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TV Guide dated 19-25 May 1984. Cover star Morgan Fairchild was playing Maid Marian in the TV movie The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood. Over in the UK the TV show Robin of Sherwood starring Michael Praed had recently debuted on 28 April 1984 and took a slightly different approach to Robin.

Two-Gun Kid: The Sunset Riders No. 1, dated November 1995. The interior story and art really didn't live up to this cover by Bob Wakelin (1952-2018).

Bob is best remembered for his computer game box art and to UK comic readers for his painted covers for Marvel UK, the London Editions DC reprint line and Starlord weekly from IPC. The Starlord covers aren't always remembered for the right reasons though and if you search for Starlord No. 14 on this blog then you'll see what I mean.

In case you don't know, the Kid had travelled into the future at one point in the pages of The Avengers and presumably this is how he came to be in possession of an Intratec TEC-9 sub-machine gun on this cover. Marvel.

Tornado No. 6, dated 28 April 1979. Storm cover by Ian Kennedy, the second of his six covers for the comic. Below: You'll be speechless with rage!

The Crunch No. 15, dated 28 April 1979. The Mantracker cover by Mike Dorey.

The image is unashamedly modified and 'reused' in The Crunch No. 46 to represent the Hugh Marston 'Hit Man' character.

Warlord No. 240, dated 28 April 1979. 'Bring-'Em-Back-Bert' cover by Jeff Bevan. The interior art on the strip was by Vanyo.

Battle Action dated 28 April 1979. Don't know who did cover art on this although some of the faces look like they were drawn by Carlos Ezquerra.