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British weekly comic
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
Battle Picture Weekly (кейде Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force деп те аталды) – IPC Magazines басылымы, 1975 жылдың 8 наурызынан 1988 жылдың 23 қаңтарына дейін шыққан, 644 санынан кейін Eagle журналымен біріккен британдық ер балаларға арналған соғыс комиксі. Көптеген оқиғалар Екінші дүниежүзілік соғыста өрбіседі, ал кейбіреулері басқа қақтығыстарға негізделген, сондай-ақ деректік материалдар да соғысқа қатысты болды. Бәсекелес DC Thomson-ның ұқсас тақырыптағы Warlord комиксіне жауап ретінде Пат Миллс пен Джон Вагнер жасаған бұл комикс бірден сәттілікке жетті. Комиксте жарияланған көптеген әңгімелер сыншылардың мақтауына ие болды және жинақталған басылымдарда, әсіресе "Чарлидің соғысы" шығармасында жарияланды. 2016 жылдан бастап Rebellion Developments Battle Picture Weekly кейіпкерлері мен материалдарының көп бөлігіне иелік етеді және қайта жаңғырту басылымдарын шығарады.
British weekly comic
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
1970 жылдары IPC Magazines Ұлыбританиядағы ең ірі комикс баспагерлерінің бірі болды, олардың портфелінде әрқайсысы шамамен ширек миллион дана сатылатын апталық антологиялар жиынтығы бар еді. Алайда, редакциялық директор болып тағайындалғаннан кейін Джон Сандерс нарық жалпы қысқарып бара жатқанын, ал теледидар басты қауіп екенін түсіне бастады. Ол компания құрылымының салдарынан көптеген әрекеттері сәтсіз аяқталды; компанияның көптеген қызметкерлері (басқарма мүшелері де бар) Amalgamated Press және Fleetway Publications кезінде ондаған жылдар бойы компанияда жұмыс істеген және қатаң дәстүрлі болған. IPC 1969 жылдан 1971 жылға дейін көптеген атауларды шығарды, бірақ олардың көбі ұзаққа соқпады. Сондай-ақ, компанияның атаулары әртүрлі бөлімдерге бөлінген архаикалық ішкі құрылым болды – жігіттерге арналған оқиғалар, әзіл, қыздар және т.б. – олар бір-бірімен қызметкерлерді сирек алмастырды. IPC-нің ең ірі бәсекелесі DC Thomson-дағы қызметкерлік жұмысын тастағаннан кейін Пэт Миллс пен Джон Вагнер бос жұмыс істейтін жазушылар ретінде жұмыс істей бастады және Лондон компаниясының қыздар комикстері үшін сценарийлер тапсырды. Олардың Тамми, Джинти және Принцесса Тина сияқты жұмыстарында әлеуметтік реализм мен жаңалық бар, бұл Сандерске ерекше әсер етті, ол екеуімен одан әрі жұмыс істеу мүмкіндігін іздеді. 1974 жылы DC Thomson "Соғыс әміршісі" комиксін іске қосқанда Миллс пен Вагнерді жұмысқа алу мүмкіндігі туды. Соғыс комикстері елуінші жылдардан бері британдық ұлдар комикстерінің маңызды бөлігі болған кезде – антологияларда және Команда және Соғыс сурет кітапханасы сияқты сурет кітапханаларында – "Соғыс әміршісі" жанрға толығымен бағытталған алғашқы апталық комикс болды. Оның орнына әртүрлі театрлар мен қызметтер арасында таралған оқиғалар әртүрлілікті қамтамасыз етті; нәтижесінде ол үлкен жетістікке жетті. IPC DC Thomson немесе кез келген басқа бәсекелес жаңа хитке жауап ретінде өздерінің ұқсас комиксін шығарып, тіпті процесті жеделдету үшін әртүрлі жанрлардағы жарияланбаған жолақтар тізімін ұстап тұрудың қатаң саясатын ұстады. Алайда Сандерс IPC-нің "Соғыс әміршісі" комиксіне басқаша көзқараспен қарауын қалады, ол Миллс пен Вагнерге жүгінді. Күтпеген бірігудің нәтижесінде "Акула операциясы", "Бейтаныс сарбаз" және "Сары Джек" атты үш оқиға орын алу үшін қысқартылды. 