COMMANDO 1961 - 1963

(POCKET HOMEPAGE)

All the Commando titles for 1961 (1 – 14)

All the Commando titles for 1962 (15 – 50)

All the Commando titles for 1963 (51 – 98)

Commando launch price 1/- (5p)

June 1961 saw the launch of Commando with two issues per month, the first four issues were unnumbered.

By June/July 1962 there were three issues per month and from August 1962; this was increased to four issues per month.

Ken Barr did 64 of the first 98 covers illustrated below, but no interior art, his first interior was for 304 ‘Night Ace’ issued December 1967.

Regular cover artists were:

1961 Ken Barr.

1962 Ken Barr, Belicas, Chaco, Dimmock.

1963 Amador, Ken Barr, Chaco, Dimmock, Ferraz, James, Artur Aldoma Puig, Sanfeliz.

Favourite cover:

1961 2 ‘The Called him Coward’ (Ken Barr)

1962 37 ‘Kill or be Killed’ (Chaco)

1963 78 ‘The Iron Man’ (Ken Barr). This was the first issue I purchased, albeit 547 the reprint.

Reprinted issues in Blue.

1961
JUNE		JULY					AUGUST				SEPTEMBER
1	2		3		4	5		6		7		8
2523/4453/5444	2531/4445		2539/4437		25474423	2555/4415		2563/4407		2571/4399		2579/4389
WALK – OR DIE!	THEY CALLED HIM COWARD!		A GUY NEEDS GUTS		MERCY FOR NONE!	HELLFIRE LANDING		THEY CAME BY NIGHT		THE SHIP THEY COULDN’T SINK		RED RUNS THE RIVER
	OCTOBER				NOVEMBER			DECEMBER
	9		10		11	12		13		14
	2587/4381		2595/4373		4365	4357		4521		4537
	JUNGLE FURY		HUN BAIT		CLOSER THAN BROTHERS	THE DESPERATE DAYS		DEATH IN THE SUN		FLY FAST SHOOT FAST!
1962
JANUARY			FEBRUARY			MARCH				APRIL
15	16		17		18	19		20		21		22
	4513				4477	4485		4416				4509
JAP KILLER	KNIFE FOR A NAZI		THE KNIFER		LONE HERO	THE DEATH DEALERS		DARE-DEVIL D.F.C.		BLOOD RIVER		COLD STEEL
MAY				JUNE					JULY
23	24		25		26	27		28		29		30
4481	4489		4529		5451			4541		4553		4525
HILL 13	GUN FURY		TAKE NO PRISONERS!		KILLERS OF THE DEEP	SCROUGE OF THE JAPS		MASSACRE IN THE SUN		SKY ACE		ISLAND OF GHOSTS
AUGUST						SEPTEMBER
31	32		33		34	35		36		37		38
	4493				4469	4501						4517
DEADLY DAWN	GLIDER PILOT		BORN TO KILL		DEATH MISSION	NIGHT RAIDER		THIS MAN IS DANGEROUS		KILL OR BE KILLED		DUEL IN THE DESERT
OCTOBER						NOVEMBER
39	40		41		42	43		44		45		46
4505	5452		4497					4473		4557		4549
DIGGERS DIE HARD	LONE WOLF		BREAK-OUT!		SECRET WEAPON	SILENT PATROL		KILLER SHIP		FOG OF DOOM		PHANTOM FIGHTERS
			DECEMBER
			47		48	49		50
			4561			4533		4545
			DUEL IN THE SUN		BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!	BLOOD VALLEY		CLASH OF STEEL
	1963
JANUARY						FEBRUARY
51	52		53		54	55		56		57		58
	4652		4565		4569	4573				4605		4620
DEATH HUNT	THE TIGER IS LOOSE		SEEK AND DESTROY		BEACH-HEAD!	TORPEDOES AWAY!		THE AVENGERS		TARGET FOR TONIGHT		TATTOOED HERO
MARCH						APRIL
59	60		61		62	63		64		65		66
						4636		4628		4430		4660
SKY FURY	SHOOT ON SIGHT!		MASSACRE BY MOONLIGHT		THE MAN THEY COULDN’T KILL	AMBUSH!		STRIKE FROM THE SUN		MAD SCHULTZ		TERROR PATROL
MAY						JUNE
67	68		69		70	71		72		73		74
4664	4644					555/4640		539
HOUNDS OF WAR	SPEARHEAD		CHARGE!		DESERT BLITZ	SKY DROP		SNIPER’S ISLAND		BALE OUT!		THEY SHALL NOT PASS
JULY						AUGUST
75	76		77		78	79		80		81		82
	551/5204				547					4585		543/5332
DEATH DIVES DEEP	JINX PILOT		STRIKE IN THE DARK		THE IRON MAN	SPITFIRE ACE		TRAITOR!		PHANTOM SERGEANT		ZERO FEET
SEPTEMBER						OCTOBER
83	84		85		86	87		88		89		90
595/4632	559/4581		571/4597		563	579/4648		4601		4613		567/4617
SEND FOR SPITFIRES	HERO FROM HOLLYWOOD		FAST GUN		SOLO SMITH	CRASH DIVE!		ROGUE BOMBER		SPY IN BATTLE-DRESS		FIGHTING GIANT
NOVEMBER						DECEMBER
91	92		93		94	95		96		97		98
575/4656	4609		4589		587/4456	4624				583/4593		591/4455
DICE WITH DEATH	BIG GUY		SUNK WITHOUT TRACE		JUMP – OR DIE!	DOUBLE-CROSS!		DESERT ACE		MOUNTAIN GUN		VALLEY OF SECRET WEAPONS
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