COMMANDO RECENT ISSUES

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

Updated: 30th January 2025

RECENT ISSUES WITH RELEASE DATES
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
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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
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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
5803 CODENAME WARLORD – HIT PIECE 21st November 2024	5804 (534/1563) THE SPY THAT NEVER WAS 21st November 2024	5805 TOMASZ AND THE RETURN JOURNEY 21st November 2024	5806 (1632) THE CAVES OF HERCULES 21st November 2024
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Lord Peter Flint – otherwise known as codename: Warlord – always relied on his cowardly persona to ensure no-one suspected him of being one of Britain’s top secret agents! So when a society journalist tried to write a character assassination hit piece on him, that was the least of Flint’s worries. His top priority was stopping a cell of hitmen from completing an actual assassination plot and halting the Italian invasion of Monte Carlo at the same time! It’s all in a day’s work for Warlord!	When you find two men, one unconscious, handcuffed together and in the middle of the desert, you want to know what’s going on. And when one says he’s a Military Police Sergeant taking a suspected spy to stand trial, it sounds as a fair enough answer. But when the other guy tells you that the Sergeant is really the spy – which do you believe? That was the question facing Corporal Jack Wills – and an awful lot of men’s lives depended on him getting the right answer.	Scotland, 1940. Polish corporal, Tomasz Zielinski, has never been one to suffer bullies lightly. Now though, his hot-headedness has landed him in a glasshouse. When a mysterious message arrives in his cell, an opportunity for freedom arises. Little does Tomasz know, his superiors have mush bigger plans for him. His skills as a soldier are needed elsewhere. The time has come for him to return home.	On the island of Sicily, there was a secret cave – the Cave of Hercules. Hidden for centuries, it was rumoured to contain treasure beyond price. And now one man, Horace Gee, had cracked the ancient clues and worked out just exactly where it must be. But there was one big snag – the cave was in enemy-held territory and Horace was a sailor, unlikely to go ashore with the troops. However, where a chap like Horace was concerned you could never be sure what was going to happen next!
Author: Dominic Teague	Author: Skentleberry	Author: Colin Maxwell	Author: Roger Sanderson
Art: Carlos Pino	Art: Adolfo Usero	Art: Manuel Benet Blanes	Art: Felix Carrion
Cover: Carlos Pino	Cover: Jordi Bosch Penalva	Cover: Manuel Benet Blanes	Cover: Jeff Bevan
5799 EAGLE-EYED CADMAN 7th November 2024	5800 (533/1516) CANNONBALL CASEY 7th November 2024	5801 HOLD UNTIL RELIEVED 7th November 2024	5802 (1634) WINNERS LOSERS 7th November 2024
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The Western Front, January 1915. When Lieutenant Gerald Cadman claims the credit for Private Tom Smith’s perfect shot, it creates a chance for him to escape the trenches and become a sniper. Earning glory while hiding never getting close to the enemy? It sounds just like the kind of fighting Cadman can get behind! But the life of a marksman proves more difficult and dangerous than Cadman could have ever expected!	Meet Private Casey, the biggest scrounger in the army. He’d pinch anything unless it was nailed down – and while he was at it he let the other guys get on with the fighting. The exact opposite of a hero, that was Private Casey. So how come a guy like that managed to win a medal for bravery?	Major John Lloyd read the message handed to him by the dispatch rider with his heart in his throat. His orders were to defend the strategic village of Verrain, with only his inept Lieutenant Gordon Foreman and a handful of men in newly constructed pillboxes. They were hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned. But he had his orders to ‘hold until relieved’ and against the odds they were going to.	Karl Von Hessler always had to win. A trophy held aloft or medal on his chest were prizes worth any sacrifice. His brother Ulrich had different rules. During the First World War, he’d sickened of the killing and vowed never to wear a uniform, instead he’d turned to medicine and the fight against death. But in 1939, war returned and sought Ulrich out in the shape of his hated brother. He knew then that he had one last duty to perform in German uniform – a duty far different from anything Karl could suspect.
Author: Andrew Knighton	Author: Chris Fitzsimmons	Author: Stephen Hume	Author: Cyril G. Walker
Art: Mike Dorey	Art: José Aguila	Art: Jaume Forns	Art: Jamie Blasco Romero
Cover: Mike Dorey	Cover: Jordi Penalva	Cover: Marco Bianchini	Cover: Ian Kennedy
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