JORDI BOSCH PEÑALVA

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Created: October 4th 2024

Jordi Bosch Peñalva, (Jordi Penalva) born Barcelona (Catelonia) 1927.

Jordi’s British work started with Fleetway in the late 1950’s, with various titles: Cowboy Picture Library, Battle Picture Library, War Picture Library and Front Line Series.

Following this work Jordi started work for D.C. Thomson doing covers for Commando.

His first published cover #181 ‘Red Beret’  author: Eric (Noel) Hebden interior art: Ferran Sostres Late September 1965.

Last original cover #932 ‘The Deadly Lagoon’  author: R.A. (Monty) Montague interior art: Maidagan Early May 1975.

In total Jordi completed 181 covers and since 1975 all his covers have been reprints.

 

Vic Whittle November 2019

 

 

 

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JORDI BOSCH PEÑALVA

Artist

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Commando Comics

1965 - 1974

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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COMMANDO COVERS BY JORDI PEÑALVA

 

 

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1219

THE LONG WALK

Interior Art: Ramon de la Fuente

Early May 1978

1271

TUNNEL OF DOOM

Interior Art: Jose Bielsa

Late November 1978

1403

Z SQUAD

Interior Art: Franch

Early April 1980

1516

CANNONBALL CASEY

Interior Art: Aguilar

Early June 1981

 

 

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1700

THE KNIFE

Interior Art: Alfredo Sanchis Cortes

Early May 1983

1788

CHARIOT OF WAR

Interior Art: Cam Kennedy

Early April 1984

1828

V FOR VALOUR

Interior Art: Gordon Livingstone

Early September 1984

1836

SCARFACE

Interior Art: Luis Collado Coch

Early October 1984

 

 

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1844

WAR-LORD

Interior Art: John Ridgway

Early November 1984

1956

BATTLE FOR BURMA

Interior Art: Perez

Early January 1986

1979

A PAIR OF ACES

Interior Art: Ferdinando Tacconi

Early April 1986

2188

REVENGE OF THE PHANTOM

Interior Art: John Ridgway

Early June 1988

 

 

 

 

 

 

Following is a list of titles attributed to Jordi Peñalva.

Original titles in blue.

Reprinted titles in yellow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

181 RED BERET

816 THE SERGEANT MAJOR

 

 

183 MAN TRAP

818 REVENGE OF THE PHANTOM

 

 

187 D-DAY PLUS

821 GENTLE GIANT

 

 

192 NAMELESS HERO

826 THE LEGEND OF THE WHITE WOLF

 

 

195 CLANCY'S MOB

833 ONE MOMENT OF PANIC

 

 

197 THEY WHO DARE

834 THE ACCURSED

 

 

201 RING OF STEEL

844 THE SILENT SLAYER

 

 

205 FOLLOW ME

850 DANGER IN THE DEEP

 

 

207 HERO ON THE RUN

932 THE DEADLY LAGOON

 

 

214 ESCAPE TO DANGER

1091 HEADS YOU WIN CAN'T LOSE

 

 

215 DAWN DROP

1127 WAR EAGLE

 

 

218 GLIDER STRIKE

1135 NO TIME FOR FEAR

 

 

223 SOLO DROP

1147 SPY TRAP

 

 

226 LONE SABRE

1151 SKY RAIDERS

 

 

228 TALONS OF WAR

1159 TERROR TEAM

 

 

230 LAST STAND

1167 THE LONG TREK

 

 

236 TALK -- OR DIE

1219 THE LONG WALK

 

 

237 TROUBLE SQUAD

1231 OPERATION BULLDOG

 

 

240 CROOKED CROSS

1235 DANGER MOUNTAIN

 

 

242 THE LAST HERO

1247 TERROR DROP

 

 

246 TUNNEL OF TERROR

1251 FRIGHTENED HERO

 

 

250 V FOR VENGEANCE

1255 WINGED DAGGER

 

 

251 MALTA RUN

1263 FLAME OF THE DESERT

 

 

253 THE YELLOW GIANTS

1271 TUNNEL OF DOOM

 

