COMMANDO RECENT ISSUES
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Commando titles with original issue number in brackets where applicable.
Updated: 15th
November 2018
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5171 WAR BUS November 1st 2018 |
5172 (1982) STOLEN GLORY November 1st 2018 |
5173 DANNY’S WAR November 1st 2018 |
5174 (3698) FRONT-LINE FEAR November 1st 2018 |
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THE HOME OF HEROES |
THE
GOLD COLLECTION |
FOR
ACTION AND ADVENTURE |
THE
SILVER COLLECTION |
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In
the First World War, over one thousand London buses were used to ferry
soldiers from Blighty to the front line in France. It was a long, dangerous
journey, one that would take trainee bus driver Sam Porter far away from the
depot in Hackney. Now
in the driving seat, in a big, bright red AEC Type “B” Omnibus, the next stop
for Sam was the trenches. |
Max
Brandt emerged from World War One covered in honours. Justly so, for he had
shot down the famous French air ace, Rene Dumont. But
two men knew he was not the victor of that dogfight. Brandt himself, and the
British pilot who had really downed the Frenchman. |
By
late 1918, Captain Daniel ‘Danny’ Weekes had been in the trenches for longer
than he could remember. He could no longer recall all the faces of the men
who had served with him or died under his command. He would do anything to
put a stop to the fighting. But with
three brothers, a sister and his father fighting their own battles, who knew
if Danny’s war was ending… or just beginning? Issue
1 of ‘The Weekes’ War’. Special 5 part series. |
The
pilots and soldiers fighting in and above the trenches, tracing their way
across Franch in the First World War, knew all about fear. They faced it
every day and made the best of coping with it. That
was never easy and if it did become too much, there was always a price to
pay. Ask Bill Kane – he didn’t crack up, but somebody said he had and that
led to all sorts of danger… |
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Author: George Low |
Author: K.C.G. Walker |
Author: Iain McLaughlin |
Author: Robert Smith |
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Art: Manuel Benet |
Art: Carmona |
Art: Morhain & Defeo |
Art: Janek Matysiak |
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Cover: Manuel Benet |
Cover: Ian Kennedy |
Cover: Ian Kennedy |
Cover: Janek Matysiak |
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5167 DANGEROUS INVESTIGATIONS October 18th 2018 |
5168 (273) BLACK SCHNEIDER October 18th 2018 |
5169 REBEL RIDERS October 18th 2018 |
5170 (2887) SEA OF SECRETS October 18th 2018 |
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THE HOME OF HEROES |
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GOLD COLLECTION |
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Lieutenant John Weller was like
a bloodhound when he was on a case. From his early years as a police
detective, solving high-class robberies, to being a military policeman on the
trail of a smuggling ring in the British Army – nothing could stand between
him and his investigation… not even a little thing called World War Two. This tenacity would take Weller
right into the German invasion of France in 1940. But Weller was going to get
his suspect – no matter how dangerous the investigation. |
For Sergeant Bill Kane this was
the last straw. Bill had run up against “Black Schneider” – Nazi Major
Schneider and his mobile desert commandos – the most feared striking force in
the desert. Schneider squashed Bill’s little force as carelessly as he’d have
squashed a beetle under his gleaming black jackboots. A solid year of bad luck had
made Bill’s platoon shunned like the plague. Joining it seemed like asking
for a one-way ticket to perdition. And now they faced Schneider. There was
only one way for Bill to change things. Get out, then find and smash the
Black Schneider. |
The heroes of ‘Viva Villa’
return but not as you know them! Disguised as priests and accompanied by
Sister Sofia, the Gomez brothers face one of their deadliest missions yet –
working with a nun! Still fighting for the
revolution to free Mexico, Carlos and Hector were tasked with sneaking into a
Federale-held city and recuing an American journalist from the clutches of
Huerta himself! Ay Caramba! |
When Tim Elder, young and keen,
his sub lieutenant’s rank badge shining new, received a posting to the
Mediterranean, he found that he had joined a part of the Royal Navy that he
knew nothing about. For instance, what was the secret of the grubby fishing
vessel that made the Germans determined to sink her? And where were the
secret passages through the danger-ridden reefs that could mean the
difference between life and death? If Tim were to survive, he had
to learn these secrets – and learn them fast! |
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Author: Heath Ackley |
Author: Eric Hebden |
Author: Richard Davis |
Author: Ian Clark |
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Art: Jaume Forns |
Art: Gordon G. Livingstone |
Art: Carlos Pino |
Art: Gordon G. Livingstone |
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Cover: Neil Roberts |
Cover: Lopez Espi |
Cover: Carlos Pino |
Cover: Ian Kennedy |
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5163 THE LAST MEN AT DUNKIRK October 4th 2018 |
