Johnny Red, the Glossary
"Johnny Red" is a British comic war story published in the weekly anthology Battle Picture Weekly from 29 January 1977 to 17 January 1987 by IPC Magazines.[1]
Table of Contents
87 relations: Action (comics), Action Force, Aerial ramming, Aircraft carrier, Anthology, Arctic convoys of World War II, Battle Picture Weekly, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, British comics, CAM ship, Carlos Pino, Charley's War, Cold War, Court-martial, D-Day Dawson, De Havilland Mosquito, Dredger (comics), Eagle (British comics), Eastern Front (World War II), Egmont Group, Fleet Air Arm, Fleetway Publications, Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Friendly fire, Garth Ennis, Hawker Hurricane, Hawker Typhoon, Ilyushin Il-2, Joe Colquhoun, John Cooper (artist), John Wagner, Judge Dredd, Judge Dredd Megazine, Junkers Ju 87, Kola Peninsula, Kursk, Lavochkin La-5, List of Battle Picture Weekly stories, Liverpool, Luftwaffe, M.A.C.H. 1, Major Eazy, Marvel UK, Messerschmitt Me 262, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3, Moscow, Murmansk, Mytek the Mighty, Ninth Air Force, NKVD, ... Expand index (37 more) »
- Battle Picture Weekly comic strips
- Comics set in England
- Comics set in Russia
- Eagle comic strips
- Fictional Soviet Air Force personnel
Action (comics)
Action was a British weekly boys' comic published by IPC Magazines from 14 February 1976 to 5 November 1977, when it merged with war comic Battle after 86 issues.
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Action Force
Action Force is a brand of European action figures released in the 1980s that was based on the Action Man toyline.
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Aerial ramming
Aerial ramming or air ramming is the ramming of one aircraft with another.
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Aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.
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Anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors.
Arctic convoys of World War II
The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet Union – primarily Arkhangelsk (Archangel) and Murmansk in Russia.
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Battle Picture Weekly
Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues. Johnny Red and Battle Picture Weekly are comics set during World War II and war comics.
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).
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British comics
A British comic is a periodical published in the United Kingdom that contains comic strips.
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CAM ship
CAM ships were World War II–era British merchant ships used in convoys as an emergency stop-gap until sufficient escort carriers became available.
Carlos Pino
Carlos Pino (born 1940) is a Spanish comics artist who has illustrated Spanish, British, and American comics.
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Charley's War
Charley's War was a British comic strip about the First World War, written by Pat Mills and drawn by Joe Colquhoun. Johnny Red and Charley's War are Battle Picture Weekly comic strips, British comic strips and comics set during World War II.
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Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Court-martial
A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.
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D-Day Dawson
"D-Day Dawson" is a British comic war story published in the weekly anthology Battle Picture Weekly from 8 March 1975 to 22 January 1977 by IPC Magazines. Johnny Red and d-Day Dawson are Battle Picture Weekly comic strips, British comic strips, comics set during World War II and war comics.
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De Havilland Mosquito
The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War.
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Dredger (comics)
"Dredger" is a British comic action story published in the weekly anthologies Action and Battle Action from 14 February 1976 to 7 October 1978 by IPC Magazines. Johnny Red and Dredger (comics) are Battle Picture Weekly comic strips and British comic strips.
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Eagle (British comics)
Eagle was a British children's comics periodical, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994.
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Eastern Front (World War II)
The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in contemporary German and Ukrainian historiographies, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland.
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Egmont Group
The Egmont Group (officially Egmont International Holding A/S; known as Gutenberghus Group until 1992) is a Danish media corporation founded and rooted in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Fleet Air Arm
The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the naval aviation component of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN).
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Fleetway Publications
Fleetway Publications was a magazine publishing company based in London.
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Focke-Wulf Fw 190
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, nicknamed Würger (Shrike) is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf in the late 1930s and widely used during World War II.
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Friendly fire
In military terminology, friendly fire or fratricide is an attack by belligerent or neutral forces on friendly troops while attempting to attack enemy or hostile targets.
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Garth Ennis
Garth Ennis (born 16 January 1970) is a Northern Irish-American comics writer, best known for the Vertigo series Preacher with artist Steve Dillon, his nine-year run on Marvel Comics' Punisher franchise, and The Boys with artist Darick Robertson.
