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Judy No. 1056, dated 5 April 1980. Children from the Stars cover by Norman Lee. DC Thomson.

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Warlord No. 602, dated 5 April 1986. Code-Name Warlord cover by Terry Patrick.

DC Thomson.

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Battle Action No. 261, dated 5 April 1980. Cooley's Gun cover and interior art by Geoff Campion. Something I had forgotten appears in this strip when Cooley is having a 'duel' with a Germany machine gun team. He refers to their MG 42 as a 'Spandau'. This was also the nickname given by the allies to the MG 34 and earlier machine guns.

The origin of this nickname probably dates back to WW1 and the MG 08, a forerunner of the MG 42, which had been made at the Spandau Arsenal, the name of which was stamped on the gun. As many know a similar 'misnaming' arose with the MP38/MP40 being called the Schmeisser by the allies over a name stamped on the magazine.

Treasury of British Comics.

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Battle Action Force No. 570, dated 5 April 1986. Major Bludd cover by John Cooper.

Treasury of British Comics.

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Star Wars by Tony DeZuniga. In the UK this was published in Star Wars Weekly No. 9.

The first use of the image may have been as a wraparound cover on FOOM No. 21.

This image is slightly different though - there is more of a gap between Han Solo and Ben Kenobi.

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Hotspur and Crunch No. 1068, cover dated 5 April 1980. King Cobra cover, artist unknown.

News inside of the new Flying Fury strip featuring art by Ron Smith.

DC Thomson.

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This Amazing War from Battle Picture Weekly No. 5 cover dated 5 April 1975. Below is the feature from No. 9, cover dated 3 May 1975.

Art on both by Ian Gibson.

Treasury of British Comics.

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'Fighters of the Fleet' from Warlord No. 289, 1980.

The Brewster Buffalo, art by Ian Kennedy. This was the last in this particular series of back page features.

DC Thomson.