Socialist Challenge 1980 Socialist Challenge No. 145, 1 May 1980 Bad Taste no. 72: Raid on Entebbe
by Cormac · Socialist Challenge No. 145, 1 May 1980 · p. 15 of the scan · 146 words
The scan: sc-n145-may-01-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)
This text was corrected by hand against the scan: the strip at the head of page 15, which the machine reading did not see; image taken from the scan and its lettering transcribed (18 Oct 2026). Number 72 of Cormac's weekly Bad Taste strip: Raid on Entebbe.
page 15 of the scan
Cormac, "Bad Taste" no. 72, Socialist Challenge no. 145, 1 May 1980, page 15. From the Marxists Internet Archive scan.
The strip, panel by panel
1. BAD TASTE by Cormac #72.
2. "They should never have let Jimmy Carter see that film 'Raid on Entebbe'"
3. "The echoes of gunboat diplomacy mingled with a pop culture of John Wayne and assorted spaghetti westerns .. ... it's called statesmanship!"
4. Thinks: "Jimmy Carter boldly strides down the Tehran streets. His hand hovers near the butt of trusty forty-five ..."
5. "Clint Eastwood's equipment never seems to develop technical faults!"