COMMANDO
1961 - 1963
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,
1963 Amador, Ken Barr,
Favourite cover:
1961 2 ‘The Called him
Coward’ (Ken Barr)
1962 37 ‘Kill or be
Killed’ (
1963 78 ‘The Iron Man’
(Ken Barr). This was the first issue I purchased, albeit 547 the reprint.
Reprinted issues in Blue.
1961 |
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JUNE |
JULY |
AUGUST |
SEPTEMBER |
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2 |
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4 |
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6 |
7 |
8 |
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2523/4453/5444 |
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2539/4437 |
25474423 |
2555/4415 |
2563/4407 |
2571/4399 |
2579/4389 |
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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 |
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OCTOBER |
NOVEMBER |
DECEMBER |
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10 |
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13 |
14 |
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2587/4381 |
2595/4373 |
4365 |
4357 |
4521 |
4537 |
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JUNGLE FURY |
HUN BAIT |
CLOSER THAN BROTHERS |
THE DESPERATE DAYS |
DEATH IN THE SUN |
FLY FAST SHOOT FAST! |
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1962 |
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16 |
17 |
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22 |
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4513 |
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4477 |
4485 |
4416 |
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4509 |
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JAP KILLER |
KNIFE FOR A NAZI |
THE KNIFER |
LONE HERO |
THE DEATH DEALERS |
DARE-DEVIL D.F.C. |
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COLD STEEL |
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24 |
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29 |
30 |
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4481 |
4489 |
4529 |
5451 |
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4541 |
4553 |
4525 |
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HILL 13 |
GUN FURY |
TAKE NO PRISONERS! |
KILLERS OF THE DEEP |
SCROUGE OF THE JAPS |
MASSACRE IN THE SUN |
SKY ACE |
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AUGUST |
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32 |
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36 |
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38 |
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4493 |
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4469 |
4501 |
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4517 |
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DEADLY DAWN |
GLIDER PILOT |
BORN TO KILL |
DEATH |
NIGHT RAIDER |
THIS MAN IS DANGEROUS |
KILL OR BE KILLED |
DUEL IN THE DESERT |
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OCTOBER |
NOVEMBER |
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40 |
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46 |
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4505 |
5452 |
4497 |
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4473 |
4557 |
4549 |
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DIGGERS DIE HARD |
LONE WOLF |
BREAK-OUT! |
SECRET WEAPON |
SILENT PATROL |
KILLER SHIP |
FOG OF DOOM |
PHANTOM FIGHTERS |
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48 |
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50 |
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4561 |
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4533 |
4545 |
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DUEL IN THE SUN |
BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI! |
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CLASH OF STEEL |
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1963 |
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FEBRUARY |
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51 |
52 |
53 |
54 |
55 |
56 |
57 |
58 |
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4652 |
4565 |
4569 |
4573 |
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4605 |
4620 |
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DEATH HUNT |
THE TIGER IS LOOSE |
SEEK AND DESTROY |
BEACH-HEAD! |
TORPEDOES AWAY! |
THE AVENGERS |
TARGET FOR TONIGHT |
TATTOOED HERO |
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MARCH |
APRIL |
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60 |
61 |
62 |
63 |
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65 |
66 |
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4636 |
4628 |
4430 |
4660 |
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SKY FURY |
SHOOT ON SIGHT! |
MASSACRE BY MOONLIGHT |
THE MAN THEY COULDN’T KILL |
AMBUSH! |
STRIKE FROM THE SUN |
MAD SCHULTZ |
TERROR PATROL |
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MAY |
JUNE |
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68 |
69 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
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74 |
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4664 |
4644 |
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555/4640 |
539 |
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HOUNDS OF WAR |
SPEARHEAD |
CHARGE! |
DESERT BLITZ |
SKY DROP |
SNIPER’S |
BALE OUT! |
THEY SHALL |
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JULY |
AUGUST |
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78 |
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80 |
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82 |
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547 |
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4585 |
543/5332 |
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DEATH DIVES DEEP |
JINX PILOT |
STRIKE IN THE DARK |
THE IRON MAN |
SPITFIRE ACE |
TRAITOR! |
PHANTOM SERGEANT |
ZERO FEET |
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SEPTEMBER |
OCTOBER |
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87 |
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90 |
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595/4632 |
559/4581 |
571/4597 |
563 |
579/4648 |
4601 |
4613 |
567/4617 |
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SEND FOR SPITFIRES |
HERO FROM |
FAST GUN |
SOLO SMITH |
CRASH DIVE! |
ROGUE BOMBER |
SPY IN BATTLE-DRESS |
FIGHTING GIANT |
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NOVEMBER |
DECEMBER |
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93 |
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95 |
96 |
97 |
98 |
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575/4656 |
4609 |
4589 |
587/4456 |
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583/4593 |
591/4455 |
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DICE WITH DEATH |
BIG GUY |
SUNK WITHOUT TRACE |
JUMP – OR DIE! |
DOUBLE-CROSS! |
DESERT ACE |
MOUNTAIN GUN |
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Vic Whittle 2010 |
©
D. C. Thomson 1961/1962/1963 |
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