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The Doctor’s Comic Strip Stories
Fifth Doctor Comic Strip Stories:
 * Doctor Who: `The Stockbridge Horror`
 * First Appeared: DWM (Issues 74-75)

Back-Up Comic Strip Stories

 * Skywatch-7 (Part Two)
 * First Appeared: DWMS Winter 1981


 * The Fires Down Below
 * First Appeared: DWM (Issue 64)

Also Featuring

 * Who Cares (Letters Page)
 * Who Knows (News)
 * Doctor Who? by Tim Quinn & Dicky Howett (Two repriints)
 * Pen Pals and Fan Clubs by Patrick Daniel O'Neill

Credited Credits

 * The Master: Jim Shooter
 * The Editor: Jim Salicrup
 * The Assistant: Adam Philips
 * Art Director: John Romita
 * Assistant Art Director: Tom Morgan
 * Art Assistant: Phil (Time) Lord
 * Assistant Production Co-ordinator: Phil Felix
 * Production Co-ordinator: Anita Duncan
 * Production: Paul Becton, Harry Candelario, Rob Carosella, Dawn Geiger, Barbara Johnston, Ken Lopez, Michael Maier, Bill Oakley and Bill Vallely.
 * Typesetting: Brenda Mings
 * Design: Janet Jackson
 * Proofreader: Jack Able
 * Traffic Manager: Virginia Romita
 * Cover Artist: Steve Parkhouse
 * Cover Colorist: George Roussos
 * Colorist: Andy Yanchus
 * Truely insignificant in the cosmic scheme of it all: Irving Forbush

Further Information

 * Following the success of the Doctor’s comic strip adventures in the UK’s Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) and the trial period in Doctor Who Marvel Premiere (Issues 57-60) (DWMP) comics, this separate title was released in the USA and ran for 23 issues.
 * This all colour monthly title was priced $1.50 (US).
 * All the comic strips reprinted in DWUS were cleaned up with many being presented in full colour for the first.
 * Specially commissioned artwork for this issue was provided by Steve Parkhouse and Paul Neary.
 * The reprinted comic strip material in this issue is once more sourced in this publication.
 * This is the penultimate issue.
 * Comment in this issue states that;
 * Poor sales are largely responsible for the cancellation of this title. ‘Doctor Who’ is only sold at selected outlets and by subscription. Sales have been dropping and as a result fewer issues have been printed. “A great many of the Doctor’s followers are simply unaware that [this] comic book exists, or they simply don’t know where to find us.”