1980 жылдың шілдесінде комикс елеулі қайта жобалауға ұшырады, жаңа логотиппен (акция атаудан жоғалып, ол енді жай ғана Battle болды) және алғаш рет алдыңғы мұқаба жолағы (әдетте "Джонни Ред" және "Чарлидің соғысы" арасында ауыстырылды), сондай-ақ қолмен жазуға ауысу. Тағы бір өзгеріс - бұл Миллс пен басқалардың Сандерске IPC саясатын өзгертуге лоббилеуінің нәтижесі болды. Алайда, сатулар 1980 жылғы NUJ ереуілімен көмектеспей, төмендеуін жалғастырды және табыстылықты сақтау үшін комикс 1981 жылдың наурыз айында "Darkie's Mob" басылымынан бастап қайта басып шығаруды қолдануға мәжбүр болды. Томлинсон мен Маги де соғыс тақырыбынан бас тартып, басқа жанрлардан жұмыстар тапсырды. "Джимми Чангтың тұмсықтары" Брюс Лидің жекпе-жек өнерінің мазасына айналды, "Трак Терпин" жүк көлігі мен CB радиосының қызығушылығына негізделді, ал "Аңшылар S. I.6" ITV хитінің лицензиясыз нұсқасы болды. 1982 жылы Фолкленд аралдарында соғыс басталғанда, редакция тобы қиындыққа тап болды, бұл британдық патриотизмге және соғысқа деген қызығушылыққа себеп болды. Кейбір пікірталастардан кейін редакция тобы бұл жанжал аяқталғанға дейін оны талқыламауға шешім қабылдады. Жаулық әрекеттер аяқталғаннан кейін Вагнердің "Фолклендтер үшін күрес" комиксі басталды. Кейінірек жазушы бұл оқиғадан ұялып, сол кездегі патриоттық көңіл күйге еріп, үкіметтің соғыс есебін тым жақыннан қадағалағанын мойындады. Ол Алан Грантпен бірлесіп жазған ғылыми-фантастикалық "1984 жылғы шабуыл!" комиксіне де риза болмады; екеуі де сол кезде өте өнімді болғандықтан Сандерс олардан псевдоним пайдалануын талап етті. 2009 жылдың 1 сәуір күні Egmont UK компаниясы W H Smith компаниясымен бірлесіп, олардың қорындағы 4 арнайы қайта басылым жинағын жариялады, оның ішінде Battle комиксінің жолақтарының жинағы да бар. Titan Comics кейіннен Egmont компаниясынан әртүрлі атауларды қайта басылым жинақтары үшін лицензиялады, 2009 жылы The Best of Battle комиксімен бастап. "Чарлидің соғысы", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" және Эннис құрастырған Battle Classics комиксінің екі томы жарияланды. 2015 жылдың қараша айында Эннис пен суретші Кит Бернс Titan Comics баспасында жаңа 8 бөлімдік "Johnny Red: Hurricane" комиксін қайта жаңғыртты.
British weekly comic
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
Rebellion Developments
British weekly comic
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
2016 жылы Rebellion Developments Egmont компаниясына тиесілі құқықтарды сатып алды. Екі жылдан кейін, 2018 жылдың тамыз айында олар PS4 ойыны Sniper Elite-ден алынған "Sniper Elite: Resistance" комиксінің 3 бөлімдік жаңа сериясын шығарды, авторы Кит Ричардсон мен Патрик Годдард. 1941 жылы неміс оккупациясы астындағы Францияда өтетін оқиғада Rat Pack кейіпкерлері де пайда болды. "Darkie's Mob" және "Чарлидің соғысы" комикстері кейіннен Judge Dredd Megazine журналында қайта басылды, ал "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" комиксі Judge Dredd Megazine журналының 397-ші санымен бірге берілген қосымшада жинақталды. Rebellion сонымен қатар "El Mestizo", "1984 жылғы шабуыл!", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" және "Clash of the Guards" комикстерін Treasury of British Comics таңбасымен қайта басып шығарды. 2020 жылдың қыркүйегінде Rebellion Battle комиксінің 100 беттік арнайы нөмірін шығарды, ол да Treasury of British Comics таңбасымен жарияланды. "Battle of Britain Special" деп аталған комикске әртүрлі жазушылар мен суретшілердің он жаңа оқиғасы енді. Өткен Battle комиксінің бірнеше кейіпкерлері қайта жаңғыртылды, оның ішінде Алан Хебден жазған "El Mestizo" және Эннис жазған "Rat Pack" комиксі. Басқа оқиғаларда жаңа кейіпкерлер мен оқиғалар, соның ішінде Дэн Эбнетт жазған War Child комиксі, War Child қайырымдылық ұйымымен бірлесіп жасалған. 2022 жылдың маусымында Rebellion Эннис жазған және әртүрлі суретшілер салған жаңа оқиғалары бар Battle Action Special комиксін шығарды. 2023 жылдың мамырынан бастап Rebellion Battle Action комиксінің бес бөлімдік сериясын шығарды, әр нөмірінде екі толық оқиға бар.
