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Issue: Knockabout Comics #8
Publication Date: January 1984
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Adults only
Publisher: FlagKnockabout
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Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: 1984
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN:
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Price: £2.95 GBP
Indicia Frequency: Adults only
Content Items: 19 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Carol Bennet; Tony Bennett; Hunt Emerson
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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Hunt Emerson
Hunt Emerson
Hunt Emerson
Hunt Emerson
Subject Matter
Max Zillion
Max Zillion; Devil
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Hunt Emerson
Hunt Emerson
Subject Matter
Devil
Endpapers for inside front and back covers.
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Hunt Emerson
Hunt Emerson
Subject Matter
Max Zillion
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Hunt Emerson
Hunt Emerson
Hunt Emerson
Hunt Emerson
Subject Matter
humorous
Max Zillion
Max Zillion; Alto Ego; Meen McMudda; Mr B. L. Zeebub
Stop worryin' Alto
Max gets into a horn blowing contest in hell.
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Miscellaneous
16
Primitif Comix

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ed Pinsent
Ed Pinsent
Ed Pinsent
Ed Pinsent
Subject Matter
Primitif
Primitif; Mechant; Naif
Primitif slays an attacker, but this leads to more danger.
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Miscellaneous
3
The Pagan Patrol

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Gibson
Steve Gibson
Steve Gibson
Steve Gibson
Subject Matter
horror
A clean-up crew arrive on Judgement Day.
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Miscellaneous
3
Wiffly Tales

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Knockabout
Graham Higgins [as Pokkettz]
Graham Higgins [as Pokkettz]
Hunt Emerson
Subject Matter
Professor Pacyderm; Euphemia Pachyderm; Anorexia Pachyderm; Tudger Pachyderm; Kev; Sheena; Jasper; Padre; Captain Charlie Chimp
Tudger is lost in the jungle for years and raised as human.
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Miscellaneous
5
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Glenn Dakin
Glenn Dakin
Glenn Dakin
Glenn Dakin
Subject Matter
humorous
Temptation
Devil; Hermit
Caught anything yet?
The hermit is fishing.
Reprinting
In Temptation (Penguin Books, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
Miscellaneous
1
Under Fire

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henri Babusse
Clifford Harper
Clifford Harper
typeset
Subject Matter
war
The experience of attacks in the trenches during World War I.
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Miscellaneous
4
Thok

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Chris Welch
Chris Welch
Chris Welch
Chris Welch
Subject Matter
Too many guys with backfiring motorbikes.
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Miscellaneous
2
The Weird Case of the Disappearing Tourists

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sniper Sandwich
David Hine
David Hine
David Hine
Subject Matter
humorous
Wilbur; Oscar
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Drummer of Nickelhausen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Moulder; Tim Rhys
Bob Moulder
Bob Moulder
Bob Moulder
Subject Matter
historical
Hans Böhm; Hermit; Archbishop; Bishop
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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Miscellaneous
6
Mr Inferno Sells Soul

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Savage Pencil
Savage Pencil
Savage Pencil
Savage Pencil
Subject Matter
horror, humorous
Mr Inferno; Satan
Mr Inferno is short of cash, so makes a deal with the devil.
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Miscellaneous
2
The Pint Pot and the New Apprentice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Matthews
Mike Matthews
Mike Matthews
Mike Matthews
Subject Matter
humorous
The new apprentice has to pass his initiation.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Poopa Pedro Inna City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Mike Hawthorne
Mike Hawthorne
Mike Hawthorne
Subject Matter
Poopa Pedro; Pedro's Woman
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Miscellaneous
2
Daniel & Meyssac

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Phil Elliott
Phil Elliott
Phil Elliott
Phil Elliott
Subject Matter
drama
Daniel; Meyssac
Daniel is upset that Meyssac is leaving.
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Miscellaneous
4
The Incredible Baby Phenomenon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Myra Hancock
Myra Hancock
Myra Hancock
Myra Hancock
Subject Matter
humorous
Babies make a break for it.
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Miscellaneous
4
The Kronstadt Kids

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tony Allen ?
Pete Rigg
Pete Rigg
Pete Rigg
Subject Matter
humorous
Connie; Dawn; Enoch; Lentil; Spanner; Sam 'Son of a Bitch' McCusker; Trev; Tel
The kids take a trip to seaside and implement an ecologically sound power source, but an invasion has been set in motion.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Hunt Emerson
Hunt Emerson
Hunt Emerson
Hunt Emerson
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1

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