Rebellion Releases — 11 June 2025

BATTLE ACTION RETURNS WITH A COLLECTION OF NINE NEW STORIES, NOW WITH MORE ACTION!

This compendium features the return of Action favourites Hook Jaw and the controversial Death Game, one of the stories responsible for the suspension of Action in 1976, alongside new adventures for Angel of Death Nina Petrova, and El Mestizo- the Civil War-era bounty hunter on the trail of a double agent whose loyalty cannot be assumed to belong to either army. Hellman takes A Walk in the Woods – and discovers the terrible truth of the cause he’s been fighting for. Major Eazy assists American commandos with the invasion of Sicily, and with protecting Malati Bridge. And find out how Dredger became the stone-cold agent that everyone fears and only a mother could love.

Writer Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys) is joined by an incredible roster of top-tier talent, with stories by original Battle Action writer John Wagner (Judge Dredd, Robo-Hunter), Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Y: The Last Man), Torunn Gronbekk (Thor, Red Sonja), Rob Williams (Suicide Squad, Petrol Head) and Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy, Lawless), and featuring art by industry greats including Chris Burnham (Batman, Doom Patrol), Henry Flint (Hawk The Slayer) and John Higgins (Watchmen, Dreadnoughts).

For this third collection of stories, readers can pick up either the standard edition hardback which features characters including Hookjaw, El Mestizo, Major Easy and Nina Petrova – or a special webshop-exclusive edition with all-new cover artwork from Nina Petrova artist Patrick Goddard! There’s blazing Battle Action on every page!

Battle Picture Weekly was where the revolution in British comics began. Created in 1975 by writers and editors Pat Mills and John Wagner, it introduced new grittiness into comics with its cast of anti-heroes and misfits. Its bombast and energy sparked a sea-change in what comics could do, leading to Mills’ creation of the controversial Action and the globally influential 2000 AD.

The new Battle Action mini-series celebrates the merging of this landmark title with its controversial stablemate, Action, a combination that took the two comics to even greater heights. Now, more than forty years after the original, some of the cream of British comics talent are bringing these classic characters back to life.

This volume contains:

    KIDS RULE OK by Brian K. Vaughan and Chris Burnham
    HMS NIGHTSHADE by John Wagner and Dan Cornwell
    HOOKJAW by Steve White, PJ Holden and John McCrea
    EL MESTIZO by Rob Williams and Henry Flint
    DEATH GAME by Dan Abnett and Tom Foster
    HELLMAN by Garth Ennis and Mike Dorey
    MAJOR EAZY by Rob Williams and Henry Flint
    DREDGER by Garth Ennis and John Higgins
    NINA PETROVA AND THE ANGELS OF DEATH by Torunn Grønbekk and Patrick Goddard

Available from 24 September in standard hardback edition and web exclusive hardcover both of which can be pre-ordered now.

And now, this week's releases...

2000AD Prog 2436
Cover: Joe Currie.

JUDGE DREDD // THE FIRST 100 by Dan Abnett (w) Colin MacNeil (a) Chris Blythe (c) Annie Parkhouse (l)
ROGUE TROOPER // TIDES OF WAR by Andi Ewington (w) Paul Marshall (a) Pippa Bowland (c) Jim Campbell (l)
GHOSTED // BOOK ONE by Guy Adams (w) Megan Huang (a) Simon Bowland (l)
SILVER // PERFIDIOUS by Mike Carroll (w) Joe Currie (a) Simon Bowland (l)
SCARLET TRACES // EMPIRE OF BLOOD by Ian Edginton (w) D'Israeli (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)

Battle Action #10
Cover: Keith Burns

JOHNNY RED // A COUPLE OF HEROES by Garth Ennis (w) Keith Burns (a) Jason Wordie (c) Rob Steen (l)

Johnny Red’s final adventure comes to an end in “A Couple Of Heroes”. With the odds stacked against him, and the fate of the war in the balance, will he make it out alive?