opening episode of that feature.
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The Wild West - Then and Now!

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non-fiction, western
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The Black Pirate (Part One)

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The Black Pirate [Richard Fairfax]; Anaca; Jeremy Hawke; Don Diego (villain)
Another Spanish ship is on her way to the bottom, captain!
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humorous, science fiction
Lofty Lightyear
Lofty Lightyear; Little Fiddling Fire Service
I'd like to go racing about on one of those machines!
Lofty joins the fire service.
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Hovercraft

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aviation, war
Battler Britton
Wing Commander Battler Britton; General-Oberst Klaus Fleischer (villain)
Bob Lawson's been hit, sir!
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Mike Mooney - Space Detective

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Inspector Mike Mooney; Sgt. Shamus Short; Rayner; Clint (prospector); Stone (prospector); Jinxies (alien reatures); Arnold (prospector, villain)
"Keep your wits about you, sergeant," warned Mike Mooney!
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The Captive of Coruna

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John Strongbow; Eduardo; Baron Donati; Count Grazzano (villain)
If he is still alive he will drown, unless I pull him clear of the tide.
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adventure
Dr. Hans Bartok; The Bartok Brotherhood (clones); The Sons of Ying (villains)
A warning light flashed.
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Douglas Maxted
Douglas Maxted
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sports
Spider Webb - the Scrapper from the Scrap-Yard
Spider Webb; Fred Flie; Ron Woods; Professor Makepiece; Bert Sloan (villain); Larry Baldwin (villain)
The boxing fans were on their feet yelling in excitement...
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Jest for Fun

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here's a further selection of jokes, specially chosen to give you a really good laugh.
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Collection of one-panel jokes.
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South Seas Mystery

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Mike Cooley; Dan Grant; foreign agents (villains)
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The Dare-Devil Brands

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sports
Mickey Brand; Roger Brand; Max Gale
Micky, that Panther team truck's out of control!
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The Brands appeared in the feature The Knights of Konigsfeld but this story is unconnected to that one.
The first page and the last two pages are in full colour while the second and third use blue only.
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humorous, science fiction
Cosmic Nick - the Clot from Outer Space
Cosmic Nick; Anthony; Anthony's friends; policeman
Hullo, Anthony! I've come down to earth for a short visit!
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The Phantom Viking
The Phantom Viking [Olaf Larsen]; students; The Mighty Hercules (villain); The Two Astros (villains)
The circus is pitched a mile beyond the town, Mr. Larsen...
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Some pages are in colour while some only use blue.
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The Black Pirate (Part Two)

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The Black Pirate [Richard Fairfax]; Anaca; Jeremy Hawke; Don Diego (villain)
Move, you English curs!
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It's Plane Sailing!

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Article on gliding.
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Booster Manion; Pluto Pimm; Dexter; Nosey Perris; Squid Spanswick; Science Master
We'll study cosmic rays, radiation and other phenomona in actual space conditions and also get used to working out there.
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Jungle Battle

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Bill Taylor; "Kiwi" Blake; Balak; Lal Singh; Japanese soldiers (enemy)
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Lofty Lightyear
Lofty Lightyear; film crew
Jumping Jupiter! That flying saucer's after me again!
Lofty tries playing a creature from outer space in a movie.
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Toughest Troops in the World

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Article on the Special Air Service.
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The Outlaw Boy Who Won an Empire!

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biography, non-fiction
Biography of Genghis Khan.
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adventure, jungle
Hunters Without Guns
Steve Hunter; Alison Hunter; Tim Hunter; Malleson (villain)
Big game photographer Steve Hunter - the :"Hunter without guns", as he was known throughout a large part of Africa - was puzzled.
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drama, humorous
Jinks
Jinks; Betty; Jinks' nephews
It's nice of you to take us for a picnic, Jinks...
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sports
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Back cover, identical to the front cover.

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