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Hawker Hurricane
The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd.
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Hawker Typhoon
The Hawker Typhoon is a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft.
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Ilyushin Il-2
The Ilyushin Il-2 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War.
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Joe Colquhoun
Joe Colquhoun (7 November 1926 – 13 April 1987) was a British comics artist best known for his work on Charley's War in Battle Picture Weekly.
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John Cooper (artist)
John Cooper (1942 – 22 February 2015) was a British comics artist.
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John Wagner
John Wagner (born 1949) is an American-born British comics writer.
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Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. Johnny Red and Judge Dredd are comics characters introduced in 1977 and Male characters in comics.
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Judge Dredd Megazine
Judge Dredd: The Megazine is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in September 1990.
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Junkers Ju 87
The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka", is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft.
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Kola Peninsula
The Kola Peninsula (Kólʹskij poluóstrov, Kolsky poluostrov.; Куэлнэгк нёа̄ррк) is a peninsula located mostly in northwest Russia and partly in Finland and Norway.
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Kursk
Kursk (Курск) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers.
Lavochkin La-5
The Lavochkin La-5 (Лавочкин Ла-5) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II.
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List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
A list of stories published in the IPC weekly boys' comic Battle Picture Weekly between 1975 and 1988. Johnny Red and list of Battle Picture Weekly stories are Battle Picture Weekly comic strips.
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Liverpool
Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.
Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.
M.A.C.H. 1
M.A.C.H. 1 was a comic strip that ran in the British science fiction comic 2000 AD. Johnny Red and M.A.C.H. 1 are Eagle comic strips.
Major Eazy
Major Eazy is a British comic character, appearing in strips published by IPC Magazines. Johnny Red and Major Eazy are Battle Picture Weekly comic strips, British comic strips, comics set during World War II and war comics.
Marvel UK
Marvel UK was an imprint of Marvel Comics formed in 1972 to reprint US-produced stories for the British weekly comic market.
Messerschmitt Me 262
The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German: "Swallow") in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel (German: "Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions, is a fighter aircraft and fighter-bomber that was designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Messerschmitt.
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-3) is a Soviet fighter-interceptor used during World War II.
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Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.
Murmansk
Murmansk (Мурманск; Мурман ланнҍ; Muurman and Murmánska) is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far northwest part of Russia.
Mytek the Mighty
"Mytek the Mighty" is a British comic adventure strip, appearing in titles published by Fleetway Publications. Johnny Red and Mytek the Mighty are British comic strips and Male characters in comics.
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Ninth Air Force
The Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), a joint Department of Defense combatant command responsible for U.S.
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NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (Narodnyy komissariat vnutrennikh del), abbreviated as NKVD, was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1946.
North American B-25 Mitchell
The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation.
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One-Eyed Jack (comics)
One-Eyed Jack was a comic strip that appeared in the British anthology Valiant from December 1975 to October 1976, and then later in Battle Picture Weekly.
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Order of Lenin
The Order of Lenin (Orden Lenina) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution.
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Palitoy
Palitoy was a British toy company.
Pat Mills
Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since.
Persimmon plc
Persimmon plc is a British housebuilding company, headquartered in York, England.
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Polikarpov I-15
The Polikarpov I-15 (И-15) was a Soviet biplane fighter aircraft of the 1930s.
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Polikarpov I-16
The Polikarpov I-16 (Поликарпов И-16) is a Soviet single-engine single-seat fighter aircraft of revolutionary design; it was the world's first low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear to attain operational status and as such "introduced a new vogue in fighter design".
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Polikarpov Po-2
The Polikarpov Po-2 (also U-2, for its initial ''uchebnyy'', 'training', role as a flight instruction aircraft) served as an all-weather multirole Soviet biplane, nicknamed Kukuruznik (Кукурузник,Gunston 1995, p. 292. NATO reporting name "Mule").
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Rat Pack (comics)
"Rat Pack" is a British comic war story published in the weekly anthology Battle Picture Weekly from 8 March 1975 to 8 July 1978 by IPC Magazines. Johnny Red and Rat Pack (comics) are Battle Picture Weekly comic strips, British comic strips, comics set during World War II and war comics.
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Rebellion Developments
Rebellion Developments Limited is a British video game developer based in Oxford, England.
