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BATTLER BRITTON COMIC BOOK!
OUT OF PRINT. HARD TO FIND COLLECTOR'S ITEM FEATURING BRITISH HEROES SET IN WORLD WAR 2.
The return of a famous British Pulp Charater!!!
Battler Britton is the next IPC character to see revival through DC Comics Wildstorm imprint, in a new comic book from writer Garth Ennis, illustrated by Colin Wilson, with painted covers by Garry Leach. Featuring lavish full color artwork printed on high quality glossy paper.
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Garth Ennis, the writer of the best-selling thought-provoking series PREACHER tells a an exciting tale of WorldWar II in this riveting new comic book series. In October, 1942, Allied forces are on the run from the unrelenting forcesof the Nazis in North Africa.Wing Commander Robert "Battler" Britton ofthe Royal Air Force and his squadron are dispatched to an American airstripto spearhead a joint action against Hitler's war machine.Now they mustsurvive taunts, threats, and assaults ... and that's just from the Yanks!
Synopsis:
An epic battle tale! Deep behind enemy lines, Battler and Gilhooley make a terrifying discovery: a huge encampment of Panzer Tanks. Now they must somehow get word to their squadron and cause as much damage as possible without being captured or killed!
THIS ITEM WAS ONLY AVAILABLE IN COMIC BOOK SPECIALTY SHOPS AND CANNOT BE FOUND IN ANY MASS MARKET RETAIL OUTLET.
Garth Ennis is probably best known for his hard-hitting but historically accurate and empathetic War Stories. Battler Britton follows in the latter vein, fictionalising the heroics of World War II without shying too far away from the immense destructive force of modern warfare. If the book’s name sounds familiar, you may have come across Britton before, though not for a long time. The character is another of the classic characters from IPC’s archives which, along with Albion and a handful of others, have been resurrected for a modern audience.
Robert “Battler” Britton is a fighter pilot with the Royal Air Force. Commanding his own squadron of trusted veterans, he’s one of Britain’s most successful pilots, thanks to his superior strategic thinking, his courage, and his survivalist instinct that always seems able to get him back home if he has to ditch his aircraft.
Ennis’s take on the character sees him teaming up with an American squadron, camped behind enemy lines in the heart of the Sahara desert. Although the two squadrons take a bit of time to get over their cultural differences, Britton’s leadership pulls the group together to take on some serious German opposition.
"Battler Britton - England's Fighting Ace of Land, Sea and Air" was an IPC staple for over 25 years. He debuted in Sun #361 in January 1956, created by writer Mike Butterworth and artist Geoff Campion, then moved over to Knockout in 1960 after Sun folded. In 1960 and 1961, IPC/Fleetway published two hardback compilations of Battler's adventures – packaged as Battler's memoirs -- with authorship credited to "Wing Commander Robert Hereward Britton."
He entered his finest era in the early 1960s, creatively speaking, and began starring in the Air Ace Picture Library and Battle Picture Library digests
Writer(s):
Garth Ennis
Penciller(s):
Colin Wilson
Inker(s):
Colin Wilson
Colorist(s):
Jeromy Cox
Letterer(s):
Rob Leigh
Editor(s):
Scott Dunbier
Kristy Quinn
Cover Artist(s):
Garry Leach