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Issue: Action Annual #1978
Publication Date: January 1978
 
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Publisher: FlagIPC
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Indicia Publisher: IPC Magazines Ltd.
On Sale Date: 1977
Volume: none
Pages: 144
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £1.00 GBP
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 27 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Item has an SBN number: 85037-321-2
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White with some Colour interior
Dimensions: 19.7 cm x 26 cm cm (7.75" x 10.5")
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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aviation
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Contents

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The Flying Fortress [Part 1]

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Subject Matter
adventure
Ben Hammett; Kit Chandler; Doctor Skurge (villain); Yarg (villain)
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
adventure, nature
Hook Jaw
Martin; Hook Jaw; Fennell (villain)
Hook Jaw strikes terror wherever he goes...
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Rough & Tumble

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non-fiction, sports
Phil Eggitt
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Article on grass circuit motor racing.
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Subject Matter
humorous
Gagtime
No hand signals
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Miscellaneous
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Collection of one panel jokes.
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non-fiction
Quick Quiz
1. One of these is a dromedary. Which?
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Subject Matter
espionage
Dredger
Dredger; Simon Breed
Remember...this is purely reconnaissance mission.
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humorous
Gagtime
Where would I find the Andes?
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Collection of one panel jokes.
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adventure, anthropomorphic, humorous
Action Mouse
Action Mouse; Uncle Angus; Loch Ness Monster
The monster's fearful cries have bee heard
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Hell's Highway
Steve Manning; Danny Kuziak; farmhands
Even in the cab, the roar of the rig's engine was lost
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Guess What?

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Identify objects in photographs.
Nero Cortez Emperor of Crime

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crime
Mike Hazard; Nero Cortez (villain)
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
humorous
Gagtime
Where do cows go on holiday?
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Collection of one panel jokes.
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non-fiction
It's a Fact
After Barnsley F.C. had won the F.A. Cup in 1912, all the successful players autographed the ball
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Miscellaneous
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Collection of odd facts.
Fangs and Foul Fiends

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non-fiction
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Article on movie monsters.
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war
Hellman of Hammer Force
Major Kurt Hellman; Flying Officer Ford; Fritz Grunwald (villain)
Major Kurt Hellman, commander of Hammer Force, most famed and feared of all units in Nazi Germany's Panzer Divisions
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espionage
Dredger
Dredger; Simon Breed; Major Scanlon (villain); Colonel Kristoff (villain)
This is one of the military magazines produced for Her Majesty's forces!
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[untitled]

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sports
Double Dynamite
Bulldog Brady; Tyke Trueman; Ossie; Charlie Bright; Needler (villain)
Brady's Barn? What's jn there, Al?
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[untitled]

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sports
Kenny Lampton; grandfather; Ray Jarvis; Jim Bowker; Angie
Well, what do you think, gramps?
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adventure
Hell's Highway
Steve Manning; Danny Kuziak; Joseph Creed (villain)
Man, willya look at that view!
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King Fred's "Toy Soldiers"

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It's a Weird World
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Article on The Potsdam Guards, a regiment of over sized soldiers.
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adventure, anthropomorphic, humorous
Action Mouse
Action Mouse
Keep Fit in Gerry's Gym
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The Flying Fortress [Part 2]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Ben Hammett; Kit Chandler; Doctor Skurge (villain); Yarg (villain)
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Miscellaneous
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Flying High...

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The Phantom Legion

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adventure
Rory MacDuff; Barnie Lomax; Professor Pardo; Smith (villain)
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover identical to front cover.

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