Code Name-Barracuda from Lion (1966-1968) - Compiled and edited by H. C

 Code Name – Barracuda was a 1960s British comic book series published

 in the weekly magazine Lion by Fleetway.

Overview and History Publication 

Run: September 10, 1966, to February 24, 1968.

Creators: Drawn by Italian artist Antonio Sciotti.

Format: Initially launched in Lion (and later Lion and Champion), 

featuring short serialized chapters before moving into

  Fleetway's Secret Agent Super Library graphic novel series.

Plot and Characters

The Heroes: Barracuda was a suave United Nations special agent with superhuman 

strength and fitness, aided by his bald, equally strong partner Frollo. 

They gained their powers after being exposed to an unidentified form 

of radiation on an early mission.

The Villains: They fought W.A.M. (War Against Mankind), a powerful global criminal 

organization, and their recurring arch-nemesis, the supervillain King Cobra.

Gadgets: Barracuda used high-tech equipment, including a jet car, hidden boot blades, 

and pen-sized flamethrowers.

According to List of Lion stories, “Superhumanly strong United Nations special agent 

Barracuda and his similarly enhanced partner Rollo use an array of high-tech gadgetry

 to keep the world safe from American supervillain King Cobra 

and his criminal organisation W.A.M.”

If you'd like, I can tell you more about:

The Fleetway Super Library and its other spy characters like Johnny Nero

Specific plotlines or the history of British weekly adventure comics from the 1960s

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/b/baracuda.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lion_stories

Additional information

The Lion adventures of Code-Name Barracuda were drawn by Renato Polese, as the 

Lion Annual 1968-1969 and the Action Annual 1979 (not included in this compilation),

 there was also a reprint in Thunder Annual 1973.

Antonio Sciotti drew the Barracuda's adventures in 

Fleetway Super Library Secret Agent Series.

(Luis Miguel)

 162 Pages

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We thank H. C. for his courtesy in offering our reader 

this magnificent compilation.

The Garden of Fear from Lion (1965) - Compiled and edited by H. C.

The Garden of Fear was a popular science fiction and adventure comic strip

 published in the British weekly anthology comic Lion during the mid-1960s.

The Adventures of Pete Stevens and Tim Bailey ran in Lion in two adventures,

Lion  September 11th, 1965 / December 25th, 1965

Thunder Annual, Issue 1972 (reprint)

 The Garden of Fear and its sequel Mission of the Mini-Men!, 

this last one from 1966-01-01 to 1966-05-07

Garden of Fear was drawn by Mario Capaldi. while the sequel

 by Brian Lewis and Capaldi.

 35 Pages

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We thank H. C. for his courtesy in offering our reader 

this magnificent compilation.

Archie. The early stories from the Pages of the Lion - Compiled and edited by H. C.

The Jungle robot - Robot Archie

The First Adventures

from the Pages of the Lion

 Invented by Professor CR Ritchie

and given to his son Ted and his best end Ken Dale

for various expeditions into jungles to loot old temples

for treasure and fend off understandably irate. 

Natives who weren't altogether keen on the pals 

looting said treasures.

For about a decade the strip provided such four-square

 adventures but by the sixties Archie (his name always 

emblazoned on his chest 

in big letters in case the pals mistook him for some poor

 Peruvian tribesman who crossed their path)

 was freed of remote control

and given a voice box; becoming: more-or-less sentient.

The personality he was granted was that of a boisterous sat

always ready to tell everyone how great he was, always ready

to cannon through a wall instead of using a door,

always ready to dupe some local tribe into

 thinking he was a god

and always ready to just thump anyone 

and anything that got in his way.

The result was brilliance. 

"In the adventure "The Jungle Robot" Lion issues 0001-0025 

(1952-02-23/1952-08-09) George Cowan was the scriptwriter while 

the artist was F. A. Philpott.

Five years later the story came back to Lion with the name 

"Archie - The Robot Explorer" issues 0257-0278 (1957-01-19/1957-06-15) 

with a new scriptwriter, Mark Ross and the art of F. A. Philpott again. 

This story isn’t included in this compilation.

Onward the issue 0299 (1957-11-09) we got George Cowan back 

in the script and the new artist was Ted Kearon (the permanent artist 

from now till the end), the story then was called "Archie the Robot" 

and continued until issue 0376 (1959-05-02).

The H.C. compilation ends in the Lion issue 0337 1958-08-02 plus 

a The Jungle Robot story from the 1964 Lion Annual.

Later in the issue 0377 (1959-05-09) the comic obtained its definitely 

name “Robot Archie” but this is another story that you 

can read in the blog, Aquellos Inolvidables Tebeos with 

all the complete stories 

from Archie in English and in Spanish".

Texte: Luis Miguel

139 Pages

Compiled and edited by H. C. 

We thank H. C. for his courtesy in offering our reader 

this magnificent compilation.

Gadgetman and Gimmick-Kid from the Pages of the Lion - Compiled and edited by H. C.

This collection comes from the pages of Lion issue 839 (1968-05-04)  

to issue Lion 864 (1968-10-26) 94 pages 

 Lion Annual 1970 (p. 004-008)  5 pages (Not included in the compilation)

The artists were CarVic that is, Carlos Pino & Vicente Alcázar

Gadgetman and Gimmick-Kid were a crime fighting duo

who used a variety of improbable items

of technology to battle foes such as

the Taunting Titan (a giant robot on waterskis), 

King Zombie and the Mad Mummy,

as well as alien invaders.

97 Pages

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this magnificent compilation.

Sinister Island - Bill Hanley and Rick Slade from Lion. - Compiled and edited by H. C.

 Sinister Island - Bill Hanley and Rick Slade  

from the pages of Lion 

Year 1965

Art by Bill Lacey

 34 Pages

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this magnificent compilation.

The Phantom Viking from Lion & Jet - Compiled and edited by H. C.

The Phantom Viking is a British comic character, appearing in strips published

 by Fleetway Publications. The character's alter-ego was weak-willed school 

teacher Olaf Larsen, who gained the ability to turn into the Phantom Viking 

when he dons a Norse helmet. The character first appeared in the debut 

issue of the short-lived boys' anthology title The Champion on 26 February 1966, 

and continued in Lion when it was merged with Champion a short while later.

Publishing history

The Champion was even less successful than Hurricane, only lasting 15 issues - the

 shortest run of any of the company's weeklies up to that point - before being 

merged into the established Lion, with Nevio Zeccara taking over on art duties 

shortly afterwards.

 The strip would run in the renamed Lion and Champion until 3 August 1968.

 Due to Fleetway's policy of continuing to issue annuals for cancelled titles 

(in order to have as many books as possible on shelves for the lucrative 

Christmas market), parallel to the Lion run further adventures 

(both in picture strip and text stories) appeared in the two Champion Annuals

 issued, and then transferred to the Lion Annual until the 1970 edition, 

despite having finished in the weekly. The character would then make one

 final outing in the 1973 Jet Annual.

Since 2018 the rights to the Fleetway-originated contents

 of The Champion and Lion,  including the Phantom Viking, 

have been owned by Rebellion Developments.

Publication date: 26 February 1966 – 3 August 1968

Creative team

Writer Donne Avenell

Artists José Ortiz, Nevio Zeccara

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Viking

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/p/phantvik.htm

Lion and Champion #16 December 1967       Lion and Champion #23 September 1967

   

288 Pages

Compiled and edited by H. C. 

We thank H. C. for his courtesy in offering our reader 

this magnificent compilation.