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Major Eazy

Major Eazy

97 appearances Β· Bronze Age Β· 1976–2024 Β· 2 key issues
Who is Major Eazy?

Major Eazy was a laid-back, unconventional British Army officer who fought across the North African desert campaign in World War II, bending military rules his own way while proving lethally effective against Axis forces. He debuted in IPC's Battle Picture Weekly in 1976.

Few British war comics characters have lingered in the memory β€” and in print β€” quite like Major Eazy, the laid-back, coolly unconventional officer who debuted in Battle Picture Weekly #10 in January 1976, conjured into existence by the formidable creative pairing of Alan Hebden and Carlos Ezquerra. That's right β€” Ezquerra, one of the great architects of British comics' Bronze Age, helped give Eazy his distinctive look, and it shows: this is a character with genuine pedigree from the very first panel. Across nearly five decades of publication through IPC's legendary war titles β€” Battle Picture Weekly, Battle Action, and beyond β€” Major Eazy has kept remarkable company, sharing pages with fan favourites like Johnny 'Red' Redburn and Captain Joe Darkie, which tells you everything about the calibre of storytelling world he inhabits. With 97 catalogued appearances and two collector-recognised key issues to his name, he's no footnote β€” he's one of the enduring souls of British comics' golden run of war adventure, and absolutely worth tracking down.

Battle Picture Weekly
#10 January 1976 [45]
β˜… First appearance
Battle Picture Weekly #10 January 1976 [45]
Jan 1976

Trivia

  • Major Eazy stands as one of IPC's Battle Picture Weekly strips whose very DNA was cinematic from the start, with Carlos Ezquerra sculpting the character's lean, cool look directly around James Coburn's screen presence.en.wikipedia.org
  • So distinctive was that Coburn-derived visual identity that collectors and commentators still cite the casting inspiration as a defining piece of behind-the-scenes lore, refusing to let Major Eazy be filed away as just another generic war-comic officer.en.wikipedia.org
  • Alan Hebden has written more of Major Eazy's comics than any other writer in our catalog β€” 65 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years β€” 2020–2024

Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack #[nn] 2020
Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack #[nn]
2000 AD #2400 2024
2000 AD #2400

Appearances

Judge Dredd Annual (1981)
Major Eazy vs. Rat Pack (2020)
The Battle of Britain Special (2020)
2000 AD (2001)
Judge Dredd Megazine (2003)