JEFF BEVAN

COMMANDO COVER TITLES

 (POCKET HOMEPAGE) 

Created: February 10th 2006

Updated: October 2nd 2024

Jeff Bevan was a staff artist with D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.

As a student, Jeff worked on the River Tay sand boats which were used to carry

dredged waste out to deeper water for dumping.

As an artist, Jeff carried out commissions for European and American navies.

Therefore, his love for nautical subjects is apparent in some of his Commando covers.

His first cover being #734 ‘BORN TO BE BRAVE’ April 1973.

And his last original cover being #2938 ‘STRIKE FAST – STRIKE HARD’ late March 1996.

There was a period between August 1975 – May 1981 when there were no Bevan covers.

All the covers since 1996 have been reprints.

 

Sadly, Jeff died in 1992.

Vic Whittle February 2006

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JEFF BEVAN

Cover Artist

for

Commando Comics

1973 -1992

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734

BORN TO BE BRAVE

April 1973

JEFF’S FIRST AND LAST COVERS

2938

STRIKE FAST – STRIKE HARD

March 1996

SOME MORE JEFF BEVAN COVER’S

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746

INDIA OR BUST!

May 1973

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THE LITTLE SHIPS

June 1975

1509

DEADLY SECRET

May 1981

1549

INTO THE ATTACK

October 1981

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1577

MAN OVERBOARD!

January 1982

1613

THE SECRET TORPEDO

June 1982

1777

THE FIGHTING COWBOYS

February 1984

1929

SECRET IN THE SNOW

September 1985

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2119

UNDER FALSE COLOURS

September 1987

2127

SKULL AND CROSSBONES

October 1987

2250

DEVIL BOATS

January 1989

2338

H.M. U-BOAT 999

December 1989

 

Following is a list of covers attributed to Jeff Bevan.

Original titles in blue.

Reprinted titles in yellow.

 

