Action Force #23

(8 August 1987)

[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.

Ancient Relics! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Richard Starkings (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

On the inside front cover.

Gas Masque! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

James Hill

Pencils

Brett Ewins (credited)

Inks

Dave Harwood (credited)

Colors

Steve White (credited)

Letters

Nick Abadzis (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As far as we can tell, it was about 2:30 A.M.

Genre

war

Characters

Action Force [Flint; Alpine; Quick Kick; Heavy Metal]; Cobra [Tony Lander; Destro]

Reprints

• in Transformers / Action Force: Vedergällning (Ades Media, 2022 series) (2022)

The Mountain! Part Two (Table of Contents: 4)

Action Force / comic story / 8 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

Elsewhere... We've been in the wind for hundreds of miles, Zartan!

Genre

war

Characters

Action Force [Hawk; Duke; Snake-Eyes; Scarlett; Clutch; Spirit Iron Knife; Airborne; Grunt; Blowtorch (first appearance); Recondo (first appearance); Ripcord (first appearance); Lady Jaye (first appearance)]; The Soft Master; Billy; Cobra [Cobra Commander; Storm Shadow; Destro; Baroness; Major Bludd; Dreadnoks [Zartan (leader); Torch; Buzzer; Ripper]; Firefly; Crimson Guard [Fred Broca I (death); Fred Broca II (first appearance, end cameo)]]

Synopsis

The Soft Master intervenes on the mountain and helps Snake-Eyes and Company ward off Destro, Firefly, and Fred I's attack. The Baroness and Bludd continue to plot to kill Cobra Commander, using Billy as the assassin, as he returns to Springfield alongside the Dreadnoks and Storm Shadow. New Action Force members enter the Pit to replace some members, as Fred I is replaced by Fred II after Fred I's death in the Sierras.

Reprints

• from G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #32 (February 1985) [Pages 8-15]

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Flint

Indexer Notes

Letters from John W. Learn, Shannon Smith, Howard Browning and G. E. Smith.

The Crystal Connection! Part Five [A Gulf of Lions] (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

Dan Adkins (credited)

Colors

Janice Cohen (credited)

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

-- so I was a little barmy to think I could destroy your whole mountain of heroin...

Genre

martial arts; spy

Characters

Shang Chi; Black Jack Tarr; Clive Reston; Sir Denis Nayland Smith; Doctor Petrie; Carlton Velcro; Razor-Fist

Reprints

• from Master of Kung Fu (Marvel, 1974 series) #30 (July 1975) [Pages 6-10]

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

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

Script

Lew Stringer (signed)

Pencils

Lew Stringer (signed)

Inks

Lew Stringer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've trained myself fully in the martial arts!

Genre

humour

Characters

Combat Colin; Semi-Automatic Steve

Indexer Notes

On the inside back cover.