Battle Action Force #9 June 1984 [475]
(9th June 1984)

IPC, 1983 Series
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Price
0.22 GBP
Pages
32
Indicia Frequency
Weekly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
IPC Magazines Ltd.
Brand
?

This Man Must be Defeated (Table of Contents)

Action Force / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war
Characters
Baron Ironblood (villain)
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Desert Strike / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Noble
Pencils
Eduardo Vañó Ibarra
Inks
Eduardo Vañó Ibarra
Letters
John Aldrich
First Line of Dialogue or Text
...The desert war involving Z Force had now become dirtier.
Genre
war
Characters
Z Force [Captain Campbell; Steeler; signaller; gun-crew]; Achab; Major Maddi (villain)

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

Charley's War / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Pat Mills
Pencils
Joe Colquhoun
Inks
Joe Colquhoun
Letters
Mike Peters
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Summer, 1918. Pig-Iron a corporal in the American regiment Hell's Fighters...
Genre
war
Characters
Charley Bourne; Pig-Iron
Reprints

[It'll Drive You Round the Bend, and Up the Wall] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Z Force Infantryman (Table of Contents: 4)

Action Force Datafile / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war

Beach Battle (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Terry Magee
Pencils
Manuel Carmona
Inks
Manuel Carmona
Letters
Nigel Eaton
Genre
war
Keywords
D-Day

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

Operation Bloodhound / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Finley-Day
Pencils
Geoff Campion
Inks
Geoff Campion
Colors
?
Letters
Peter Knight
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The SAS mission into South America...
Genre
war
Characters
Captain Buckingham; Trooper Muller; two troopers; Commandante; Garcia; two other Ecuadorean Marines; Baron Ironblood (villain); The Black Major (villain); Red Shadows (villains)

Indexer Notes

First two pages in colour

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

Battle Stations / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? [as Captain Hurricane]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Captain Hurricane; The Black Major

Indexer Notes

Letters from Brian Frayne, Craig Jardine and Spencer Wakelam

[New Recruits Wanted for Action Force] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Johnny Red / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Tully
Pencils
John Cooper
Inks
John Cooper
Letters
Nigel Eaton
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Given the task of re-training the fleet air arm pilots of HMS Titan
Genre
war
Characters
Johnny 'Red' Redburn

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

The Hunters SI6 / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
John Richard
Pencils
Carlos Pino
Inks
Carlos Pino
Letters
Nigel Eaton
First Line of Dialogue or Text
...Larry Fox and Ned Hare had a mission to rescue a famous explorer...
Genre
spy
Characters
Larry Fox; Ned Hare; Professor Ogden

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

The Black Major / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Finley-Day
Pencils
Gualberto Costa
Inks
Gualberto Costa
Letters
Maurice Dolphin [as M. Dolphin]
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Continuing the early career of the Black Major
Genre
war
Characters
Sgt. Dillon; The Black Major [John Shepherd]; Baron Ironblood (villain)

Indexer Notes

Origin of the Black Major. Art credit provided by Jay Flash

D-Day (Table of Contents: 12)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war
Keywords
D-Day

Indexer Notes

First part of a poster for D-Day.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. This Man Must be Defeated
    Action Force
  2. 1. ["...The desert war involving Z Force had now become dirtier."]
    Desert Strike
  3. 2. ["Summer, 1918. Pig-Iron a corporal in the American regiment Hell's Fighters..."]
    Charley's War
  4. 3. [It'll Drive You Round the Bend, and Up the Wall]
  5. 4. Z Force Infantryman
    Action Force Datafile
  6. 5. Beach Battle
  7. 6. ["The SAS mission into South America..."]
    Operation Bloodhound
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Battle Stations
  9. 8. [New Recruits Wanted for Action Force]
  10. 9. ["Given the task of re-training the fleet air arm pilots of HMS Titan"]
    Johnny Red
  11. 10. ["...Larry Fox and Ned Hare had a mission to rescue a famous explorer..."]
    The Hunters SI6
  12. 11. ["Continuing the early career of the Black Major"]
    The Black Major
  13. 12. D-Day
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