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Issue: Battle Action #12 May 1979 [218]
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Publisher: FlagIPC
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Indicia Publisher: IPC Magazines Ltd.
On Sale Date: 1979
Volume: none
Pages: 32
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Price: £0.10 GBP
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dave Hunt
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern British size
Paper Stock: Newsprint
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Publishing Format: Was ongoing series
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Johnny Red Faces Death...On the Last Mile Home

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Subject Matter
war
Johnny Red
Johnny 'Red' Redmond
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Lonely Reveals the Secret of the Lost Platoon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Pat Mills
Joe Colquhoun
Joe Colquhoun
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Subject Matter
war
Charley's War
Charley Bourne; Lonely; Ginger; Lieutenant Snell
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3.5
The Hurricane is Here!

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Johnny 'Red' Redmond
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Promotional advertisement for the Battle Picture Weekly Holidaly Special.
Big Rommel Half-Track Competition

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Credits
Dick Emery
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Typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Airfix Modelllers Club Page
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George Dunn Becomes a Marked Man!

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war
H.M.S. Nightshade
George Dunn; Parsons; Tich; Never-Gonna-Make-It Brown
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4
Unknown Soldier Has a Score to Settle With the Germans

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Subject Matter
war
The Sarge
Sergeant Jim Masters; Green; Unknown Soldier
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3
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Captain Hurricane]
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Subject Matter
Battle Stations
Captain Hurricane
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Letters and art from Titus McCready, Simon Johnson, Brendan Cunnane, John Boswell and Colin Grant. Lists the winners of the Blow Gun competition.
[untitled]

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Credits
Tom Tully
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Subject Matter
war
Johnny Red
Johnny 'Red' Redmond; Russian official; Yacob; Rudi Voriskin
Within sight of the coast of eastern England
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4
First two pages in colour.
The Train's Engine Blew Up with a Terrific Blast

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war
Crazy Keller
Captain Keller; Aerial Arkin; General Hennessey; General Patton; German soldiers; SS soldiers (villains)
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3.5
[untitled]

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Cartoon Corner
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Cartoons sent in by Joseph Finnigan; Paul Parker and Michael Cross
"Join all your favourite characters again next week in Battle Action

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Subject Matter
Sergeant Jim Masters; Johnny 'Red' Redmond; Charley Bourne; Joe Taggart; Colonel Jeb Rider
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Promotional ad reminding readers to place an order for Battle Action with their newsagent.
[untitled]

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They wanted a sword
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Promotional adverisement for the Lion Holiday Special
"Joe Taggart and his Black Gladiators spinball team"

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Subject Matter
science fiction, sports
The Spinball Wars
The Black Gladiators [Joe Taggart; Ape Larsen; Stitch Carver; Clipper]; Major Banning
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The Germans Play a Crafty Trick on Boss Rider

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Subject Matter
war
Glory Rider
Colonel Jeb Rider; Steve Hilts; Top-Sergeant Redman
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Entry of the Iron Monsters

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non-fiction, war
Oh, What a Lovely War
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