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''Battle Picture Weekly'', at various times also known as ''Battle Action Force'', ''Battle'' and ''Battle with Storm Force'', was a British war comic book magazine published by IPC Magazines from (issues dates) 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of ''Eagle''. Most stories were set in World War II, with some based on other conflicts. A notable feature of the comic, suited to its era of circulation, was its letters page with readers sending in stories of their fathers' and grandfathers' exploits during the First World War and the Second World War, often in an effort to win a nominal star letter prize. The comic at various times printed colour pinups of tanks, planes, ships, etc. in the centrefold or the back page (inner or outer).〔When buying second-hand copies, these should be checked, as the pictures may have been removed from the comic.〕 ==Publication history== In 1974, in response to the success of the D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd war comic ''Warlord'', IPC hired freelance writers Pat Mills and John Wagner to develop a rival title. Mills and Wagner brought in fellow freelancer Gerry Finley-Day to help develop stories. Dave Hunt was made editor. Doug Church also was very involved as a 'Creative Editor' on covers, layouts, features. When the title proved a success, Mills went on to create ''Action ''and ''2000 AD,'' while Wagner was asked to revive ''Valiant.'' The attempts to breathe new life into ''Valiant'' were unsuccessful, and it was merged with ''Battle'' in October 1976.〔(History of Battle ) at sevenpennynightmare.co.uk〕 For some time afterwards the merged comic was entitled ''Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant''. ''Action'' also merged with ''Battle'' on 19 November 1977, the resulting comic being named ''Battle Action''. In 1979, Terry Magee was appointed editor while Dave Hunt became editor of the new "Eagle". Barrie Tomlinson was the Group Editor and Gil Page was the Managing Editor. The Director of the Youth Group was John Sanders. In 1982 the comic was retitled again, to ''Battle''. Assistant Editor(for most of Battle comic's life): Jim Storrie Art Editors included Roy Stedall-Humphrys and Peter Downer Editorial assistants included Barrie Clements, Roy Preston, Richard Burton Art assistants: Tim Skomski, Martin Goldring The details are: * ''Battle Picture Weekly'' (8 March 1975 (#1 ) – 16 October 1976 (#86 )) * ''Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant'' (23 October 1976 (#87 ) – 1 October 1977 (#135 )) * ''Battle Picture Weekly'' (8 October 1977 (#136 ) – 11 November 1977 (#141 )) * ''Battle-Action'' (19 November 1977 (#142 ) – 1 July 1978 (#175 )) * ''Battle Action'' (8 July 1978 (#176 ) – 4 October 1980 (#283 )) : indicia still reads Battle-Action * ''Battle Action'' (11 October 1980 (#284 ) – 25 July 1981 (#325 )) : indicia now reads Battle Action * ''Battle'' (1 August 1981 (#326 ) – 1 October 1983 (#439 )) * ''Battle Action Force'' (8 October 1983 (#440 ) – 29 November 1986 (#604 )) * ''Battle'' (6 December 1986 (#605 ) – 17 January 1987 (#611 )) * ''Battle Storm Force'' (24 January 1987 (#612 ) – 23 January 1988 (#664 )) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle Picture Weekly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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