COMMANDO RECENT ISSUES

(POCKET HOMEPAGE)

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

Updated: 13th March 2025

RECENT ISSUES WITH RELEASE DATES
5831 (448) COME OUT FIGHTING! 27th February 2025	5832 (1498) WAY OF HONOUR! 27th February 2025	5833 (1816/3044) PANZER TRAP! 27th February 2025	5834 (1830/3060) LIONHEART! 27th February 2025
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
What does a fighting Irishman do when his luck deserts him just when he needs it most? If his name is Private Mick O’Connor, he just grits his teeth and fights on harder than ever!	Before the Second World War, few westerners had ever heard of the Japanese sport of Karate, with its own rules, its own customs. But one young Englishman, Martin Hawkins, studied it when he lived and worked in Japan. So skilled was he that it wasn’t long before he was a black belt champion. The war broke out and martin was forced to return home, little knowing that his expertise in Karate was going to save his life one day.	Reckon you could stop a regiment of enemy tanks with your bare hands? No, probably not. Ray Paterson and Trevor Stanton didn’t think they had much of a chance either. But with the lives of thousands of their comrades at stake they weren’t going to give up trying.	Dave Gardner wanted to be a soldier. He had always dreamed of carrying on the military tradition of his family by going into battle. However when you’re small and thin, and you can’t see very well, it isn’t so easy. But even so, Dave was going to get his chance!
Author: Mary Feldwick	Author: Mary Feldwick	Author: Garbutt	Author: Garbutt
Art: Cam Kennedy	Art: Enriquez	Art: Ibanez	Art: Blasco
Cover: Jordi Bosch Penalva	Cover: Ian Kennedy	Cover: Robertson	Cover: Ian Kennedy
5827 CANNON FODDER KING 13th February 2025	5828 (920/2212) LAST CHANCE 13th February 2025	5829 (1577/2891) SWORD OF DESTINY 13th February 2025	5830 (1639) STRANDED! 13th February 2025
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
The men of Kampfgruppe Falken were expendable, a cannon fodder unit easily replaced – or that’s what General Heiss thought. More than anything, Heiss wanted to replace the king of the cannon fodder – Major Heinz Falken himself! For this, Heiss had a devious plan to force Falken to face his toughest battle yet – a fellow German was built like a dreadnought and had a punch like a artillery shell – a man named Major Klaus Vogel. He was determined to turn Kampfgruppe Falken into Kampfgruppe Vogel!	Sergeant Ben Lockner was always the first into action and the last out – a fighting machine, a soldier who knew no fear, the type of NCO whose men would follow him anywhere. Some folk wondered what made Ben tick, what special courage kept him cool as ice in the hottest action. They all had their own answers but not one of them was anywhere near the truth… for Ben wanted to die fighting, to wipe his secret past.	Greece 1941. Fatigued by a losing battle, four British soldiers take shelter in the home of a local hunter, who tells them a tale that has been passed down through his family for generations. In ancient times, a young blacksmith was exiled from his home by an invading tyrant. Unsure of his fate, he wandered the land. But the gods had a plan for him. He would lead a force to take back his home. He would wield the sword of destiny!	It had been some years since Private Jack Wilmot had seen any action, although as orderly to a fiery Brigadier, he’d more than once accompanied the officer to front-line positions. This time, however, it looked as if they’d bitten off more than they could chew – they had been shot down in the depths of the jungle and were stranded in enemy-held territory. Now they’d need all their luck, and a bit of deception too, if they were to survive…
Author: Dominic Teague	Author: Ken Gentry	Author: Ferg S. Handley	Author: D.C.T. Staff
Art: Manuel Benet Blanes	Art: Adolfo Usero Abellan	Art: Alejandro Perez Messa	Art: Cecil Thomas Rigby
Cover: Manuel Benet Blanes	Cover: Jordi Bosch Penalva	Cover: Alejandro Perez Mesa	Cover: Ian Kennedy
5823 COUNTDOWN TO MURDER 30th January 2025	5824 (920/2212) PROJECT “DOOMSDAY” 30th January 2025	5825 (1577/2891) UNLUCKY GUN 30th January 2025	5826 (1639) TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY 30th January 2025
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
Six… Special Operation Executive agents went on a mission to destroy a German radio base on the coast of occupied France. Five… of them were French, the final was their British liaison, Captain Mark Bradshaw. Four… of the agents were men. Excluding Bradshaw, their names were Ronald, Veran and Yves. Three… of the six wanted to kill the German SS officer they had captured, the others wanted him alive for questioning. Two… were women, Olivia and Brigitte. Both were trained in deadly combat against the Nazi. One of them was a murderer and they were going to kill until there were none left alive. It was a countdown to murder and time was running out!	In a Nazi Air Ministry building in Berlin, a heavy file of documents and blueprints contained the secrets of a weapon which had been designed to win the war for Hitler. British Intelligence knew it by two words only – two words which could mean death and destruction for every man, women and child in Britain – Project “Doomsday”.	Normandy, 1944. Superstitious young soldier, Sam Draper, has just joined a new unit. Unfortunately, the bullying Corporal Eric Grimes seems to have it in for Sam from the offset! Things only get worse when his unit are sent to Normandy to fight the SS, and Sam’s placed in charge of a Bren light machine gun. The problem is everyone who handled the gun beforehand has met an unfortunate fate. Could the Bren really be cursed?	When in Belgium, do as the Belgians do – or die! That was good advice for Ray Verheyen, a young pilot stranded in enemy-occupied territory with Germans everywhere. Luckily, he was in a position to take it, for he’d grown up there and could speak the language fluently. But Ray knew, with good reason, even that was no real safeguard. After all, hadn’t his own father, born and bred in Belgium, disappeared without trace?
