Action (comics)

Action
The cover of the 14 August 1976 edition of Action, spotlighting "Death Game 1999", "Hook Jaw", "Look Out for Lefty!" and "Hell's Highway".
Publication information
PublisherIPC Magazines
ScheduleWeekly
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication date14 February 1976 – 5 November 1977
No. of issues86[a]
Creative team
Created byPat Mills
Geoff Kemp
Written byKen Armstrong
Chris Lowder
Steve MacManus
Pat Mills
Tom Tully
John Wagner
Artist(s)Massimo Belardinelli
Mike Dorey
Ramon Sola
Mike White
Editor(s)Pat Mills
Geoff Kemp
John Smith
Sid Bicknell

Action was a British weekly boys' comic published by IPC Magazines from 14 February 1976 to 5 November 1977, when it merged with war comic Battle after 86 issues. The comic was created by Pat Mills and Geoff Kemp.

While initially a sales success, the comic quickly received media criticism for its violent content, causing a moral panic that ultimately saw it withdrawn from sale by IPC in October 1976, amid rumours it was to be banned. Action returned two months later in a much-sanitised form, quickly losing readers and being cancelled the following year. Despite its short lifespan, Action was highly influential on the British comics scene, and was a direct forerunner of the long-running 2000 AD.

  1. ^ Holland, Steve (2002). The Fleetway Companion. Rotherham: CJ & Publication.


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