Preview: Battle Action #4
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This week, the fourth and penultimate issue of Battle Action is available at your nearby comic book store or on the webshops of 2000 AD and Treasury of British Comics.
Coming out on August 30th, Battle Action #4 features two new stories about regular soldiers exhibiting extraordinary bravery in the face of extreme circumstances!
- UK and DIGITAL: 30 August £4.99
- NORTH AMERICA: 4 October $7.99
- DIAMOND: JUN232047
- COVER: KEITH BURNS

Cooley's Gun
Writer: Garth Ennis
Art: Staz Johnson
Colours: Len O’Grady
Letters: Rob Steen
On the bloody battlefield of Anzio, Italy, a raw 18-year-old soldier, Jim Miller, must devote every waking moment to ensure that Cooley’s Gun keeps firing in order to stave off the relentless Nazi assault, written by Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher) and Staz Johnson (Batman/Aliens, New X-Men).

Death Squad
Writer: Rob Williams
Art: PJ Holden
Letters: Rob Steen
On the Eastern Front, the Death Squad are sent on a do-or-die mission to go behind Russian lines in order to rescue a Field Marshal’s son and are faced with a difficult decision when they find him, written by Rob Williams (Suicide Squad, Sword of Hyperborea), and drawn by PJ Holden (The Lion & The Eagle, The Stringbags).

Available in print from: newsagents and comic book stores via Diamond
Available in digital from: 2000 AD webshop and apps for iPad, Android, Windows 10
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