Legendary sci-fi comic 2000 AD is temporarily merging with one of its predecessors

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There was a grand tradition in the '70s and '80s of British comics merging with more successful titles, in the hope that this would mean an instant readership boost. The vast majority of those comics are long since closed, but 2000 AD, the iconic British sci-fi anthology and the home of Judge Dredd, endures. Still, as a bit of autumn fun, the comic's publisher Rebellion is imagining what it might have been like had 2000 AD joined forces with the long-dead war comic, Battle Action.

Taking place across 2000 AD Prog #2350 and Judge Dredd Megazine #460, this fantasy What If? scenario sees various Battle Action strips get a sci-fi update befitting of the self-proclaimed Galaxy's Greatest Comic. 

Battle Action ran from 1975 to 1988 under a variety of different names. Initially published as Battle Picture Weekly, it became Battle Action in 1977 when the title merged with 2000 AD's direct predecessor, Action. While most of its strips were WW2-focused stories, it did occasionally dip its toes into other eras and genres.

2000 AD is, of course, edited by the alien Tharg the Mighty. His human representative on Earth, Matt Smith, said of the event: "The history of comics on the UK's newsstand is marked by the practice of merging titles, where two great anthologies combine. In the case of Starlord joining 2000 AD, it meant the Prog gained Strontium Dog and Ro-Busters. When Tornado's Black Hawk joined the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, it led to a radical reinvention of the strip.

"Writer Ken Niemand suggested to me a special asking what would've happened if Battle Action merged with 2000 AD in the early '80s, with its war stories getting something of a science-fiction/fantasy makeover, and I couldn't resist!"

"Major Eazy, Hellman of Hammer