(23 January 1988)

Marvel UK, 1987 Series
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Price
0.32 GBP; 1.30 USD; 1.70 CAD
Pages
24
Indicia Frequency
weekly
On-sale Date
1988-01-17
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Ltd.
Brand
Marvel
Editing
Richard Starkings (credited) (editor); Steve White (credited) (assistant editor)

Menace in Venice! (Table of Contents)

Action Force / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bryan Hitch (credited)
Inks
Bryan Hitch (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Cobra

The Triangle of Tension! (Table of Contents: 1)

Mission Control / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
war
Characters
Destro

Indexer Notes

Title, table of contents, summary, recap, cover and editor credits and indicia, on the inside front cover.

Venetian Blind Part One (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Simon Furman (credited)
Pencils
Kevin Hopgood (credited as Kev Hopgood)
Inks
Dave Harwood (credited)
Colors
Stuart Place (credited)
Letters
Annie Parkhouse (credited as Annie H.)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Venice - The pearl of the Adriatic.
Genre
war
Characters
Action Force [Footloose; Quick Kick; Lady Jaye; Shipwreck; Flint; Trent]; Cobra [Destro; Cobra troopers]; Tito Meira

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Flint

Indexer Notes

Letters from Lloyd Cleaver, Matthew Titcher and Devon.

Who's Who on Cobra Island (Table of Contents: 4)

Action Force / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Hama (credited)
Pencils
Rod Whigham (credited)
Inks
Andy Mushynsky (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
An Action Force squad has arrived on Cobra Island to search for Rip-Cord.
Genre
war
Characters
Action Force [General Hawk (leader); Snake-Eyes; Scarlett; Ripcord (disguised as Zartan); Flint; Spirit; Quick-Kick; Alpine; Roadblock; Gung-Ho; Clutch; Bazooka; Snow-Job; Recondo; Shipwreck]; Storm Shadow; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Zartan (disguised as Ripcord); Cobra Troopers; Cobra Officers; Crimson Guard [Xamot (co-leader); Tomax (co-leader); Professor Appel (death); Guardsmen]]
Synopsis
Ripcord (as Zartan) is taken into the new Cobra base on Cobra Island, and Professor Appel discovers the deception when he sees Candy's picture on his person and Ripcord explains to him about where Candy is (or isn't right now). Action Force, launch a recon/search and rescue for Ripcord, then rescue him (actually Zartan), but Spirit's suspicious of him when he notices the bullet wound's all wrong. Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow land on the island about to get whom they think is Zartan (the Hard Master's killer), when Appel launches the experimental new minifighter, saving Ripcord from harm.
Reprints

Showdown! Part Four (Table of Contents: 5)

Action Force / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Larry Hama (credited)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Inks
Herb Trimpe (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Phil Felix (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Having recovered his X-30 fighter from a spin,
Genre
war
Characters
Action Force [Ace; Slip-Stream; Hawk]; Jonesy; Peaches; Low-Ball
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The story so far... Combat Colin is the captive of evil Dr. Nasty
Genre
humour
Characters
Combat Colin; Semi-Automatic Steve; Doctor Nasty

Indexer Notes

On the inside back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Menace in Venice!
    Action Force
  2. 1. The Triangle of Tension!
    Mission Control
  3. 2. Venetian Blind Part One
    Action Force
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Mail Call!
  5. 4. Who's Who on Cobra Island
    Action Force
  6. 5. Showdown! Part Four
    Action Force
  7. 6. ["The story so far... Combat Colin is the captive of evil Dr. Nasty"]
    Codename: Combat Colin
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Mark Boyer
  • David Bruce
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk