COMMANDO 1971

(POCKET HOMEPAGE)

All the Commando titles for 1971  (521 – 610)

 

 

In April the monthly issues were increased from six per month to eight per month, this was achieved by reprinting earlier issues, two per month.

The first reprint was 539 ‘Sniper’s Island’. The trend has been continued and by 2004 there have been over 800 reprints.

The price was also increased to 6p in October, the first price increase since Commandos launch in June 1961.

 

Regular cover artists this year were:

Ramon de la Fuente, Gonzalez, Jacono, Ian Kennedy, Gordon Livingstone, Longaron, Jordi Penalva, Artur Aldoma Puig, Sanfeliz.

 

Reprint cover artists:

Alvaro, Ken Barr, Chaco.

 

Favourite cover:

523 ‘Sniper!’ Ian Kennedy & 588 ‘Black Mossie’ Ken Barr.

 

 

JANUARY

 

 

 

 

521 (1490)

522 (1507)

523 (1596)

524 (1492)

525 (1588)

526 (1603)

 

 

FRAMED!

BIG MIKE

SNIPER!

THE NIGHT THE TOW ROPE BROKE

GRUDGE FIGHT

OPERATION FIREBRAND!

 

 

FEBRUARY

 

 

 

 

527

528 (1524)

529 (1523)

530

531 (1532)

532 (1508)

 

 

“COME AND GET ME!”

SUICIDE STRIKE

THE DEADLY ONE

DAWN ATTACK

TANK BUSTER ACE

THE KILLING SKULL

 

 

MARCH

 

 

 

 

533 (1516)

534 (1563)

535 (1499)

536 (1540)

537

538 (1515)

 

 

CANNONBALL CASEY

THE SPY THAT NEVER WAS

BRIGHT BLADE OF COURAGE

SKY PIRATE

NAVY BLUE HERO

LOW LEVEL LIZZIE

 

Two reprinted issues each month. Reprinted issues are in brackets.

 

APRIL

 

539 (72)

540 (1580)

541 (1571)

542 (1548)

543 (82)

544 (1564)

545 (1555)

546

SNIPER’S ISLAND

First Commando Reprint

BATTLE DROP

TRAP FOR A JAP

FIND THE TRAITOR

ZERO FEET

TIME OF TERROR

DIARY OF A HERO

MUSTANG ACE

MAY

 

547 (78)

548 (1547)

549 (1587)

550

551 (76)

552

553

554

THE IRON MAN

VALLEY OF FLAME

SHOOT TO KILL

DIVE TO DANGER

JINX PILOT

THE FIGHTING PHANTOM

THE MAN WHO NEVER MISSED

DUEL OF ACES

JUNE

 

555 (71)

556

557

558 (1636)

559 (84)

560 (1539)

561 (1556)

562

SKY DROP

TWO MEN WENT TO WAR

BREAK FOR FREEDOM

LAST CHANCE

HERO FROM HOLLYWOOD

SEA STRIKE

THE DEATH OR GLORY MOB

SABOTAGE!

JULY

 

563 (86)

564 (1644)

565 (1579)

566 (1620)

567 (90)

568

569 (1595)

570 (1628)

SOLO SMITH

THE SANDS OF FEAR

ZERO SMASHER

BLACK KNIGHT’S OF WAR

FIGHTING GIANT

BOSS OF THE BARBARY APES

BATTLE SQUADRON

MARKED MAN

AUGUST

 

571 (85)

572 (1604)

573 (1611)

574 (1612)

575 (91)

576 (1627)

577

578 (1619)

FAST GUN

UPSIDE-DOWN ACE

JAPANESE JINX

DATE WITH DESTINY

DICE WITH DEATH

NOOSE FOR A HERO

SOLDIER FROM SPACE

THE 8:15 TO GLORY

SEPTEMBER

 

579 (87)

580 (1635)

581 (1643)

582 (1667)

583 (97)

584

585 (1659)

586

CRASH DIVE!

BLADE OF GLORY

HUN IN A HURRI

RIVER OF DEATH

MOUNTAIN GUN

BURMA BEAU

BRAVE COWARD

JACKSON’S PRIVATE ARMY

OCTOBER

 

587 (94)

588 (1660)

589 (1683)

590

591 (98)

592 (1651)

593 (1652)

594 (1675)

JUMP – OR DIE

BLACK MOSSIE

ESCAPE

REVENGE OF THE VIPER

VALLEY OF THE SECRET WEAPONS

THE RIFLEMAN

MIGHTY MAGUIRE

TORPEDO STRIKE

NOVEMBER

 

595 (83)

596 (1676)

597 (1668)

598

599 (100)

600

601 (1684)

602

SEND FOR SPITFIRES

THE PIRATES FROM SUB 13

SKY OF FLAME

ONE-MAN WAR

JAP TAMER

YOU DIE AT DAWN

VENGEANCE SQUAD

DECK LEVEL DAWSON

DECEMBER

 

603 (101)

604 (1780)

605 (1692)

606 (1691)

607 (103)

608

609 (1700)

610 (1779)

FOREST OF FEAR

DESERT DOUBLECROSS

HI-JACK!

MYSTERY MOUNTAIN

KILLER WITH WINGS

MARK OF THE LION

THE KNIFE

COMPANY OF HEROES

Vic Whittle 2010

© D. C. Thomson 1971