Garth Ennis Presents - Battle Classics Hardcover – Illustrated, 9 Jan. 2014

The Battle had so many great stories, Johnny Red, The Sarge, Invasion 1984, Charley's War, even the Action Force stories were pretty damn good (until they switched from Baron Ironblood and the Red Shadows to Cobra). HMS Nightshade was my favourite though, it had excitement, it had tragedy, it had truly believable characters, it just had such real heart, it gave you some inkling of the pain and suffering matelots went through in WW2. When the crew sing "I saw 3 ships" on Christmas day on the Arctic convoys it has such pathos, it brought me to literal tears. And THAT ending had me utterly bawling! Something which none of the other comics I ever bought achieved (although The Sarge would also have that effect). Because on a Second World War corvette you lived hard, you fought hard and you died hard. And you never expected anything else....

I found this book a great trip down memory lane. Ideal for all us men who can't leave their childhood behind or those like me who haven't left it!

I used to read the old Commando, Action and Battle comics as a kid, it's good to see and read them again.

Takes you back to the days of going into the paper shop on the way to school to get your weekly battle comic fix.lovely hardback book.

The first volume of these, the second one's out now too, great read, love the way they've cleaned up the pages from the original comics (yes, I'm that old that I read them first time round), hope to see loads more volumes.

One of my favourite stories. Showing how hard it was in the royal navy during the war.

Bought this for my husband who is thoroughly enjoying it. Money well spent.

Not read much yet

Highly recommend

Diese Geschichten sind nicht von Garth Ennis (der wurde aus kommerziellen Gründen vorgeschoben, wie er selbst im Buch schreibt!)! Da ich mich noch nie groß mit britischen Comics beschäftigt habe, ist "Battle" für mich absolutes Neuland. Und ich kann jedem, der sich für Kriegs-Comics interessiert nur empfehlen, sich dieses Buch anzuschaffen. Schönes, großes Hardcover, tolles Papier und guter Druck. Und die Geschichten selbst sind, wenn auch manchmal in Sprache und Ausdruck etwas altmodisch, absolut fesselnd und toll zu lesen. War viel zu schnell vorbei!

I already knew what I was getting so I was more than satisfied with the book.

Storie e disegnatori sconosciuti ai più, ma grandi Maestri inglesi della Nona Arte. Il volume è costoso, ma è corposo, ottimamente stampato ed elegante. Una chicca!

I have always liked Commando Comics, Battle, Victor, Warlord and other British Comics. As I live in Canada they were a bit hard to find as a kid. But these compilations have brought me back to those days where I could actually enjoy a comic. If you enjoy British War Comics from the 1970's through to 1980's then this book is for you. The fact that Garth Innis (if this name means nothing to you then move on, there's nothing for you here) recommends the stories included means that I am getting the best of Battle. One thing though; in this book the bulk of it is the HMS Nightshade story with a few small shorts thrown in. If you are looking for a book that has a greater variety of stories then you need to pick one of the other Titan books.