Aug 24, 2023
Ads from July and August 1983 for Palitoy's Action Force figure line.
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Ads from July and August 1983 for Palitoy's Action Force figure line.
Eagle No. 72, dated 6 August 1983. Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future cover by Ian Kennedy. Treasury of British Comics | The Dan Dare Corporation.
Spellbound No. 46, dated 6 August 1977. Damian Darke cover by Norman Lee. Damian Darke was the host of an 'anthology' strip that told a new story each week. DC Thomson.
TV Times (Anglia edition) for the week 31 July to 6 August 1976.
The Wild Bunch cover, artist unknown. This is the only place I've ever seen this art so I'm assuming it was commissioned for this issue. I'm wondering if this was the debut for this movie on UK television?
Action cover dated 6 August 1977. The comic that wasn't banned although many like to claim it was.
The issue included a 4 page Spinball booklet including this handy feature on the main characters. This strip really did have some memorable character names. At this point the team were known as Kneagle's Eagles although I remember them better in their Battle Action incarnation as the Black Gladiators.
I think there is more than a hint of Roger Moore in the drawing of Breed on this cover.
Treasury of British Comics.
Battle Picture Weekly No. 85, dated 16 October 1976. The "explosive news" on the cover was that the title would be merging with Valiant as of the next issue. Inside there was also news that we would see Major Eazy's earlier adventures.
The Major Eazy cover by Carlos Ezquerra is another one of those cover images that has been reused umpteen times including on the cover of No. 431, dated 6 August 1983 with the cigar subtly removed.
The cover art may have been inspired by a movie poster for The Outlaw Josey Wales which had been released in the UK September 1976.
Treasury of British Comics.
Warlord No. 150 cover dated 6 August 1977. Union Jack Jackson cover by Jeff Bevan. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
Warlord No. 254 cover dated 4 August 1979. It Happened This Week cover by Jeff Bevan who also drew the interior 2 page strip titled 'The Bomb'. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.