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CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF BRITAIN'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL COMIC!
Violent, gritty and unrelenting, Action comic was the brainchild of Pat Mills and Geoff Kemp. Tasked with creating a new anthology comic for the IPC's boys adventure division, the pair rapidly developed a winning formula: reimagining existing story ideas from fresh perspectives and infusing them with a healthy dose of modern realism. With strips such as Hookjaw, Dredger, Look Out For Lefty and Blackjack, success was instantaneous but so was the criticism. Many of the press including, The London Evening Standard, The Sun and the Daily Mail were quick to denounce the comic, while Mary Whitehouse and the pressure group, Delegates Opposing Violent Education, piled pressure on the IPC board to do something about it.
In less than a year, Action was pulled from circulation, then returned months later, a sanitised, pale shadow of its former self. But the spark had already been lit. Action had made its mark and became the catalyst for the evolution of the British comics scene, pathing the way for 2000 AD and the British invasion of UK talent into America.
Collected here are the first twelve issues of Action, containing all of the strips and some of the editorial that created so much infamy back in the 1970s.
Contents
All strips included in issues 1-12 (14th February 1976 - 1st May 1976) of the original Action comic, including:
Dredger - Writers: Kelvin Gosnell, Pat Mills, Steve MacManus, Chris Lowder, Geoff Kemp Artist: Horacio Altuna
Hellman of Hammer Force - Writer: Gerry Finley-Day Artist: Mike Dorey
Blackjack - Writers: John Wagner, Chris Lowder Artists: Leopoldo Sanchez, Gustavos Trigo
The Coffin Sub - Writer: Ron Carpenter Artist: Angelo Todaro
Green's Grudge War - Writer: Gerry Finley-Day Artist: Massimo Belardinelli
Hook Jaw - Writers: Pat Mills, Ken Armstrong Artist: Ramon Sola
Play Till You Drop - Writer: Ron Carpenter Artist: Barrie Mitchell
The Running Man - Writer: Steve MacManus Artist: Lalia
Look Out For Lefty - Writer: Tom Tully Artist: Barrie Mitchell
Sport's Not For Losers - Writer: Steve MacManus Artist: Dudley L. Wynn
