Battle Action Force #27 October 1984 [495]
(27 October 1984)

IPC, 1983 Series
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Price
0.22 GBP
Pages
32
Indicia Frequency
Every Thursday
On-sale Date
1984-10-25
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
IPC Magazines Ltd.

Shocks in the Chamber of Death (Table of Contents)

Codename Kraken / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
war
Characters
The Kraken; Red Shadows (skeletons)

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

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

Script
? [as Captain Hurricane]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Attention, pals! You've got a terrific free gift this week - a dramatic Action Force poster!
Characters
Captain Hurricane

The Top Tough Annual! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
John Richard
Pencils
Francisco Masip (credited as Masip)
Inks
Francisco Masip (credited as Masip)
Letters
Nigel Eaton

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Through trial by combat, we shall discover the truth!
Genre
adventure; spy
Characters
Larry Fox; Ned Hare; Achmed

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Johnny Red / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Tully
Pencils
Carlos Pino
Inks
Carlos Pino
Letters
Tim Skomski

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They want me to join the Falcons, Redburn, and I like the idea!
Genre
war
Characters
Johnny "Red" Redburn; Rodimitz; Harry Venner; Ralph Pelham; Red Falcons

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

Operation Claymore / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Finley-Day (as Gerry Day)
Pencils
John Cooper
Inks
John Cooper
Colors
? (red only used, first page only)
Letters
Peter Knight

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! Some of those fancy-dress soldiers we heard about!
Genre
war
Characters
SAS Force [Captain Buckingham; Trooper Albert Jones; Trooper "Haggis MacDonald; Trooper Smith]; Baron Ironblood (villain); Red Shadows (villains)

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

Action Force Members Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Leviathon]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Action Force Troopers! Baron Ironblood is becoming a bigger threat to the world

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

Codename Kraken / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
James Nicholas (credited as J. Nicholas)
Pencils
Jim Watson (as J. Watson)
Inks
Jim Watson (as J. Watson)
Colors
? (first two pages only)
Letters
Nigel Eaton

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Everyone is safe so far, but I wonder how much longer our luck will last?
Genre
war
Characters
The Black Major (villain); Red Shadows (villains); The Kraken (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Assault on Atoll-Z / 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
Skip - two more men dead!
Genre
war
Characters
Z-Force [Skip; Doc Jammer named]; The Black Major (villain); Red Laser (villain); Red Shadows (villains)

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

Robotech / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Pat Mills
Pencils
Joe Colquhoun
Inks
Joe Colquhoun
Letters
Clive McGee

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How dare you turn these men away, Brother Vassya?
Genre
war
Characters
British soldiers [Corporal Charley Bourne; Grouchy named]; monks; Bolshevists (villains)
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

The Sarge / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Finley-Day
Pencils
Mike Western (as M. Western)
Inks
Mike Western (as M. Western)
Letters
Steve Potter

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Town ahead, sarge, but I don't see any welcome mats laid out!
Genre
war; humour; military
Characters
Sergeant Jim Masters; Sid; Jenkins; Private Carter; Beetle; Laurel and Hardy; German soldiers (villains)

Weapons of the SAS (Table of Contents: 14)

SAS Booklet / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
? ( second page only)
Letters
typeset

Genre
military

Indexer Notes

Third part of the SAS booklet.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Shocks in the Chamber of Death
    Codename Kraken
  2. 1. ["Attention, pals! You've got a terrific free gift this week - a dramatic Action Force poster!"]
    Battle Stations
  3. 2. The Top Tough Annual!
  4. 3. ["Through trial by combat, we shall discover the truth!"]
    The Hunters SI6
  5. 4. ["They want me to join the Falcons, Redburn, and I like the idea!"]
    Johnny Red
  6. 5. ["Look! Some of those fancy-dress soldiers we heard about!"]
    Operation Claymore
  7. 6. ["Action Force Troopers! Baron Ironblood is becoming a bigger threat to the world"]
    Action Force Members Page
  8. 7. ["Everyone is safe so far, but I wonder how much longer our luck will last?"]
    Codename Kraken
  9. 8. ["It's a comic sensation"]
  10. 9. ["If you think computers are boring, reading this ad could be bad for your ego"]
  11. 10. ["Skip - two more men dead!"]
    Assault on Atoll-Z
  12. 11. ["Deep in space a satellite monitoring station picks up a Changers' invasion fleet approaching Earth..."]
    Robotech
  13. 12. ["How dare you turn these men away, Brother Vassya?"]
    Charley's War
  14. 13. ["Town ahead, sarge, but I don't see any welcome mats laid out!"]
    The Sarge
  15. 14. Weapons of the SAS
    SAS Booklet
This issue was modified by
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