British weekly comic
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
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British weekly comic
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
Battle Picture Weekly оқиғаларының тізімі
British weekly comic
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
Атаулар
Battle Picture Weekly (8 наурыз 1975 [1-шы нөмір] – 16 қазан 1976 [85-ші нөмір])
Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 қазан 1976 [86-шы нөмір] – 1 қазан 1977 [135-ші нөмір])
Battle Holiday Special (7 басылым, 1980-1983 және 1987-1989 жылдары)
Battle Annual (3 басылым, 1983-1984 және 1988 жылдары)
Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 басылым, 1984-1986 жылдары)
Battle Action Force Annual (3 басылым, 1985-1987 жылдары)
Battle with Storm Force Annual (1 басылым, 1989 жыл)
British weekly comic
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts, while factual features also focused on warfare. Devised by Pat Mills and John Wagner in response to rival DC Thomson's similarly themed Warlord, the title was an instant success. Many of the stories printed in the comic have since received critical acclaim and been published in collected editions, notably "Charley's War". Since 2016 Rebellion Developments have owned the majority of Battle Picture Weekly'''s characters and material, and have published revival publications. Creation
By the 1970s, IPC Magazines were one of the largest comics publishers in Britain, their portfolio centred around a stable of weekly anthologies that sold around a quarter of a million copies each. However, since being appointed Editorial Director, John Sanders became increasingly aware the market as a whole was shrinking, with television the main threat. He found many of his attempts frustrated by the structure of the company; many of the company's staff (including board members) had been with the company for decades since their days as Amalgamated Press and Fleetway Publications, and were strict traditionalists. IPC launched a slew of titles from 1969 to 1971, but few survived for long. There was also an archaic internal structure where the company's titles were divided into various departments – boy's adventure, humour, girls and so forth – which rarely exchanged staff between each other. Having left staff jobs at IPC's largest rival DC Thomson, Pat Mills and John Wagner began working as freelancers and submitting scripts for the London company's girls comics. Their work for the likes of Tammy, Jinty and Princess Tina featured a degree of social realism and freshness that stood out to Sanders, who looked for an opportunity to work with the pair further. An opportunity to recruit Mills and Wagner came in 1974, when DC Thomson launched Warlord. While war comics had been a staple of British boys' titles since the fifties – both as features in anthologies and as a staple of picture library titles like Commando and War Picture Library – Warlord was the first ongoing weekly to centre on the genre entirely. The variety was instead provided by the stories being spread between different theatres and services; the result was a smash hit. IPC had a firm policy of responding to any new hit by DC Thomson or any other rival by launching a similar title of their own in response, even keeping an inventory of unpublished strips in various genres to speed up the process. However, Sanders wanted a different approach for IPC's answer to Warlord, turning to Mills and Wagner. The unexpected merger saw three stories – "Operation Shark", "The Unknown Soldier" and "Yellow Jack" – cut short to make space. Battle
In July 1980 the comic underwent a significant redesign, with a new logo (with Action disappearing from the title, which was now simply Battle) and – for the first time – a front cover strip (typically rotated between "Johnny Red" and "Charley's War"), as well as switching to hand lettering. Another change was the appearance of creator credits, fruit of Mills and others' lobbying of Sanders to reverse IPC policy. However, sales continued to dip – not helped by the 1980 NUJ strike – and to keep profitability the title was forced to use reprints, beginning with "Darkie's Mob" in March 1981. Tomlinson and Magee also broke away from the