List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
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A list of stories published in the IPC weekly boys' comic Battle Picture Weekly between 1975 and 1988.
Achilles the Avenger
[edit]A gentle Greek giant becomes a fearsome fighting machine after Germany invades.
Action Force
[edit]- Published: 4 June 1983 to 29 November 1986[1]
- Writers: Gerry Finley-Day, Frank Noble, Ken Noble, Scott Goodall, James Nicholas, P. Rudge, Peter Milligan, Alan McKenzie[1]
- Artists: Jim Watson, Vanyo, Geoff Campion, Ron Turner, James Bleach, John Cooper, Josep Gual, Tony Coleman, Manuel Carmona, Enrique Badía Romero[1]
Baron Ironblood plans to conquer the world with his huge army of brainwashed fanatical Red Shadows. Standing in his way is the multinational Action Force, divided into four branches - infantry unit Z-Force; special operations unit SAS Force; naval unit Q-Force; and space unit Space Force.
- Based on the Palitoy toyline of the same name, derived from Action Man. Changes in the toyline saw Cobra from G.I. Joe take over as primary villains from 1985. The series ended when the licence was transferred to Marvel UK, who rebooted Action Force with their own series in 1987.[2]
The Black Crow
[edit]- Published: 23 October 1976 to 22 January 1977[1]
- Writer: Scott Goodall[1]
- Artists: Eric Bradbury, Bill Lacey[1]
Codenamed The Black Crow, a British secret agent carries out perilous missions in German-held Europe while Gestapo officer Major Klaus von Steutsel attempts to stop him.
The Bootneck Boy
[edit]- Published: 8 March 1975 to 12 November 1977[1]
- Writers: Ian McDonald, Gerry Finley-Day, John Wagner[1]
- Artist: Juan Giralt[1]
Orphan Danny Budd has been reluctantly raised by his unpleasant uncle. He enlists in the Royal Marines where he is picked on because of his small physique, but remains determined to prove himself.
Carver
[edit]A British military policeman investigates a murder in 1941 North Africa.
Charley's War
[edit]- Published: 6 January 1979 to 4 October 1986[1]
- Writers: Pat Mills, Scott Goodall[1]
- Artist: Joe Colquhoun[1]
16-year-old Charley Bourne enlists in the British army during World War I, and soon finds out the truth of brutal trench warfare.
Clash of the Guards
[edit]- Published: 26 September 1981 to 30 October 1982, 8 January to 23 April 1983[3]
- Writer: Alan Hebden[1]
- Artists: Cam Kennedy, Ron Tiner, Vanyo, Norma[3]
During the Allied campaign in Italy in 1943 American Captain Brad Clash - a former Hollywood stuntman and speedway driver - is sent to join a British infantry platoon in order to observe their tactics and methods.
- Collected by Rebellion Developments in July 2023.[4][5]
Cold Steele
[edit]- Published: 21 February to 27 March 1976[1]
- Writer: Gerry Finley-Day[1]
Fighting the German invasion of Norway in 1940, Private Robert Steele is first torched by flamethrowers and then got frostbite. Unable to even pull the trigger of a gun, he fights on against the Nazis with just a bayonet.
- The story was a late replacement, and Finley-Day would later reflect it "wasn't the greatest strip".[6]
The Commando They Didn't Want
[edit]- Published: 4 April 1981 to 13 February 1982
- Writer: Terry Magee (as John Richard)[1]
- Artist: Carlos Pino[1]
After his gun jams on a mission and his unit are massacred, Commando Joe Dixon is drummed out of the regiment and assigned to the non-combatant Pioneers.
Cooley's Gun
[edit]- Published: [clarification needed]
- Writer: Gerry Finley-Day[1]
- Artist: Geoff Campion[1]
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Coward's Brand on Bradley
[edit]New recruit Ben Bradley is framed as a coward in 1942 Burma after an incident that leaves him with a c-shaped scar on his forehead. Condemned to death, he escapes the firing squad and sets out to prove his innocence.
Crazy Keller
[edit]- Published: 15 July to 8 September 1978[1]
- Writer: Alan Hebden[1]
- Artist: Eric Bradbury[1]
Captain Kermit Keller of the United States Army Signal Corps doesn't let anything get in the way of his destination, driving his jeep Scoot 3 through any Germans who try to hinder him.
