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Hotspur No. 894, dated 4 December 1976. King Cobra cover by Ron Smith. DC Thomson.
Warlord No. 428, dated 4 December 1982. Slayer and the War of the Robots cover by Jeff Bevan. DC Thomson.
December 1982 ad for DC Thomson's Starblazer.
The Wizard No. 95, dated 4 December 1971. Ambling Archie (with art by Jim Watson) and Coote's Crocks cover. DC Thomson.
Spellbound No. 11, dated 4 December 1976. Revenge of the Black Swan and Sing-A-Song of Terror share the cover. The latter strip was drawn by Jesus Redondo. DC Thomson.
The Wizard No. 356, dated 4 December 1976. Cover by Jeff Bevan. DC Thomson.
Action: The Story of a Violent Comic by Martin Barker, 1990. This hardcover book is a mixture of text, detailing the history of the UK weekly comic, and reprints of a batch of weekly strips from five of the main stories. There are also some pages that never made it to print. Along with the text you get 24 episodes of Death Game 1999, 23 x Look out for Lefty!, 21 x Hook Jaw, 11 x Kids Rule O.K.! and 4 x Dredger. It's a bit of mixture though and there are no complete runs of any of the stories reprinted inside.
The comic, which debuted in February 1976, was never "Banned!!!" as the cover background appears to claim. It was put on hiatus by its own publisher for a period while changes were made to its content. Action had been courting controversy for some time but it was the issue dated 18 September 1976 where the title effectively handed in its 'four week notice'.
The Kids Rule O.K.! cover showed a youth brandishing a chain and about to attack what appeared to be a policeman.
In Look Out For Lefty! the title character's girlfriend throws a bottle at a player during a football match. This was was followed by similar acts of hooliganism in subsequent weeks.
The comic was put on hiatus after the issue dated 16 October 1976. There is disagreement these days over how many copies were printed of the issue dated 23 October with some claiming it went to a full print run. It doesn't matter though as they never went on sale. The cover blurbs alone would have caused problems. The title returned with the issue cover dated 4 December 1976 and ran for nearly another year before merging with Battle Picture Weekly.
Warlord No. 115, dated 4 December 1976 for 6p! Strips included The Executioner, Jungle Pilot, The Guardian, The Coal Scuttle Brigade and Code-Name Warlord. Cover by Jeff Bevan. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