all war approach and commissioned works from other genres – "The Fists of Jimmy Chang" cashed in on the Bruce Lee instigated martial arts craze, "Truck Turpin" was based to the boom in interest in trucking and CB radio, while "The Hunters S. I.6" was effectively an unlicensed version of ITV hit The Professionals. The editorial team were met with a quandary when war broke out in the Falkland Islands in 1982, causing a groundswell in British patriotism and increased interest in warfare. After some debate, the editorial team decided not to refer to the conflict until it was concluded. After the end of hostilities Wagner's "Fight for the Falklands" began. The writer would later admit a degree of embarrassment at the story, confessing he had got caught up in the jingoistic mood of the time and followed the initial government accounts of the fighting too closely. He was similarly unhappy with science fiction tinged "Invasion 1984! ", which he co wrote with Alan Grant; the pair were so prolific at the time that Sanders insisted they use a pseudonym. From 1 April 2009, Egmont UK in conjunction with W H Smith announced 4 special reprint collections from their stable, including a collection of Battle strips. Titan Comics subsequently licensed various titles from Egmont for reprint collections, beginning with The Best of Battle in 2009. Collections of "Charley's War", "Rat Pack", "Johnny Red", "Darkie's Mob" and two volumes of Ennis curated Battle Classics followed. In November 2015, the character of Johnny Red was revived by Ennis and illustrator Keith Burns for a new 8 part mini series Johnny Red: Hurricane, published by Titan Comics. Rebellion Developments
In 2016 Rebellion Developments purchased the rights owned by Egmont. Two years later in August 2018, they issued a new 3 part comic series Sniper Elite: Resistance by Keith Richardson and Patrick Goddard, a spin off from the PS 4 game Sniper Elite. The story, set in German occupied France in 1941, included an appearance by the Rat Pack. "Darkie's Mob" and "Charley's War" were subsequently reprinted in Judge Dredd Megazine, while "Lofty's One Man Luftwaffe" was collected in a supplement given away with Judge Dredd Megazine #397. Rebellion also reprinted stories under their Treasury of British Comics imprint, including "El Mestizo", "Invasion 1984! ", "Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack", "The Sarge" and "Clash of the Guards". In September 2020, Rebellion released a 100 page special issue of Battle, again on the Treasury of British Comics imprint. Entitled Battle of Britain Special, it featured ten new stories by various writers and artists. Several characters from past issues of Battle were revived including "El Mestizo", written by Alan Hebden, and a "Rat Pack" story by Ennis. Other stories featured new characters and settings including War Child by Dan Abnett, a story produced in association with the charity War Child. In June 2022, Rebellion published a hardcover Battle Action Special with new stories featuring characters from both comics, written by Ennis and with various artists. Starting in May 2023, Rebellion published a five issue series of Battle Action, with each issue featuring two complete stories. Stories
List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
TitlesBattle Picture Weekly (8 March 1975 [issue #1] – 16 October 1976 [issue #85])Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (23 October 1976 [issue #86] – 1 October 1977 [issue #135])Battle Holiday Special (7 editions, 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989)Battle Annual (3 editions, 1983 to 1984 and 1988)Battle Action Force Holiday Special (3 editions, 1984 to 1986)Battle Action Force Annual (3 editions, 1985 to 1987)Battle with Storm Force Annual'' (1 edition, 1989)
