(4 July 1987)

Marvel UK, 1987 Series
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Price
0.32 GBP; 1.00 USD; 1.50 CAD
Pages
24
Indicia Frequency
weekly
On-sale Date
1987
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 / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Geoff Senior
Inks
Geoff Senior
Colors
John Burns
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Action Force [Flint; Lady Jaye; Heavy Metal]; Cobra Crimson Guards
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover.

Contents (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Geoff Senior (credited)
Inks
Geoff Senior (credited)
Colors
Steve White (credited); ?
Letters
?; typeset

Characters
Heavy Metal

Indexer Notes

Title, table of contents, summary, contest information and indicia, on the inside front cover. Also reprints a panel from the first story.

Dummy Run (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Steve White (credited)
Pencils
Geoff Senior (credited)
Inks
Geoff Senior (credited)
Colors
Steve White (credited)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited as Starkings)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Salisbury Plain, in south-west England...
Genre
war
Characters
Action Force [Flint; Lady Jaye; Heavy Metal]; Cobra [Destro; Crimson Guards]
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Flint
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jamie Finlay, Robert Phillips, James Adamson, Nicola Leonard, and Ian Hewitt.

Beached Whale Part Two (Table of Contents: 4)

Action Force / comic story / 7 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
Members of Action Forc have taken their WHALE hovercraft to Ehringers Cove,
Genre
war
Characters
Action Force [Cutter; Duke; Roadblock; Wild Bill; Tripwire]; Cobra [Destro; Firefly]; R.L; unnamed Sheriff
Reprints

Striker Meets Stinger (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Action Force / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Crystal Connection Part One (Table of Contents: 6)

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench (credited)
Pencils
Paul Gulacy (credited)
Inks
Paul Gulacy (credited)
Colors
Janice Cohen (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited as Orz)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hayland Smith's Townhouse on Central Park West...
Genre
crime; martial arts; superhero
Characters
Shang-Chi; Sir Dennis Nayland-Smith; Dr. Petrie; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; Carlton Velcro (villain); Razorfist
Reprints

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

Codename: Combat Colin / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
No One Can Stop My Android Milkmen from Invading Britain!
Genre
humour; war
Characters
Combat Colin; Semi-Automatic Steve; Dr. Nasty (villain); British Milkman

Indexer Notes

On the inside back cover.

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

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Action Force
  2. 1. Contents
    Mission Control
  3. 2. Dummy Run
    Action Force
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Mail Call!
  5. 4. Beached Whale Part Two
    Action Force
  6. 5. Striker Meets Stinger
    Action Force
  7. 6. The Crystal Connection Part One
    Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  8. 7. ["No One Can Stop My Android Milkmen from Invading Britain!"]
    Codename: Combat Colin
  9. 8. ["Who Has Met His Match?"]
    Doctor Who
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