Feel The Crunch!

The Crunch appeared in 1979 and was DC Thompson's attempt to capture the Action / 2000AD market. Strips included the futuristic Arena, 'Injun' bounty hunter Mantracker, a vaguely sci-fi themed soccer story (!), The Walking Bombs, Hitler Lives (always a good standby) and the conspiracy thriller Who Killed Cassidy? Oh, and a feature on Eddie Kidd.


Issue 1's free Black Band was ill-fitting and uncomfortable, and the stickers were rubbish.





I can't recall how exciting (or more likely not) the Crunch Crazy Cars were, but four issues of freebies? You have to like that.




















Sadly, though The Crunch was almost laughably macho and as violent as would be allowed in those post-Action days, it never quite hit the spot, and I stopped buying it after issue 9. Great cover though!