UPDATED: Action Man - Tower Magazines (1995)

In 1995 publishers Tower magazines became a short-lived comics publisher. This is their debut on the blog. This title is not to be confused with a separate (and much longer-running) Action Man comic published by Panini (1996-2006) - see wikipedia entry here.

Action Man comic, issue #1, 99p, 29th June to 13th July, cover art by Colin MacNeil

the back cover has an ad for #2 - this image wasn't on the cover for issue 2 but it was used as the centrespread poster (in issue 2). Art by Colin MacNeill.

Scripts by Ben James. pencils by Duke Mighten, Mike McKone, Simon Fraser. Inks by Robin Smith and Vincent Danks. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock.

Action Man comic, issue #2, 99p, 13th July to 27th July, cover art by Colin MacNeil

cover based on the Colin MacNeill image teased last issue

the back cover has an ad for #3 - this image wasn't on the cover for issue 3 but it was used as the centrespread poster (in issue 3). Art by Colin MacNeill.

Scripts by Ben James. Pencils by Duke Mighten, Ed Hillyer, Paul Marshall. Inks by Martin Griffiths. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock.

Action Man comic, issue #3, 99p, 27th July to 10th August, cover art by Martin Griffiths & Robin Smith

cover based on the Colin MacNeill image teased last issue

Scripts by Ben James. Pencils by Jon Rushby, Andrew Currie, Martin Griffiths. Inks by Robin Smith. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock.

Action Man comic, issue #4, undated, 99p, cover art by Duke Mighten

Scripts by Ben James. Pencils by Jose Fonteriz, Andrew Currie, Martin Griffiths. Inks by Robin Smith. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock. Centrespread poster by Colin MacNeill.

Action Man comic, issue #5, undated, £1.95, cover art by Jose Forteriz

Bit of a price rise here - from 99p to £1.95

Scripts by Ben James & Jonathan Clements. Pencils by Jose Fonteriz, Andrew Currie, Colin MacNeill, Garry Marshall & William Potter. Inks by Robin Smith. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock. Centrespread poster by Duke Mighten.

Action Man comic, issue #6, undated, £1.20, cover art by Jose Forteriz

The price has now come down to £1.20

Scripts by Ben James. Pencils by Jose Fonteriz, Andrew Currie, Colin MacNeill, Garry Marshall & William Potter. Inks by Robin Smith. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock. Centrespread poster by Duke Mighten.

Action Man - Tower Magazines (1995)

In 1995 publishers Tower magazines became a short-lived comics publisher. This is their debut on the blog. This title is not to be confused with a separate (and much longer-running) Action Man comic published by Panini (1996-2006) - see wikipedia entry here.

Action Man comic, issue #1, 99p, 29th June to 13th July, cover art by Colin MacNeil

the back cover has an ad for #2 - this image wasn't on the cover for issue 2 but it was used as the centrespread poster (in issue 2). Art by Colin MacNeill.

Scripts by Ben James. pencils by Duke Mighten, Mike McKone, Simon Fraser. Inks by Robin Smith and Vincent Danks. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock.

Action Man comic, issue #2, 99p, 13th July to 27th July, cover art by Colin MacNeil

cover based on the Colin MacNeill image teased last issue

the back cover has an ad for #3 - this image wasn't on the cover for issue 3 but it was used as the centrespread poster (in issue 3). Art by Colin MacNeill.

Scripts by Ben James. Pencils by Duke Mighten, Ed Hillyer, Paul Marshall. Inks by Martin Griffiths. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock.

Action Man comic, issue #3, 99p, 27th July to 10th August, cover art by Martin Griffiths & Robin Smith

cover based on the Colin MacNeill image teased last issue

Scripts by Ben James. Pencils by Jon Rushby, Andrew Currie, Martin Griffiths. Inks by Robin Smith. Colours by Angus McKie and Alan Craddock.

Action Man comic, issue #4
cover art not to hand - can you help?

Action Man comic, issue #5
cover art not to hand - can you help?

Action Man comic, issue #6
cover art not to hand - can you help?

Colin MacNeil covers - part 1

Now that Lawless comic convention (Bristol, Saturday 18th May 2019) - get yer tickets here - have announced Colin MacNeil as a guest I thought I'd see what comics I owned that featured covers by Colin...

First up is the short lived (6 issues only) Action Man comic from 1995, published by Tower Magazines (and not to be confused with the much longer running Action Man comic). Here's the cover to issue 1...

And here's the back cover of issue 1 trailing the cover for issue 2

Hmmm, here's the actual cover for issue 2 - clearly based on the above issue but not by Colin (even though he's still credited inside as the cover artist).

Space Precinct 2040 was another short-lived series (6 issues only) and Colin illustrated just one cover...

Ron Smith advertises Action Man

From 'Doctor Who Weekly' issue #41 (23/07/80) comes this great combination of my childhood - yes, it's Ron Smith helping to advertise Action Man - what a start to the '80s!