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Lion comic issues
Long running British adventure comic designed to compete with The Eagle. The first 378 issue were numbered and the rest with just dates.
Lots of other comics were merged into Lion, so the title changed a few time:
Lion and Sun 24 October 1959
Lion 02 April 1960
Lion and Champion 11 June 1966
Lion 06 January 1968
Lion 06 January 1968
Lion and Eagle 03 May 1969
Lion 07 February 1970
Lion and Thunder 20 March 1971
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Publication summary
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First issue |
23 February 1952
(#1) |
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Last issue |
18 May 1974
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Total issues |
1162 |
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Average pages |
20 |
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Frequency |
WEEKLY |
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End of life |
FINISHED |
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Wikipedia entry |
View entry |
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Publisher |
IPC |
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Issue Info |
ComicVine
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Copyright
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Rebellion |
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Free gifts summary
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23 February 1952 |
Sport Stars album |
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01 March 1952 |
Speed Marvels album |
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20 September 1952 |
Air wonders album |
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08 May 1954 |
Space Travels booklet |
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15 May 1954 |
Daring Deeds of World War Two booklet |
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17 January 1959 |
Super football quiz wheel |
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24 January 1959 |
Football team photo cards |
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31 January 1959 |
Football team photo cards |
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07 February 1959 |
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14 February 1959 |
Football team photo cards |
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21 February 1959 |
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28 February 1959 |
Football team photo cards |
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24 October 1959 |
Football league ladders |
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31 October 1959 |
Football team photo cards |
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07 November 1959 |
Football team photo cards |
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14 November 1959 |
Football team photo cards |
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21 November 1959 |
Football team photo cards |
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28 November 1959 |
Football team photo cards |
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05 December 1959 |
Football team photo cards |
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04 February 1961 |
Football Trophies |
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19 January 1963 |
Aircraft of the World album |
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26 January 1963 |
10 Aircraft of the World pictures |
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02 February 1963 |
9 Aircraft of the World pictures |
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09 February 1963 |
9 Aircraft of the World pictures |
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23 October 1965 |
Football League Ladders |
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14 October 1967 |
Soccer Stars Album |
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07 February 1970 |
Soccer Stars ablum and cards "My favourite Soccer Stars" |
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14 February 1970 |
8 soccer stars pictures |
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21 February 1970 |
8 soccer stars pictures |
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28 February 1970 |
8 soccer stars pictures |
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16 October 1971 |
Soccer stars album and 8 cards |
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23 October 1971 |
Soccer cards |
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30 October 1971 |
Soccer cards |
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06 November 1971 |
Soccer cards |
Key issues summary
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23 February 1952 |
First issue |
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01 March 1952 |
Second issue |
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08 March 1952 |
Third issue |
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20 December 1952 |
1st XMAS cover |
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16 January 1954 |
100th issue |
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17 December 1955 |
200th issue |
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03 March 1956 |
NO ISSUE DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION |
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10 March 1956 |
NO ISSUE DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION |
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14 April 1956 |
NO ISSUE DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION |
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17 March 1956 |
NO ISSUE DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION |
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16 November 1957 |
300th issue |
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07 February 1959 |
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21 February 1959 |
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24 October 1959 |
Lion and Sun merge issue with new mast head |
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02 April 1960 |
Lion and Sun title dropped and new mast head with a picture of a lion on |
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11 June 1966 |
Merge with Champion |
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30 December 1967 |
Last Lion and Champion. XMAS cover. |
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03 May 1969 |
Eagle merge issue |
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31 January 1970 |
Last Lion and Eagle - 4 page My Favourite Soccer Stars pull out advert. |
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20 March 1971 |
Merge with Thunder |
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20 November 1971 |
HG Wells cover |
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04 December 1971 |
Joe Lewis cove |
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08 January 1972 |
Mount Rushmore cover |
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22 January 1972 |
Sumo cover |
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26 February 1972 |
20th Birthday issue |
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08 April 1972 |
Leif Ericsson cover |
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22 July 1972 |
Sherlock Holmes cover |
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16 September 1972 |
Jack Johnson boxer cover |
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18 May 1974 |
Last issue |
Christmas cover issues
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20 December 1952 |
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26 December 1953 |
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28 December 1957 |
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30 December 1967 |
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25 December 1971 |
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01 January 1972 |
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30 December 1972 |
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29 December 1973 |
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Individual issue checking notes summary
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03 March 1956 |
NO ISSUE DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION |
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10 March 1956 |
NO ISSUE DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION |
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14 April 1956 |
NO ISSUE DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION |
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17 March 1956 |
NO ISSUE DUE TO INDUSTRIAL ACTION |
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