| Dear Steve, Just wanted to say thanks for the great site on Action, thought I'd put in a word from those of us who were to young to enjoy Action in '76 but got into it through reading the re-print annuals (my first copy was 1983). Thanks for giving us second generation fans a chance to read some great complete stories and the background on the comic. Incidentally I have now picked up the first 10 or so issues from second hand market stalls and car boot sales rather than having to pay a fiver per issue on e-bay so you can still pick up a bargain if your lucky. It would be good to read some Newspaper reports from the time on the reasons for the ban as the nearest I have come to reading these are blurred images in the Judge Dredd- a mega history book. Thanks from one very happy monkey, Monkey Matt |
| Steve says: Glad to make you a happy monkey. The news items you refer to are in the media section of The History of Action. The only story I can't seem to find is the one from the Daily Telegraph announcing the ban. Glad to see Action is reaching a whole new audience. If you look on e-Bay very carefully you can find old issues for as little as 49p, I know, I have. Speaking of which, I'm about to get rid of a job lot of catastrophically poor quality old issues that really have suffered the ravages of time but are still readable...they'll be (to quote David Dickinson) cheap as chips. |
| Dear Steve, Thanks for replying to my message, with regards to the action issues you are thinking of selling, will you be selling them on e-bay or via the web-site, if your selling on e-bay could you post a message to say when the lot will be up for auction so I can have a go at winning them. Cheers, Matt P.S. Don't know if it satisfies your curiosity about Johnny Red but flicking through my Battle collection he survives a near death crash and then gets returned to England a hero and is decorated with the V.C. and I think the Russian equivalent, Hero of the Soviet Union. |
