Lion

thumb|right|300px|issue 252, 1956 Lion was a weekly comic published by the Amalgamated Press, later Fleetway and IPC, beginning on 23 February 1952. It incorporated Sun in 1959, Champion in 1966, the eagle in 1969, and Thunder in 1971, and finally merged into Valiant on 18 May 1974.

Its original cover star was Captain Condor, star of Outlaw in Space, scripted by Frank S. Pepper and drawn by Geoff Campion, Ronald Forbes, Brian Lewis, Keith Watson and John Gillat. In 1957 this spot was taken by Paddy Payne, by Ted Cowan, Mark Ross, Gino D'Antonio and Joe Colquhoun.

Strips included:
 * "The 10,000 Disasters of Dort", written by Mike Butterworth, art by Studio Bermejo, José Ortiz, 1968
 * "Adam Eterno" (Chris Lowder, Tom Tully, Ted Cowan, Donne Avenell; Eric Bradbury)
 * "Barracuda"
 * "Black Max"
 * "Brett Marlowe" (John Fordice)
 * "Captain Phantom"
 * "Carson's Cubs" (Ted Cowan)
 * "Dan Dare"
 * "Danger Man"
 * "Flame O'The Forest"
 * "The Flying Fortress" (Frank S. Pepper, Giorgio Trevisari)
 * "Fury's Family" (Denis McLoughlin)
 * "Gadgetman and Gimmick-Kid"
 * "General Johnny"
 * "The Gladiators"
 * "The Great Invasion Mystery" (Frank S. Pepper and Terry Patrick)
 * "Gunsmoke Smith" (Frank S. Pepper)
 * "Jet Jordan"
 * "The Jet-Skaters", written by Fred Baker, art by Geoff Jones, 1970–71
 * "Jimmi from Jupiter" (Mario Capaldi)
 * "Jingo Jones and His Invisibiliser" (first appeared 1952; text story)
 * "The Jungle Robot" (first appeared 1952)
 * "Karl the Viking" (Don Lawrence)
 * "Legionnaire Terry's Desert Quest" (Joe Colquhoun)
 * "The Lion Lot" (Leo Baxendale)
 * "The Lone Commandos" (first appeared 1952)
 * "Master of Menace" (John Catchpole)
 * "Morg of the Mammoths" (Harry Bishop)
 * "Mowser" (Reg Parlett)
 * "The Mystery Speed Star" (Ted Cowan)
 * "The Naval Stowaways" (Joe Colquhoun)
 * "Noah's Ark" (Frank S. Pepper, Sam Fair)
 * "Outlaw in Space" (first appeared 1952)
 * "Paddy Payne"
 * "The Phantom Viking", written by Donne Avenell, art by Nevio Zeccara, Jesús Blasco, José Ortiz, 1966–68
 * "Phil the Fluter"
 * "Return of the Stormtroopers"
 * "Robot Archie" (Ted Cowan)
 * "Rory McDuff: Danger Wanted" (Reg Bunn)
 * "Saber" (Joe Colquhoun)
 * "Sandy Dean's Schooldays" (Ted Cowan, Barry Nelson; first appeared 1952 under the title "Sandy Dean's First Term")
 * "Sark the Sleeper" (Frank S. Pepper, José Muñoz)
 * Sergeants Four
 * "Secret Mission to Norway" (Frank S. Pepper)
 * "Sir Munchkin" (Graham Allen)
 * "Skid Solo"
 * "The Spellbinder" (Frank S. Pepper, Geoff Campion)
 * "The Spider" (Ted Cowan, Donne Avenell; Reg Bunn; first appeared 1965)
 * "Steel Commando" (Frank S. Pepper, Alex Henderson)
 * "Sword of Eingar"
 * "The Team Terry Kept in a Box" (Frank S. Pepper, Mike White)
 * "Texas Jack" (first appeared 1966)
 * "The Tuffs of Terror Island" (Tony Coleman)
 * "Typhoon Tracy" (Geoff Campion)
 * "The Waxer" (Ted Cowan)
 * "Zip Nolan" (Joe Colquhoun)