{"product_id":"action-before-the-ban-pat-mills-9781837866694","title":"Action - Before the Ban Volume 1: The Archival Collection","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brand-new hardback containing the first 12 issues of Britain's most controversial comic, \u003cb\u003eAction\u003c\/b\u003e, published to coincide with its 50th anniversary.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCELEBRATING SIXTY YEARS OF BRITAIN'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL COMIC!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 health 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn less than a year, \u003cb\u003eAction\u003c\/b\u003e had been 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollected here are the first tweleve 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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pat Mills, John Wagner, Gerry Finley-Day\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1837866694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837866694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebellion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.19lbs","brand":"Pat Mills","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47203215343871,"sku":"9781837866694","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6aa570e7-1ecf-41b6-a939-41b5444494ae.jpg?v=1756834691","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/action-before-the-ban-pat-mills-9781837866694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}