{"product_id":"9781837866694-action-before-the-banarchival-collec-v1","title":"ACTION - BEFORE THE BAN Volume 1","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Archival Collection\u003cbr\u003eCelebrating 50 years since IPC launched the UK's most controversial anthology comic! This volume collects all of the infamous strips and some editorial from the first 12 issues of \u003cb\u003eAction\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF BRITAIN'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL COMIC!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eViolent, gritty and unrelenting, \u003cb\u003eAction\u003c\/b\u003e comic was the brainchild of Pat Mills and Geoff Kemp. Tasked with creating a new anthology comic for the IPC's boys adventure division, the pair rapidly developed a winning formula: reimagining existing story ideas from fresh perspectives and infusing them with a healthy dose of modern realism. With strips such as \u003ci\u003eHookjaw\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDredger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLook Out For Lefty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlackjack\u003c\/i\u003e, success was instantaneous but so was the criticism. Many of the press including, \u003cb\u003eThe London Evening Standard\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/b\u003e and the \u003cb\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/b\u003e were quick to denounce the comic, while Mary Whitehouse and the pressure group, Delegates Opposing Violent Education, piled pressure on the IPC board to do something about it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn less than a year, \u003cb\u003eAction\u003c\/b\u003e was pulled from circulation, then returned months later, a sanitised, pale shadow of its former self. But the spark had already been lit. \u003cb\u003eAction\u003c\/b\u003e had made its mark and became the catalyst for the evolution of the British comics scene, pathing the way for \u003cb\u003e2000 AD\u003c\/b\u003e and the British invasion of UK talent into America.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCollected here are the first twelve issues of \u003cb\u003eAction\u003c\/b\u003e, containing all of the strips and some of the editorial that created so much infamy back in the 1970s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57335372251510,"sku":"9781837866694","price":59.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40132942_7ddd204c-59ed-41b7-ab3f-fda934cd3d1c.jpg?v=1772094711","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781837866694-action-before-the-banarchival-collec-v1","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}