"Battle Picture Library": Let 'em Have it
12 of the Best "Battle Picture Library" Comic Books Ever!
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2008
Prion Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85375-671-9 (ISBN)
Prion Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85375-671-9 (ISBN)
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By the time it was launched in 1961, "Battle Picture Library" already had two stablemates at Fleetway Publications - "War Picture Library" and "Air Ace Picture Library". To avoid any conflicts with its sister magazines, Battle concentrated on stories based on land. This title features some of the finest stories in "Battle Picture Library" series.
By the time it was launched in 1961, "Battle Picture Library" already had two stablemates at Fleetway Publications - "War Picture Library" and "Air Ace Picture Library". To avoid any conflicts with its sister magazines, Battle concentrated solely on stories based on land, although the authors and artists had plenty of scope when deciding on settings for their tales of action and adventure.Stories such as "Fort Blood" or "The Fire-Eater" pit our fighting men against their bitter enemies in the heat and dust of the desert while "The Flame and the Fury" or "The Island of Guilt" see them slogging their way through the intense tropical humidity of the darkest jungles."The Let 'Em Have It" collection features some of the finest stories ever to appear in the "Battle Picture Library" series, providing hours of entertainment for fans of fighting yarns whether they be revisiting the classic comic book series they remember from their youth, or whether they are going into Battle for the first time!
By the time it was launched in 1961, "Battle Picture Library" already had two stablemates at Fleetway Publications - "War Picture Library" and "Air Ace Picture Library". To avoid any conflicts with its sister magazines, Battle concentrated solely on stories based on land, although the authors and artists had plenty of scope when deciding on settings for their tales of action and adventure.Stories such as "Fort Blood" or "The Fire-Eater" pit our fighting men against their bitter enemies in the heat and dust of the desert while "The Flame and the Fury" or "The Island of Guilt" see them slogging their way through the intense tropical humidity of the darkest jungles."The Let 'Em Have It" collection features some of the finest stories ever to appear in the "Battle Picture Library" series, providing hours of entertainment for fans of fighting yarns whether they be revisiting the classic comic book series they remember from their youth, or whether they are going into Battle for the first time!
Steve Holland is the author of over 1,000 articles and a dozen books relating to comics and pulp culture, including The Trials of Hank Janson, nominated for the Silver Dagger Award by the Crime Writers Association. His latest book, The War Libraries Index charts the extraordinary history of Fleetway;s war picture libraries.
Introduction; Fort Blood; Killer at Large; The Fire-Eater; No Higher Stakes; Ten Seconds to Zero; The Flame and the Fury; Death - and Glory; The Island of Guilt; The Quick and the Dead; The Trouble-Shooters; L.C.1; Shoot First.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.10.2008 |
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Zusatzinfo | chiefly Illustrations |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 175 x 220 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga |
Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen | |
ISBN-10 | 1-85375-671-7 / 1853756717 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-85375-671-9 / 9781853756719 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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