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Issue: Action Annual #1979
Publication Date: January 1978
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Issues: #1979 of 9 Issues
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Publisher: FlagIPC
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Indicia Publisher: IPC Magazines Ltd.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 128
ISBN: 0850373859
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £1.10 GBP
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 39 (28 stories, 1 cover)
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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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First Line: The Book With a Bite
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Contents

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Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Dredger
Character(s): Dredger; Breed; Hamud
First Line: Following a Tip-Off
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): It Really Happened
First Line: Many Years Ago a Seaman Was Washed Overboard
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The Fat Man

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Al Bonito (The Fat Man); Otto Levinsky; Jake Levinsky
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Monsters of the Deep

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Luckiest Pilot Alive

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Feature(s): Men of Destiny
Character(s): George Smith
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The Whispering Menace

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rory MacDuff
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The Monster Tank

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Hellman of Hammer Force
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Feature(s): It Really Happened
First Line: A Sailor Once Told a Cabby
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The Telepathic Cop

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Feature(s): Crime-Busters
Character(s): Don Sabel
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Feature(s): Cliff Hanger
Character(s): Cliff Hanger; Kukri; The Firefly (villain)
First Line: The Centre of a Midlands Town
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Genres: war
Feature(s): The Suicide Club
Character(s): Major Rafe Collins; Frank Mason; Werner Voss
First Line: Major Rafe Collins Was Testing a 'Souped-Up' Sopwith Camel
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T.W. Chapman, Ship's Carpenter

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Genres: science fiction, sports
Feature(s): Spinball
Character(s): The Black Gladiators (team); Death Riders (team); Ivan Penkoff; The Angels of Death (team); Rostock Dynaomos (team)
First Line: In the Florida Stardome Stadium
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T.V. Tee-Hee

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Weird Weapons of War

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Genres: sports
Feature(s): Look Out for Lefty!
Character(s): Kenny "Lefty" Lampton; Enoch Lampton; Mr. Bowker; Big Bill Barber; Dave Marsden (villain)
First Line: Third Division Wigford Rovers Were Playing in a Vital Home Match
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): It Really Happened
First Line: During the 1939-45 War, Wing-Cmdr. Deere Bailed Out
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Mike Hazelwood

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Eddie Kidd

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Nick Faldo

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Mike Brearly

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cliff Hanger
Character(s): Cliff Hanger; Kukri; King Ahmid
First Line: In Honour of the King's Birthday
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Hook Jaw
Character(s): Hook Jaw; Cyrus T. Vogler; Barry Vogler
First Line: The Sunnyside Home for the Aged
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Genres: war
Feature(s): The Suicide Club
Character(s): Major Rafe Collins; Lieutenant Lance McAlister
First Line: After the Defeat of the German Zeppelins in 1917
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The Glider Pilots

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The Lancers

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The Mounties

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Hannibal's Army

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Guardian of the Gold

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Feature(s): Crime-Busters
Character(s): James B. Hume
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Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Code Name - Barracuda
Character(s): Barracuda; Frollo
First Line: Barracuda, and His Assistant Frollo
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Genres: war
Feature(s): The Suicide Club
Character(s): Major Clem Wayne; Major Rafe Collins; Lieutenant Frank Miller [Franz Moehler]
First Line: Early in 1918
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Could You Be a Junior Agent

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cliff Hanger
Character(s): Cliff Hanger; Kukri; Mr. Bigg
First Line: With Captain Cliff Hanger at the Wheel
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The Lost Revolver

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Captain Nesteroff

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Feature(s): Men of Destiny
Character(s): Captain Nesteroff
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The Islands of Peril

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Simon Test
Character(s): Simon Test; Clive Howarde; Ralph Erly; Baron von Stryker; Mike Taggart; Wayne Power; The Big Man
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Character(s): Hook Jaw
First Line: The Book With a Bite
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