Author: Rossa McPhillips	Author: Eric Hebden	Author: Ferg S. Handley	Author: Bernard Gregg
Art: Marc Viure	Art: Galindo	Art: Paolo Ongaro	Art: Frederick Alan Philpott
Cover: Marco Bianchini	Cover: Ian Kennedy	Cover: Marco Bianchini	Cover: Ian Kennedy
5819 (734/2932) BORN TO BE BRAVE 16th January 2025	5820 (746/2011) INDIA OR BUST! 16th January 2025	5821 (1577/2891) MAN OVERBOARD 16th January 2025	5822 (2938) STRIKE FAST – STRIKE HARD 16th January 2025
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
They called him a “headline hero” – a guy always out for glory, a guy who was always getting his photograph in the papers. Then, on one routine mission, his luck ran out. With his Spitfire riddled with German bullets, he parachuted from a flaming cockpit to the desert sands below. Nothing would ever be quite so glorious for him again…	To young Joe Pike and the crew of the Sunderland flying boat, the mission to rescue a British diplomat cut off by the Japanese seemed a routine job. But then thing began to go wrong, badly wrong. And Joe, ambitious and eager to prove his ability to command, grabbed his chance with both hands. Their only hope lay in his courage and determination. It was a matter of… India or Bust!	Enemy-infested jungles are unnerving places at the best of times, but when you’ve been washed from the bridge of a submarine, swam several miles to the nearest beach, have no weapons and no food – the situation is ten times more frightening. That’s precisely what happened to Lieutenant Stan Baker and Able Seaman “Scruffy” Waterman. But even after all that, they were still a bundle of trouble for the Japanese!	Night after night, fierce no-quarter battles were fought in the narrow waters of the English Channel and the North Sea by small craft of the British and German navies. As Lieutenant Hugh Humbert was to find out, the smallest mistake could have a high toll on ships and men’s lives. The only way to be sure of winning was to strike fast and strike hard!
Author: R A (Monty) Montague	Author: R A (Monty) Montague	Author: R A (Monty) Montague	Author: Cyril G. Walker
Art: Victor Hugo Arias	Art: Jaimie Marzal Canos	Art: Jose Maria Jorge	Art: Gordon Checkley Livingstone
Cover: Jeff Bevan	Cover: Jeff Bevan	Cover: Jeff Bevan	Cover: Jeff Bevan
5815 SHADOW ON THE SEA 2nd January 2025	5816 (542/1548) FIND THE TRAITOR 2nd January 2025	5817 SERGEANT RAYKER 2nd January 2025	5818 (1752) POP’S ARMY 2nd January 2025
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
The North Atlantic, 1941. Captain Thomas Bright and the crew of HMS Dandelion are tasked with escorting merchant ships carrying food and supplies to Britain. German U-boats lurk beneath the waves, threatening to destroy the ships at any moment. Help comes in the unlikely form of a shadow, the new ship’s cat, whose keen eyes and hearing could make the difference in fighting the unseen enemy!	The brave partisans hidden high in the snow-clad mountains of Yugoslavia had a tough time keeping out of the clutches of the Nazis – especially with that Fieseler Storch reconnaissance aircraft seeking them out. But with the Yugoslavians were Nick Bradford and Stan Waterman, two RAF lads who’d been shot down and stranded. They decided that somehow they’d get hold of that Storch – and use it to spy on the Germans!	Last seen in Warlord in 1984, Sergeant Moses Rayker returns for another adventure! In 1944, during a daring escape over the Italian mountains, Rayker and his squad encounter a familiar face. Burford ‘Bubba’ Ballard clashed with Rayker before the war, and Ballard still holds a grudge. Nonetheless, Rayker knows his duty is to escort Ballard past the German checkpoints and safely home. Can both men keep their cool long enough to survive? Or will Rayker end up smacking the tar outta him before they make it back?	A bunch of teenager French boys commanded by a British schoolmaster couldn’t cause the Nazi invaders that much trouble could they? You bet they could!
