COMMANDO 1997

(POCKET HOMEPAGE)

All the Commando titles for 1997  (3011 – 3106)

 

The price of Commando increased to 60p in late November.

 

The year saw another new title by Ken Barr, 3047 ‘Evil Ace’.

Ken did the cover and the interior artwork, his last original work for Commando to date.

It was nice to see some Gordon Livingstone covers and end the year with a Dalgar cover.

 

Regular cover artists this year were:

Ken Barr, Benet, Burrows, Dalgar, Gascoine, Ibanez, Jose Maria Jorge, Ian Kennedy, Gordon Livingstone, Keith Page, Carlos Pino, John Ridgway, Mike White.

 

Reprint cover artists:

J. Bevan, Ian Kennedy, Robertson.

 

Favourite covers: 3047 ‘Evil Ace’ Ken Barr, 3072 ‘Bombs on Target’ Ian Kennedy & 3081 ‘A Special Courage’ Keith Page.

Favourite story: 3072 ‘Bombs on Target’. I like any stories with Lancaster bombers or Mosquito’s.

The title was penned by C.G. Walker. Walker’s first title was 292 ‘Desert Vendetta’ 1967 and since then he has written over 300 stories for Commando.

 

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

JANUARY

3011 (1722)

3012 (1766)

3013

3014

3015

3016

3017

3018

TAKE OVER CORPORAL

FOR FREEDOM

OFFICER MATERIAL

DANGER BELOW ZERO

RUNAWAY REBEL

TOPPER SQUADRON

JUNGLE FORTRESS

TWICE THE DANGER

FEBRUARY

3019 (1791)

3020 (1782)

3021

3022

3023

3024

3025

3026

KILLER SUB

WHEN TIME RUNS OUT

COMRADES IN ARMS

THE BLACK BOAR

MASTER’S MISSION

FURY STRIKE

BATTLE HONOURS

NIGHTMARE ISLAND

MARCH

3027 (1810)

3028 (1798)

3029

3030

3031

3032

3033

3034

BRIDGE OF FATE

NEVER SAY DIE!

RED COMMANDO

THE GETAWAY GANG

PROGRAMMED TO DESTROY

DIVISION OF THE DEAD

NAZI HUNTERS

THE THIEF TAKER

APRIL

3035 (1799)

3036 (1794)

3037

3038

3039

3040

3041

3042

SOMEWHERE A TRAITOR

THE BERLIN SECRET

TWINS OF WAR

SHADOW OF SHAME

THE FLYING FLETCHERS

DESERT PHANTOMS

BUSH WAR

UP FROM THE RANKS

MAY

3043 (1830)

3044 (1816)

3045

3046

3047

3048

3049

3050

WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES!

PANZER TRAP

BOMBER FOR HIRE

HOT ON THE TRAIL!

EVIL ACE

LONE VOLUNTEER

EAST TO DANGER

CASTLE OF DEATH

JUNE

3051 (1841)

3052 (1800)

3053

3054

3055

3056

3057

3058

BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS

GLIDE INTO BATTLE

SWORDS OF WAR

THE TOUGHEST TEST

DUTY COMES FIRST

BOXER TERROR

RACE FOR THE RHINE

PIRATE HUNTERS

JULY

3059 (1813)

3060 (1823)

3061

3062

3063

3064

3065

3066

THE SECRET BASE

LIONHEART

BEHIND AMERICAN LINES

METCALF’S MEDAL

CHANGE OF PLAN!

MARINES TO THE RESCUE

DEADLY DISGUISE

“HUNT THE PANZERS!”

AUGUST

3067 (1839)

3068 (1817)

3069

3070

3071

3072

3073

3074

FIRING ZONE

COMRADES AT WAR

FORCED TO KILL!

DAY OF JUSTICE

DESERTERS!

BOMBS ON TARGET!

ESKIMO SCOUTS

WHEELS OF WAR

SEPTEMBER

3075 (1829)

3076 (1850)

3077

3078

3079

3080

3081

3082

DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!

TREASURE MOUNTAIN

STRIKE FROM THE SHADOWS

LAST MAN OFF THE BEACH!

THE MUTINEERS

OPERATION

“BOOK-WORM”

A SPECIAL COURAGE

VICTORY AND VENGEANCE

OCTOBER

3083 (1845)

3084 (1814)

3085

3086

3087

3088

3089

3090

THE LAST DAYS OF THE WAR

BRENNAN’S BRIGANDS

DUEL OF HONOUR

BITE OF THE SNAKE

ANDY’S ARK

ACCOUNT PAID!

GUNN FIGHTER

DEADLY SAFARI

NOVEMBER

3091 (1837)

3092 (1834)

3093

3094

3095

3096

3097

3098

BOMBER CREW

TWO OF THE BRAVEST

DESTINATION INDIA!

HANK THE HERO?

OPERATION

CODE-BREAKER

TOUGH JUSTICE

SINK THE ARK!

ARMY OF TRAITORS

DECEMBER

3099 (1821)

3100 (1846)

3101

3102

3103

3104

3105

3106

HIT FAST, HIT HARD

ISLAND OF HEROES

GERMAN SAMURAI

LUCKY LENNY

GUERRILLA TACTICS

MONGREL SQUADRON

FLAMES OF VENGEANCE

TUG THE TANKIE

Vic Whittle 2010

© D. C. Thomson 1997