Lion #3

Mar 1952 · Amalgamated Press · 3d [0-0-3 GBP]

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"Outlaw of Space" by Frank S. Pepper follows Captain Condor and Pete as they escape from a mining penal colony on Titan and attempt to seize control of the Electrovisor watch-tower to track their prison guards. A second story, "Big Hank—The Soft-Hearted Heavyweight" by Duncan Matheson, depicts the titular boxer's misadventures when he attempts to help a heavyweight boxing rival named Tich Wilson, resulting in comedic chaos involving fish boxes and a cascade of mishaps that leaves Big Hank covered in fish.

Contains 4 stories

Sandy Dean's First Term [Part 3]

2 pp · Drama

Sandy DeanTough TalbertJack HardyBossy Bates (villain)Spider Jessop (villain)Gus Trevor (villain)

Part 3

2 pp · War

Sgt. Roy TempestPte. Jack SteelGerman soldiers (villains)

Part 3

2 pp · Adventure, Jungle

B'wana Pugg (villain)Umbala (villain)

The Amazing Scarecrow Clue

2 pp · Detective-Mystery

Brett MarloweRusty Racerailway porter (villain)forger (villain)

Brett Marlowe investigates the murder of Ralph Trenton after the man’s nephew, Brett Marlowe’s client, is accused. While probing a ruined mill linked to a mysterious scarecrow, the detective is ambushed by a railway porter who tries to kill him, only to be defeated in a fall down a grain chute. The discovery of a hidden forger’s den in the mill’s cellar suggests the scarecrow is part of a larger conspiracy.