From October 1983, under the editorship of Terry Magee, Action Force joined Battle full time and the comic became… Battle Action Force. The first issue of Battle Action Force, cover dated 8 October 1983, featured a SAS Force cover and had three Action Force stories within its pages, establishing the template for future issues. Interestingly, one of the Action Force strips, 'Operation Bloodhound', was in colour on the centre pages of the comic, with Battle regulars like 'Johnny Red' and 'Charley's War' consigned to black and white pages elsewhere.