Battle Action #17 February 1979 [206]
(17 February 1979)

IPC, 1977 Series
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Price
0.10 GBP
Pages
32
Indicia Frequency
every Thursday
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
IPC Magazines Ltd.
Editing
Dave Hunt (editor)

The Cat Strikes! (Table of Contents)

True Life Heroes / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ian Kennedy
Inks
Ian Kennedy
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Johnny Red / comic story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Tully
Pencils
John Cooper (signed as JOHN COOPER)
Inks
John Cooper (signed as JOHN COOPER)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rastovitch... what you said just now...
Genre
war
Characters
Johnny 'Red' Redburn (featured)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

H.M.S. Nightshade / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
John Wagner
Pencils
Mike Western
Inks
Mike Western
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nightshade's first convoy left the firth of Clyde at the end of june.
Genre
war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Crazy Keller / comic story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script
Alan Hebden
Pencils
Eric Bradbury
Inks
Eric Bradbury
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That Keller's making us look like fools...
Genre
war

The Cat Strikes! (Table of Contents: 4)

True Life Heroes / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ian Kennedy
Inks
Ian Kennedy
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Sarge / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Goodall
Pencils
Phil Gascoine
Inks
Phil Gascoine
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Crumpled up an' thrown away, Sarge!
Genre
war; humour; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Charley's War / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Pat Mills
Pencils
Joe Colquhoun
Inks
Joe Colquhoun
Letters
typeset; ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
... British troops move up to the front, while vast ammo dumps are prepared....
Genre
war
Reprints

Indexer Notes

June 16th, 1916; prelude to Battle of the Somme

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Spinball Wars / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Tully
Pencils
Ron Turner
Inks
Ron Turner
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Some kind of... experimental robots!
Genre
science fiction; war

Private Loser (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Hunt ?
Pencils
Cam Kennedy
Inks
Cam Kennedy
Colors
? (last page only)
Letters
typeset

Genre
war
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Cat Strikes!
    True Life Heroes
  2. 1. ["Rastovitch... what you said just now..."]
    Johnny Red
  3. 2. ["Nightshade's first convoy left the firth of Clyde at the end of june."]
    H.M.S. Nightshade
  4. 3. ["That Keller's making us look like fools..."]
    Crazy Keller
  5. 4. The Cat Strikes!
    True Life Heroes
  6. 5. ["Crumpled up an' thrown away, Sarge!"]
    The Sarge
  7. 6. ["... British troops move up to the front, while vast ammo dumps are prepared...."]
    Charley's War
  8. 7. ["Some kind of... experimental robots!"]
    The Spinball Wars
  9. 8. Private Loser
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Thomas Jan