734 BORN TO BE BRAVE

2406 SUICIDE RUN!

737 THE BIG SNATCH

2408 YANKEE DESTROYER

746 INDIA OR BUST!

2429 DAY OF THE COWARD

801 ONE MOMENT OF GLORY

2441 GHOSTS FROM THE DEEP

812 SUNDERLAND AHOY!

2454 PIRATE PATROL

840 HARD-LUCK HERO

2458 U-BOAT CHASE

906 ACCORDING TO PLAN

2473 BATTLE OF THE ANTARTIC

916 DANGER LEVEL

2477 FIGHTING RETURN

930 CAVE OF SECRETS

2494 CARDS OF DEATH

940 THE LITTLE SHIPS

2498 THE WRONG WAR

942 THE KILLING GROUND

2529 TEETH OF THE DRAGON

957 ATLANTIC VETERAN

2570 GO DOWN FIGHTING!

962 DEATH IN THE DESERT

2593 STRANGE ALLIES

1509 DEADLY SECRET

2605 ONCE A MARINE…

1549 INTO THE ATTACK

2618 BATTLING RUST-BUCKET!

1565 THE LINE-SHOOTER

2624 ENEMY WATERS

1566 FIGHTING FOOL!

2638 VIKING BREED

1577 MAN OVERBOARD!

2640 GRENADE

1578 THE WILL TO WIN

2641 JINX AND JONAH!

1589 BEWARE THE WALRUS!

2666 DAY OF DOOM

1591 RENEGADE SERGEANT

2715 THE LINE-SHOOTER

1597 RESCUE PATROL

2731 BEWARE THE WALRUS

1600 DON’T SHOOT!

2820 DEPTH CHARGES AWAY

1605 MEN OF WAR

2827 MISSING, BELIEVED SUNK

1607 THE TWO DESERTERS

2833 HUNT THE RAIDER

1613 THE SECRET TORPEDO

2891 MAN OVERBOARD

1614 WARHORSE

2900 THE WILL TO WIN

1616 SOME KIND OF HERO

2907 THE TWO DESERTERS

1622 THEY CALLED HIM TRAITOR

2908 SHIPWRECKED

1625 CRIME IN THE SAND

2916 THE CONQUERORS

1629 A CARGO OF GOLD

2923 JUNGLE RAIDERS

1630 JUNGLE RAIDERS

2938 STRIKE FAST – STRIKE HARD

1632 THE CAVES OF HERCULES

2939 COURAGE

1640 SHOOT HIM DOWN!

2940 TWENTY THOUSAND FEET

1646 HEART OF A LION

2948 ISLAND OF MYSTERY

1654 DEPTH CHARGES AWAY!

2955 HUNT THE PIRATES

1657 COURAGE!

2956 THE MONSTER

1664 THE SEA-DEVILS

2996 ALL GUNS FIRING

1665 MULE TRAIN

3004 BOSS OF THE ISLANDS

1670 MISSING

3019 KILLER SUB

1685 HEROES ARE HUMAN

3028 NEVER SAY DIE!

1688 ISLAND OF MYSTERY

3035 SOMEWHERE A TRAITOR

1690 REVENGE OF THE GHOST

3036 THE BERLIN SECRET

1697 RATSO AND THE SERGEANT

3056 THE SECRET BASE

1701 BOUND BY DUTY

3068 COMRADES AT WAR

1704 THE DIE-HARDS

3075 DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!

1711 THE MONSTER

3083 THE LAST DAYS OF THE WAR

1714 SHIPWRECKED!

3091 BOMBER CREW

1718 THE CONQUERORS

3115 IN THE SHARK’S LAIR

1725 RUN, RABBIT, RUN!

3131 RIVER OF BLOOD

1733 HUNT THE PIRATES!

3132 YESTERDAY’S ENEMY

1737 TWENTY THOUSAND FEET

3139 STOP THEM!

1742 HOLD THE FORT

3140 THE MAN WHO CHANGED SIDES

1743 HOUR OF RECKONING

3148 THE SAVAGE SEA

1751 THE END OF THE LINE

3156 HUNT HIM DOWN

1753 THE SECRET WAR OF GEORGE SMITH

3187 THE FIGHTING MEN

1754 MIGHTY MIDGET

3212 FLOATING BOMB

1758 FIND THEM, SINK THEM!

3235 THE CONVOY FIGHTS BACK

1761 THE GOLDEN EAGLE

3244 STAND BY FIRE!

1762 SOLDIER OF FORTUNE

3251 HIT BACK

1770 HOT SAND

3252 RISKY BUSINESS

1777 THE FIGHTING COWBOYS

3267 SECRET IN THE SNOW

1778 ALL GUNS FIRING

3268 THE PIRATES

1784 JUNGLE KIDNAP

3275 THE BATTLE BEGINS

1785 BOSS OF THE ISLANDS

3276 MYSTERY MAN

1791 KILLER SUB

3284 DEADLY DANGER

1792 FLAMES OF FEAR

3291 THE ICE MAN

1794 THE BERLIN SECRET

3307 TOP SECRET TRAWLER

1798 NEVER SAY DIE!

3323 JUNGLE RESCUE

1799 SOMEWHERE A TRAITOR

3332 TAKE YOUR CHANCE

1802 THE CHASE IS ON

3339 SCHOOLBOY AT SEA

1813 THE SECRET BASE

3355 SAM’S SECRET WAR

1817 COMRADES AT WAR

3356 THE BLACK BEAUFIGHTERS

1822 THE SPECIAL SQUAD

3363 KNIGHTS OF THE DESERT SKY

1824 BIG BOB AND LITTLE PETE

3364 HIGH TREASON

1829 DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!

3371 NIGHT OF THE VIKINGS

1831 THE CAT, THE RAT, AND THE COBRA

3388 IT TAKES A BRAVE MAN

1837 BOMBER CREW

3412 SUB VERSUS SUB

1845 THE LAST DAYS OF THE WAR

3436 HOMEWARD BOUND

1849 IN THE SHARKS’ LAIR

3444 TOP-SECRET BASE

1857 STOP THEM!

3452 CAPTURE THAT SHIP!

1861 MISSION ACCOMPLISED

3459 BRING HI9M DOWN!

1864 SPRING THE TRAP

3468 HUNT THE FOX DOWN

1871 RIVER OF BLOOD

3476 PILOT ERROR

1877 THE MAN WHO CHANGED SIDES

3484 HOWARD THE COWARD

1878 THE SAVAGE SEA

3515 TOP-SECRET U-BOAT

1882 THE LAST RAIDERS

3516 HONOUR OF THE REGIMENT

1887 HUNT HIM DOWN!

3531 UNDER FALSE COLOURS

1890 YESTERDAY’S ENEMY

3539 WITH ALL GUNS BLAZING!

1897 THE FIGHTING MEN

3540 SKULL AND CROSSBONES

1904 TARGET DESTROYED!

3547 THE ARMY AT SEA

1918 DRIVE LIKE THE DEVIL!

3555 DISASTER-MAN

1920 MAN WITH A MILLION SECRETS

3563 ATTACKING NOW!

1922 FLOATING BOMB

3595 AIR WAR, GROUND WAR

1925 THE BATTLE BEGINS

3603 VLR – VERY LONG RANGE

1928 HUNTED!

3604 NO ORDINARY TANK

1929 SECRET IN THE SNOW

3620 ON ACTIVE SERVICE

1930 ESCAPE FROM TERROR

3628 AFTER D-DAY

1932 BORN TO BE BRAVE

3636 WARSHIP ON WHEELS

1938 STAND BY FIRE!

3643 SEAPLANE TO THE RESCUE

1939 THE BIG SNATCH

3644 THE FINAL TARGET

1941 THE TRAP IS SPRUNG

3651 THE MISSION BEGINS…

1942 A HIDDEN MENACE

3652 SECRET OF THE FOREST

1946 THE CONVOY FIGHTS BACK

3659 SPECIAL STRIKE FORCE

1952 RISKY BUSINESS

3660 A PACK OF WOLVES

1953 THE ICE MAN

3667 WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTS

1970 THE PIRATES

3668 LOYALTY!

1975 MYSTERY MAN

3675 A TRAITOR IN THE COCKPIT

1981 JUNGLE RESCUE

3684 BABYFACE BAILEY

1982 TOP-SECRET TRAWLER

3691 RIGHT ON TARGET

1989 SCHOOLBOY AT SEA

3699 DEATH VALLEY

1993 DEADLY DANGER!

3700 THE BIG SECRET

1997 KNIGHTS OF THE DESERT SKY

3707 THE SECRET TANKS

2000 TAKE YOUR CHANCE!

3716 NAZI HUNT

2008 THE BLACK BEAUFIGHTERS

3723 GET THOSE GUNS!

2009 SAM’S SECRET WAR

3732 RILEY’S RAIDERS

2011 INDIA OR BUST!

3740 THE LAST BIG GUN

2014 RETURN TO DANGER

3748 DEVIL BOATS

2015 THE DEADLY BOATS

3779 SEEK AND SINK

2021 HIGH TREASON

3796 OUTBACK ARMY

2026 FAMILY OF FIGHTERS

3804 SHOT FROM THE SHADOWS

2029 NIGHT OF THE VIKINGS

3812 GREEDY FOR GLORY

2030 TOP-SECRET BASE

3820 ESCAPE FROM SINGAPORE

2033 CARGO OF TROUBLE

3836 SEARCH AND RESCUE

2040 SUB VERSUS SUB

3843 ACE VERSUS ACE

2053 BRING HIM DOWN!

3851 MAROONED!

2054 IT TAKES A BRAVE MAN

3891 BATTLE OF THE BOFFINS

2056 CAPTURE THAT SHIP

3899 SMASH THOSE TANKS!

2061 BIG TROUBLE FOR CORPORAL HUBERT!

3907 GUILT AND GLORY

2062 FREEDOM – OR DEATH

3915 H.M. U-BOAT 999

2063 BATTLE FLAG

3931 FIGHTING MILLIONAIRE

2069 HOMEWARD BOUND

3965 SOUND OF DEATH

2070 HUNT THE FOX DOWN

3973 RAID ON RUJANG!

2074 PILOT ERROR

3989 FRONT-LINE FEUD

2077 FULL SPEED AHEAD!

4005 FIGHTING HURRICAT

2082 A TOUCH OF COURAGE

4016 OUT-GUNNED

2086 HOWARD THE COWARD

4031 RIVER PIRATES

2089 TOP-SECRET U-BOAT

4039 DEADLY MIDGET

2093 WITH ALL GUNS BLAZING!

4047 YANKEE DESTROYER

2095 HIT-MAN

4072 DAY OF THE COWARD

2097 HONOUR OF THE REGIMENT

4077 BATTLE OF THE ANTARTIC

2102 GOLD TRAIN

4078 GHOSTS FROM THE DEEP

2106 AND NOW-STRIKE BACK!

4101 U-BOAT CURSE

2115 SUNDERLAND AHOY!

4118 THE WRONG WAR

2119 UNDER FALSE COLOURS

4143 TEETH OF THE DRAGON

2121 THE ARMY AT SEA

4200 STRANGE ALLIES

2122 LUCK OF THE DEVIL

4256 BATTLING RUST-BUCKET!

2127 SKULL AND CROSSBONES

4440 VLR – VERY LONG RANGE

2135 DISASTER-MAN

4470 BIG TROUBLE FOR CORPORAL HUBERT! 70

2137 ATTACKING NOW!

4482 HIT-MAN!

2142 NO ORDINARY TANK

4490 FULL SPEED AHEAD!

2145 THE DEADLY DEAL

4498 GOLD TRAIN

2149 VLR – VERY LONG RANGE

4502 BATTLE FLAG

2153 AIR WAR, GROUND WAR

4510 FREEDOM – OR DEATH!

2167 JUNGLE CRAZY

4526 LUCK OF THE DEVIL

2168 THE HIDDEN ROCKETS

4530 THE DEADLY DEAL

2170 AFTER D-DAY

4542 AND NOW… STRIKE BACK!

2173 THE MISSION BEGINS…

4546 A TOUCH OF COURAGE

2175 SPECIAL STRIKE FORCE

4550 SKULL AND CROSSBONES

2176 WARSHIP ON WHEELS

4574 DRAGON-SHIP

2178 DRAGON-SHIP

4578 CALL TO BATTLE

2181 ON ACTIVE SERVICE

4582 THE SECRET TANKS

2184 SEAPLANE TO THE RESCUE

4590 WARSHIP ON WHEELS

2190 THE FINAL TARGET

4594 TIME RUNS OUT…

2191 ONE GOOD TURN…

4602 A TRAITOR IN THE COCKPIT

2192 A PACK OF WOLVES

4610 AFTER D-DAY

2193 SECRET OF THE FOREST

4614 A PACK OF WOLVES

2194 LOYALTY!

4618 DEATH VALLEY

2199 A TRAITOR IN THE COCKPIT

4642 SPECIAL STRIKE FORCE

2201 WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTS

4654 LOYALTY!

2207 BABYFACE BAILEY

4658 RILEY’S RAIDERS

2210 THE SECRET TANKS

4666 THE FINAL TARGET

2213 RIGHT ON TARGET

4682 ESCAPE FROM SINGAPORE

2215 DEATH VALLEY

4690 THE INVISIBLE WARRIOR

2216 NAZI HUNT

4694 SABOTAGE MISSION

2217 HOLD THEM BACK!

4706 SEEK AND SINK

2218 THE BIG SECRET

4714 THE LAST BIG GUN

2220 ACCORDING TO PLAN

4726 ACE VERSUS ACE

2223 TIME RUNS OUT…

4730 THE LITTLE SHIPS

2225 DOWN IN THE DESERT

4738 MAROONED!

2229 CALL TO BATTLE

4818 SMITH v SCHMIDT

2230 GET THOSE GUNS!

4842 SUICIDE RUN!

2238 RILEY’S RAIDERS

4906 FIGHTING RETURN

2246 FIGHTING COOKS

4990 PIRATE PATROL

2250 DEVIL BOATS

5006 GO DOWN FIGHTING!

2254 TOUGH TEAM

5050 GRENADE

2255 SEEK AND SINK

5074 JINX OR JONAH!

2256 THE LAST BIG GUN

5078 VIKING BREED

2258 RETREAT FROM BURMA

5224 CAVE OF SECRETS

2260 THE LITTLE SHIPS

5226 DAY OF DOOM

2265 DANGER FROM THE SEA

5292 ONE MOMENT OF GLORY

2266 OUTBACK ARMY

5406 HEART OF A LION

2274 SHOT FROM THE SHADOWS

5418 THE MONSTER

2277 GREEDY FOR GLORY

5430 MISSING, BELIEVED SUNK

2280 ESCAPE FROM SINGAPORE

5442 HEROES ARE HUMAN

2282 ACE VERSUS ACE

5458 RATSO AND THE SERGEANT

2283 THE KILLING GROUND

5490 REVENGE OF THE GHOST

2288 VENGEANCE RUN

5498 MIGHTY MIDGET

2294 SEARCH AND RESCUE

5506 FIND THEM, SINK THEM

2301 TERROR TREK

5514 THE GOLDEN EAGLE

2302 MAROONED!

5518 SOLDIER OF FORTUNE

2306 THE INVISIBLE WARRIOR

5522 THE FIGHTING COWBOYS

2310 SMASH THOSE TANKS!

5526 HOT SAND COLD COURAGE

2320 GUILT AND GLORY

5562 BIG BOB AND LITTLE PETE

2321 SABOTAGE MISSION

5570 THE SPECIAL SQUAD

2326 FIGHTING CONVICTS

5610 INTO THE ATTACK

2329 BATTLE OF THE BOFFINS

5636 ATLANTIC VETERAN

2338 H.M. U-BOAT 999

5648 DEATH IN THE DESERT

2341 FIGHTING MILLIONAIRE

5690 RENEGADE SERGEANT

2351 SMITH V. SCHMIDT

5718 THE LINE-SHOOTER

2353 FRONTLINE FEUD

5750 THE FIGHTING FUGITIVES

2360 SOUND OF DEATH

5754 RESCUE PATROL

2362 RAID ON RUJANG!

5762 DON’T SHOOT

2377 FIGHTING HURRICAT

5766 MEN OF WAR

2384 OUT-GUNNED!

5770 THE SECRET TORPEDO

2391 RIVER PIRATES

5774 SOME KIND OF HERO

2397 DEADLY MIDGET

5782 THEY CALLED HIM TRAITOR

2399 CLOSE COMBAT

 

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Vic Whittle 2010