COMMANDO 1988

(POCKET HOMEPAGE)

All the Commando titles for 1988  (2147 – 2242)

 

The price of Commando increased to 30p in October.

 

Baraldi did his one and only cover for Commando with 2209 ‘The End of the War’.

Jacono did the last of his covers with 2158 ‘Operation Sledge-Hammer’, Jacono did his first cover in 1971.

Also a reprint of Colin Watson’s first cover with 2227 ‘Launch the Longship!’.

 

Regular cover artists this year were:

Baraldi, J. Bevan, Ron Brown, Gino D’Achille, Haylock, Jacono, Ian Kennedy, Longaron, Jordi Penalva.

 

Reprint cover artists:

Ian Kennedy, Villanova, K.C.G. Walker, Colin Watson.

 

Favourite covers:

2152 ‘Battle of the Atlantic’ (Haylock), 2171 ‘Hair-Trigger’ (Villanova), 2188 ‘Revenge of the Phantom (Jordi Penalva).

 

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

JANUARY

2147 (853)

2148 (866)

2149 (3603)

2150

2151 (3579)

2152

2153 (3595)

2154 (3635)

CORPORAL COURAGE

BEWARE THE BLACK CATS

VLR – VERY LONG RANGE

THE SIEGE OF LOOKOUT HILL

HEADING FOR TROUBLE

BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

AIR WAR, GROUND WAR

SECRET OF THE SEA

FEBRUARY

2155 (860)

2156 (881)

2157

2158

2159 (869)

2160 (885)

2161

2162 (3596)

MASSACRE AT MENDHI PASS

FIRE OF FEAR

GONE FISHING FIGHTING

OPERATION

SLEDGE-HAMMER

A STIRLING CALLED SATAN

MARCH OF THE MONSTERS

FORWARD INTO BATTLE

LOST IN FRANCE

MARCH

2163 (888)

2164 (882)

2165

2166

2167

2168

2169 (3619)

2170 (3628)

THE FIGHTING FOOLS

INLAND NAVY

WIN OR LOSE…

SOUND THE ALARM!

JUNGLE CRAZY

THE HIDDEN ROCKETS

CARRIER SQUADRON

AFTER D-DAY

APRIL

2171 (870)

2172 (878)

2173 (3651)

2174 (3611)

2175 (3659)

2176 (3636)

2177

2178

HAIR-TRIGGER

PIRATES WITH WINGS

THE MISSION BEGINS…

RUPERT THE TERRIBLE

SPECIAL STRIKE FORCE

WARSHIP ON WHEELS

ARCTIC VICTORY

DRAGON-SHIP

MAY

2179 (893)

2180 (896)

2181 (3620)

2182 (3612)

2183 (3627)

2184 (3643)

2185

2186

FULL FATHOM FIVE…

NO-MAN’S-LAND

ON ACTIVE SERVICE

FLY OUT, WALK BACK!

DANGER-KEEP CLEAR!

SEAPLANE TO THE RESCUE!

THE WRONG UNIFORM

GLIDE INTO DANGER

JUNE

2187 (897)

2188 (818)

2189

2190 (3644)

2191

2192 (3660)

2193 (3652)

2194 (3668)

THE BLACK BUZZARD

REVENGE OF THE PHANTOM

A DESPERATE TIME

THE FINAL TARGET

ONE GOOD TURN…

A PACK OF WOLVES

SECRET OF THE FOREST

LOYALTY!

JULY

2195 (862)

2196 (928)

2197 (3683)

2198 (3676)

2199 (3675)

2200

2201 (3667)

2202

SUICIDE ISLAND

THE CROWN OF MARCELLUS

WHO’S THE BEST?

NO TIME FOR TERROR

A TRAITOR IN THE COCKPIT

FRONTIER OF FEAR

WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTS

DOUBLE TROUBLE

AUGUST

2203 (925)

2204 (922)

2205

2206

2207 (3684)

2208 (3692)

2209

2210 (3707)

REDCAP RAT

A QUESTION OF HONOUR

SIXTY MILES TO MALTA

THE FLYING GHOST

BABYFACE BAILEY

ONE RAID TOO MANY

THE END OF THE WAR

THE SECRET TANKS

SEPTEMBER

2211 (909)

2212 (920)

2213 (3691)

2214 (3708)

2215 (3699)

2216 (3716)

2217

2218 (3700)

U-BOAT HERO

PROJECT “DOOMSDAY”

RIGHT ON TARGET

CHANCE FOR GLORY

DEATH VALLEY

NAZI HUNT

HOLD THEM BACK!

THE BIG SECRET

OCTOBER

2219 (868)

2220 (906)

2221 (3715)

2222

2223

2224 (3724)

2225

2226

EIGHT ROCKETS FOR VICTORY

ACCORDING TO PLAN

RED ARMY RAIDERS

FIRST COMMAND

TIME RUNS OUT

THE FLYING SHARK

DOWN IN THE DESERT

WARNER’S WAR

NOVEMBER

2227 (904)

2228 (902)

2229

2230 (3723)

2231

2232

2233 (3763)

2234

LAUNCH THE LONGSHIP!

VALLEY OF GHOSTS

CALL TO BATTLE

“GET THOSE GUNS”

CODE OF THE WARRIORS

THE FANATICS

BULLET-PROOF

TIGER SHOOT

DECEMBER

2235 (912)

2236 (924)

2237

2238 (3732)

2239

2240

2241 (3731)

2242 (3747)

PRIVATE APACHE

UNDER TWO FLAGS

LOST AT SEA…

RILEY’S RAIDERS

KILL THE GENERAL!

CODE-NAME “CAVALIER”

CARGO OF FEAR

OWL PATROL

Vic Whittle 2010

© D. C. Thomson 1988