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Атауы ISBN Баспасөзші Шығарылу күні Мазмұны The Best of Battle: Volume 1Titan Books2009 жылдың маусымы Rat Pack: Guns, Guts & Glory (Volume 1)Titan Books2010 жылдың қыркүйегі Battle 1975 жылдың 8 наурызынан 1976 жылдың 7 тамызына дейінгі материалдар Major Eazy: Heart of Iron (Volume 1)Titan Books2010 жылдың қарашасы Battle 1976 жылдың 10 қаңтарынан 27 наурызына дейінгі материалдар Johnny Red: Falcons' First FlightTitan Books2010 жылдың қарашасы Darkie's Mob: Джо Даркидің құпия соғысыTitan Books2011 жылдың сәуірі Battle 1976 жылдың 14 тамызынан 1977 жылдың 18 маусымына дейінгі материалдар Johnny Red Volume 2: Red Devil RisingTitan Books2012 жылдың маусымы Johnny Red Volume 3: Angels over StalingradTitan Books2013 жылдың ақпаны Garth Ennis Presents: Battle ClassicsTitan Books2014 жылдың қаңтары Battle 1978 жылдың 14 қазанынан 23 желтоқсанына дейінгі және 1979 жылдың 6 қаңтарынан басталатын материалдар Garth Ennis Presents: Battle Classics Volume 2Titan Books2016 жылдың тамызы Battle 1979 жылдың 29 желтоқсанынан 1981 жылдың 19 қыркүйегіне дейінгі материалдар Johnny Red Volume 4: The Flying GunTitan Books2016 жылдың қыркүйегі Charley's War Volume 1 – Boy Soldier Rebellion Developments2018 жылдың 18 сәуірі Battle 1979 жылдың 6 қаңтарынан 1980 жылдың 25 қазанына дейінгі материалдар Charley's War Volume 2 – Brothers in Arms Rebellion Developments2018 жылдың 17 мамыры Battle 1980 жылдың 1 қарашасынан 1982 жылдың 10 шілдесіне дейінгі материалдар Charley's War Volume 3 – RemembranceRebellion Developments2018 жылдың 14 маусымы Battle 1982 жылдың 2 қазанынан 1983 жылдың 26 қаңтарына дейінгі материалдар El MestizoRebellion Developments2018 жылдың 15 қарашасы Battle 1977 жылдың 4 маусымынан 17 қыркүйегіне дейінгі материалдар Invasion 1984!Rebellion Developments2019 жылдың 2 мамыры Battle 1983 жылдың 26 наурызынан 31 желтоқсанына дейінгі материалдар Major Eazy vs. Rat PackRebellion Developments2020 жылдың 30 қыркүйегі Battle 1977 жылдың 29 қаңтарынан 23 сәуіріне дейінгі материалдар Death SquadRebellion Developments2020 жылдың 4 қарашасы Battle 1980 жылдың 12 шілдесінен 1981 жылдың 4 маусымына дейінгі және 1982 жылғы Battle Annual материалдары Major Eazy Volume One: The Italian CampaignRebellion Developments2021 жылдың 4 наурызы Battle 1976 жылдың 10 қаңтарынан 1977 жылдың 22 қаңтарына дейінгі материалдар The Sarge Vol. 1Rebellion Developments2022 жылдың 12 мамыры Battle 1977 жылдың 25 маусымынан 1978 жылдың 18 наурызына дейінгі материалдар Clash of the GuardsRebellion Developments2023 жылдың 26 шілдесі Battle 1981 жылдың 26 қыркүйегінен 1982 жылдың 20 ақпанына дейінгі материалдар
Title ISBN Publisher Release date Contents The Best of Battle: Volume 1Titan BooksJune 2009 Rat Pack: Guns, Guts & Glory (Volume 1)Titan BooksSeptember 2010Material from Battle 8 March 1975 to 7 August 1976 Major Eazy: Heart of Iron (Volume 1)Titan BooksNovember 2010Material from Battle 10 January to 27 March 1976 Johnny Red: Falcons' First FlightTitan BooksNovember 2010Darkie's Mob: The Secret War of Joe DarkieTitan BooksApril 2011Material from Battle 14 August 1976 to 18 June 1977 Johnny Red Volume 2: Red Devil RisingTitan BooksJune 2012 Johnny Red Volume 3: Angels over StalingradTitan BooksFebruary 2013 Garth Ennis Presents: Battle ClassicsTitan BooksJanuary 2014Material from Battle 14 October to 23 December 1978 and 6 January 1979 to Garth Ennis Presents: Battle Classics Volume 2Titan BooksAugust 2016Material from Battle 29 December 1979 to 19 September 1981 Johnny Red Volume 4: The Flying GunTitan BooksSeptember 2016 Charley's War Volume 1 – Boy Soldier Rebellion Developments18 April 2018Material from Battle 6 January 1979 to 25 October 1980 Charley's War Volume 2 – Brothers in Arms Rebellion Developments17 May 2018Material from Battle 1 November 1980 to 10 July 1982Charley's War Volume 3 – RemembranceRebellion Developments14 June 2018Material from Battle 2 October 1982 to 26 January 1983El MestizoRebellion Developments15 November 2018Material from Battle 4 June to 17 September 1977Invasion 1984!Rebellion Developments2 May 2019Material from Battle 26 March to 31 December 1983Major Eazy vs. Rat PackRebellion Developments30 September 2020Material from Battle 29 January to 23 April 1977Death SquadRebellion Developments4 November 2020Material from Battle 12 July 1980 to 4 June 1981 and Battle Annual 1982Major Eazy Volume One: The Italian CampaignRebellion Developments4 March 2021Material from Battle 10 January 1976 to 22 January 1977The Sarge Vol. 1Rebellion Developments12 May 2022Material from Battle 25 June 1977 to 18 March 1978Clash of the GuardsRebellion Developments26 July 2023Material from Battle 26 September 1981 to 20 February 1982