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Issue: Lion and Champion #26 November 1966
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Publisher: FlagIPC
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Indicia Publisher: Fleetway Publications Ltd.
On Sale Date: 11/21/1966
Volume: none
Pages: 40
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: 7.0 pence GBQ 0-0-7
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Content Items: 26 (11 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
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Paper Stock: newsprint cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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sports
Super soccer action with Carson's Cubs -- inside!
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The Spider versus the Crook from Outer Space (Part 10)

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adventure, science fiction, superhero
The Spider; Professor Pelham; Ray Ordini; The Space Crook (villain)
Ha, ha! Behold how the huge Spider bows down to me! Pledge your loyalty to me, Spider! The peril-bubble have sapped your will power!
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Leo (a lion)
Of course I haven't forgotten the front door key -- it's in my trouser's pocket.
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Reader-submitted jokes from A. Dimech (Malta), J. Gibney (Liverpool 7), C. Henderson (Nr. Haslemere, Surrey), R. McFarlane (Edinburgh 5) and R. Stevens (Netherton, Liverpool).
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Wow! Look What I Want for Christmas

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Christmas isn't all that far away, so better get your present list ready.
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Below the Leo's Corner cartoons.
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Look! You Can be a Big Game Hunter With Jungle Safari

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The new Weetabix Christmas game
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Shocks When a Guardsman Is Shot By one of His Friends!

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war
Sgt. Trelawny; Smiley; Jackson; Hurst; Lieutenant Brasher
A good sergeant knows what makes his men tick in a way no officer can.
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An Act of Treachery Lands Rolf in Deadly Danger!

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adventure, historical
Rolf; Skurl (villain)
By the end of that first day, a strong wind had carried the Danish ships swiftly across the sullen waters -- deep into the North Sea
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6 Free Thunderbirds Models

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Here they are -- actual size!
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Models are of Scott Tracy, Brains, Jeff Tracy, Lady Penelope, Parker and the Hood.
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George Graham (above) played for Scotland in 1960 as a schoolboy international, and joined Aston Villa's junior staff.
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Just Like the Real Thing

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Thrill, spills, excitement... all the tense drama of Grand Prix racing. Airfix brings you such realism.
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On the bottom right of the Football Facts article.
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The Boy-Footballers

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Newton Town [Joe Carson; Algy Davenport; Tiddler Smith named]; Chalmers; Rowmarsh Athletic
Don't just stand there, Davenport... tackle him!
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mystery
Zip Nolan; Captain Brinker; thieves (villain)
Hey! You -- come down at once!
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The North Pole

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Barracuda; Frollo; scientific expedition
The Arctic winds howled mournfully around the most desolate camp on Earth... the British scientific base at Point Zero, near the North Pole...
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Hi, gang! For the benefit of the hundreds of readers who have been writing in to know how they can join the Lion Club, I shall be printing the Free Enrollment Form next week.
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Terror of the Bush

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Ranger Book
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Above the Subbuteo Table Soccer and Husky Models ad. Include image of the cover of Ranger Book (IPC, 1967 Series) 1967 and interior artwork.
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The Replica of Association Football

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Here is a game where victory or defeat depends upon the skill of the player with fingertip control.
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Below the Ranger Book promo and to the left of the Husky Models ad.
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Great News for Husky Fans!

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A multi-garage gift set for your Husky collection
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Below the Ranger Book promo and to the right of the Subbuteo Table Soccer ad.
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The Jungle Menace

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adventure
Robot Archie; Ted Ritchie; Ken Dale; Ice Robots (villains); Megala (villain)
The ice robots are running! We're free!
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1. Is the elephant drinking through its tongue?
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Geoff Brabham rides a Moulton Mini and so does his famous father
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The Last of the Tontos

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western
Texas Jack; Big Jim Burke; Tonto Apaches (villains)
It's a mighty dangerous mission, Jim. Most of the Tonto Apaches have been defeated by the cavalry... but the last tribe have a secret camp somewhere in the mountains. That camp must be found!
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No. 14 A Coconut Saved Eleven Men!

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biography, non-fiction, war
Junior-Grade Lieutenant Jack Kennedy; Lieutenant Arthur Evans; McMahon
On the night of August 2, 1943, a patrol boat of the United States Navy, PT-109, based on Rendova Island in the Solomon Islands, was sailing through the Blackett Strait.
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Pacemaker

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And now z-o-o-ooom like a spaceship with 'Thunderbirds' the skate with the space-age pace!
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Above the Anglo Bubbly Gum ad.
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The Greatest...

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Join up the dots and see the circus come to life!
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Below the Davies Roller Skates ad.
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The Flying Fighter's Weapon against Mutineering Seamen...an Anchor!

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The Phantom Viking [Olaf Larsen]; mutineers (villains)
Sufferin' catfish...
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Mowser; James; Lord Crummy; tourists
Show these tourists around the castle, James!
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