Lion Annual (1957)
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Lion Annual, h/c, 200 x 260mm, c/d:vg.
Lion was first published on 23 February 1952, and was a weekly boys' adventure comic designed to compete with Eagle,the popular weekly comic that had introduced Dan Dare.Lion's first issue contained a mix of text stories and comic strips; its flagship story was Captain Condor – Space Ship Pilot, a science fiction adventure in the Dan Dare mould. The premiere issue also contained the first adventure of Robot Archie (called The Jungle Robot in early adventures) who would go on to become one of the title's most popular characters. The most popular story was Paddy Payne written by Val Holding and drawn by Joe Colquhoun.