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5111: Home of Heroes: A Tank Called Tempest
It may sound like the first line of a joke, but when an
Australian, a Kiwi, a South African, and an English soldier were all stranded
in a single tank in the North African desert, there was only one punchline the
troops had in mind… Originally intended as a propaganda piece to showcase
Commonwealth nations working together, the troublemaking quartet soon get
separated from their lines, leaving them at each others’ – and Jerry’s throats.
Jaume Forns’ steadfast attention to different nationals’
uniforms is put to the test in this George Low tale, which takes the Commando
trope of bickering foes come friends and cranks it up to eleven.
|Story | George Low | Art | Jaume Forns | Cover | Ian
Kennedy |
5112: Gold Collection: Low-Level Ace
Pilot Officer Bob Tanner flew his Beaufort so low that
sometimes his crew “thought they were in a submarine”! But his men always trusted
him, even when the waves licked at the undercarriage of their aircraft. A man
who didn’t trust Tanner, however, was Pilot Officer Paul Scott. Pranks between
airmen were one thing, but when Tanner uncovered a Nazi spy in the area and a
turncoat among his superiors, jealously soon took hold of Scott, turning
rivalry to resentment…
Joining the commemoration of the Royal Air Force’s 100 years
of service, this Gold issue reprint focuses on the exploits of a Bristol Beaufort
torpedo bomber. Low-Level Ace sees one of Commando’s most the dynamic pairings
of writer and interior artist, CG Walker and CT Rigby, paying an excellent
homage to the bravery and determination of those who serve in the RAF.
|Story | CG Walker | Art | CT Rigby | Cover | Union Studio |
Originally Commando No. 480 (June 1970).
5113: Action and Adventure: Danger in the Dark
Danger Doyle is back! This time, he and his reluctant secret
agent partner, Ned Finch, are shipped off to Italian-occupied Abyssinia for
some well-deserved “time-off”. But as with everything to do with British
Intelligence Organisation Omega, Danger and Ned are not so shocked to realise
that there was an ulterior motive to their little holiday break in war torn Africa,
as our hapless duo face-off against fascism, and find some rather interesting
artefacts along the way.
In the second instalment of writer Stephen Walsh and artist
Keith Page’s Danger series, the antics are upped even higher as Ulysses
‘Danger’ Doyle adds to his list of life-saving accolades, while Ned continues
to roll his eyes and prays that one day he might just catch a break.
|Story | Stephen Walsh | Art | Keith Page | Cover | Keith
Page |
5114: Silver Collection: The Waiting Game
As RAF Pilot Officer Bob Barnes cruised the West African
coast, he scanned the wave bands on his radio. He never expected to tune into a
U-Boat’s frequency, but when he overhears a Morse Code message and plots the
course, the bearings lead north-east of Cape Town —inland. Either the Jerries had
started putting wheels on their submarines or something else was afoot, and
Jimmy was about to find out just what that was…
Another celebration of the centenary of the Royal Air Force,
KP MacKenzie’s ‘The Waiting Game’, like ‘Low-Level Ace’, focuses on bombers targeting
U-Boats, but this time from the perspective of a navigator in a Catalina. Jose
Maria Jorge’s interior art is just as thrilling as the story, while Ian
Kennedy’s exhilarating cover has the Catalina almost bouncing off the waves as
it gives chase to the fleeing U-Boat!
|Story | KP MacKenzie | Art | Jose Maria Jorge | Cover | Ian
Kennedy |
Originally Commando No. 2734 (February 1994).
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