COMMANDO 1985

(POCKET HOMEPAGE)

All the Commando titles for 1985  (1859 – 1954)

 

The price of Commando increased to 24p in October.

Sanjulian did his last cover this year with 1954 ‘Secret of the Cave’.

Sanjulian only did four Commando covers, his first in 1968 with 313 ‘Trigger Happy’.

 

Regular cover artists this year were:

J. Bevan, Ron Brown, Lopez Espi, Jacono, Ian Kennedy, Longaron, Alan Philpott, Sanjulian, K.C.G. Walker.

 

Reprint cover artists:

J. Bevan, Ian Kennedy, Gordon Livingstone, Jordi Penalva.

 

Favourite covers:

1936 ‘Honour in Battle’, & 1943 ‘Sergeant Trouble’ both by Alan Philpott.

 

The first two issues each month are reprints the original/new issue numbers are in brackets.

JANUARY

1859 (700)

1860 (653)

1861

1862

1863

1864

1865 (3147)

1866

MUSTANG PATROL

BATTLING BRADY

MISSION ACCOMPLISED

ICE-COLD COURAGE

THE FIGHTING GIPSY

SPRING THE TRAP

TEST PILOT

SCORCHING SAND

FEBRUARY

1867 (697)

1868 (705)

1869 (704)

1870 (706)

1871 (3131)

1872 (3164)

1873 (3155)

1874

TEN-GUN TERROR

THE FIGHT FOR SNOW ISLAND

ENEMY FROM THE DEEP

THE HUNTER AND THE HUNTED

RIVER OF BLOOD

HE COULD NOT KILL

BUNDY’S SECRET WEAPON

THE SLEEPING TIGER

MARCH

1875 (692)

1876 (702)

1877 (3140)

1878 (3148)

1879 (696)

1880 (693)

1881

1882

NIGHT OF VENGEANCE

VALLEY OF THE LOST

THE MAN WHO CHANGED SIDES

THE SAVAGE SEA

SUICIDE MISSION

DEATH OF THE COBRA

CAUGHT IN THE TRAP

THE LAST RAIDERS

APRIL

1883 (713)

1884 (709)

1885

1886 (3171)

1887 (3156)

1888

1889 (3107)

1890 (3132)

MOMENT OF VENGEANCE

CHARLIE’S TANK

HEROES AND COWARDS

ATLANTIC HURRICANE

HUNT HIM DOWN!

DESERT SECRET

THE PRIVATE WAR

YESTERDAY’S ENEMY

MAY

1891 (718)

1892 (714)

1893

1894 (3180)

1895 (3179)

1896

1897 (3187)

1898

FIVE-FATHOM FURY

KOMET!

OPERATION “TERROR”

SERGEANTS DON’T RUN

FLIGHT OF NO RETURN

TO CATCH A KILLER

THE FIGHTING MEN

KEEP RUNNING!

JUNE

1899 (724)

1900 (717)

1901

1902 (3196)

1903 (3203)

1904

1905 (3188)

1906 (3172)

ABANDON SHIP!

THE WINNING STREAK

DEATH IN THE JUNGLE

NORTHERN PATROL

THE FIGHTING SPIRIT

TARGET DESTROYED!

CODE OF THE JUNGLE

LIKE WOLVES!

JULY

1907 (726)

1908 (712)

1909 (3163)

1910

1911

1912 (3204)

1913 (3195)

1914 (3211)

NORTH TO DANGER

GALLANT ENEMY

INTO BANDIT COUNTRY

THE DEATH SQUAD

TRAIL OF TREACHERY

KILLERS FROM NOWHERE

PROVED IN BATTLE

RETURN OF A HERO

AUGUST

1915 (721)

1916 (725)

1917

1918

1919 (3227)

1920

1921 (3219)

1922

STEEL AND SAND

THE CURSE OF NANGA-JEVI

ROAR OF THE TEMPEST

DRIVE LIKE THE DEVIL!

DESERT RAIDERS

MAN WITH A MILLION SECRETS

OPERATION PAPER-CHASE

FLOATING BOMB

SEPTEMBER

1923 (730)

1924 (729)

1925 (3275)

1926 (3220)

1927 (3259)

1928

1929

1930

SON OF A TRAITOR

BRING ON THE TANKS!

THE BATTLE BEGINS

ENEMY SPITFIRE!

THE FLYING BATTLESHIPS

HUNTED!

SECRET IN THE SNOW

ESCAPE FROM TERROR

OCTOBER

1931 (738)

1932 (734)

1933 (3251)

1934

1935 (3283)

1936

1937 (3243)

1938 (3244)

NO STOPPING THEM!

BORN TO BE BRAVE

HIT BACK!

THE FLYING COFFIN

IN ENEMY TERRITORY

HONOUR IN BATTLE

DESERT OF DANGER

“STAND BY…FIRE!”

NOVEMBER

1939 (737)

1940 (750)

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945 (3228)

1946

THE BIG SNATCH

HURRI TO THE RESCUE

THE TRAP IS SPRUNG

A HIDDEN MENACE

SERGEANT TROUBLE

WINGLESS WARRIOR

WANTED DEAD AND ALIVE

THE CONVOY FIGHTS BACK

DECEMBER

1947 (756)

1948 (733)

1949

1950

1951

1952 (3252)

1953 (3291)

1954

NONE SHALL ESCAPE

TRAIL OF THE TIGER

WHEN LUCK RUNS OUT

THE FIGHTING FLEET

HONOURABLE ENEMY

RISKY BUSINESS

THE ICE MAN

SECRET OF THE CAVE

Vic Whittle 2010

© D. C. Thomson 1985