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 "The Rats of Tobruk" or "Blood on the Sand" pit our fighting men against their bitter enemies in the heat and dust of the desert while "Dawn Attack" or "Shock Tactics" see them fighting hand-to-hand in the European battlegrounds. "The Hit The Dirt!" 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.
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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.
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Older story's are so much better than the newer versions.The story's are 'grittier' and the good guy doesn't always win.
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when I picked it up, I just could not put it down till I had read it all the storys were just magic
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Hours and hours of reading enjoyment. These are collected reprints of British pocket size comics, I have never seen an original but the quality of the reprints is high and you get six original stories that are each like a mini-graphic novel with about 4 chapters each. These books are about 3 inches thick, I mean they are loaded with material. I currently own 3-4 of the volumes and am trying to collect all the volumes from both picture library and commando comics. Amazing value for the money if you get these for around 15-20 bucks. Worth every dime.
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