 

254 MISSION MOST DANGEROUS

1275 COSSACK

 

 

256 SHAM HERO

1279 THE FUGITIVES

 

 

257 PHANTOM RAIDERS

1283 THE SWORD SHALL DECIDE

 

 

267 FLAME OF FREEDOM

1287 STRIKE SWIFT - STRIKE SURE

 

 

268 ROUGH-HOUSE REILLY

1295 UNDER THE WIRE

 

 

325 KILLER FROM THE SKY

1311 AND EVERYWHERE THAT CASEY WENT...

 

 

367 ESCAPE AND FIGHT

1319 TRAP FOR A TRAITOR

 

 

368 HEADS YOU WIN CAN'T LOSE

1323 MIDNIGHT MENACE

 

 

371 WAR EAGLE

1351 FIGHTING KID McCOY

 

 

379 FANGS OF WAR

1359 DEADLY RENDEZVOUS

 

 

381 HOODOO ACE

1367 FLYING FROGMAN

 

 

383 HOLD UP!

1379 SIX OF THE BEST

 

 

385 LONE RAIDER

1387 DRESSED TO KILL

 

 

390 THE BOGUS GENERAL

1388 HEROES' HILL

 

 

394 NO TIME FOR FEAR

1403 Z SQUAD

 

 

396 SPY TRAP

1411 THE DESPERATE MEN

 

 

397 YANKEE COMMANDO

1420 FRIEND OR FOE?

 

 

398 SKY RAIDERS

1452 THE BAMBOO CAGE

 

 

401 TERROR TEAM

1460 HIDE AND SEEK

 

 

407 THE LONG TREK

1468 OPERATION CAVEMAN

 

 

412 NIGHT SNATCH

1476JUNGLE DUEL

 

 

413 OPERATION BULLDOG

1491 FRAMED!

 

 

418 RIVER RAIDERS

1500 TRAIL BLAZERS

 

 

423 FLAME IN THE SKY

1508 THE KILLING SKULL

 

 

427 REDCAP

1516 CANNONBALL CASEY

 

 

428 THE LONG WALK

1523 THE DEADLY ONE

 

 

429 U-BOAT TRAP

1540 SKY PIRATE

 

 

430 DANGER MOUNTAIN

1547 VALLEY OF FLAME

 

 

431 THE FUGITIVES

1555 DIARY OF A HERO

 

 

434 JUNGLE HUNT

1563 THE SPY THAT NEVER WAS

 

 

436 FRIGHTENED HERO

1572 WEAR A NAZI HELMET

 

 

437 WINGED DAGGER

1588 GRUDGE FIGHT

 

 

439 FLAME OF THE DESERT

1596 SNIPER!

 

 

441 STRIKE SWIFT - STRIKE SURE

1611 JAPANESE JINX

 

 

443 TERROR DROP

1619 THE 8:15 TO GLORY

 

 

445 PINCH A SLEEPING NAZI

1627 NOOSE FOR A HERO

 

 

448 COME OUT FIGHTING

1636 LAST CHANCE

 

 

449 WANTED - DEAD OR ALIVE

1643 HUN IN A HURRI

 

 

450 TUNNEL OF DOOM

1651 THE RIFLEMAN

 

 

452 THE SWORD SHALL DECIDE

1659 BRAVE COWARD

 

 

454 COSSACK

1684 VENGEANCE SQUAD

 

 

455 NIGHT MISSION

1692 HI-JACK!

 

 

458 AND EVERYWHERE THAT CASEY WENT

1700 THE KNIFE

 

 

460 UNDER THE WIRE

1707 SWAMP OF TERROR

 

 

461 TRAP FOR A TRAITOR

1716 THE HAUNTED JUNGLE

 

 

463 MIDNIGHT MENACE

1723 ASSASSIN!

 

 

468 DEADLY RENDEZVOUS

1731 DANGER TRAIL

 

 

470 DRESSED TO KILL

1739 HERO ON HORSEBACK

 

 

472 SWAMP RATS

1747 FLASH-POINT!

 

 