D-Day Dawson
[edit]- Published: 8 March to 22 May 1975; 14 August 1976 to 22 January 1977[1]
- Writers: Gerry Finley-Day, Ron Carpenter, Alan Hebden, Robert Ede, Terry Magee, Eric Hebden[1]
- Artists: Annibale Casabianca, Geoff Campion, Colin Page, Mike Western, Bill Lacey, Jim Watson[1] [a]
British army sergeant Steve Dawson is wounded on the D-Day beaches by a bullet that is lodged near his heart, sealing his eventual doom. However, the doctor that diagnoses the injury is then killed and Dawson re-joins his unit with no one else aware of his terminal condition, having decided to fight with his platoon until the end.
- The two runs were reprinted in Battle between 18 September 1982 and 22 October 1983 and 7 January to 5 May 1984, respectively.
Darkie's Mob
[edit]- Published: 14 August 1976 to 18 June 1977[1]
- Writer: John Wagner[1]
- Artist: Mike Western[1]
In the jungles of Burma, the renegade Captain Joe Darkie leads a group of lost soldiers in a personal guerrilla war against the Japanese.
- Reprinted in Battle 21 March and December 1981, and Judge Dredd Megazine #202 to #210.[1] Collected by Titan Comics in 2011.[7]
Death Squad
[edit]- Published: 12 July 1980 to 4 June 1981[1]
- Writer: Alan Hebden (as Mark Andrew)[1]
- Artist: Eric Bradbury[1]
A motley band of German soldiers serve in a penal battalion on the Eastern Front.
- Reprinted in Battle 31 January 1987 to 23 January 1988.[1]
Destroyer!
[edit]- Published: 15 November 1975 to 27 March 1976[1]
- Writer: Ron Carpenter[1]
- Artist: Jim Watson[1]
Commander 'Shiny' Knight is given command of the destroyer HMS Sword. Initially his particular ways and high standards seem set to rub the crew the wrong way but he soon proves to be an inspirational and fearless leader.
Dredger
[edit]- Published: 19 November 1977 to 7 October 1978[1]
- Writers: Kelvin Gosnell, Tom Tully, Alan Hebden, Chris Lowder[1]
- Artist: John Cooper[1]
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The Eagle
[edit]- Published: 8 March 1975 to 18 June 1977, [clarification needed] to 14 March 1981[1]
- Writers: Eric Hebden, Robert Ede, Pat Mills, John Wagner, Gerry Finley-Day, Chris Lowder, Ron Carpenter, Kelvin Gosnell[1]
- Artists: Pat Wright, Barrie Mitchell, Geoff Campion, Vanyo, Francisco Masip, Bill Lacey, Jim Watson[1]
Britain's top secret agent - Mike Nelson of the Special Operations Executive, codenamed The Eagle - parachutes into occupied France in 1943. His mission is to kill Adolf Hitler.
Fight for the Falklands
[edit]- Published: 18 September 1982 to 19 March 1983[1]
- Writer: John Wagner[1]
- Artist: Jim Watson[1]
Argentine forces invade the Falkland Islands, and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dispatches a British taskforce to retake the dependency.
Fighter from the Sky
[edit]- Published: 3 April to 7 August 1976[1]
- Writer: Gerry Finley-Day[1]
- Artist: Geoff Campion[1]
In 1939, German paratrooper Paul Fallman is demoted back to private after his father is executed for treason, and becomes determined to restore honour to his family name.
Fighting Mann
[edit]- Published: 12 July 1980 to 19 September 1981[1]
- Writer: Alan Hebden[1]
- Artist: Cam Kennedy[1]
A veteran US Marine Colonel embarks on an unauthorised mission in the Vietnam War to locate his son - a Navy pilot who has gone missing and has been accused of desertion.
- Reprinted in Battle 24 January 1987 to 23 January 1988.[1] Collected by Titan Comics in August 2016 as part of Garth Ennis Presents: Battle Classics Volume Two.[8]
The Fists of Jimmy Chiang
[edit]- Published: 27 February 1982 to 19 March 1983[1]
- Writer: Brian Burrell[1]
- Artist: Eric Bradbury[1]
Hong Kong martial arts expert Jimmy Chang battles organised crime and Communist agents using his kung fu skills.
