Wing Commander Robert Hereward "Battler" Britton is a former member of the French Foreign Legion and served as a Lieutenant-Commander while attached to the Peruvian Navy.
[3] He was one of the Royal Air Force's top pilots during World War II, proficient on both Supermarine Spitfires and Hawker Hurricanes.
[4] Mike Butterworth wrote early episodes of Battler Britton, which were illustrated by Geoff Campion; later artwork was provided by Gianluigi Coppola,[5] Hugo Pratt, Francisco Solano López, Ian Kennedy, Pat Nicolle, and Graham Coton.
The series featured the ace fighter pilot commanding a squadron of Bristol Beaufighters in North Africa during the Second World War.
In August 2016, Rebellion Developments acquired the Fleetway library from Egmont Group,[8][9] making it the owner of all comics characters and titles created by IPC's subsidiaries after January 1, 1970, together with 26 specified characters who appeared in Buster and Roy of the Rovers; while IPC currently retains its other comics characters and titles, including Sexton Blake, The Steel Claw, and Battler Britton[10] (but not Dan Dare, which was sold separately and is now owned by the Dan Dare Corporation).