475 FIGHTING KID McCOY

1756 COWBOY IN KHAKI

 

 

482 FLYING FROGMAN

1763 FLAME OF BATTLE

 

 

487 HEROES' HILL

1771 OPERATION S.O.L.O.

 

 

488 MISSION OF NO RETURN

1788 CHARIOT OF WAR

 

 

490 SIX OF THE BEST

1812 THE WARRIORS

 

 

493 VENGEANCE TRAIL

1820 FIGHT TO THE FINISH

 

 

494 TRAIL BLAZERS

1827 WHERE THE ACTION IS!

 

 

496 THE DESPERATE MEN

1828 V FOR VALOUR

 

 

498 Z SQUAD

1835 THE LAST GUN

 

 

500 FRIEND OR FOE?

1836 SCARFACE

 

 

501 DANGER AT DAWN

1844 WAR-LORD

 

 

503 THE BAMBOO CAGE

1870 THE HUNTER AND THE HUNTED

 

 

505 HIDE AND SEEK

1875 NIGHT OF VENGEANCE

 

 

507 WEAR A NAZI HELMET

1876 VALLEY OF THE LOST

 

 

509 RAGS OF GLORY

1879 SUICIDE MISSION

 

 

515 JUNGLE DUEL

1883 MOMENT OF VENGEANCE

 

 

517 OPERATION CAVEMAN

1907 NORTH TO DANGER

 

 

521 FRAMED

1916 THE CURSE OF NANGA-JEVI

 

 

523 SNIPER!

1923 SON OF A TRAITOR

 

 

525 GRUDGE FIGHT

1948 TRAIL OF THE TIGER

 

 

527 COME AND GET ME

1955 THE CAGE

 

 

529 THE DEADLY ONE

1956 BATTLE FOR BURMA

 

 

530 DAWN ATTACK

1963 OASIS OF FURY

 

 

532 THE KILLING SKULL

1979 A PAIR OF ACES

 

 

533 CANNONBALL CASEY

1987 TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SAILOR

 

 

534 THE SPY THAT NEVER WAS

1996 LET BATTLE COMMENCE!

 

 

536 SKY PIRATE

2003 THE CIRCUS WENT TO WAR

 

 

545 DIARY OF A HERO

2004 A MAN ALONE

 

 

548 VALLEY OF FLAME

2012 PIRATE!

 

 

552 THE FIGHTING PHANTOM

2020 THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT KILL

 

 

556 TWO MEN WENT TO WAR

2027 A LEADER OF MEN

 

 

558LAST CHANCE

2035 THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE

 

 

573 JAPANESE JINX

2036 GAS-BAG GUNMEN

 

 

576 NOOSE FOR A HERO

2043 CURSE OF THE RUBY

 

 

577 SOLDIER FROM SPACE

2059 KANE'S CAVALRY

 

 

578 THE 8:15 TO GLORY

2068 DIXON IN DANGER

 

 

581 HUN IN A HURRI

2075 BRAND OF HATE

 

 

585 BRAVE COWARD

2188 REVENGE OF THE PHANTOM

 

 

592 THE RIFLEMAN

4375 DIARY OF A HERO

 

 

601 VENGEANCE SQUAD

4382 SIX OF THE BEST

 

 

605 HI-JACK!

4384 DRESSED TO KILL

 

 

609 THE KNIFE

4392 COSSACK

 

 

613 HERO ON HORSEBACK

4405 HEADS YOU WIN CAN'T LOSE

 

 

617 SWAMP OF TERROR

4413 REVENGE OF THE PHANTOM

 

 

620 ASSASSIN!

4424 TUNNEL OF DOOM

 

 

622 OPERATION S.O.L.O.

4432 V FOR VALOUR

 

 

624 FLASH-POINT

4434 NEVER GIVE IN!

 

 

626 THE HAUNTED JUNGLE

4484 THE CAGE

 

 

628 DANGER TRAIL

4524 THE DEADLY ONE

 

 

630 NONE SO BRAVE

4719 TWO MEN WENT TO WAR

 

 

