tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633265628054619928.post8337374629048137045..comments2023-10-31T16:05:58.638+00:00Comments on Broken Trails: BATTLER BRITTON RETURNSRayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18154296143024548830noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633265628054619928.post-8479515525738208852009-06-12T09:05:15.986+01:002009-06-12T09:05:15.986+01:00Thanks for the suggestions. Captain Hurricane look...Thanks for the suggestions. Captain Hurricane looks highly likely having just googled him. Those raging furies are familiar, but I can't remember him as being in charge of anyone so I probably was mixing up several characters in one there.I.J. Parnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08933834936324859175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633265628054619928.post-15773818820047329042009-06-11T00:54:57.172+01:002009-06-11T00:54:57.172+01:00I was going to say Captain Hurricane - I've bu...I was going to say Captain Hurricane - I've built up a nice collection of Battle comics via EBAY. Used to love them.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633265628054619928.post-59764032713651582982009-06-11T00:33:59.916+01:002009-06-11T00:33:59.916+01:00Keith - Certainly wish that I had kept mine.
I kn...Keith - Certainly wish that I had kept mine. <br />I know Battler was in Battle and pretty sure that he popped up in Air Ace - as my son has a story in an Air Ace omnibus.<br />I split my Commando, Battle and Air Ace comics with my two sons who still buy Commando comics.<br /><br />Steve and Ian - even as I was writing these pieces other characters were rolling around in my head like Rockfist Rogan and Nightingale Nobbs.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154296143024548830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633265628054619928.post-76578995195168492582009-06-10T21:53:38.503+01:002009-06-10T21:53:38.503+01:00Ian, Does Captain Hurricane ring a bell?
"Me...Ian, Does Captain Hurricane ring a bell?<br /><br />"Me, too" when it comes to Ray's posts setting up some trains of thought. Fortunately, I have shirt boxes full of copies of the old story papers, the Wizard, the Rover, the Hotspur etc., from those years (the 1950s in my case) and I can read a <b><i>V for Vengeance</i></b> serial whenever I want -- or I could if I could find the time!<br /><br />Ray, my understanding was that the AP/Fleetway digest-sized comic books that featured Battler Britton were part of Thriller Picture Library, not Air Ace.Chap O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404176810063857291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633265628054619928.post-40472726673609852652009-06-10T20:59:19.097+01:002009-06-10T20:59:19.097+01:00That's interesting news Ray...I've still g...That's interesting news Ray...I've still got a couple of those Air Ace and Battle Picture Library books that star Battler Britton.Steve Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11631734673248632467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633265628054619928.post-21230163092234380542009-06-10T18:24:58.802+01:002009-06-10T18:24:58.802+01:00I can see the pictures. Not sure but Tiger MacTagg...I can see the pictures. Not sure but Tiger MacTaggart comes to mind.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154296143024548830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633265628054619928.post-45163897970408841312009-06-10T16:15:22.223+01:002009-06-10T16:15:22.223+01:00Your articles about old comic heroes has got me th...Your articles about old comic heroes has got me thinking and I've been trying to recall the name of one bloke who was the lead in the comic I used to read as a kid. It might have been Valiant. <br /><br />The series was set in the 2nd World War and the lead bloke was a huge squared-jawed Tommy who used to every week wipe out whole platoons of German troops who said Achtung a lot. He never of course killed anyone or used a gun but he always defeated the bad guys with a solid punch to the jaw. The final frames always had German troops flying through the air over tanks after he'd dispatched them.<br /><br />Anyhow, does this ring a bell with anyone?I.J. Parnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08933834936324859175noreply@blogger.com