| Battle Picture Weekly was the sister-comic to 2000AD and the home of such classics as Johnny Red and Charley's War. The title began on 8th March 1975 and went through several guises. On the 23rd of October 1976 it merged with the comic Valiant, then on the 19th of November 1977 the title became Battle Action. On July 15th 1981 the comic was renamed Battle. On the 4th of June 1983 Battle began a four-part Action Force strip to promote the new Palitoy line. A further five promotional mini-comics were given away and on the 8th of October 1983 the title became Battle Action Force.
The Action Force strips ran for over three years until the storyline climaxed spectacularly with the epic Operation Deep Cover; a massive marketing exercise which never came to fruition. The title reverted to Battle on the 6th of December 1986. On January 24th 1987 Battle with Storm Force was born. The comic ran until the 8th of January 1988 and then merged with Eagle, where Storm Force continued for many years. There are a few gap weeks in the 1980 run due to a printers strike. A full list can be found here.
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