DWMS Summer 1985

Doctor Who Summer Special 1985 was unique in the early days of the Marvel special issues of Doctor Who Magazine. It was dominated by an all-colour adaptation of the Fourth Doctor comic, "The Iron Legion", and the backup strip "K-9's Finest Hour". As such, many have considered it more graphic novel than special issue. Nevertheless, its indicia title firmly places it as the Summer Special of 1985.

Articles

 * None

Comic Strips

 * The Iron Legion
 * (Reprinted from DWM Issues 1-8)


 * K-9's Finest Hour
 * (Reprinted from DWM Issue 12)

Fiction

 * None

Archives (Retold by episode, no credits)

 * None

Interviews / Profiles

 * Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons

Previews

 * None

Reviews

 * None

A4 Pin-ups

 * Mena from The Leisure Hive
 * The Sixth Doctor and Peri from The Two Doctors
 * Bonus Pin-up: `Davros and the Daleks!` by Dave Cockrum and Joe Robinstein
 * Pin-up: K-9's Finest Hour title page (by artist Paul Neary with colours by Yanchus)

Also Featuring

 * Time Loops (one page editorial)
 * Full page advert for Doctor Who Magazine
 * Full page advert for Marvel's Captain Britain title as well as another for this Summers other delux editions.

Credits

 * None given

Further Information

 * Holiday Specials were tradition bumper sized comics/magazines from the publishers of regular titles. Produced twice yearly they were generally released around Summer and Autumn time in time for the school summer holidays and the Christmas holiday period.
 * This tenth Special offering was different in that it was bound not stapled and offered UK readers the chance to see the popular The Iron Legion comic strip adventure re-edited into a compilation that was presented in full colour. (K-9's Finest Hour was also treated the same).
 * The colourist for all the presented artwork and strips was Yanchus
 * The editorial suggests that this "delux full colour edition" format would be a regular release in the wake of the recent Doctor Who title) that had been launched in the USA. (In fact Marvel released six titles in this format for the UK in the Summer of 1985).
 * The editorial also includes covers of the Doctors first two American comicbook appearances in the Marvel Premiere title
 * This regular sized, (almost) full colour sized issue, was printed in December 1984 and had a cover price of £1.20 (UK).
 * The cover featured new artwork by Dave Gibbons that was finished by John Higgins.
 * As a one-off edition of a single comic strip story this Summer Special is also listed as a Doctor Who Magazine - Graphic Novels