Probationer: A working-class man finds himself being drawn against his will into the criminal underworld. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek Magazine) and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War and “Dan Dare”. Action was a British weekly boys' comic published by IPC Magazines from 14 February 1976 to 5 November 1977, when it merged with war comic Battle after 86 issues. The comic was created by Pat Mills and Geoff Kemp. Bishop, David (14 February 2017). Thrill-Power Overload: 2000 AD - the First Forty Years: Revised and Expanded. ISBN 9781781085226.

Hook Jaw is back – and Titan Comics has snagged him!

Much has been made of 'Hookjaw's environmental agenda, but I think this is stretching a point really. It's true the first strip does feature a villainous oil rig owner who cares nothing for how much he pollutes, but this is more by way of giving us a bad guy to jeer at. By the second adventure the green agenda is much less clear, by the third story it has disappeared completely and the villains are merely robbers. Greaser was the chief engineer on McNally’s oil rig. He initially sided with McNally in any conflict but as the story developed, saw the error of his ways and supported Mason. He met his fate in the jaws of the Great White attempting to deal it a fatal blow with some power cables. Alas, Hook Jaw was merely stunned. Anyway it all came crashing down for 'Action' when the newspapers started campaigns against it. The 23rd October 1976 edition was printed… but never made it to the newsagents. Most of the print run was pulped and if you have a copy of it, it fetches very high prices today. When the comic returned on 4th December 1976 it had been gutted as effectively as one of Hookjaw's victims. The violence, gore and anti-establishment style of the comic had been totally removed. The killer shark was now only allowed to kill bad guys and then only out-of-shot. The fun had gone out of it too and within a year 'Action' was merged with 'Battle' and 'Hookjaw' was gone completely. Since 2016 the rights to Action and its contents have been owned by Rebellion Developments. [14] [15] In 2017, Rebellion leased the rights to "Hook Jaw" to Titan Comics, who produced a five-part mini-series written by Simon Spurrier and drawn by Conor Boyle, and also published a collected edition of the Action strips to tie in with the series. [16] [17] It's best to read these one at a time, as they were designed to be read on a weekly basis. Doing that you can see, with the first two stories, how well they work, as things escalate across them.It was decided by Mason that escape was the best option. An attempt was made to get off the rig, but the escape was thwarted by McNally's attempt to kill Hook Jaw again. An attempt that failed and destroyed the means of escape from the rig.

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Haugland, T.; Rudolfsen, G.; Figenschou, L.; Folstad, I. (2011). "Is the adipose fin and the lower jaw (kype) related to social dominance in male Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus?". Journal of Fish Biology. 79 (4): 1076–1083. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03087.x. PMID 21967591. The position of the hook jaw may be in different angles compared to the body. The most common is parallel, followed by perpendicular.The extinct sabertooth salmon, Oncorhynchus rastrosus, was first named for its prominent premaxillary dentition. It possessed an enormous conical tooth on each premaxilla. There is no visible kype on the dentary, implying a different strategy for forming mate dominance. [12] Gallery [ edit ]