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Richard Burton (comics)
Richard Burton is a British comic publisher and editor who had a lengthy career at IPC Magazines.
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Rotherham
Rotherham is a Minster town in South Yorkshire, England.
Roy of the Rovers
Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer and later manager named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
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Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
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Scouse
Scouse, more formally known as Liverpool English or Merseyside English, is an accent and dialect of English associated with the city of Liverpool and the surrounding Liverpool City Region.
Soviet Air Forces
The Soviet Air Forces (r, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force", were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces were formed from components of the Imperial Russian Air Service in 1917, and faced their greatest test during World War II.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Squadron leader
Squadron leader (Sqn Ldr or S/L) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.
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Steve MacManus
Steve MacManus (sometimes credited as Ian Rogan; born 1953) is a British comic writer and editor, particularly known for his work at 2000 AD.
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Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II.
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The Steel Claw (comics)
The Steel Claw was one of the most popular comic book heroes of British weekly adventure comics of the 1960s and 1970s. Johnny Red and the Steel Claw (comics) are British comic strips.
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TI Media (formerly International Publishing Company, IPC Magazines Ltd, IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) was a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.
Time Flies (comics)
Time Flies is a time travel comedy series published in the comic anthology 2000 AD.
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Titan Publishing Group
Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of the British entertainment company Titan Entertainment, which was established as Titan Books in 1981.
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Tom Tully (writer)
Tom Tully (died 2013) was a noted British comic writer, mostly of sports and action-adventure stories.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
V-1 flying bomb
The V-1 flying bomb (Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile.
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Valiant (comics)
Valiant was a weekly British comics periodical published by Fleetway Publications and later IPC Magazines from 4 October 1962 to 16 October 1976.
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Volgograd
Volgograd (p), formerly Tsaritsyn (label) (1589–1925) and Stalingrad (label) (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia.
War comics
War comics is a genre of comic books that gained popularity in English-speaking countries following World War II.
WHSmith
WH Smith PLC, trading as WHSmith (also written WH Smith, and known colloquially as Smith's and formerly as W. H. Smith & Son), is a British retailer, with headquarters in Swindon, England, which operates a chain of high street, railway station, airport, port, hospital and motorway service station shops selling books, stationery, magazines, newspapers, entertainment products and confectionery.
World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Yakovlev Yak-1
The Yakovlev Yak-1 (Яковлев Як-1) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II.
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2000 AD (comics)
2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic magazine.
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See also
Battle Picture Weekly comic strips
- Action Force (comic strip)
- Charley's War
- Clash of the Guards
- D-Day Dawson
- Darkie's Mob
- Death Squad (British comics)
- Dredger (comics)
- El Mestizo
- Hellman of Hammer Force
- Invasion 1984!
- Johnny Red
- List of Battle Picture Weekly stories
- Major Eazy
- Rat Pack (comics)
- The Bootneck Boy
Comics set in England
- Alex (comic strip)
- Andy Capp
- Bad Machinery
- Celtic Tales (Corto Maltese)
- Combat Colin
- Danny Doom
- Hägar the Horrible
- Hellboy: The Crooked Man and Others
- Johnny Red
- Kevin the Bold
- Lady Victorian
- Lady!!
- Master Mind (comics)
- Miracleman
- Monster (comics)
- Requiem of the Rose King
- Teacher's Pet (comics)
- The Actress and the Bishop
- The Black Island
- The Cat Girl (comics)
- The New Adventures of Hitler
- Vinland Saga (manga)
- Widdershins (comic)
Comics set in Russia
- Atomic Robo
- Golden Kamuy
- Grigori Rasputin (Hellboy)
- Johnny Red
- La Mort de Staline
- Laika (comics)
- Octobriana
- Red Razors
- Spirou à Moscou
- The Empire-Builder from Calisota
- The Plot: The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
- The Voronov Plot
- Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
- Virus (Spirou et Fantasio)
Eagle comic strips
- Billy's Boots
- Dan Dare
- Fraser of Africa
- Harris Tweed (comic strip)
- Heros the Spartan
- Johnny Red
- List of Eagle comic strips
- Luck of the Legion
- M.A.C.H. 1
- Manix
- Riders of the Range (comic strip)
- Storm Nelson
Fictional Soviet Air Force personnel
- Johnny Red
- Valentina Vostok
- Xenia Onatopp
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Red
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