Oct 8, 2023
The Savage Sword of Conan No. 23, October 1977. Cover by Earl Norem.
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The Savage Sword of Conan No. 23, October 1977. Cover by Earl Norem.
Spellbound No. 54, dated 1 October 1977. The Sea Witch cover by Norman Lee. DC Thomson.
Eagle No. 80, dated 1 October 1983. Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future cover by Ian Kennedy. Treasury of British Comics | The Dan Dare Corporation.
An in-house ad from Battle No. 439 (dated 1 October 1983) for the next issue. This saw the title's relaunch as Battle Action Force. As toy tie-ins go this was superb and produced some great stories over the following three years. Treasury of British Comics.
The Wizard No. 399, dated 1 October 1977. The Red Reiver cover by Jeff Bevan. DC Thomson.
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Battle No. 439, dated 1 October 1983. Jetblade cover by John Vernon. This was the final issue with just Battle in the masthead until No. 605 in December 1986. It was Battle Action Force for the next 166 issues.
I thought this was may have been the last comic strip drawn by John Vernon (he had been working as an artist from the 1940's) but he shows up again in sister title Eagle No's 97 to 99 and 103 to 106 drawing Sgt. Streetwise and various The Amstor Computer strips in 1984. Treasury of British Comics.
'1986' UK printing of The Hunt for Red October with the movie photo cover. That's the year given inside although the film didn't come out until 1990 so I'm not sure how they managed that. I take it they must have had a lot of pages printed out somewhere just waiting to stick a new cover on.
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Remington Steele ran from 1 October 1982 to 9 March 1987. It starred Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan. The first season is very good - perfectly cast, decent mysteries, witty and generally worth watching. To me it ran out of steam after that for various reasons.