Censored MACH1 art from prog 4 up for sale

Comic book postal auctions have some goodies up for sale in their latest auction (here) but I just wanted to highlight this page in particular...

This is page 1 of the MACH1 strip that appeared in 2000AD prog 4 but there are some interesting differences between what Enio drew and what Tharg would print....

Also note the story title 'A man called probe' rather than MACH1 

Here's the page as it appeared in prog 4 (19th March 1977)

so there are quite a few differences then!

1). The image of the scientists in the top left of the page has been shrunk down and moved to the top right of the page (and the logo has obscured the scientist on the left hand side of the image completely

2). Two of the rebel figures (on the left hand side of the page) have been cropped out of the final image entirely

3). the vehicles on the right hand side of the page have been left out of the printed page (they're effectively behind the "In 24 hours a president must die!" balloon)

4). the cap that the rebel leader was wearing has been removed

5). as has his moustache - and thus his rather obvious similarity to Fidel Castro has been changed completely

Good luck if you bid - at the time of typing bids have reached £330 - I'm going to stick my neck out and say this'll make £1,000

I've covered recent MACH1 original art sales here

Boom! Sells for £1,380 (including 19% buyer's premiun)