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- Fireball Calling: The comic always had a two-page spread entitled Fireball Calling - it contained readers' letters (often followed by a reply from Fireball), trivia, the encrypted passwords/messages and competitions. Readers would get a fireball t-shirt for getting a letter printed. The writer of the week's best letter would receive an electronic pocket calculator - a much-coveted item in those days!
- Sports profiles: Often there would be a footballers' fact file and/or information about veteran or sports cars, etc.
- Fireball Club: There was a Fireball club that readers could join, in return for a small sum they would get a red plastic wallet containing a copy of Fireball's secret biography (which served as a key for decoding messages in the comic), an i.d. card and a Fireball Flaming 'F' pendant.
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