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Issue: The Crunch #1
Publication Date: January 1979
 
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Publisher: FlagD.C. Thomson
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Indicia Publisher: D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd
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Volume: none
Pages: 32
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.10 GBP
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Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour
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Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Displaying free gifts with the issue, a wrist band with 6 stickers.
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Introduction to the issue in black and red text.
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science fiction, sports
Arena
Mark Sabor; Deker (the chief guard); Alexis Powers; the Savage
No mercy! Kill! Kill!
In the 21st Century, Mark Sabor, an author, is sent to a gladiatorial Arena for infringement of the Public Order Code and is revoked of his citizenship. There he is trained to become a gladiator, 21st Century style.
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So you are no longer on the warpath, grandson."

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The Mantracker
Bearpaw Jay
Bearpaw Jay, a highly-decorated ex-Green Beret returns to his home town where he is met by his grandfather, the Blackfoot tribal chief. During a visit to the bank, the grandfather is killed by bankrobbers, of which two escapes. Bearjay pursues them and kills them. The sheriff informs him that there's a five thousand dollars reward for the killers, but instead of putting the money towards the ranch, he decides to get himself a fast set of wheels and some fancy weapons and becomes a bounty hunter.
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The Kyser Experiment
Jeff Lawson; Doctor Kyser; Len Bradley
Goal! We've won the league!
A Doctor performs strange experiments on a football team to make them into a fallible super football team.
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The Walking Bombs
Mike Preston; Andrei Chakov; Professor Hagan; General Bannerman
Good day, General Bannerman.
Nuclear explosions are appearing at various meetings between military and government officials. Secret agents Mike Preston and Andrei Chakov are assigned to investigate the strange explosions.
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First two pages have red colours.
Friend or Foe?

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Profile of the Visual Augmentation System in a fighter aircraft.
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Hitler Lives
Jacob Lindt; Adolf Hitler
Germany is in ruins, yet still you order us to fight on!
At the end of the war, Jacob Lindt is assigned to kill Hitler but when he gets to the bunker he is shown the burnt body of Hitler. Thinking his mission is now over, he is taken into the bunker only to be shown Hitler in suspended animation. The burnt body was an actor. Lindt is now given the task of protecting Hitler and bides his time before he can kill Hitler.
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Character profile of Eddie Kidd
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Who Killed Cassidy?
Jack Cassidy; Ross Harper; Thomas Orkin; Hansom
All units not involved in emergencies report to headquarters immediately.
President Cassidy gets assassinated, and traffic cop Ross Harper arrests Thomas Orkin on suspicion of comitting the crime. At the police station Harper is drugged and falls asleep and when he awakes finds Orkin dead in his cell. His officials finds nothing wrong with his drink and he is thrown out of the police force.
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