The Flight of the Golden Hinde
[edit]- Published: 8 March to 24 May 1976[1]
- Writer: Charles Herring, Pat Mills, John Wagner, Scott Goodall[1]
James Finch is captain of a replica of Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hind that sets sail in 1937 aiming to circumnavigate the world to commemorate the 360th anniversary of Drake's 1577 voyage. The ship is still at sea when the war breaks out in 1939. Finch disobeys an order to return to Britain, and instead decides to complete the voyage.
The Fortrose Falcon
[edit]- Published: 31 May to 9 August 1975[1]
- Writer: John Wagner, Eric Hebden[1]
- Artist: Andrea Bresciani, Vanyo, John Stokes[1]
The history of the Scottish Fortrose clan and their falcon mascot from 1743 to 1943.
Gaunt
[edit]- Published: 25 June to 12 November 1977[1]
- Writer: John Wagner, Pat Mills[1]
- Artist: John Cooper[1]
An unbalanced secret agent is given a superhumanly strong artificial hand to replace one lost during torture.
The General Dies at Dawn
[edit]- Published: 14 October to 23 December 1978[1]
- Writer: Alan Hebden[1]
- Artist: John Cooper[1]
A Wehrmacht General, due to be executed for treason, spends his final hours describing his wartime experiences to the sympathetic guard outside his cell.
- The story was collected in Garth Ennis Presents: Battle Classics by Titan Comics in 2014.[9]
Glory Rider
[edit]- Published: 6 January to 8 October 1979[1]
- Writer: Gerry Finley-Day[1]
- Artist: Geoff Campion, Carlos Cruz-Diez[1]
Major Jeb Rider is in an American tank unit battling Germans in North Africa, and pins the blame for his rash actions during battle on the group's dead commanding officer. However, Tank-Sergeant Steve Hilts knows the truth of events.
- Reprinted in Battle 23 August 1986 to 17 January 1987.[1] Finley-Day would later relate that Rider was partly inspired by George Patton.[10]
Hellman of Hammer Force
[edit]- Published: 19 November 1977 to 8 July 1978[1]
- Writers: Gerry Finley-Day, Alan Hebden[1]
- Artists: Mike Dorey, Jim Watson, Pat Wright[1]
Honourable Wehrmacht tank commander Major Kurt Hellman fights for Germany while opposing the brutal attitudes shown by the Nazi regime.
HMS Nightshade
[edit]- Published: 6 January 1979 to [clarification needed][1]
- Writer: John Wagner[1]
- Artist: Mike Western & Ron Tiner[1]
At the height of the Battle of the Atlantic, the crew of the British Royal Navy Corvette HMS Nightshade protect Allied supply convoys from German U-Boats.
- Reprinted in Battle 28 September 1985 to 16 August 1986.[1] Two pages of each episode were inked by Tiner to enable Western to keep to a four-page weekly schedule, though Western was not keen on the approach.[10] The story was collected in Garth Ennis Presents: Battle Classics by Titan Comics in 2014.[9]
Hold Hill 109
[edit]- Published: 29 May to 10 July 1976[1]
- Writers: Steve MacManus, Jim Watson[1]
- Artist: Jim Watson[1]
A ragged group of 13 Eighth Army soldiers have to hold a vital hill against a vastly superior force of Afrika Korps for six days.
The Hunters S.I.6
[edit]- Published: 27 February 1982 to 12 January 1985[1]
- Writer: Terry Magee (as John Richard), Brian Burrell[1]
- Artists: Carlos Pino, Francisco Masip, Manuel Carmona[1]
A pair of secret agents, Ned Hare and Larry Fox, battle threats to national security whilst maintaining their cover as actors in a TV show where they also play secret agents.
Invasion!
[edit]- Published:24 January to 29 August 1987[1]
- Writer: Terry Magee[1]
- Artist: Jim Watson[1]
A young boy finds himself caught up in the 1982 Falklands War.
Invasion 1984!
[edit]- Published: 26 March to 31 December 1983[1]
- Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant (as R. Clark)[1]
- Artists: Eric Bradbury[1]
When a race of skeletal-like aliens invade the world and enslave humanity British special forces unit 'Storm Squad' lead the fightback.
- Collected by Rebellion Developments in 2019.[11]
Jetblade
[edit]The adventures of an advanced prototype jet-assisted helicopter as the crew perform demonstration missions for prospective buyers worldwide.
