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29 October 2023

UPDATED: Battle from Rebellion

To celebrate 'Death Squad' being published by the Treasury of British comics I've re-freshed my list of the Battle branded list of publications from Rebellion...

Thought I'd just try and start collating all the instances where Rebellion Publishing have used the Battle logo - please let me know if I've missed anything...

New items highlighted in red

Operation Overlord
Standalone (so not presented free with the Megazine) comic issues 1-4 of Operation Overlord






Operation Overlord
Presented free with Judge Dredd magazine issue 404 

Presented free with Judge Dredd magazine issue 405

Presented free with Judge Dredd megazine issue 406

Presented free with Judge Dredd megazine issue 407

and then collected together in a single volume...

Sniper Elite: Resistance
Sniper elite: Resistance, Issue 1 - cover A, Patrick Goddard art

Sniper elite: Resistance Issue 1 - cover B, Edouard Groult art

Sniper elite: Resistance Issue 1 - Forbidden Planet variant cover, Ian Kennedy art 


Sniper elite: Resistance Issue 2 - cover A, art by Patrick Goddard & Quinton Winter

Sniper elite: Resistance Issue 2 - cover B, Colin Wilson art

Sniper elite: Resistance Issue 3

Sniper elite: Resistance Issue 3 - cover B, Carlos Ezquerra art 

And then collected together... 

And, pre-dating all of these, was this Sniper elite: Resistance ash-can comic sold at San Diego Comic-con

Battle reprints books
Major Eazy vs Rat Pack - Alan Hebden & Carlos Ezquerra


Major Eazy - the Italian campaign (not yet released)

El Mestizo - Alan Hebden & Carlos Ezquerra
Originally serialised in Battle 4th June 1977-17th September 1977

Death Squad - by Alan Hebden and with art by Carlos Ezquerra & Eric Bradbury
You can order it here


This book collects the Death Squad stories published in Battle Action from 12 July 1980 - 4 June 1981, as well as the Battle Annual 1982.

Invasion 1984! by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Eric Bradbury


Specials
softback, 'holiday special' style publication - Keith Burns cover (2000AD webshop exclusive cover)

softback, 'holiday special' style publication - this was the version available in newsagents 

Mini trade - Lofty's one-man Luftwaffe
This was free with the Judge Dredd Megazine #397 (cover dated 17th July 2018)
Reprinted from Battle issue #1-#18

More recent Battle material
Judge Dredd Megazine #456 reprints issue #1 of the Titan comics Johnny Red comic from November 2015

Judge Dredd Megazine #457 reprints issue #2 of the Titan comics Johnny Red comic from December 2015  

Judge Dredd Megazine #458 reprints issue #3 of the Titan comics Johnny Red comic from January 2016  

Judge Dredd Megazine #459 reprints issue #4 of the Titan comics Johnny Red comic from February 2016  

Judge Dredd Megazine #460 reprints issue #5 of the Titan comics Johnny Red comic from March 2016  
plus it's part of the Battle Action crossover with prog 2350

Battle Action, 5 issue mini series

Battle Action #0, May 2023
very small runs of these were produced, my copy (acquired at Enniskillen comic festival in 2023) is marked as "2nd printing, May 2023"

Battle Action #1, May 2023, webshop exclusive cover

Battle Action #1, May 2023, newsstand cover

Battle Action #1, May 2023, Diamond exclusive cover
this copy signed by Garth Ennis

Battle Action #2, June 2023


Battle Action #3, July 2023

Battle Action #4, August 2023

Battle Action
 #5, September 2023


Recent books
1). Clash of the guards
the 'regular' edition of this is in paperback; the webshop exclusive (limited to 200 copies) looks the same but is hardback


2). The Sarge
'regular' edition, softback

webshop exclusive hardcover - limited to 200 copies



Battle Action 'annual' 
The regular (hardback) edition

The webshop exclusive hardback edition - Dredger cover by John B Higgins



 

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