Action (comics)

Action
The cover of the 14 August 1976 edition of Action, spotlighting "Death Game 1999", "Hook Jaw", "Look Out for Lefty!" and "Hell's Highway".
Publication information
Publisher	IPC Magazines
Schedule	Weekly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Action/adventure
Publication date	14 February 1976 – 5 November 1977
No. of issues	86[a]
Creative team
Created by	Pat Mills Geoff Kemp
Written by	Ken Armstrong Chris Lowder Steve MacManus Pat Mills Tom Tully John Wagner
Artist(s)	Massimo Belardinelli Mike Dorey Ramon Sola Mike White
Editor(s)	Pat Mills Geoff Kemp John Smith Sid Bicknell

Action was a British weekly boys' comic published by IPC Magazines from 14 February 1976 to 5 November 1977, when it merged with war comic Battle after 86 issues. The comic was created by Pat Mills and Geoff Kemp.

While initially a sales success, the comic quickly received media criticism for its violent content, causing a moral panic that ultimately saw it withdrawn from sale by IPC in October 1976, amid rumours it was to be banned. Action returned two months later in a much-sanitised form, quickly losing readers and being cancelled the following year. Despite its short lifespan, Action was highly influential on the British comics scene, and was a direct forerunner of the long-running 2000 AD.

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