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THE LONG HARD ROAD TO WEMBLEY! Relive the best Roy of the Rovers
stories from the 1960s in this exciting anthology of reprinted
classic strips, celebrating over 65 years of the iconic football
comic. Roy Race, Melchester Rovers captain and star striker,
strides into the greatest decade of British football: the 1960s!
League glory, European campaigns, foreign tours and a little thing
called the World Cup are all on the horizon as Roy of the Rovers
cements his footballing legacy. However, its also a period of great
turmoil for the Rovers and their super-striker captain, Roy: from a
saboteur within the club burning down the dressing room, an
obsessed fan trying to ruin their cup run and the Rovers
crash-landing on a small South American Island, the team will have
to face down problems which threaten their very existence!
THE BIRTH OF AN ICON!Relive the best Roy of the Rovers stories from
the 1950s in this exciting anthology of reprinted classic strips,
celebrating over 65 years of the iconic football comic. Roy Race is
only a schoolboy - but the scouts from the mighty Melchester Rovers
have spotted his talent, and now he's on his way to a career as
professional footballer! But how will Roy settle into the ranks at
Rovers? Can he deal with the competition, the pressure, and the
fan's expectations? One thing's for certain: if he's going to
become a club legend, he better get his scoring boots on... The
legend begins here! An icon of British comics and sporting history
is born, with his origin presented in glorious hardback for the
first time!
THE GREATEST ANTI-WAR STORY EVER TOLD. After being injured in The
Battle of the Somme, Charley meets Blue in London – a deserter
from the French Foreign Legion – who tells of his brutal
experiences at the Battle of Verdun. Charley returns to the front
line at Ypres where the threat from the German army is matched only
by the inhumanity of his superiors! In the face of suffering and
injustice, seeds of mutiny begin to grow among the ranks… This
second volume of Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun’s masterpiece
continues to tell the story of an ordinary soldier’s experiences
in World War One, including vibrant remastered colour pages from
the original artwork.
Volume 3 of the most celebrated war comic of all time, re-mastered
and collected in a full size edition. THE GREATEST ANTI-WAR STORY
EVER TOLD. This third volume of Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun's
masterpiece continues to tell the story of an ordinary soldier's
experiences in World War One, including the vibrant re-mastered
colour pages from the original comic.
THE MOST RENOWNED WAR STORY IN COMICS HISTORY RE-MASTERED TO MARK
THE CENTENARY FIRST WORLD WAR. Join 16 year-old Charley Bourne as
he eagerly signs up to fight on the Western front in 1916. The
idealistic working class boy experiences the perilous arena of
trench warfare, where every waking moment is a bitter fight for
survival. As visceral, thrilling and compelling as on its debut,
this intensely dramatic war story is the finest the comic book
medium has ever produced. Written with acute political and
historical insight by British comics legend Pat Mills, it is
illustrated throughout with the breathtaking artwork of Joe
Colquhoun. This first volume of Charley's War includes Charley's
harrowing participation in one of the bloodiest encounters in human
history - The Battle of the Somme.
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