*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: The first issue of the ground-breaking weekly Battle, still with its original free gift! The brainchild of Pat Mills, Battle broke away from the stoic stereotypes of British war comics, presenting a more naturalistic, more pessimistic, and, yes, more violent picture than before, generating substantial sales but considerable outrage. Early popular features such as ‘D-Day Dawson’ and ‘Rat Pack’ were later joined by ‘Johnny Red’ and ‘Charley’s War’ to controversy and acclaim. We have a newly-acquired copy of the first issue, dated 8th March 1975, in Fine, with a Fine graded gift of ‘Combat Stickers of World War II’, at £40. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD