MANUEL BENET BLANES

COMMANDO TITLES

 (POCKET HOMEPAGE) 

 

 

Created: October 2nd 2024   

Manuel Benet Blanes was born in Valencia, Spain 1946.

 

Manuel has had a long and distinguished career as an artist.

As a comic artist Manuel has drawn for several publishers and his career is well documented.

Here I am going to concentrate on his work for Commando.

Manuel has carried out work for D.C. Thomson over 50 years and Commando titles since 1983.

Though Manuel has done covers and interior art, I have listed him in the interior art section.

 

His first title for Commando title was #1695 ‘The Traitor’ late April 1983.

Manuel did the interior artwork for this title with a Ron Brown Cover.

This trend was repeated with other artists doing the covers until late January 1992 where Manuel did the Cover and interior art for #2538 ‘Hunter and Bunter’..

Since then Manuel has done artwork for the Covers and the Interior art with several exceptions as indicated in the list below.

 

Vic Whittle October 2024

 

 

 

MANUEL BENET BLANES

Artist

Commando Comics

1983 - Present

 

 

COMMANDO COVERS BY MANUEL BENET BLANES

2538

HUNTER AND BUNTER

January 1992

2768

NIGHTMARE!

June 1994

2829

PART-TIME HEROES

February 1995

2910

STREET FIGHTERS

December 1995

2992

HUMAN SHIELD

October 1996

3150

WEEK-END WAR

June 1998

3200

THE SECRET OF SECTOR SIX

December 1998

3358

A VERY SPECIAL BREED

August 2000

3535

PHANTOM’S VENGEANCE

June 2002

3592

SHERMAN

January 2003

3647

RETURN OF THE GLADIATOR

August 2003

3761

THE DEMOLITION MEN

October 2004

4191

HIRED GUNS

April 2009

4957

YURI’S RETURN

ctober 6th 2016

5263

CODENAME WARLORD – SHIP OF FOOLS

September 19th 2019

5645

THE LAB RAT CLUB

May 11th 2023

 

 

Following is a list of interior art attributed to Manuel Benet Blanes.

 

Original titles in  BLUE.

 

Reprinted titles in YELLOW.

 

All the Covers are by Benet except where indicated.

 

 

 

1695 THE TRAITOR (Cover Ron Brown)

3816 JUNGLE TANK

1950 THE FIGHTING FLEET (Cover Carlo Jacono)

3845 BATTLE ON TERROR MOUNTAIN

1968 THE DEFENDERS (Cover Ron Brown)

3876 ROOF OF THE WORLD (Cover Ian Kennedy)

1985 AIR GUNNER’S WAR (Cover Ian Kennedy)

3894 ACTING THE HERO

2001 STRIKE BACK (Cover Ian Kennedy)

3935 GALLOP TO GLORY!

2016 THE FIGHTER FROM FRANCE (Cover Ian Kennedy)

3976 BURMA HIJACK (Cover Ron Brown)

2032 THE LAST HURRICANE (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4029 THE BIG PUSH (Cover Ian Kennedy)

2053 BRING HIM DOWN! (Cover Jeff Bevan)

4072 DAY OF THE COWARD (Cover Jeff Bevan)

2066 TRUE WARRIOR (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4072 NAZI FORTRESS (Cover Mike Cox)

2081 OUT OF LUCK (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4119 THE FINAL HOURS (Cover Ian Kennedy)

2096 EYES THAT SEE IN THE DARK (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4161 INVISIBLE AGGRESSOR

2117 THE ROAD TO VICTORY (Cover Jordi Longaron)

4176 DEATH FROM THE SHADOWS (Cover Mike Cox)

2134 FLIGHT TO VENGEANCE (Cover Carlo Jacono)

4178 MOUNTAIN SHOWDOWN

2150 THE SIEGE OF LOOKOUT HILL (Cover Gino D’Achille)

4182 HUNTER AND BUNTER

2181 ON ACTIVE SERVICE (Cover Jeff Bevan)

4191 HIRED GUNS

2198 NO TIME FOR TERROR (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4199 WARRIOR TRADITION

2214 CHANCE FOR GLORY (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4204 FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE

2233 BULLET-PROOF (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4215 SECOND BEST?

2257 SECRET OF THE TUNNEL (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4230 FOUR VOLUNTEERS

2278 TERROR IN THE SNOW (Cover Gina D’Achille)

4290 WAR OF THE WAGTAIL

2297 NIGHT OF NO RETURN (Cover Gibson)

4294 SLOGGER’S WAR (Cover Ian Kennedy)

2314 ROOF OF THE WORLD (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4314 TESTED TO DESTRUCTION

2366 BURMA HIJACK (Cover Ron Brown)

4318 THREE ANGRY MEN (Cover Ian Kennedy)

2393 THE BIG PUSH (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4342 FALSE GLORY

2429 DAY OF THE COWARD (Cover Jeff Bevan)

4371 CONVICT COMMANDOS

2462 NAZI FORTRESS (Cover Mike Cox)

4379 MASK OF DEATH

2479 PRESS GANG (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4387 BLOOD MONEY

2503 THE FINAL HOURS (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4395 NIGHTMARE IN STALINGRAD

2535 DEATH FROM THE SHADOWS (Cover Mike Cox)

4410 TALK…OR DIE!

2538 HUNTER AND BUNTER

4425 PRIDE OF THE DESERT

2554 FOUR VOLUNTEERS

4463 THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION

2584 SECOND BEST?

4487 MISSION TO PATAGONIA

2600 HIRED GUNS

4495 RAIN OF TERROR

2623 WARRIOR TRADITION

4499 HUNTING MUSSOLINI

2639 SAFETY FIRST

4528 THE DOOMED LEGIONAIRES

2657 FALSE GLORY

4551 HELL’S CAULDRON

2669 JUNGLE KILLER

4571 FRENZY OF FEAR

2704 HARD TO KILL!

4583 DUNGEON OF DOOM

2738 ROMAN CHALLENGE (Cover Carlos Pino)

4595 THE KILLING CAGE

2768 NIGHTMARE

4611 SEE PARIS…AND DIE!

2777 TERROR CHALLENGE (Cover Carlos Pino)

4631 FATAL MISSION

2798 JU JU CATALINA

4659 BAD VIBRATIONS

2816 NIGHT OF THE CAT

4675 GRAVE SECRET

2829 PART TIME HEROES

4707 TARGET AMERICA

2839 ONE MUST DIE

4715 THE DEVIL’S SHADOW

2852 SLOGGER’S WAR (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4735 DEADLY ENIGMA

2880 THREE ANGRY MEN (Cover Ian Kennedy)

4753 ROYLE’S MARINES

2910 STREET FIGHTERS

4779 EVIL IN THE EAST

2925 GUNS ON THE PEAK

4795 LETHAL ATTRACTION

2935 THE UNSEEN

4819 BRILLIANT DEATH

2949 THE DEVIL’S ROAD

4847 NATURE OF THE BEAST

2964 THE TRAITOR (Cover Ron Brown)

4871 HARD TROUBLE

2969 DOUBLE DANGER

4879 BANQUET OF BLOOD

2992 HUMAN SHIELD

4891 COSSACK VENGEANCE

3018 TWICE THE DANGER

4903 WEB OF FIRE

3031 PROGRAMMED TO DESTROY

4915 NEMESIS OF THE NORTH

3050 CASTLE OF DEATH

4943 ICE-COLD COMBAT

3077 STRIKE FROM THE SHADOWS

4957 YURI’S RETURN

3101 GERMAN SAMURAI

4969 YURI ON THE RUN

3119 RED ARMY REBEL

4974 PRESS GANG (Cover Ian Kennedy)

3134 BORDER BATTLE

4981 YURI’S REVENGE

3150 WEEK-END WAR

4997 HIDDEN NAZIS

3170 THE TROUBLE WITH TRAITORS

5005 URBAN GUNNERS

3182 KINGDOM OF THE TIGER

5035 ESCAPE SAIGON!

3200 THE SECRET OF SECTOR SIX

5054 SAFETY FIRST

3217 ENEMIES FROM THE EAST

5057 JUNGLE HEAT

3253 DOGS OF WAR

5067 HMS ICEBERG

3260 THE DEFENDERS (Cover Ron Brown)

5089 TROUBLE IN TIBET

3263 WRONG TARGET (Cover Ian Kennedy)

5109 DOCTORS ORDERS

3277 TIME TO FIGHT

5123 WOLF WARRIORS

3294 SNAP – SHOT (Cover only – Interior art Carlos Pino)

5139 THE FORLORN HOPE

3313 THE HIDDEN GUNS

5155 THE PACT

3331 AIR GUNNER’S WAR (Cover Ian Kennedy)

5171 WAR BUS

3342 THE VIKING SHIELD

5189 FLIGHT INTO DARKNESS

3358 A VERY SPECIAL BREED

5217 LADY DEATH

3375 BEWARE THE BOXERS

5233 DEAD BY DAWN

3379 STRIKE BACK (Cover Ian Kennedy)

5242 ONE MUST DIE!

3394 CURSE OF THE CORSAIRS

5255 CODENAME WARLORD (Cover Ian Kennedy)

3404 THE FIGHTER FROM FRANCE (Cover Ian Kennedy)

5263 CODENAME WARLORD – SHIP OF FOOLS

3408 BUGLE BOY

5279 A BOY GOES TO WAR

3438 ROGUE SAMURAI

5311 TANK WIFE

3453 VENGEANCE VALLEY

5339 SIEGE OF MUSA DAGH

3459 BRING HIM DOWN! (Cover Jeff Bevan)

5351 V FOR VITORIA

3478 DESTROY THAT BRIDGE!

5371 FIVE LITTLE SOLDIER BOYS

3496 RAIDERS OF THE RIVER

5393 HAND OF TYR

3499 THE LAST HURRICANE (Cover Ian Kennedy)

5425 BROTHERS IN ARMS

3508 TRUE WARRIOR (Cover Ian Kennedy)

5450 THE QUARTERMASTER

3525 FRIEND – OR FOE!

5465 TOO STUBBORN TO DIE

3535 PHANTOM’S VENGEANCE

5483 THE GHOUL SQUAD

3541 HEADLING HARRY

5495 RIFLEMAN’S REVENGE

3548 OUT OF LUCK (Cover Ian Kennedy)

5513 TILL TANKS FLY

3557 TIME TO TALK

5521 SNAP SHOT

3564 EYES THAT SEE IN THE DARK (Cover Ian Kennedy)

5537 TOMASZ AND THE TANK ENGINE

3582 SECRET OF THE STONES

5554 HARD TO KILL!

3592 SHERMAN!

5579 SHARPSHOOTERS AND SABOTEURS

3615 PRISON ISLAND

5583 THE GHOUL SQUAD 2

3620 ON ACTIVE SERVICE (Cover Jeff Bevan)

5597 DANTE’S WAR

3647 RETURN OF THE GLADIATOR

5625 FOUL PLAY

3663 THE VOICE OF TREASON

5645 THE LAB RAT CLUB

3676 NO TIME FOR TERROR (Cover Ian Kennedy)

5663 TOOTH AND NAIL

3681 HIGH-RISK HERO

5699 THE TRUMPETER’S CALL

3696 PROJECT”WOLF”

5723 THOMASZ AND THE TOP-SECRET ENGINE

3703 BRANDED A TRAITOR

5749 TREACHERY AND TREASURE

3708 CHANCE FOR GLORY (Cover Ian Kennedy)

5759 THE POINT OF NO RETURN

3727 FIGHT IN THE FOREST

5787 HUNTER AND BUNTER

3761 THE DEMOLITION MEN

5788 JUNGLE KILLER

3763 BULLET-PROOF (Cover Ian Kennedy)

5789 THE DEVIL’S ROAD

3782 IN LINE OF FIRE

5790 TWICE THE DANGER

3795 SECRET OF THE TUNNEL (Cover Ian Kennedy)

 

© D. C. Thomson & Co Ltd

Vic Whittle 2024