Lion (comic)
''Lion'' was a weekly British comics periodical published by Amalgamated Press/ Fleetway Publications from 23 February 1952 to 18 May 1974. A boys' adventure comic, ''Lion'' was originally designed to compete with ''Eagle'', the popular weekly comic published by Hulton Press that had introduced Dan Dare (ironically, ''Eagle'' was later merged into ''Lion''). ''Lion'' lasted for 1,156 issues. By the 1960s ''Lion'' had settled into being one of the most popular British weekly titles of the time. Editor Bernard Smith was always proud to say that he had the latest issue of ''Lion'' delivered to Buckingham Palace every Friday, the young Prince Charles being an avid reader (in 1960, Prince Charles was 11 years old). Publication history In 1954, Amalgamated Press (AP) editor Reg Eves was named editor of ''Lion''. Despite having no interest in science fiction, Eves was under orders from management to have a space hero to compete with Dan Dare, and commissioned ''Captain Condor' ...
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