Joe Two Beans
[edit]- Published: 29 January 1977 to 1 April 1978[1]
- Writers: John Wagner, Scott Goodall[1]
- Artist: Eric Bradbury[1]
A Blackfoot Native American serves in the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific War.
Johnny Red
[edit]- Published: 29 January 1977 to 17 January 1987[1]
- Writer: Tom Tully, James Nicholas[1]
- Artists: Joe Colquhoun, John Cooper, Carlos Pino[1]
British fighter pilot Johnny "Red" Redburn starts flying for the Russians in a Hawker Hurricane fighter. Later, Redburn flies with the RAF and USAAF in England before returning to the Eastern Front in a Hawker Typhoon nicknamed The Red Death.
- Reprinted in Battle 24 January 1987 to 23 January 1988 and Eagle 30 January to 14 October 1988.[1] Four collected editions of the strip were issued by Titan Comics between 2010 and 2016.[12]
King of the Yanks
[edit]RAF pilot Jeff King is placed in charge of a USAAF squadron but his new charges are convinced he is a jinx.
Kommando King
[edit]- Published: [clarification needed][1]
- Writer: Gerry Finley-Day[1]
- Artist: Cam Kennedy, Geoff Campion[1]
German-born American Joe King gets accused of treachery and heads to join the Brandenburgers under Wilhelm Canaris to redeem the family name.
Lofty's One-Man Luftwaffe
[edit]- Published: 8 March to 3 July 1975[1]
- Writers: Pat Mills, John Wagner, Ken Armstrong[1]
- Artists: Paulo Ongaro, Stanley Haughton[1]
British pilot Dave 'Lofty' Banks speaks fluent German, and is shot down over Occupied Europe in 1943. He escapes from a POW camp and assumes the identity of a dead German pilot. Lofty ends up serving in the Luftwaffe, working to sabotage his squadron from within.
- Reprinted in Battle 17 October 1987 to 23 January 1988. In June 2018 a complete reprint of the story was included as a bonus supplement with Judge Dredd Megazine #379.[1]
Major Eazy
[edit]- Published: 10 January to 27 March 1976, 15 May 1976 to 22 January 1977, 19 November 1977 to 10 June 1978[1]
- Writer: Alan Hebden[1]
- Artists: Carlos Ezquerra, Ron Tiner[1]
With his shaggy hair, Bentley and laidback attitude the anti-authoritarian Major Eazy seems an unlikely soldier - until he goes into action.
- Reprinted in Battle 2 July to 22 October 1983.[1] Titan Comics collected the first batch of strips as Major Eazy: Heart of Iron in 2010,[13] with the same material issued by Rebellion Developments as Major Eazy: The Italian Campaign in 2021.[14]
Major Eazy versus Rat Pack
[edit]- Published: 29 January to 23 April 1977[1]
- Writer/s: Alan Hebden[1]
- Artist/s: Carlos Ezquerra[1]
With Major Taggart recovering from injuries inflicted by the Gestapo, Major Eazy is placed in charge of the Rat Pack.
- Collected by Rebellion Developments in 2020.[15]
Merrill's Marauders
[edit]- Published: 15 November 1975 to 27 March 1976[1]
- Writer: Eric Hebden[1]
- Artist: Geoff Campion, Mike Western[1]
A unit of American soldiers tries to fend off the Japanese advance in the early days of the war in the Pacific.
El Mestizo
[edit]- Published: 4 June to 17 September 1977[1]
- Writer: Alan Hebden[1]
- Artist: Carlos Ezquerra[1]
In 1862 a former slave turned bounty hunter returns from Mexico to America at the height of the Civil War.
- Collected by Rebellion Developments in 2018.[16]
The Nightmare
[edit]- Published: 19 January 1985 to 11 October 1986[1]
- Writers: Barrie Tomlinson, Terry Magee (early episodes as John Richard)[1]
- Artists: Mario Capaldi, Jesus Redondo[1]
A boy of The Blitz is pursued by a Nazi assassin. }
One-Eyed Jack
[edit]- Published: 23 October 1976 to 28 May 1977[1]
- Writers: Scott Goodall, Chris Lowder[1]
- Artist: John Cooper[1]
Detective Jack McBane leaves the NYPD to join military intelligence.
