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Latest Commando titles with original issue number in brackets where applicable.

Updated: 28th August 2025

RECENT ISSUES WITH RELEASE DATES
5879 THE BATMEN OF IKI ISLAND 14th August 2025	5880 (2879/4317) OPERATION BREAK-OUT 14th August 2025	5881 THE LONGEST WAR 14th August 2025	5882 (2880/4318) THREE ANGRY MEN 14th August 2025
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The Japanese thought Iki Island was impregnable, the perfect place to store ammunition in their war against America. Thanks to its deep caves and heavy anti-aircraft defences, bombing raids were useless against the island. As far as anyone could work out, there was nothing that could be done. Enter two Italian American acrobats from Chicago, brothers Aldo and Matteo Costanzo – they would soon be known as the Batmen of Iki Island!	August 1945 – Japan was being forced to surrender, and after six long years, the Second World War was over. For many thousands, it had been a bitter, hard fight on land, on sea and in the air. And for Canadian army doctor Harry Murray, his war had started when the Japanese had overrun Hong Kong in 1941. That was grim enough, but then he found himself a prisoner on a small, nameless island where men could die at the whim of the enemy guards. The only hope in the end for Harry and his mates was to escape…	This is the story of a Korean man who fought in three different armies, on three different sides, over the course of one war. In 1939, Dae Gwan Lee was press-ganged into service in the Kwantung army of Manchukuo by the Japanese occupiers to fight against the Soviet forces. Before long, Lee was captured by the Soviets and forced to fight against the German invaders of Russia, who in turn captured him and shipped him to Europe. Defending France against the D-Day landings, Lee was captured again, but this time by the Americans. This is his incredible tale of a life during World War Two!	August 1945 - Japan was being forced to surrender, and after six long years, the Second World War was over. For many thousands, it had been a bitter, hard fight on land, on sea and in the air. For three battle-hardened NCOs – one British infantryman, a Gurkha and a Sikh – their worst moment had come when a fanatical Japanese regiment wiped out an ambulance train, murdering their wounded relatives and friends. Despite their differences, the three angry men united to hunt down the killers... and collect a debt of blood!
Author: Damien Dsouza	Author: Ian Clark	Author: Paul Cornell	Author: Ian Clark
Art: Vicente Alcazar	Art: Gordon Livingstone	Art: Steve Yeowell	Art: Manuel Benet Blanes
Cover: Simon Pritchard	Cover: Ian Kennedy	Cover: Steve Yeowell	Cover: Ian Kennedy
5875 BRADDOCK ESCAPE 31st July 2025	5876 (321/1043) THE HUMAN TORPEDO 31st July 2025	5877 FEEDING FRENZY 31st July 2025	5878 (1861) MISSION ACCOMPLISHED 31st July 2025
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The daredevil bomber pilot returns! Now that his squadron had converted to Vickers Wellingtons, Sergeant Matt Braddock couldn’t wait to get airborne. But a hairy first mission soon left him without a navigator – luckily, the impressive Sergeant George Bourne was looking for a new crew. Bourne and Braddock were soon thick as thieves, but it wasn’t long before Braddock’s gung-ho attitude landed them in an Italian POW camp. Braddock was going to have to rely on more than his flying skills to get out of this one!	The Japanese submarine commander grunted with satisfaction as he gazed across the moonlit sea. There, turned turtle, was the British destroyer he’d torpedoed, her crew clinging to her hull. Her guns and her torpedo tubes were all underwater. He could relax – the British could do nothing to his submarine now. Yet, already gliding through the sea, leaving no ripples, making no noise, came a British secret weapon – the man they called ‘The Human Torpedo’.	The crew of the USS Annapolis had had a bad day. A surprise attack by a Japanese submarine had left them stranded at sea, at the mercy of the gnashing jaws of ravenous sharks! From within the thrashing ranks, a monster emerged – a great white larger than anything the sailors had seen before. Separated from their crewmates in the chaos, Gabriel, Sal and Tank were rescued by the very sub that had sunk them in the first place. What nefarious scheme did the shadowy commander have in store for them?	Mission accomplished that was the signal which would send a fleet of gliders swooping down into enemy territory to pick up a daring band of jungle raiders. For the men on the ground, it was the only way home – if they could reach the rendezvous in time.