Author: Andrew Knighton	Author: R A (Monty) Montague	Author: Dominic Teague	Author: Bernard Gregg
Art: Jaume Forns	Art: Victor de la Fuente	Art: Mike Dorey	Art: Alehandro Martinez Ruiz
Cover: Neil Roberts	Cover: Ian Kennedy	Cover: Mike Dorey/Grant Wood	Cover: Ian Kennedy
5811 KRAMPUSNACHT 19th December 2024	5812 (540/1580) BATTLE DROP 19th December 2024	5813 CLEAR STORM SKY 19th December 2024	5814 (1637) SAVED FROM THE DESERT 19th December 2024
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
On a freezing Christmas Eve in Germany, SS Major Metzger prevails upon an old woman for shelter while his prisoners shiver outside. In the firelight, he listens as she regales him with an eerie tale from her childhood. It is a tale of ancient folk customs and arrogant tyrants, of rattling chains in the dark of the woods. A tale of the dreadful fate that awaits cruel and wicked souls at the vengeful hands of Krampus!	Down through the night floated the British paratroopers, every man trained to razor-sharp efficiency. And on the ground waiting to do battle with these invaders were German paratroopers – the toughest soldiers of the Wehrmacht. The fighting would be grim when the two units clashed… but neither side imagined they’d soon be bonding together to fight shoulder to shoulder against a third enemy!	He's Back! Union Jack Jackson is storming ashore on the Pacific island of Inazuma to kick the Japanese out for good! With a little help from his pals Sean O’Bannion and Sergeant Art Lonnigan, Union Jack Jackson must find an airfield which has been launching devastating attacks on US Navy convoys. But the Brit soon gets more than he bargained for when he sees aircraft being launched from the back of a submarine! Now Union Jack Jackson has no choice but to ‘SINK THAT AIRSTRIP’!	Corporal Tim Jolly and his mate Lofty Peake knew that the only thing that kept their squadron’s aircrafts flying was the giant transporter that they used to recover crashed planes. In the desert with spares almost unobtainable every useable part they brought back was worth its weight in gold. But then one day a bossy new officer arrived and started giving stupid orders. He had no experience of the desert, and Tim and Lofty knew he would bring trouble… but they had no idea just how much!
Author: Daniel McGachey	Author: A. Carney Allan	Author: Dominic Teague	Author: R A (Monty) Montague
Art: Vincent Alacazar	Art: Luis Collado Coch	Art: Paolo Ongaro	Art: Carmona
Cover: Simon Pritchard	Cover: Gonzalez	Cover: Neil Roberts	Cover: Ian Kennedy
5807 SMALL BUT MIGHTY! 5th December 2024	5808 (845) TEN TOUGH PARATROOPERS 5th December 2024	5809 POLISH PARAS 5th December 2024	5810 (1631/5402) DESERT MYSTERY 5th December 2024
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
The siege of Malta lasted from 1940 to 1942, making the small island the most bombed place on earth during World War Two. But its people were resilient and strong – they weren’t going to take it lying down! Maltese Private George Abela was an artillery gunner on Fort St Elmo and he might have stood at a diminutive five foot two but he was tough! Yes, George might have been small but he was mighty! And he was about to stop an audacious Italian plan to destroy the Grand Harbour!	Count them, Ten men, each one tougher than the last, setting out on a mission more dangerous than anything they had tackled before. Yes, ten were setting out, but only one would be coming back…	Operation Market Garden, 1944. The brave men of 1st Independent Polish Parachute Brigade jumped out of their transports above Arnhem, ready for red-hot action. Thousands of parachutes opened and floated through the skies with men who only had one thing on their mind, “finally, we can get back at the Nazis!” Among their number was Lieutenant Stefan Kapek, who was the Polish Para with the most to prove!	The German officer had been prepared to see a mirage or two in the desert, and he’d expected something along the lines of Arab tribesmen and palm trees. But now he was seeing a giant dinosaur lumbering straight towards him! He couldn’t believe his eyes, but the way the monster snapped its slavering jaws soon convinced him it was real. He and his men turned and ran for their lives. It was a mystery all right, but as far as they were concerned, somebody else could solve it!
Author: Frank Buhagiar	Author: Bernard Gregg	Author: Ferg Handley	Author: Bryan Perrett
Art: Esteve Polls	Art: Pat Wright	Art: Marc Viure	Art: Gordon Checkley Livingstone
Cover: Keith Burns	Cover: Keith C.G. Walker	Cover: Simon Pritchard	Cover: Keith C.G. Walker
© D. C. Thomson & Co Ltd.		Vic Whittle 2025