Major Eazy & Rat Pack go Sci Fi?

Guess they must've been running out of ideas at this point.

Eazy and Rat Pack are up against a German scientist who's created a device that can turn any living thing into a vicious killer.

After surviving last weeks attack by wolves and deer they ended up having Turk turned against them. With yet another example of insane logic, rather than let Turk finish the job, the Germans turn off the device, take them all back to their base then turn it on Weasel to demonstrate how it works (huh??????).

Anyway, their plans come to nowt when Weazel pulls a Doctor Who stunt and "reverses the polarity" of the device so the animals turn on the Germans.

An odd and rather crappy story.

Johnny Red

Very pleased to get this 12th Feb 1977 issue.

Not only because its the proper start of Eazy being in charge of Rat Pack, but mainly Johnny Red.

"Aieee!" Count: 0

Now, i got all these issues when the first came out but only started keeping them from about '79 onwards. That means my strongest memories are of the John Cooper later episodes. While there was nothing wrong with the artwork, i did find the whole "paint the hurricane red and bung a skull on it to scare the Nazis" a bit silly.

So, nice to see again after 31 years some Coloquon-era action. And brilliant it is too. He was a master of the use of black and his hardware always looked spot on. Why can't we have a tribute book along the lines of the Brian Bolland one a coupla years back?

Also significant here is Johnny's introduction to The Falcons.

"Aieeee!" Count: Possible Russian alternative with "Haaaieeeeee!"