Author: Ferg S. Handley	Author: N. Powell	Author: Julian Michael Carver	Author: R A (Monty) Montague
Art: Carlos Pino	Art: Ferran Sostres	Art: Juan Fernadez	Art: Jamie Blasco
Cover: Carlos Pino	Cover: Ken Barr	Cover: Simon Pritchard	Cover: Jeff Bevan
5871 V-1 CONSPIRACY 17th July 2025	5872 (418) RIVER RAIDERS 17th July 2025	5873 ESCAPE ACT 17th July 2025	5874 (1789) YOU NEED COURAGE 17th July 2025
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After the crushing defeat of D-Day, Germany had resorted to launching so-called vengeance weapons to terrorise the British. In response, Helen McGrath of the SOE and Captain Tim Lidster of the OSS, had been tasked with tracking down the architect of the latest portable V1 launchers – Major Walter Himpel of the Luftwaffe. Little did they know, their mission would prove to be far more than they bargained for, Himpel had a much more diabolical plan in mind - one that would target the mainland of the United States!	Officially, it’s a D.U.K.W. but it’s always called a DUCK. It’s a six-wheeled truck that can speed over land at 50 mph or move through water at five or six knots. Normally, they’re used for carrying cargo, but Sergeant Mick Nelson turned his D.U.K.W. into a floating battleship and made a name for himself as boss of the jungle rivers of Burma!	US General Pete McAvoy wasn’t much of a fan of the theatre. He thought it was a useless distraction and waste of time when there was a war to be won. Then the aircraft he was in was shot down on its way to the front. Now he would have to play the part of Flight Lieutenant Giles Bastow to stop the Germans working out who he was and how much intel he had. In order to escape the prison camp, he would have to put on the biggest performance of his life!	If you were ever looking for Martin Baxter, you’d always find him where the fighting was thickest and fiercest. Everyone agreed it took courage to do the things he did – all except one man that is. But even that man would soon have cause to change his tune!
Author: Rossa McPhillips	Author: D.C.T Staff	Author: Sean Mason	Author: Mick Anglo
Art: Alejandro Perez Mesa	Art: Ramon de la Fuente	Art: Paolo Ongaro	Art: Mick Anglo
Cover: Marco Bianchini	Cover: Jordi Penalva	Cover: Marco Bianchini	Cover: Frederick Alan Philpott
5867 BATTLE OF CASTLE GORBACH 3rd July 2025	5868 (568/1660) BLACK MOSSIE 3rd July 2025	5869 MISSED THE LAST BUS 3rd July 2025	5870 (1791/3019) KILLER SUB 3rd July 2025
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Germany, 1945. As the Second World War draws to a close, US forces advance on the German Alps, convinced of Hitler’s intentions to hold a last stand – his so-called ‘national redoubt’. In that mountainous region, the ancient Castle Gorbach held many prisoners of war from countries conquered by Germany. But their usefulness was running out. Their only chance was to seek help from a passing American squadron – but would their distress signal be answered?	For months, Stan Warner and Barney Tyson had flown together in a Boulton Paul Defiant, sharing deadly danger and seeing many of their mates spiralling down in flames. They both knew the Defiant was no match for the enemy fighters, and all their working hours were spent dreaming of when they’d get a better plane. Well, that day finally came, and even Stan and Barney were speechless with wonder. For here was a Mosquito – black, sleek and deadly – which flew faster and hit harder than almost any other aircraft in the world. Now they could really get cracking!	Norway, 1936. Four friends, once inseparable, found themselves growing apart. Olav, having attended university in Germany, returned home with some troubling new ideas. As the Nazis increased their stranglehold on Norway, Rolf, his sister Conny, and her husband Fredrik, grew increasingly worried about where Olav’s allegiances lay. With the outbreak of World War Two, Conny and Fredrik were set on resisting the Nazi menace – while Rolf only wanted a quiet life. Before long, the influence of Nazism would tear these friends apart, forcing them to choose: surrender, resist, or die!	For one Swordfish pilot, there would be no rest until justice had been done. Revenge for a coldblooded slaughter at sea was all that he cared about now. His target was fixed in his mind. One day, he’d find and destroy the murdering captain of the…KILLER SUB!
