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Action (Comic Book)
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Action was a short lived British comicbook serial published in 1976 and 1977 by IPC. Created by Pat Mills, it earned much attention for its focus on fairly Grimdark, gritty, gorily violent stories, many of which were "dead cribs" (ideas derived by ripping off from currently-popular films, books and other comics) intended to appeal to the growing punk culture and the increasingly disenfranchised youth of Britain. Its stories had much the air of a Darker and Edgier take on classic Pulp novels, while detractors likened it to the penny dreadfuls of the Victorian era.This, ultimately, was the comic's downfall. The dark themes of the comic, combined with the strong anti-authoritarian inclinations of its stories, ultimately resulted in a successful attempt by the National Viewers And Listeners Association, led by Mary Whitehouse, to force IPC to censor the stories. With the violence and cynicism toned down, Action soon lost its fanbase and was merged with Battle Picture Weekly.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Though obscure, Action played an important role in the development of British Comics; it was the first multi-themed "boy's stories" comic (prior to Action, all "boy's stories" comics would focus on one theme - war or sports, for example), and it proved that there was a market for boy's adventure stories outside of the classical moulds. IPC and Pat Mills would go on to create the successful 2000 AD comics. Many of the early 2000 AD stories have a very strong resemblance to the moods and attitudes of Action stories, and the stories Flesh and Shako in particular have a strong resemblance to Hook Jaw.More details (and even scans of many pre-cancellation stories) can be found here.Hook Jaw was later revived in 2016 by Dynamite Comics.Not to be confused with Action Comics. | |
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Dropped link to DirtyHarry: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Dropped link to Jaws: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Dropped link to Rollerball: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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Blood Sport | |
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Blood Sport: Spinball, a game where two teams of convicted criminals take turns to be attackers and defenders in an arena that mixes pinball flippers and pins with the field of an ice hockey and features attackers mounted on customised motorcycles. | |
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Teenage Wasteland | |
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Teenage Wasteland: Kids Rule O.K. | |
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Condemned Contestant | |
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Condemned Contestant: Spinball players are generally on death row anyway when recruited. | |
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Threatening Shark | |
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Threatening Shark: The whole premise of Hook Jaw, which follows a huge great white shark eating humans with a lot of Ludicrous Gibs. | |
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Frankenstein's Monster | |
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Frankenstein's Monster: Towards the end of Death Game 1999, Al Rico is rebuilt with cybernetics, including one bionic arm, and brought back as a near mindless killing machine to help bolster the Karson City Killers. | |
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Mouth Cam | |
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Mouth Cam: In Hook Jaw there are many panels shown from inside the eponymous man-eating great white shark's mouth before he sinks his teeth into another human. | |
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Ludicrous Gibs | |
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Ludicrous Gibs: Some of the most violent deaths happen this way, including a literal case of Explosive Decompression on the third page of Hook Jaw. | |
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20 Minutes into the Future | |
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20 Minutes into the Future: Death Game 1999 and Kids Rule O.K. were set in 1999 and 1986, respectively; the comics came out in 1976. | |
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Condemned Contestant / int_7916e752 | |
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Mouth Cam / int_7916e752 | |
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Only Fatal to Adults / int_7916e752 | |
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Threatening Shark / int_7916e752 |
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