Lion #49

Jan 1953 · Amalgamated Press · 3D [0-0-3 GBP]

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This anthology issue contains "Captain Condor: Space-Man of the Unknown Moon," in which the outlaw space captain and his companion Pete are captured by moon-men and forced to wear apparatus allowing them to understand and communicate in the alien's native language. A second story features a Roman chariot race in which the slave Cardoc competes for his freedom while Platus, a spy for the enemy, watches from among the gladiators. Additional content includes "Jingo Jones and His Invisibiliser," a school-based adventure story by Tom Stirling about a boy who acquires an invisibility device from Professor Hamm and uses it to help catch a criminal, and a "World-Wide Quiz" testing readers' knowledge on topics ranging from rubber to geography.

Contains 6 stories

Sandy Dean's Schooldays [Part 8]

2 pp

Sandy DeanOwl WatsonJack HardyRalph BartonTough Talbot (school captain)

Part 24

2 pp

CardocGranusEdric (Ancient Briton brothers)Gelda (Roman officer)MerciusGelda's spy

The Story of Aston Villa

1 pp · Non-Fiction, Sports

Part 22

2 pp · Adventure

Don DrewNobby Pounds

The Gunman Who Drove a Train

2 pp · Detective-Mystery

Brett MarloweRusty Race

Detective Brett Marlowe and his chauffeur Rusty Race spot trouble when a train unexpectedly stops alongside the railway—the driver has knocked the fireman unconscious and clearly has something sinister planned. When Brett boards the moving engine to investigate, he discovers the suspicious driver is actually part of a kidnapping scheme, using the halted train as cover for a carefully orchestrated abduction. Now it's a race against time as the crooks make their escape in a fast getaway car.

Telling the Time Through the Ages

1 pp · Non-Fiction, History