| "Death Game 1999" "Spinball" "The Spinball Wars" | |
|---|---|
 Joe Taggart playing Spinball on the cover of the unissued 23 October 1976 edition of Action; art by Massimo Belardinelli. | |
| Publisher | IPC Magazines |
| Publication date | 8 May 1976 – 3 November 1979 |
| Genre | |
| Title(s) | Death Game 1999 Action 8 May to 16 October 1976 Spinball Action 4 December 1976 to 12 November 1977 Spinball Wars Battle Action 19 November 1977 to 3 November 1979 |
| Main character(s) | Joe Taggart Yo-Yo Devine Al Rico Bull Kruger Henry Smailes |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Tom Tully |
| Artist(s) | Costa Ian Gibson Mike White Massimo Belardinelli Ron Turner |
| Editor(s) | Geoff Kemp John Smith Sid Bicknell Dave Hunt |
"Death Game 1999" is a British comic science fiction/sport story published in the weekly anthologies Action and Battle Action from 8 May 1976 to 3 November 1979 by IPC Magazines.
The story is centred around a highly violent gladiatorial futuristic sport, played by convicted prisoners. Following the controversy which saw Action withdrawn from sale in October 1976, the story was retooled as the less violent "Spinball". After Action was folded into war comic Battle in 1977, the story was renamed a second time as "The Spinball Wars".