Battle Action (2024 Rebellion/2000AD) comic books

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Written by Garth Ennis, Brian K. Vaughan. Art by Keith Burns, Chris Burnham. Cover by Keith Burns. Blazing Battle Action on each page! Garth Ennis and Keith Burns reunite for a 10-issue maxi-series which tells the final story of Johnny Red, aerial ace! Johnny Redburn's battle against the German Luftwaffe continues into the final year of the Second World War - but Johnny's long war has taken a toll on him, and his bravery now edges towards recklessness. Will he make through the last months of the war? Then! In a guest feature, writer Brian K. Vaughan makes his Battle Action debut, joined by artist Chris Burnham for a shocking post-apocalyptic fable! In a hostile future London where Kids Rule, a young American boy runs for his life from a mob of xenophobic British Punks - but he has a secret weapon they aren't expecting… 32 pages, full color. Cover price $7.99.

(W) Garth Ennis, Brian K. Vaughan (A) Keith Burns, Chris Burnham (CA) Keith Burns Garth Ennis and Keith Burns' final Johnny Red story continues, as Johnny reunites with the pilot who got him kicked out of the RAF at the very beginning of his aviation career. Now a high-ranking officer, he requests Johnny's help on a dangerous mission, and failure will irrevocably determine the war's outcome, and foreshadow how wars are fought throughout the 20th century. This issue also features John Wagner and Dan Cornwell returning for another adventure featuring the crew of the HMS Nightshade, as Nightshade must protect a convoy from overwhelming Axis forces, but at what cost to themselves? Cover price $7.99.

(W) Garth Ennis, Steve White (A) Keith Burns, John McCrea (CA) Steve White In Johnny Red: A Couple of Heroes part 3, Johnny Red must pilot the Flying Gun over the Arctic Ocean on a mission to stop the development of a strain of cholera as a weapon of mass murder. But with the conclusion of the war seemingly inevitable, Johnny cannot help but think about his missing partner, Nina Petrova, and what he needs to do to be reunited with her. Garth Ennis and Keith Burns ramp up the stakes in this final Johnny Red story. And in the bonus feature, the star of Action-Hook Jaw, the great white shark0-is back! Brought to you by Steve White and John McCrea, Hook Jaw must face off against a Killer Whale, as a nature documentary team and a group of shark conservationists get between them. Who will make it out alive? Cover price $7.99.

(W) Garth Ennis, Rob Williams (A) Keith Burns, Henry Flint (CA) Henry Flint In the fourth part of the final Johnny Red story, A Couple of Heroes, air ace Nina Petrova has been captured and is being interrogated about her association with Johnny Red, but her future looks bleak, and she holds on to her memories of the adventures she had with Johnny during the war. Garth Ennis and Keith Burns create this flashback story, looking at what happened to the infamous pilot as World War II comes to an end. This issue also contains a stand-alone western adventure, The General, featuring a Civil War-era bounty hunter on the trail of a double agent whose loyalty cannot even be assumed to belong to either army, in this action-packed thriller from Rob Williams and Henry Flint/ Cover price $7.99.

(W) Garth Ennis, Rob Williams (A) Keith Burns, Henry Flint (CA) Tom Foster A Couple of Heroes continues as Johnny takes off in the Flying Gun, on a mission to avert the use of a weapon of mass destruction, in this final Johnny Red story by Garth Ennis and Keith Burns. And the second story featured in this issue brings you the return of the controversial Death Game, the story which was responsible for the banning of Action in 1976. This new take on the violent future sport is brought to you by Dan Abnett and Tom Foster. Cover price $7.99.