Doctor Who comics made their first appearance in the USA courtesy of Marvel via their UK franchise in Doctor Who Weekly from which these stories are reprinted and also for the first time in colour for the American market.
The format changed not only to colour but to the smaller American comic size. The initial story featured the Fourth Doctor in the Tom Baker years and lasted for four initial issues in this "try out" comic before moving on to having a solo title.
The Iron Legion by Pat Mills & John Wagner with art from Brian Bolland is of course well known to whovians in the UK and appeared in Doctor Who Weekly #1 to 8 and set the tone for the future direction of Doctor Who comics. Marvel issued UK originated material in their Doctor Who Weekly/Monthly which lasted for 23 issues and went on to feature Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor!
If you haven't read the story it's still available from Panini in a collected volume featuring Tom Baker and well worth picking up as the represent all the original strips in glorious black & white which I quite like.
Meanwhile as time moves on Titan Comics are preparing a new series of Doctor Who comics featuring none other than the wonderful "Missy" the female incarnation of the Master. If you miss Missy there are also two series of her adventures available on CD from Big Finish productions.
Titan Comics are announcing the launch of a brand-new Doctor Who Comics series and the comic debut of one of the Doctor's darkest nemeses this April with Missy #1.
Missy wages war on the Doctor, but this time she’s not alone! Can the combined brilliance of the Third and Twelfth Doctor avert her deadly scheme, or will she get her hands on a secret weapon capable of wreaking havoc on the universe?
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