*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: From its inception in 1976, the Action weekly courted controversy by featuring as ‘heroes’ characters who would traditionally be regarded as antagonists; German tank commanders, man-eating sharks, and so on. The escalating levels of violence in series like “Hellman”, “Hookjaw”, “Dredger”, “Death Game 1999” and their stablemates caused increasing concern – and sharply rising sales as a result of all the publicity! Eventually, Action was hoist by its own petard, and publication was suspended while a reconfiguring of the series in a safer direction was implemented. Pre-ban issues, however, remain highly sought after, and we have a new batch in – just for you! Beginning with the very first issue in FN, this new selection is characterised by exceptionally high quality, particularly for British weeklies, which were printed, after all, on the cheapest disposable pulp paper. Most of these new additions achieve the seldom-seen grade, on UK pulp weeklies, of VF: white pages, bright colours, tight staples and flat copies with no spine roll or page-sliding. A handful dip to a ‘mere’ Fine, but the vast majority are in remarkable preservation. To top it off, we also have four of the Summer/Holiday Specials from 1976 and 1977, 1979 and 1980, not in quite as high a grade overall, but still eminently respectable.