5164 (262) DEATH OF A U-BOAT October 4th 2018 |
5165 DESERT RESCUE! October 4th 2018 |
5166 (2373) FIGHTING CIVVY October 4th 2018 |
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Sergeant Ronnie Malloy stood
alone on the French pier looking out towards the sea. The beach was deserted
bar the smoking husks of discarded British trucks. The lines of men desperate
to clamber aboard the ships bound for Blighty were all gone and the place was
silent except for the quiet ebb of the tide. In the distance, Ronnie watched
the armada of little ships, chock-full of men, sail away to Britain, leaving
him behind. He had been abandoned… one of the last men in Dunkirk. |
To the tough rowdies of the
whaling fleets from Greenland to the South Pole, he was just ‘Big Olaf’. Star
harpoon-gunner of them all, the ship that had Olaf aboard broke records for
whales caught and bonuses paid. Six feet four inches of blonde Norwegian with
eyes as icy green as the seas he roved, and muscles to suit his tough trade. He sailed along with British
skipper, Danny Parker, and here was a fighting twosome to make the Nazi
raiders think twice about their takeover bid for the Antarctic – and whalers. |
Lieutenant Guy Lewis was
desperate for action. Fresh out of officer’s training, he was bored of
playing squash in Cairo to pass the time. Then Guy got the news he had
been waiting for – a posting in the North African desert with one of the most
notorious Allied regiments – the Long Range Desert Group! |
Bill Carpenter was a civilian, a
top salesman for farming machinery who wanted nothing to do with the war. But
no-one had told the Germans that, and he found himself caught up in the
retreat to Dunkirk. Civvy or not, Bill was forced to
fight to survive. And if the Jerries had known how good he was going to be,
they would have left him alone! |
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Author: Iain McLaughlin |
Author: Kenneth McOwan |
Author: Jim & David Turner |
Author: Mike Knowles |
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Art: Muller |
Art: Gordon G. Livingstone |
Art: Paolo Ongaro |
Art: Gordon G. Livingstone |
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Cover: Janek Matysiak |
Cover: Ken Barr |
Cover: Neil Roberts |
Cover: Ian Kennedy |
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5159 TARGET: CHURCHILL September 20th 2018 |
5160 (305) BOGUS YANKS September 20th 2018 |
5161 DANGER ON THE ROCKS September 20th 2018 |
5162 (2872) CLIP HIS WINGS! September 20th 2018 |
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More than three-hundred years later, in 1943, a group of
German spies led by the fanatic Hauptmann Harald Stein had the same idea.
Following Guy Fawkes’ example, their plan was to blow up Churchill and the
British government. Their target: Churchill. |
That notice went round all the crack German Army units.
The Nazis got their volunteers, just a handful. They dressed that handful in
Yankee uniform and parachuted them behind British and American lines to
sabotage the Allied advance. But they didn’t reckon on a British sergeant who just
hated Yanks! |
But as Danger flew through the air on an ancient rope
ladder, dangling precariously over an unexploded rocket on the back of a
lorry, he contemplated how he had quite got into this mess in the first
place… |
No, not Bill. He was looking for the first action to
cross his path… and that would not be long in coming! |
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Author: Iain McLaughlin |
Author: Powell |
Author: Stephen Walsh |
Author: Heptonstall |
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Art: Rezzonico/Morhain |
Art: C T Rigby |
Art: Keith Page |
Art: C T Rigby |
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Cover: Neil Roberts |
Cover: Ken Barr |
Cover: Janek Matysiak |
Cover: Ian Kennedy |
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5155 THE PACT September 6th 2018 |
5156 (560/1539) SEA-STRIKE September 6th 2018 |
5157 AGENTS AT WAR September 6th 2018 |
5158 (2864) THE CUTTING EDGE September 6th 2018 |
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Havildar Dilawar Khan, a
sergeant in the Indian Army, pushed the Type 100 flamethrower away from his
face, its flames licking at him and the Japanese soldier as they fought for
control. But Dilawar had something more than survival to fight for, he had a
duty to protect his unit and the pact he had made… |
Stan Turner of Air-sea rescue
had a really dicey job, snatching ditched pilots from the hungry English
Channel… sometimes under the very muzzles of the guns on the enemy coast.
Then there was always the dangerous trip back to base, dodging shells and
bullets as the launch leapt over the waves to bring its precious cargo safely
home. But one dark night, Stan was ordered out on a very different task. His
cargo, a bunch of tough Commandos. His mission, to attempt what no other Air-sea
rescue launch had ever dared. |
SS Standartenfuhrer Rudi
Reinstein smiled to himself, thinking he had duped a dumb American into being
a spy for the Nazi cause. But as he reached into his unusually light
briefcase and found underwear in the place of his important Nazi documents,
he realised it was him who had been duped! And so the race was on to catch
agents, Ben Hawkins and Doris Blythe, before they escaped Poland! |
The Place – The Atlantic Ocean.