Operation Shark
[edit]- Published: 14 August to 16 October 1976, 15 July to 23 December 1978[1]
- Writers: Brian Bullen, Tom Tully[1]
- Artists: Mike Western, Vanyo, Mike Dorey, Alex Henderson[1]
With the Channel Islands occupied by Nazi Germany in 1940, four schoolboys begin a resistance movement.
Panzer G-Man
[edit]- Published: 23 October 1976 to 18 June 1977[1]
- Writer: Gerry Finley-Day[1]
- Artists: Geoff Campion, Jim Watson[1]
Panzer-Grenadier Kurt Slinger fights not only against the Allies but against deadly rivals among his own comrades.
- Reprinted in Battle 2 July to 1 October 1983.[1]
Rat Pack
[edit]- Published: 8 March 1975 to 7 August 1976, 30 April to 17 June 1977, 17 June to 8 July 1978[1]
- Writers: Terry Magee, Eric Hebden, Gerry Finley-Day, Peter Harris, S. Cornforth, Ken Mennell, R. Marsh, Alan Hebden, Brian Bullen[1]
- Artists: Carlos Ezquerra, Alan Philpott, Ken Houghton, Colin Page, Massimo Belardinelli, Johnny Johnson, Eduardo Freio, Bill Lacey, Vanyo, John Cooper, Eric Bradbury[1]
Major Taggart of the British Army recruits four condemned soldiers - burly Cypriot Kabuk 'The Turk' Hasan, safe cracker Ronald Weasel, Scots powerhouse Ian "Scarface" Rogan and Commando Matthew Dancer - for near-suicidal missions in return for a chance of freedom.
- The first batch of stories were collected by Titan Comics in 2010 as Rat Pack: Guns, Guts & Glory.[17]
Rattling Rommel
[edit]- Published: 10 July to 7 August 1976[1]
- Writer: Alan Hebden (as Mark Andrew)[1]
- Artist: [clarification needed]
The escapades of a seemingly sentient Rolls Royce scout car.
The Red Baron
[edit]- Published: 24 September to 5 November 1977[1]
- Writer: Roy Orlandini[1]
- Artist: Jim Watson[1]
Baron Manfred von Richthofen quickly becomes the most feared German pilot in the skies above the Western Front.
Ryan's Revenge
[edit]- Published: 14 February to 8 May 1978[1]
- Writer: Ron Carpenter[1]
- Artist: Jim Watson[1]
John Ryan trains as a flight sergeant in RAF Coastal Command to get revenge after U-Boats kill his brother.
Samurai
[edit]- Published: 15 July to 9 September 1978[1]
- Writer: Pat Mills[1]
- Artist: Carlos Cruz-Diez[1]
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The Sarge
[edit]- Published: 25 June 1977 to 16 December 1978, 6 January to 29 October 1979[1]
- Writers: Gerry Finley-Day, Scott Goodall[1]
- Artists: Mike Western, Jim Watson, Phil Gascoine, Matías Alonso, Geoff Campion[1]
A veteran of World War I, British Sergeant Jim Masters has to shepherd his rookie, over-confident platoon during the Second World War.
- Reprinted in Battle 13 October 1984 to 21 September 1985.[1] The first batch of stories were collected by Rebellion Developments in 2022.[18]
Sea Wolf
[edit]- Published: 25 June to 12 November 1977[1]
- Writers: Stuart Wales, Geoff Kemp[1]
- Artist: Pat Wright[1]
U-159 captain Kurt Wolf wages war on Atlantic convoys while avoiding a Nazi fanatic among his own crew who wants him dead.
Sergeant Without Stripes
[edit]- Published: 6 September to 8 November 1975[1]
- Writers: Norman Worker, Gerry Finley-Day, Pat Mills[1]
- Artist: Giancarlo Alessandrini[1]
After a spat with green but well-connected Lieutenant Flashley, Bill Saxon is busted down from sergeant to the ranks. The platoon still respect him however and he must do all he can to stop Flashley's inexperience from getting them all killed.
Skreamer of the Stukas
[edit]- Published: 16 September to 23 December 1978[1]
- Writer: Gerry Finley-Day[1]
Lieutenant Otto Skreamer is a ruthless and cruel Junkers Ju 87 pilot in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Jimmy Fletcher, a young British boy, loses his father to Skreamer in the Dunkirk evacuation and vows revenge on the dive-bomber pilot.
