Action’s carcass was consumed by Battle on the 19th November 1977.
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This is the cover for the final issue of Action, dated 12th November 1977.
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We’re back! We’re sensational! We’re Action.
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This is the cover for Action from the 23rd October 1976.
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A COMIC read by 180,000 children each week was accused yesterday of pandering to violence.
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A GIANT shark snaps off a man’s head in one crimson-splashed chomp.
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Action is an explosive new paper of the Seventies – read it and get caught in the blast!
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Pious, preaching, patronising, condescending, contrite and contemptible.
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For a new boys’ comic, Action’s launch was a big budget affair.
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In the same week Action hit the shelves, DC Thomson launched its rival publication, Bullet.
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The first issue of Action, dated 14th of February 1976, was on the shelves a week earlier.
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With a lead-time of only three months, IPC Magazines’ Editorial Director John Sanders asked freelance writer Pat Mills to produce a comic that was different, realistic and bang up to date, using gritty characters and graphic, hard-hitting storylines.
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