| has gloss | eng: Lion was a weekly comic book published by Fleetway from 23 February 1952 to 18 May 1974. It lasted for 1,156 issues. Publishing history Lion was first published on the 23rd of February 1952, and was a weekly boys’ adventure comic designed to compete with Eagle, the popular weekly comic that had introduced Dan Dare. Lions 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 titles most popular characters. |
