(10 October 1987)

Marvel UK, 1987 Series
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Price
0.32 GBP; 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages
28
Indicia Frequency
weekly
On-sale Date
1987-10-04
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Ltd.
Brand
Marvel
Editing
Richard Starkings (credited) (editor); Steve White (credited) (assistant editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Action Force / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Anthony Williams (credited)
Inks
Anthony Williams (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, Airtight... Let's atomise him!
Genre
war
Characters
Action Force [Airtight; Barbecue]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On the inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Mission Control / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On the inside front cover.

Runaway Train (Table of Contents: 3)

Action Force / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ian Rimmer (credited) (script); Ford Alan (plot)
Pencils
Anthony Williams (credited)
Inks
Dave Harwood (credited)
Colors
Euan Peters (credited)
Letters
Annie Parkhouse (credited as Annie H.)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Somewhere on the outskirts of Bristol...
Genre
war
Characters
Action Force [Flint; Airtight; Barbecue]
Reprints

Airtight (Table of Contents: 4)

Intelligence Profile / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Joe Delbeato
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Airtight
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Mail Call! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Flint

Indexer Notes

Letters from Christopher Tilmouth, Duncan Welbourn, Paul Kinnear, David Roberts and Lee Robsn.

Twin Brothers Part Two (Table of Contents: 6)

Action Force / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Hama (credited)
Pencils
Frank Springer (credited)
Inks
Andy Mushynsky (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited); ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a trap!
Genre
war
Characters
Action Force [Duke; Snake-Eyes; Rip-Cord; Gung-Ho; Roadblock; Lady Jaye; Blowtorch; Wild Bill; Flint (first appearance); Longslide [Footloose] (first appearance)]; Cobra [Destro; Crimson Guard [Tomax (first appearance) (co-leader); Xamot (first appearance, co-leader); Fred series]]
Synopsis
Gung-Ho, Ripcord and Blowtorch run into the Crimson Guard, and their leaders, Tomax and Xamot, while delivering balloons to the Arbco (Cobra anagram) Brothers Circus with Candy (Bongo), as new members Flint and Footloose are introduced to Action Force. The twins escape, and Candy breaks up with Ripcord.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Snow Cat (Table of Contents: 8)

The T.A.C. Page / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Snow Cat; Frostbite

Indexer Notes

Pullout poster.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Codename: Combat Colin / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Lew Stringer (signed)
Pencils
Lew Stringer (signed)
Inks
Lew Stringer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The story so far: Combat Colin has fallen in love with a woman who stopped a bank raid.
Genre
humour
Characters
Combat Colin; Semi-Automatic Steve

Indexer Notes

On the inside back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Okay, Airtight... Let's atomise him!"]
    Action Force
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mission Control
  4. 3. Runaway Train
    Action Force
  5. 4. Airtight
    Intelligence Profile
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Mail Call!
  7. 6. Twin Brothers Part Two
    Action Force
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
  9. 8. Snow Cat
    The T.A.C. Page
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
  11. 10. ["The story so far: Combat Colin has fallen in love with a woman who stopped a bank raid."]
    Codename: Combat Colin
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Haglund
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk