(11 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
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Ltd.
Brand
Marvel
Editing
Richard Starkings (credited) (editor); Steve White (credited) (assistant editor)

Cobra's Sting! (Table of Contents)

Action Force / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kevin Hopgood
Inks
Dave Harwood
Colors
Steve White
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Cobra
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.

Heads Up for the Amazing Action Force Video Competition! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Richard Starkings
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

On the inside front cover.

Doppelgänger Part One (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Ian Rimmer (credited)
Pencils
Kevin Hopgood (credited as Kev Hopgood)
Inks
Dave Harwood (credited)
Colors
Euan Peters (credited)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I spy with my little eye...
Genre
war
Characters
Action Force [Latimer; Flint; Trent; Shipwreck; Lady Jaye; Footloose; Crankcase]; Cobra; Stinger driver; Ahmed Hassan; Reece Jones
Reprints

Beached Whale Part Three (Table of Contents: 4)

Action Force / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wild Bill's Dragonfly helicopter has been badly damaged by Destro
Genre
war
Characters
Action Force [Duke; Roadblock; Deep Six; Wild Bill; Cutter; Tripwire; Doc; Steeler; Clutch]; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Destro; Firefly; Wild Weasel; Crimson Guard(first appearance); Cobra Soldiers]; R.L.; Chief (both sheriffs)
Synopsis
The W.H.A.L.E. (Warrior: Hovering Assault Launching Envoy) hovercraft is in for repairs at a seaport when Destro and Firefly make off with it. The Joes give chase, but the two Cobra agents escape their grasp as Destro and Firefly head next towards Springfield on a stolen fishing boat. In Springfield, the Commander introduces his new supreme soldiers: the Crimson Guard, Cobra agents who can disguise themselves as normal persons, acting as sleeper agents for the Commander.
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 Ryan Hunter, Simon Bryan and Paul Freeman.

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

Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Disguised as a legitimate heroin buyer,
Genre
martial arts
Characters
Shang-Chi; Razor-Fist; Carlton Velcro; Clive Reston; Doctor Petrie
Reprints

One of our Milkmen is Missing! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My android mikmen have you trapped!
Genre
humour
Characters
Combat Colin; Semi-Automatic Steve; Doc
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Cobra's Sting!
    Action Force
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Heads Up for the Amazing Action Force Video Competition!
    Mission Control
  4. 3. Doppelgänger Part One
    Action Force
  5. 4. Beached Whale Part Three
    Action Force
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Mail Call!
  7. 6. The Crystal Connection Part Two
    Master of Kung Fu / Shang-Chi
  8. 7. One of our Milkmen is Missing!
    Codename: Combat Colin
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk