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Battle Action No. 223, dated 16 June 1979. Crazy Keller cover by Eric Bradbury. Treasury of British Comics.
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Battle Action No. 223, dated 16 June 1979. Crazy Keller cover by Eric Bradbury. Treasury of British Comics.
Rebellion announces new Battle Action mini series - our guide to the returning strips
Battle Action, 2000AD publisher's relaunch of the title inspired by two classic British weekly comics, Battle Picture Weekly (aka Battle) and Action, is back as a five-issue miniseries
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Battle Action cover dated 20 January 1979. Eric Bradbury (1921-2001) provided a H.M.S Nightshade cover and interior art on the Crazy Keller strip.
Treasury of British Comics.
Battle Action No. 186, dated 23 September 1978. Crazy Keller D-Day cover by Eric Bradbury. Treasury of British Comics.
Battle Action No. 184, dated 9 September 1978. Johnny Red, Crazy Keller, The Sarge and The Shark share the spotlight on a cover by John Cooper. Treasury of British Comics.
Battle Action cover dated 19 August 1978. Both images on the cover came from interior art in that issue - Samurai by Carlos Cruz and Crazy Keller by Eric Bradbury. As can be seen below a bit of 'eye shadow' was placed around the main character's eyes for the cover.
I'm intrigued as to the belt buckle and whether Japanese soldiers were known to wear things like that. I know some had what was called the senninbari or belt of a thousand stitches which would often be adorned with the image of a tiger. I think this was more akin to a strip of cloth rather than what looks like a leather belt and buckle.
Treasury of British Comics.
Battle Action cover dated 5 August 1978. Crazy Keller cover by Eric Bradbury.
Treasury of British Comics.
Battle Action No. 232, dated 18 August 1979. Crazy Keller cover by Eric Bradbury. The strip was written by Alan Hebden and I think, when it debuted in 1978, was intended as a replacement for Major Eazy with Carlos Ezquerra having moved over to Starlord and then 2000AD. Treasury of British Comics.