Soldier Sharp: The Rat of the Rifles
[edit]- Published: 23 October 1976 to 22 January 1977[1]
- Writer: Scott Goodall[1]
- Artist: Joe Colquhoun[1]
As the Allies liberate France in 1944, Cockney loudmouth Arnie Sharp's cowardice gets most of his unit killed, but circumstances see him incorrectly recognised as a hero. Only his badly-injured childhood acquaintance Sammy Little survives with knowledge of the truth.
The Spinball Wars
[edit]- Published: 19 November 1977 to 3 November 1979[1]
- Writer: Tom Tully[1]
- Artist: Ron Turner[1]
The Black Gladiators spinball team are trained as a covert missions group, with their cover being as the official US Army spinball outfit.
Storm Force
[edit]- Published: 24 January 1987 to 23 January 1988[1]
- Writers: James Nicholas, Scott Goodall[1]
- Artists: Vanyo, John Cooper[1]
The Mole commands anti-terrorist unit Storm Force - consisting of Storm, Stiletto, Magnus, Griffin, Mikron and Porcupine - against foes including Tarantula and the Web Masters.
The Team That Went To War
[edit]- Published: 3 April to 7 August 1976[1]
- Writer: Tom Tully[1]
- Artists: Mike Western, Jim Watson[1]
After a Luftwaffe kills civilians on the street of their home town, the staff of First Division football team Barchester United sign up for the war effort.
- Later reprinted in Roy of the Rovers.[1]
Terror Behind the Bamboo Curtain
[edit]- Published: 8 March to 24 May 1975[1]
- Writer: Charles Herring, PMJW, Tom Tully[1]
- Artist: Giancarlo Alessandrini[1]
British troops in a Japanese POW camp in Burma which is run by a sadistic commander who performs cruel punishments and experiments on his prisoners.
- Later reprinted in the 1980 Tornado Annual.[1]
They Can't Stop Bullet!
[edit]- Published: 16 August to 1 November 1975[1]
- Writer: Pat Mills, John Wagner, Robert Ede[1]
- Artist: Rafael Boluda Vidal[1]
After escaping a POW camp on a captured German motorcycle, dispatch rider Nick "Bullet" Carter is equipped with a custom Zundapp 750 bike and carries out crucial scouting missions for British Intelligence.
- David Bishop called the concept a "blatant swipe of Steve McQueen's character in The Great Escape".[6]
Truck Turpin
[edit]Tom 'Truck' Turpin, a British trucker, drives a Kenworth rig across the United States during the Seventies, accompanied by his co-driver & sidekick 'Jacknife'.
The Unknown Soldier
[edit]- Published: 14 August to 16 October 1976[1]
- Writer: Ron Carpenter[1]
- Artist: Jim Watson[1]
After an attempt on his life leaves him with amnesia a British soldier is unaware his own commanding officer wants him dead.
War Dog
[edit]- Published: 29 December 1979 to 5 July 1980[1]Writer Alan Hebden
- Artist/s: Cam Kennedy[1]
German Shepherd Kazan experiences World War II from different sides.
The Wilde Bunch
[edit]- Published: 3 January 1981 to [clarification needed]
- Writer: Scott Goodall[1]
- Artist: Phil Gascoine[1]
The oldest of the Wilde Brothers tries to use his role as a dispatch rider to keep his three brothers safe after they enlist in 1941.
X-Changers
[edit]- Published: [clarification needed] September 1987 to [clarification needed] 23 January 1988[1]
In the Westarr Complex planetary system, Star Marshall Colt Lazeor and his allies Alpha Cody and Buck Meteor keep order against the outlaw Blackstarr and his minions.
- Based on the Acamas toyline.[19]
Y for Yellow Squadron
[edit]- Published: 15 November 1975 to 14 February 1976[1]
- Writer: Ken Mennell, Ron Carpenter[1]
- Artist: Bill Lacey[1]
Squadron Leader David 'Big Dave' Challinor is put in charge of a squadron of RAF misfits and malingerers.
Yellow Jack
[edit]- Published: 14 August to 16 October 1976[1]
- Writer: Terry Magee[1]
- Artist: Geoff Campion, Jim Watson[1]
Cowardly British soldier Jack Loot hungers for gold in the North African desert war.
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