Action Before The Ban Tp Vol 01 The Archival Collection (02/25/2026) Rebellion
ACTION BEFORE THE BAN TP VOL 01 THE ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
(W) PAT MILLS, JOHN WAGNER, GERRY FINLEY-DAY. STEVE MC (A) BARRY MITCHELL, MIKE DOREY, RAMON SOLA, HORACIO LA (C) DON LAWRENCE, GEOFF CAMPION
REBELLION PUBLISHING
StockID: 167130 SKU: 1225RB0969
CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF BRITAIN'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL COMIC! Violent- gritty and unrelenting- Action comic was the brainchild of Pat Mills and Geoff Kemp. Tasked with creating a new anthology comic for the IPC's boys adventure division- the pair rapidly developed a winning formula: reimagining existing story ideas from fresh perspectives and infusing them with a healthy dose of modern realism. With strips such as Hookjaw- Dredger- Look Out For Lefty and Blackjack- success was instantaneous but so was the criticism. Many of the press including- The London Evening Standard- The Sun and the Daily Mail were quick to denounce the comic- while Mary Whitehouse and the pressure group- Delegates Opposing Violent Education- piled pressure on the IPC board to do something about it. In less than a year- Action was pulled from circulation- then returned months later- a sanitised- pale shadow of its former self. But the spark had already been lit. Action had made its mark and became the catalyst for the evolution of the British comics scene- pathing the way for 2000 AD and the British invasion of UK talent into America. Collected here are the first twelve issues of Action- containing all of the strips and some of the editorial that created so much infamy back in the 1970s.
Original: $26,600.00
-70%$26,600.00
$7,980.00
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ACTION BEFORE THE BAN TP VOL 01 THE ARCHIVAL COLLECTION
(W) PAT MILLS, JOHN WAGNER, GERRY FINLEY-DAY. STEVE MC (A) BARRY MITCHELL, MIKE DOREY, RAMON SOLA, HORACIO LA (C) DON LAWRENCE, GEOFF CAMPION
REBELLION PUBLISHING
StockID: 167130 SKU: 1225RB0969
CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF BRITAIN'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL COMIC! Violent- gritty and unrelenting- Action comic was the brainchild of Pat Mills and Geoff Kemp. Tasked with creating a new anthology comic for the IPC's boys adventure division- the pair rapidly developed a winning formula: reimagining existing story ideas from fresh perspectives and infusing them with a healthy dose of modern realism. With strips such as Hookjaw- Dredger- Look Out For Lefty and Blackjack- success was instantaneous but so was the criticism. Many of the press including- The London Evening Standard- The Sun and the Daily Mail were quick to denounce the comic- while Mary Whitehouse and the pressure group- Delegates Opposing Violent Education- piled pressure on the IPC board to do something about it. In less than a year- Action was pulled from circulation- then returned months later- a sanitised- pale shadow of its former self. But the spark had already been lit. Action had made its mark and became the catalyst for the evolution of the British comics scene- pathing the way for 2000 AD and the British invasion of UK talent into America. Collected here are the first twelve issues of Action- containing all of the strips and some of the editorial that created so much infamy back in the 1970s.
