Dredger

Forged in the gritty Bronze Age of British comics, Dredger burst onto the page in Battle Action #24 in December 1977, the creation of the legendary John Wagner and artist Eric Bradbury — a pairing that knew exactly how to conjure hard-edged, unflinching characters for IPC's action-hungry readership. Sharing those ink-stained pages with some of the era's most beloved British comics icons — Johnny 'Red' Redburn, Major Eazy, and others — Dredger found himself in genuinely elite company, a testament to the quality of the anthology he called home. What's remarkable is the staying power: a character born nearly fifty years ago who still turns up in the catalog as recently as 2026, including a celebrated appearance in the Action 50th Anniversary Special, speaks to a fanbase that never let go. For collectors who love the raw, distinctive flavour of IPC's Bronze Age output, Dredger is exactly the kind of discovery that reminds you why British comics deserve a place on every serious shelf.