Author: Rossa McPhillips	Author: Kenneth McOwan	Author: Stephen Hume	Author: Malcolm McDevitt
Art: Vicente Alcazar	Art: D S Gomez	Art: Carlos Pino	Art: Gordon Livingstone
Cover: Simon Pritchard	Cover: Ian Kennedy	Cover: Carlos Pino	Cover: Jeff Bevan
5863 THE MUD 19th June 2025	5864 (660/1804) BILL THE BOWMAN 19th June 2025	5865 WOLFSANGEL 19th June 2025	5866 (1778/2996) ALL GUNS FIRING 19th June 2025
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France, 1916. Private Andrew MacIntosh had been proud to join the Royal Scots Fusiliers, like his grandfather before him. But as he quickly learned, there was no glory to be had on the Western Front. He found solace as he always had – in his books. With the arrival of reinforcements, however, came a stark reminder that the past has a way of catching up with us. A past that would drive MacIntosh to do something terrible. Something that would haunt him.	The German sentry peered out from the top of the battlements. Had something moved out there in the darkness? Cautiously, he leaned out farther. It was the last move he ever made, as the first of the silent steel shafts struck home. That night was to be a busy one for the special bow and its special arrows...	Germany, 1945. The end of the war is near and the Americans have taken over the small town of Hof. But that’s when the murders, bombings and ambushes began. At the scene of the crimes, there is a mysterious symbol left by the perpetrators – the Wolfsangel, marking the work of the Werwolf terrorist cell. It now falls to US intelligence officer, Lieutenant Chuck Powell, to stop them – before it’s too late!	Lieutenants Jack Randal and Tony Johnston were both superb Motor Gun Boat skippers. But a rivalry existed between these two men, a rivalry so fierce they spent almost as much time fighting each other as they did fighting the Germans!
Author: Nathan Breakenridge	Author: A Carney Allan	Author: Rossa McPhillips	Author: Malcolm McDevitt
Art: Marc Viure	Art: Galindo	Art: Alberto Saichann	Art: Jose Maria Jorge
Cover: Marco Bianchini	Cover: Ian Kennedy	Cover: Simon Pritchard	Cover: Jeff Bevan
5859 HMT GARNET 5th June 2025	5860 (641/1756) COWBOY IN KHAKI 5th June 2025	5861 RUSSIAN ROULETTE 5th June 2025	5862 (1782/3020) WHEN TIME RUNS OUT 5th June 2025
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Who would come out on top in a battle between a sleek, deadly U-Boat, armed with the latest German technology, and an antiquated fishing trawler with a deck gun scrounged from the last war? Bet you think you know the answer, don’t you? Well, the unlikely story of the HM Trawler Garnet might just surprise you!	Meet Kit Larson - the toughest, fastest-shooting, two-fisted cowboy in the British army. Wait a minute… a cowboy? In the British Army? You said it, pardner!	Major Heinz Falken is playing a dangerous game of chance. His life and those of his men hang in the balance as they fight for survival. The battle on the Eastern Front between German and Russian armies has become a war of attrition, with both sides lacking resources. When their supplies are hijacked by the Russians, Falken is forced to recover them by systematically searching Soviet stronghold bunkers. But guessing which one is the right bunker is like playing a game of Russian roulette – and they’re running out of bullets.	The Dutch Resistance had no room for traitors. Yet, with every day that passed, someone in their midst was giving information to the enemy. Who was he, and how did he operate if the group seemed so united? They were soon to find out. Time was running out for that man, and in a very peculiar way indeed...
Author: Suresh	Author: Ken Gentry	Author: Dominic Teague	Author: Cyril G Walker
Art: Jaume Forns	Art: Galindo	Art: Manuel Benet	Art: Felix Carrion
Cover: Marco Bianchini	Cover: Jordi Penalva	Cover: Manuel Benet	Cover: Ian Kennedy
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