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

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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

 

 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

 

 

 

 

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47

48

49

50

 

 

 

 

4561

 

4533

4545

 

 

 

 

DUEL IN THE SUN

BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI!

BLOOD VALLEY

CLASH OF STEEL

 

 

 

1963

 

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

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51

52

53

54

55

56

57

58

 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Vic Whittle 2010

© D. C. Thomson 1961/1962/1963