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Issue: Knockabout Comics #8
Publication Date: January 1984
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Issues: #8 of 13 Issues
Title: none
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Adults Only
Publisher: FlagKnockabout
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Knockabout Comics
On Sale Date: 1984
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: 086166017X
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £2.95 GBP
Indicia Frequency: Adults Only
Content Items: 19 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Always an anthology, this is the first of a run of themed issues uniting the strips, Hell on Earth in this case.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US (#1-6); British A4 size (#8-14)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (#1-6); squarebound (#8-14)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Max Zillion
Character(s): Max Zillion; Devil
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Pages: 1
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Devil
Synopsis: Endpapers for inside front and back covers.
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Pages: 2
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Max Zillion
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Max Zillion
Character(s): Max Zillion; Alto Ego; Meen McMudda; Mr B. L. Zeebub
First Line: Stop worryin' Alto
Synopsis: Max gets into a horn blowing contest in hell.
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Pages: 16
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Primitif Comix

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Primitif
Character(s): Primitif; Mechant; Naif
Synopsis: Primitif slays an attacker, but this leads to more danger.
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Pages: 3
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The Pagan Patrol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Synopsis: A clean-up crew arrive on Judgement Day.
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Pages: 3
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Wiffly Tales

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Knockabout
Subject Matter
Character(s): Professor Pacyderm; Euphemia Pachyderm; Anorexia Pachyderm; Tudger Pachyderm; Kev; Sheena; Jasper; Padre; Captain Charlie Chimp
Synopsis: Tudger is lost in the jungle for years and raised as human.
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Temptation
Character(s): Devil; Hermit
First Line: Caught anything yet?
Synopsis: The hermit is fishing.
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Reprint Notes: In Temptation (Penguin Books, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
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Pages: 1
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Under Fire

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Synopsis: The experience of attacks in the trenches during World War I.
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Pages: 4
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Thok

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Too many guys with backfiring motorbikes.
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Pages: 2
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The Weird Case of the Disappearing Tourists

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Wilbur; Oscar
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Pages: 1
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The Drummer of Nickelhausen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Hans Böhm; Hermit; Archbishop; Bishop
Synopsis: In an area of what is now Germany just before the reformation a simple drummer is convinced he is the Messiah and preaches against corruption in the church.
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Pages: 6
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Mr Inferno Sells Soul

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, humorous
Character(s): Mr Inferno; Satan
Synopsis: Mr Inferno is short of cash, so makes a deal with the devil.
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Pages: 2
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The Pint Pot and the New Apprentice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: The new apprentice has to pass his initiation.
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Pages: 1
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Poopa Pedro Inna City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Poopa Pedro; Pedro's Woman
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Pages: 2
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Daniel & Meyssac

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
Character(s): Daniel; Meyssac
Synopsis: Daniel is upset that Meyssac is leaving.
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Pages: 4
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The Incredible Baby Phenomenon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Babies make a break for it.
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Pages: 4
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The Kronstadt Kids

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Connie; Dawn; Enoch; Lentil; Spanner; Sam 'Son of a Bitch' McCusker; Trev; Tel
Synopsis: The kids take a trip to seaside and implement an ecologically sound power source, but an invasion has been set in motion.
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Pages: 8
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1

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