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9th January 1971 to
11th March 1972
Written by Alan Fennell *
Drawn By Jorge Badia (JB), Vincente Alcazar (VA), Brian
Lewis (BL), Mike Noble (MN) & Carlos Pino (CP)
(*Confirmation
Needed)
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Started: 1st Jan 1971 - No.1
Replacing:
New Strip

Ended: 11th Mar 1972 - No.11
Replaced by: Unknown |
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(1st Run)
"Stowaway"
09/01/71 - No.1 to 20/02/71 - No.7
After a break-out from Wormwood Scrubs by traitor John Strathmore, Mike
and Max, along with Sue, are hired to drive a truck of machine parts to
Truro in Cornwall. But after passing a roadblock manned by their old
friend Major Graham, they are forced off the road and the crate stolen.
Graham believes Strathmore was in that crate, and the chase begins before
the spy can be smuggled out of Britain...
(JB 1-2,
4-6, VA 3&7)
"Bloody Tourists"
27/02/71
- No.8 to 17/04/71 - No.15
Sheik Kalif, ruler of Rabat, sits on an uneasy throne, as rebel forces are
seen to be armed by ruthless mercenary Carlos Frangier. With Western oil
interests in the country threatened, Major Graham enlists the Freewheelers
to enter the country as tourists, in order to get more information...
(BL)
"Flight into Danger"
(n.b. This one was an actual title given to this
story in the comic)
24/04/71 - No.16 to 15/05/71 - No.19
Major Graham calls upon the Freewheelers to help him trap opposing
secret intelligent agent Ivan Nietsen, only for them to be hi-jacked by
enemy agents on their flight to America...
(MN)
(n.b. This story was half strip, half text)
"Castle Of Death"
22/05/71 - No.20 to 03/07/71 - No.26
British agent 46, Robert Dray, blows his cover while trying to locate a
list of enemy agents and narrowly escapes a foreign country. Major Graham
is informed as he sees off Mike, Max and Sue, driving to the fishing
village of Trecawth on the north-eat coast, and he sends on a telegram
telling them to camp in a nearby ruined castle. But when they see a man
who disappears, and their tents are wrecked, the three become embroiled in
another adventure...
(JB)
(2nd
Run)
"The
Prisoner"
18/12/71 - No.50 to 01/01/72 - No.1
Freewheelers Mike, Sue and Steve are briefed by Dr Jo Bell to join Colonel
Buchan in central Europe, where they attempt to rescue imprisoned nuclear
scientist Professor Otto Stinesky...
(CP)
"Paranoid android"
08/01/72 - No.2 to 11/03/72 - No.11
Colonel Buchan involves the Freewheelers when a series of would-be
assassinations - called 'Operation Millionaire' - threatens the lives of
notable businessmen. When Sir William Redmond is kidnapped by a
helicopter, the Freewheelers' investigations bring them up against a human
looking robot invented by brilliant - but corrupt - computer technician
Ruby Scribner...
(CP)
(Chronology by Shaqui Le Vesconte - n.b.
titles are made up)
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