About this Collection
This 1979 edition of IPC's Action Annual collects a selection of comic strips from the Action weekly series, featuring a mix of adventure, sports, and war stories typical of the title's gritty, anti-authoritarian tone. It includes contributions from notable British comics artists and writers of the era, offering a snapshot of the publication's most popular characters and serials from the late 1970s.
Contains 27 stories
Untitled Spy story
8 pp · Spy
DredgerBreedHamud
Untitled Non-Fiction story
1 pp · Non-Fiction
The Fat Man
4 pp · Detective-Mystery
Al Bonito (The Fat Man)Otto LevinskyJake Levinsky
Luckiest Pilot Alive
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Biography
George Smith
The Whispering Menace
11 pp · Adventure
Rory MacDuffBarney LomaxProfessor PillonAscardeus (living plantvillain)
Untitled Non-Fiction story
1 pp · Non-Fiction
The Telepathic Cop
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Detective-Mystery
Don Sabel
Untitled story
3 pp
Cliff HangerKukriThe Firefly (villain)
Untitled War story
3 pp · War
Major Rafe CollinsFrank MasonWerner Voss
T.W. Chapman, Ship's Carpenter
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Biography
T.W. Chapman
Untitled Science Fiction story
8 pp · Science Fiction, Sports
The Black Gladiators (team)Death Riders (team)Ivan PenkoffThe Angels of Death (team)Rostock Dynaomos (team)
Untitled Sports story
8 pp · Sports
Kenny "Lefty" LamptonEnoch LamptonMr. BowkerBig Bill BarberDave Marsden (villain)
Untitled Non-Fiction story
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Untitled Adventure story
3 pp · Adventure
Cliff HangerKukriKing Ahmid
Untitled Adventure story
8 pp · Adventure
Hook JawCyrus T. VoglerBarry Vogler
Untitled War story
3 pp · War
Major Rafe CollinsLieutenant Lance McAlister
The Glider Pilots
1 pp · Non-Fiction, War
The Lancers
1 pp · Non-Fiction, War
The Mounties
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Detective-Mystery
Hannibal's Army
1 pp · Non-Fiction, War
Guardian of the Gold
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Detective-Mystery
James B. Hume
Untitled Spy story
8 pp · Spy
BarracudaFrollo
Untitled War story
3 pp · War
Major Clem WayneMajor Rafe CollinsLieutenant Frank Miller [Franz Moehler]
Untitled Adventure story
3 pp · Adventure
Cliff HangerKukriMr. Bigg
The Lost Revolver
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Detective-Mystery
Captain Nesteroff
1 pp · Non-Fiction, War
Captain Nesteroff
The Islands of Peril
13 pp · Adventure
Simon TestClive HowardeRalph ErlyBaron von StrykerMike TaggartWayne PowerThe Big Man
