The Hotspur and Hornet No. 878, dated 14 August 1976. The Goals Nobody Cheered and Smasher Roo share the cover. The stories in this issue:-
The Walkie-Talkie Warriors - WW2 set story with art by Terry Patrick;
Smasher Roo - Tennis action at Wimbledon!;
Beware the Black Arrows - 9th Century set story of Ulric, a Saxon boy trying to find his father. He is helped along the way by a mysterious black clad bowman. Art by Keith Shone;
Dim Dan - Dan tries to help his boss R. U. Smart sell British goods abroad;
Heroes of the Air War - One page feature on Pilot Officer Cyril Joe Barton V.C. (posthumous);
The Goals Nobody Cheered - football drama featuring a striker who had been involved in two goalmouth incidents that resulted in the deaths of two goalkeepers;
The Band Rat - In 1927 Tom Smith runs away from the orphanage to find out what happened to his father who had been posted as a deserter from the Army in 1924;
Briggs the Goalie - features Bernard Briggs, part-time goalie, part-time scrap merchant;
Cast, Hook and Strike - Joe Dodds, a keen angler has to do deal with a professional thief in this issue but all ends well and finishes up Joe having a feed in the local café. Art by Peter Sutherland.
DC Thomson.
