Action 2020 (With banned issue)

Back after  a long absence is one of Britain s most violent and controversial comics. One that even had a "banned" issue after a faux public outrage from the Mary Whitehouse types that plagued our enjoyment back in those dark days of censorship. These were the people who tried to stop Monty Python's film Life of Brian and told us Tom & Jerry was too violent.  Whitehouse even protested about naked manikins in shop windows. No wonder the sex obsessed bitch had a porn mag named after her!

Rebellion, publishers of 2000AD now have the rights to this and virtually the bulk of our non-DC Thomson comics and are now in the process of not just issuing reprints but also giving us new materiel in the form of "Specials". There's seven due over he next year.

This all new edition of Action comes in two editions including one with a facsimile of the banned issue. I chose this as it seemed fun to have a good look at what so outraged the moralists of my youth. Frankly n retrospect and having watched comics grow up with their readers this isn't all that shocking to modern eyes.

 

In fact the main problem I had was reading some of the text as it's a half size reproduction for cost reasons I suppose but Rebellion ought to remember lots of it's customers are ageing old gits like me!

As for the special itself there are five features four of which are based on the originals, Kids Rule OK which is set after a virus wipes out most adults making it a timely adventure given the current lock-down! Readers can also thrill to Dredger, Hellman and Hook-Jaw, the latter from the age of jaws...

There's one new story or at last I assume it is as I am unfamiliar with the comic and that is Hell Machine which is violent and plain weird.

Of course this is highly recommended.

Rating: 4.5 Stars! Support British Comics!

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