The Bootneck Boy

"The Bootneck Boy"
The cover to the 10 April 1976 edition of Battle Picture Weekly, featuring Danny Budd of "The Bootneck Boy".
PublisherIPC Magazines
Publication date8 March 1975 – 12 November 1977
Genre
Title(s)Battle Picture Weekly
8 March 1975 to 12 November 1977
Main character(s)Danny Budd
Creative team
Writer(s)Ian McDonald
Gerry Finley-Day
John Wagner
Artist(s)Juan Giralt
Editor(s)Dave Hunt

"The Bootneck Boy" is a British comic war story published in the weekly anthology Battle Picture Weekly from 8 March 1975 to 12 November 1977 by IPC Magazines. Set during World War II, the story follows Danny Budd, a youth from the fictional Northern England town of Tynecastle as he strives to join the Royal Marines.