In 1974, on the strength of his uncredited work for "The Wizard", Pat Mills and John Wagner headhunted him, through Coker, to work for the new IPC title "Battle Picture Weekly". He drew "Rat Pack": inspired by the film "The Dirty Dozen", the strip, written by Gerry Finley-Day, featured a gang of criminals recruited to carry out suicide missions. But his commitments elsewhere meant he couldn't draw it full-time, and other artists were also used. In 1976 "Battle" editor Dave Hunt convinced him to commit himself to the title, offering him the laid-back anti-hero "Major Eazy", written by Alan Hebden. Ezquerra drew nearly 100 episodes in the next two and a half years, basing the character's appearance on the actor James Coburn.