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I'm currently exhausting my time and resources in moving into my new home after ten weeks of squatting at my parents. There's a great loft conversion that nicely accommodates my 60+ plus boxes of British comics nostalgia and more if (definitely) required. I have a bedroom that is no longer under sie...

Within Battle's cover-date issue of 02/06/70, Spinball Wars was again maligned and, yet, as Captain Hurricane replied to the letter that's posted below demonstrated: it really was a popular series despites its incongruous position in what was a war comic. Unlike One-eyed Jack and Dredger, Spinball e...

There was an usual festive spirit within Battle's cover date of May 12th 1979 - no less than three strips embraced Yuletide for this week but, of course, none of them yielded gifts with ribbons and bows. Although Charley's War recounted a flashback tale, it mirrored the Glory Rider plotline wherein ...

A few posts ago I commented on the star letter of Battle's issue 2 that was penned by Steve Macmanus. Curiously, four years later in Battle's 28th April 1979 issue, I came across a star letter that... well, I've attached the two scans below. Scan_20170625 (3).jpg Scan_20170719.jpg Now, surely Battle...

The Charley's War episode within Battle's cover date issue of April 14th 1979 entertained a hackneyed, background narrative throughout Charley's and his regiment's horrendous storming of a German-fortified village, following their "over-the-top" charge during the Battle of Somme. While bullets riddl...

Heading into the month of April 1979, I was somewhat bemused that not one Battle Stations letter had addressed the new line-up of Battle-Action from the first week in January with Charley's War, H.M.S. Nightshade, Glory Rider and the fresh creative input on The Sarge. Initially I assumed that the le...

On reading an issue of Battle, cover-date April 1st 1979, I was struck by this star letter before which I'd never considered such consequences of warfare.

I read the 24/3/79 cover date of Battle today and, beyond the obvious flag bearer that was Charley's War which introduced Charley to the hell of the Somme, something else twitched at my senses. For this week in particular, HMS Nightshade had taken a week off in absence, The Sarge ran a close second ...

I've managed to read several Battle issues lately but there has been nothing of note on which to comment other than repeat previous posts with regard to the ongoing, sublime drama of Charley's War and HMS Nightshade. However, on reading the letter pages, I was hit with inspiration and wrote this: On...

It's been a long time since I posted on this thread which goes to show how I've been detached from ebay for a while. Today, I bought a September 1982 issue of Battle with free SAS badge. Originally, it was going for £35, which I thought was too high considering I purchased Battle no.1 with free stic...

I haven't had chance to read any further Battles as moving house hasn't gone as smoothly as planned. I'm currently seeking refuge at my parents while the legal work is ongoing over my new home. But, during the upheaval, I did come across these notes I had jotted down a few weeks ago: When Action mer...

I missed them, Adam. Like Phoenix, I'm also preparing to move house and finding less and less time to do things that I like doing.

Naval war stories in comics tended to literally sink. Even in the 1960's when the war pocket books were flourishing, the naval series: War at Sea Picture Library proved to be the least successful and lasted only 17 months compared to Air Ace Picture Library - shy of 11 years; War Picture Library - o...

With a little time on my hands, I googled "Private Loser - Cam Kennedy", expecting little if anything in return. I discovered that Private Loser was one of three short stories, drawn by Kennedy, that Garth Ennis included in his first Battle Classics volume. In addition, via an interview on the nerdi...

On reading a Battle-Action issue whose cover dated issue was 17/02/79, I was quite prepared for the usual fare of an ongoing golden period: Charley's War, Johnny Red, H.M.S. Nightshade, The Sarge, Crazy Keller and... well, The Spinball Wars (more on this series later). For this particular issue, Glo...