The Time – 1944-45. The Second World War. The Rivals – Cousins, One a sailor
and one an airman. The Targets – German U-Boats. As many as they could sink
in their own ways. The Prize – A mighty claymore which had been in the family
for generations. Now follow the actions of these two men on the cutting edge
of the war against U-Boats! |
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Author: Heath Ackley |
Author: R A Montague |
Author: George Low |
Author: Roger Sanderson |
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Art: Manuel Benet |
Art: D S Gomez |
Art: Morhain |
Art: Olivera |
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Cover: Manuel Benet |
Cover: Ian Kennedy |
Cover: Ian Kennedy |
Cover: Ian Kennedy |
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5151 FUELLED BY FIRE! August 23rd 2018 |
5152 (554) DUEL OF ACES August 23rd 2018 |
5153 THE RED DEVIL August 23rd 2018 |
5154 (2842) CARRIER PILOT August 23rd 2018 |
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Somewhere in a barren range of
hills in the desert, two pilots had just been shot down. One was British, the
other Italian. Both were aces, two of the finest fliers ever to grace the
skies of North Africa. Each was determined to get the other. Many times, they
had dueled in the air. And now, on the ground, the fight was still going on! |
Somewhere in a barren range of
hills in the desert, two pilots had just been shot down. One was British, the
other Italian. Both were aces, two of the finest fliers ever to grace the
skies of North Africa. Each was determined to get the other. Many times, they
had dueled in the air. And now, on the ground, the fight was still going on! |
Hiding in the Thick snow, the
Red Devil is watching. In the battle-torn, bomb-shelled carcass of
Stalingrad, she stalks her prey. Her sights aimed and her finger taut, she
pulls the trigger… |
For some jet pilots, take-offs
and landings on an aircraft carrier were a tad frightening to say the least.
It was like that for rookie Garry Carter, operating off the coast of Vietnam,
and it didn’t help that superior types like senator’s son, Scott Bradley,
boasted that he found it all very easy. But once up there in the
danger-filled skies, thundering towards a target in his bombed-up A7 Corsair,
Garry soon proved himself a force to be reckoned with! |
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Author: Iain McLaughlin |
Author: DCT Staff |
Author: Iain McLaughlin |
Author: Ian Clark |
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Art: Carlos Pino |
Art:: Amador |
Art: Vicente Alcazar |
Art: Jose Maria Jorge |
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Cover: Carlos Pino |
Cover: Ian Kennedy |
Cover: Graeme Neil Reid |
Cover: Ian Kennedy |
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5147 WALKING THE LINE August 8th 2018 |
5148 (552) THE FIGHTING PHANTOM August 8th 2018 |
5149 COURSE FOR FREEDOM August 8th 2018 |
5150 (2834) SURE-SHOT SAM August 8th 2018 |
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Bailing out of his Stirling Mk.
III bomber over Nazi-occupied France, Flight Lieutenant Alan Freeman know his
wits would only get him so far. But, lucky for him, the French Resistance
were ready to lend a hand and get him back to Blighty. However, not everything
was rosy in the Resistance, and there was talk of a traitor in their midst.
Would Alan make the journey to Spain in one piece? Or would those helping him
turn him over to the Gestapo? |
Bert Graham is 50. Serving as a
major in the army, he’s nearly as fit and tough as he was way back in the war
when he was a sergeant. He has some really great stories, but none match the
one when he and his mates were stranded behind enemy lines – and Bert took
his orders from a ghost! |
When Jurgen Schwer joined the
Luftwaffe in the Second World War, he had no idea that he would become a
prisoner of war in the barren Nevada Desert, or even still – a fugitive on
the run in Mexico and Columbia! It seemed that the only way Jurgen could get
back to Europe and his family was to help pilot a rogue mission to destroy
the Panama Canal. Only then could he begin to plot his… Course for Freedom |
Private Sam Smith was a bit of a
misfit. Nobody in his infantry company pushing up through Italy in 1944 knew
quite what to make of him – but nobody could say that he wasn’t a crack shot
with his beloved Lee Enfield rifle! And when some petty crooks tried to frame
him, they soon discovered – like the Germans – that it wasn’t safe to fool…
Sure-Shot Sam |
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Author: Andrew Knighton |
Author: A Carney Allan |
Author: George Low |
Author: Burden |
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Pencils: Morhain
& Rezzonico |
Art: Cecil T Rigby |
Art: Jaume Forns |
Art: Vila |
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Cover: Neil Roberts |
Cover: Jordi Penalva |
Cover: Ian Kennedy |
Cover: Ian Kennedy |
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© D. C. Thomson & Co Ltd. |
Vic Whittle 2018 |
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