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Forces in Combat comic issues

 

War stories reprint series aimed at the UK market.

 

Stories are in black and white with a colour centre spread and colour front and back covers (colour centre pages dropped in issue 14), like Battle Picture Weekly and other British comics of the time.

 

Newspaper style paper without a glossy cover.

 

NOTE - The issues dates were all over the place.  11 and 12 have the same date and they kept changing the day it came out.

 

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Forces in Combat comics Cover   No   Issue date   Comic issues   Check     1 15 May 1980 Forces in Combat #1 Coupon first half 1 15 May 1980 Forces in Combat #1 with free gift Coupon first half 2 22 May 1980 Forces in Combat #2 Coupon first half and on rear cover 2 22 May 1980 Forces in Combat #2 with free gift Coupon first half and on rear cover 3 29 May 1980 Forces in Combat #3 Coupon first half 3 29 May 1980 Forces in Combat #3 with free gift Coupon first half 4 05 June 1980 Forces in Combat #4 Coupon just after centre pages 5 12 June 1980 Forces in Combat #5 3 page Karate feature. No coupons. 6 19 June 1980 Forces in Combat #6 Week 1 of cut out combat map 7 26 June 1980 Forces in Combat #7 Week 2 of cut out combat map just before centre pages 8 03 July 1980 Forces in Combat #8 Week 3 of cut out combat map just before centre pages. Palitoy spot the difference comp first half. 9 10 July 1980 Forces in Combat #9 Week 4 (last one) of cut out combat map just before centre pages. 10 17 July 1980 Forces in Combat #10 Coupon just before centre pages 11 24 July 1980 Forces in Combat #11 Coupon second half. Note issues 11 and 12 have same issue date. 12 24 July 1980 Forces in Combat #12 Note - issues 11 and 12 have same issue date. This should be 31 July 1980. 13 07 August 1980 Forces in Combat #13 No coupons. 14 14 August 1980 Forces in Combat #14 Coupon first half 15 21 August 1980 Forces in Combat #15 No coupons 16 28 August 1980 Forces in Combat #16 Double page ROM colour pin-up centre pages 17 04 September 1980 Forces in Combat #17 Double page colour pin-up poster centre pages 18 11 September 1980 Forces in Combat #18 Coupon second half and inside rear cover 19 17 September 1980 Forces in Combat #19 Coupon centre pages and on rear cover 20 01 January 1975 Forces in Combat #20 Spot the difference comp/contest first half, colour in section second half an coupon rear cover 21 02 October 1980 Forces in Combat #21 Coupon first half 22 09 October 1980 Forces in Combat #22 Coupon rear cover. Future Tense and Valour full page launch advert. Page 1 of 2 (40 items)< Prev12Next > Page size: 5 10 20 50 100 200 Loading…

Total records: 40

Publication summary  

First issue	15 May 1980   (#1)
Last issue	21 January 1985   (#37)
Total issues	37
Average pages	N/A
Frequency	WEEKLY
End of life	Merged into Future Tense
Wikipedia entry	N/A
Publisher	Marvel UK
Issue Info	ComicVine
Copyright holder	Marvel

Free gifts summary

 

#1	15 May 1980	Tank sticker
#2	22 May 1980	War machine sticker
#3	29 May 1980	Sticker

 

Key issues summary

 

#1	15 May 1980	First issue
#2	22 May 1980	Second issue
#3	29 May 1980	Third issue
#16	28 August 1980	Double page ROM colour pin-up centre pages
#17	04 September 1980	Double page colour pin-up poster centre pages
#35	07 January 1981	Special red cover
#37	21 January 1981	Final issue before merge with Future Tense

 

General comic range checking notes

 

All of these have colour centre pages for the first 14 issues.

 

Individual issue checking notes summary

 

#1	15 May 1980	Coupon first half
#2	22 May 1980	Coupon first half and on rear cover
#3	29 May 1980	Coupon first half
#4	05 June 1980	Coupon just after centre pages
#5	12 June 1980	3 page Karate feature. No coupons.
#6	19 June 1980	Week 1 of cut out combat map
#7	26 June 1980	Week 2 of cut out combat map just before centre pages
#8	03 July 1980	Week 3 of cut out combat map just before centre pages. Palitoy spot the difference comp first half.
#9	10 July 1980	Week 4 (last one) of cut out combat map just before centre pages.
#10	17 July 1980	Coupon just before centre pages
#11	24 July 1980	Coupon second half. Note issues 11 and 12 have same issue date.
#12	24 July 1980	Note - issues 11 and 12 have same issue date. This should be 31 July 1980.
#13	07 August 1980	No coupons.
#14	14 August 1980	Coupon first half
#15	21 August 1980	No coupons
#16	28 August 1980	Double page ROM colour pin-up centre pages
#17	04 September 1980	Double page colour pin-up poster centre pages
#18	11 September 1980	Coupon second half and inside rear cover
#19	17 September 1980	Coupon centre pages and on rear cover
#20	01 January 1975	Spot the difference comp/contest first half, colour in section second half an coupon rear cover
#21	02 October 1980	Coupon first half
#22	09 October 1980	Coupon rear cover. Future Tense and Valour full page launch advert.
#23	16 October 1980	Coupon rear cover. Future Tense and Valour full page launch advert.
#24	22 October 1980	Coupon rear cover. Future Tense and Valour full page launch advert rear cover.
#25	29 October 1980	No coupons
#26	05 November 1980	Coupons centre pages. Future Tense and Valour full page launch advert inside rear cover.
#27	12 November 1980	Coupons centre pages
#28	19 November 1980	No coupons
#29	26 November 1980	No coupons
#30	03 December 1980	No coupons
#31	10 December 1980	Coupon inside rear cover
#32	17 December 1980	Coupon rear cover
#33	24 December 1980	Coupon second half
#34	31 December 1980	Coupon second half
#35	07 January 1981	Coupon rear cover
#36	14 January 1981	Coupon rear cover
#37	21 January 1981	Merge advert inside rear cover with newsagent coupon. Coupon rear cover.

 

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