Egmont gives Charley’s War away for free!

By John Freeman on August 1, 2013

To celebrate the launch of Egmont UK’s new Classic Comics website, they’re giving away digital editions of Part One of Charley’s War and Volume 1 of Roy of the Rovers for free for a limited time on the iTunes store for iPad.

In Charley’s War: Part One 2nd – 15th June 1915, we meet Charley Bourne for the first time, who’s sacked from his job in London and decides to join the war effort.

As fans know, we soon discover Charley is a typical ‘Tommy’, neither overly intelligent or especially strong. Rushed to the Western Front, he soon finds himself in the thick of things.

After proving himself with a daring attempt to rescue a Tommy runner, Charley is chosen to take part in a night raid on the German trenches. It’s a cracking pener to the series and if you have an iPad then why not grab it now?

• Egmont’s Classic Comics site: http://classiccomics.egmont.co.uk

• Grab Charley’s War: Part One 2nd – 15th June 1915

• Grab Roy of the Rovers Volume One from iTunes

About the Author
Latest Posts

John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.