COMMANDO 1981
All
the Commando titles for 1981 (1475 –
1570) |
The price of Commando increased to 16p in
October.
The year
saw the first (Baraldi) cover with 1519 ‘U-Boat Menace’.
Baraldi did
a total of nine covers for Commando, but no interior artwork.
His last
cover was in 1988
Regular
cover artists this year were:
Baraldi, Ron Brown, Cortiella, Cox, Jacono, Ian
Kennedy, Longaron, Miller, John Ridgway, Sanfeliz, Scholler, K.C.G. Walker.
Reprint
cover artists:
Fernando, Ian Kennedy, Gordon Livingstone,
Longaron, Jordi Penalva.
Favourite
covers:
1522 ‘Die
like a Hero’ (Baraldi) & 1567 ‘Vulkan Group’ (Longaron).
The first two issues each month are reprints the original/new issue
numbers are in brackets. |
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JANUARY |
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1475
(513) |
1476
(515) |
1477 |
1478
(2819) |
1479 |
1480 |
1481 |
1482 |
PHANTOM PILOT |
JUNGLE DUEL |
COWARD’S |
TARGET – |
INTRUDER
SQUAD |
BEST OF
ENEMIES |
KALI’S
WARRIORS |
ACT OF
COURAGE |
FEBRUARY |
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1483 (510) |
1484 (512) |
1485 |
1486 |
1487 (2691) |
1488 |
1489 |
1490 (2836) |
ARCTIC ACE |
DEATH TRAP |
THE FAKE
GENERAL |
SAY NOTHING! |
A RACE
AGAINST TIME |
BLOOD RED
ROCK |
CROOKS IN
KHAKI |
ADVANCE! |
MARCH |
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1491
(521) |
1492
(524) |
1493
(2835) |
1494 |
1495 |
1496 |
1497 |
1498 |
FRAMED! |
THE NIGHT THE
TOW ROPE BROKE |
ENTRY
FORBIDDEN! |
DEADLY DECOY |
OUT OF THE
FUTURE |
THE UNKNOWN
ENEMY |
THUNDER AND
LIGHTNING |
WAY OF HONOUR |
APRIL |
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1499
(535) |
1500
(494) |
1501
(2699) |
1502
(2822) |
1503
(2858) |
1504 |
1505 |
1506 |
BRIGHT BLADE
OF COURAGE |
TRAIL BLAZERS |
DESERT ORDEAL |
ALWAYS A
PRISONER |
THE BRIDGE
MUST FALL |
TREASON! |
THE FACE OF
COURAGE |
SHOOT-OUT |
MAY |
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1507
(522) |
1508
(532) |
1509 |
1510
(2859) |
1511 |
1512 |
1513 |
1514
(2867) |
BIG MIKE |
THE KILLING
SKULL |
DEADLY SECRET |
SINK THAT
SHIP! |
MAN OF MYSTERY |
ESCAPE FROM |
SNOW WOLVES |
HIDDEN DANGER |
JUNE |
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1515
(538) |
1516
(533) |
1517 |
1518
(2850) |
1519 |
1520
(2708) |
1521 |
1522 |
LOW-LEVEL
LIZZIE |
CANNONBALL
CASEY |
RESCUE! |
IN DISGUISE! |
U-BOAT MENACE |
INTRUDERS
BEWARE! |
THE RECKONING |
DIE LIKE A
HERO |
JULY |
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1523
(529) |
1524
(528) |
1525
(2860) |
1526 |
1527
(2883) |
1528 |
1529 |
1530
(2875) |
THE DEADLY
ONE |
SUICIDE
STRIKE |
THE ROAR OF
THE GUNS |
A SERGEANT’S
WAR |
SECRET CARGO |
LUCKY
LARRIGAN |
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FATHER AND
SON |
AUGUST |
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1531
(511) |
1532
(531) |
1533 |
1534
(2884) |
1535
(2795) |
1536 |
1537 |
1538 |
D-DAY DROP |
TANK BUSTER
ACE |
DEATH BEFORE
DISHONOUR |
DOUBLE
EXPOSURE |
THE |
DEFEND TO THE
LAST |
TRAITOR
PLANES |
DEVIL FISH |
SEPTEMBER |
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1539
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1540
(536) |
1541 |
1542 |
1543 |
1544 |
1545 |
1546 |
SEA STRIKE |
SKY PIRATE |
TAKE ANY
RISK! |
FIND THE
TREASURE |
TIME UP FOR
TRAITORS |
ON TARGET! |
DEMOLITION
SQUAD |
FORWARD THE
TIGERS |
OCTOBER |
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1547
(548) |
1548
(542) |
1549 |
1550 |
1551 |
1552 |
1553 |
1554 |
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FIND A
TRAITOR |
INTO THE ATTACK |
THE MAN WHO
KILLED THE GENERAL |
THE
SHARP-SHOOTERS |
BEHIND ENEMY
LINES |
HOLD THE
BRIDGE! |
TEMPEST
SQUADRON |
NOVEMBER |
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1555
(545) |
1556
(562) |
1557 |
1558
(2892) |
1559 |
1560 |
1561 |
1562 |
DIARY OF A
HERO |
THE DEATH OR
GLORY MOB |
NOWHERE TO
HIDE |
TRIGGER TRAP |
SQUADRON OF
DOOM |
CASTLE IN THE
JUNGLE |
THE |
HUNT THEM
DOWN! |
DECEMBER |
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1563
(534) |
1564
(544) |
1565
(2715) |
1566 |
1567 |
1568 |
1569 |
1570 |
THE SPY THAT
NEVER WAS |
TIME OF
TERROR |
THE
LINE-SHOOTER |
FIGHTING
FOOL! |
VULKAN GROUP |
BUTTERFIELD’S
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THE SECRET
HEROES |
THE TREASURE
OF |
Vic
Whittle 2010 |
© D. C. Thomson 1981 |