634 SUICIDE SQUAD

4825 HI-JACK!

 

 

637 FLAME OF BATTLE

5064 SPY TRAP

 

 

641 COWBOY IN KHAKI

5072 REDCAP

 

 

644 SANDS OF DOOM

5080 WINGED DAGGER

 

 

652 CHARIOT OF WAR

5084 STRIKE SWIFT - STRIKE SURE

 

 

654 NEVER GIVE IN!

5092 FRIGHTENED HERO

 

 

666 WHERE THE ACTION IS

5096 AND EVERYWHERE THAT CASEY WENT...

 

 

668 FIGHT TO THE FINISH

5104 MISSION OF NO RETURN

 

 

670 THE WARRIORS

5124 UNDER THE WIRE

 

 

672 V FOR VALOUR

5128 TERROR DROP

 

 

673 PHANTOM GIPSY

5132 MIDNIGHT MENACE

 

 

678 THE BAYONET FIGHTERS

5144 HEROES' HILL

 

 

681 BEWARE THE WOLF

5148 THE FIGHTING PHANTOM

 

 

682 SCARFACE

5192 SOLDIER FROM SPACE

 

 

688 WAR-LORD

5212 NONE SO BRAVE

 

 

692 NIGHT OF VENGEANCE

5216 SUICIDE SQUAD

 

 

694 THE LAST GUN

5220 SANDS OF DOOM

 

 

696 SUICIDE MISSION

5228 BEWARE THE WOLF

 

 

702 VALLEY OF THE LOST

5256 NIGHTMARE PATROL

 

 

706 THE HUNTER AND THE HUNTED

5276 CASTLE SINISTER

 

 

710 BOY HERO

5296 THE BAYONET FIGHTERS

 

 

713 MOMENT OF VENGEANCE

5328 THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE

 

 

716 BATTLE FOR BURMA

5336 THE CIRCUS WENT TO WAR

 

 

720 NIGHTMARE PATROL

5396 WAR EAGLE

 

 

722 THE IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY

5404 SKY RAIDERS

 

 

725 THE CURSE OF NANGA-JEVI

5408 TERROR TEAM

 

 

726 NORTH TO DANGER

5440 THE LONG TREK

 

 

728 FIND THAT U-BOAT

5480 THE LONG WALK

 

 

730 SON OF A TRAITOR

5484 SWAMP OF TERROR

 

 

732 FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

5508 NO TIME FOR FEAR

 

 

733 TRAIL OF THE TIGER

5520 DANGER MOUNTAIN

 

 

740 OASIS OF FURY

5528 THE FUGITIVES

 

 

744 ONE STOP FROM DEATH

5544 FLAME OF THE DESERT

 

 

745 A PAIR OF ACES

5552 THE SWORD SHALL DECIDE

 

 

753 CASTLE SINISTER

5572 DEADLY RENDEVVOUS

 

 

757 PIRATE!

5592 FIGHTING KID McCOY

 

 

758 THE CAGE

5600 FLYING FROGMAN

 

 

765 TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SAILOR

5676 TRAIL BLAZERS

 

 

773 A MAN ALONE

5700 FRIEND OR FOE?

 

 

774 THE CIRCUS WENT TO WAR

5704 DANGER AT DAWN

 

 

776 CURSE OF THE RUBY

5712 THE DESPERATE MEN

 

 

785 LET BATTLE COMMENCE!

5716 WEAR A NAZI HELMET

 

 

786 ESCAPE FROM TOBRUK

5724 OPERATION CAVEMAN

 

 

789 A LEADER OF MEN

5732 HIDE AND SEEK

 

 

792 THE MAN WHO WOULD NOT KILL

5740 THE BAMBOO CAGE

 

 

794 DIXON IN DANGER

5744 VALLEY OF FLAME

 

 

797 THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE

5756 OPERATION BULLDOG

 

 

806 KANE'S CAVALRY

5768 FRAMED!

 

 

809 BRAND OF HATE

5772 SNIPER!

 

 

814 THE SHADOW OF SHA-SHAN

 

 

 

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Vic Whittle 2019