Action was a British weekly boys’ comic published from 14 February 1976 to 5 November 1977, when it merged with war comic Battle after 86 issues.
While initially a sales success, the comic quickly received media criticism for its violent content, causing a moral panic that ultimately saw it withdrawn from sale in October 1976, amid rumours it was to be banned.
Action returned two months later in a much-sanitised form, quickly losing readers and being cancelled the following year. Despite its short lifespan, Action was highly influential on the British comics scene, and was a direct forerunner of the long-running 2000 AD
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