Charleys War

[Captain Dave]

Whilst perusing a comic (I mean 'graphic novel') shop, I came upon the re release of Charleys War, all nice and hoardcovered and unfortionatly sealed in a plastic bag.

Is this simply a reprint of the one issued out in the late 80's in soft cover. or does it start earlier and go for further?

[CROONAERT]

Is this simply a reprint of the one issued out in the late 80's in soft cover. or does it start earlier and go for further?

There were two printed (1983 and 1985) - "Book 1" and "book 2".

Book 1 covered the start of the story (joining up to nightfall on 1st July 1916) and book 2 covered July 2nd 1916 through to August 1916 and the "eve of the tanks".

I believe (but don't know) that this new re-print is both "book 1" and "book 2" combined, so, in other words mainly covers June - August 1916.

Dave.

[P.B.]

The actual content of the new hardback is basically all of the old book one, plus about half of book two (it ends on a bit of a cliffhanger....) with some new bonus material -an interview with creator Pat Mills, a scriptography and a background piece on the battle of the Somme. The second hardback volume is due in the latter half of 2005.

Hope this is of some help

All the best

Paul.

[Captain Dave]

Thanks for the feedback.

I have book 2, and all my original comics have been relegated to the landfill in the sky. It was selling for NZ $44.00, I was just wondering if it was worth it or not......

[Simon Furnell]

Isn't it great that something from our youth is worth a reprint?

Well all of us in our late thirties.

Avidly read Charleys war as a teenager,when Battle Action finally turned up at my local W.H Smith,which was a 10 mile round trip.

Sometimes i would get 3 copies at once,and it was always my first stop.

I may be getting sentimental now,but the artwork was marvellous,much like all of the comics i remember from those days,including the pocket book sized monthlies that used to come out as well(the names,i can't remember),that were like mini novels,and mainly covered WW2,Tobruk,El Alamein,etc,and must have cost a fortune to reproduce on a mass scale.

Oh how the times have changed.

Action man has survived,in name at least,but long gone are the days when you could tear a centre page out of a comic,in black and white,and put it in a frame and call it art.

Busted posters just don't cut it.

All the best.

Simon.