5079: Home of Heroes: Brothers
Latvian brothers Maris and Andrejs Vejonis joined the
Wehrmacht after the Baltic States were annexed by the rise of Communism.
However, it didn’t take them long to realise their mistake, as they witnessed
first-hand the brutality of the Waffen S.S. But they were about to discover
that the Russkies were just as callous, as Andrejs swaps sides and takes up
arms with the Red Army. Now, fighting on either side of the battlefield, more
than once Maris and Andrejs find themselves staring down the barrel of their
brother’s rifle…
Colin Watson’s thrilling story of fraternal friction
perfectly fits into the Eastern Front setting, while the brothers’ chalk and
cheese personas are rendered charmingly in Castro and Morhain’s art in both the
old and young versions of the men, as well as the insets on Ian Kennedy’s
cover.
|Story | Colin Watson | Art | Castro & Morhain | Cover |
Ian Kennedy |
5080: Gold Collection: Winged Dagger
Left behind by one of his own men after being shot through
the leg by a German sniper, S.A.S. Major Jeff Turner was rescued by Italian
villagers – but it wasn’t enough. Though saved from death, Turner was
pronounced an invalid, meaning his days in the S.A.S. were over as he was
reassigned to a firefighting detail. However, it wasn’t long before Turner came
face to face with the man who left him to die… The man now in charge of his
S.A.S. regiment.
With spectacularly moody interior art by Gonzalez, the sheer
grit of Spence’s story becomes apparent from page one. Topping this all off is
a dynamic red and green cover from Penalva with thick oil strokes, really
adding to the bulk of the S.A.S. figures.
|Story | Spence | Art | Gonzalez | Cover | Penalva |
Originally Commando No. 437 (November 1969) Reprinted No.
1255 (September 1978)
5081: Action and Adventure: Fire Fight
Their mission was to hold an oil refinery in the middle of
the Kuwait desert. Reinforcements were due at dawn, but that was a long way
away for ex-firefighter Carl Strode and his team, especially when Iraqi trucks
pulled up, infiltrating the facility with guns… and bombs. This would be the
hottest situation Strode had ever been in – but was he up to the task?
With each page of Dominic Teague’s story more tense than the
last, the stakes are raised along with the thermometer in this mighty issue.
Expect blinding flames and dark shadows from Rezzonico, as well as a terrific
first Commando cover from Neil Roberts, showing Strode overcast with purples,
the flames changing from orange to white-hot behind him in an explosive
panorama.
|Story | Dominic Teague | Art | Rezzonico | Cover | Neil
Roberts |
5082: Silver Collection: Special Delivery
An ex-postman and stickler for the rules, when Corporal
Johnny Bishop’s squadron is destroyed by a Stuka bomb, honour and determination
meant one thing: he would deliver the surviving letter – even if he died in the
process. But the British Expeditionary Forces’ retreat to Dunkirk was not the
easiest route to navigate, as Junkers, Panzers and Nazi soldiers in their
deadly Blitzkrieg chase Johnny right to the French coast.
In Mike Knowles ‘Saving Private Ryan’-esque story of finding
one soldier amongst an army of men, Knowles juggles action and tongue-in-cheek
humour, with C. T. Rigby providing superb accompanying artwork to both aspects.
Ian Kennedy’s cover is a real treat too, with our hero reaching out to reader,
the eponymous letter clutched in his hand.
|Story | Mike Knowles | Art | C. T. Rigby | Cover | Ian
Kennedy |
Originally Commando No. 2661 (May 1993)
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