Incoming Commando comics - on sale Thursday

  
Thanks to Scott Montgomery at DC Thomson, here are the details for the next four issues of Commando, - on sale from Thursday September 13th. (Or a day earlier if you're lucky!)


Commando No 4531 – Coming Unstuck

 By 1943 the Germans, desperate to counter, the RAF’s superfast wooden fighter-bomber, the de Havilland Mosquito, began to build the Focke Wulf Ta154. It was even known as the Moskito!
   They soon discovered that holding its wooden structure together wasn’t as easy as they thought, and several broke up in in flight. The glue they needed to hold their airframes together was a secret formula only manufactured in Britain.
   So the Germans came up with a plan to steal some from the source…only to come up against a bunch of plucky Brits determined to stop them — or come to a very sticky end!

Story: Alan Hebden
Art: Carlos Pino
Cover: Carlos Pino




Commando No 4532 – Mario’s Express

Colonel Mario Girotti was not really much of a soldier. He was more than happy to be stuck in the North African desert, in charge of a rarely-used railway station. He spent his days listening to classical music on his trusty gramophone or reading poetry.
   But the culture-loving Italian’s peaceful war was rudely interrupted by the arrival of a group of his fellow countrymen, followed by some Nazis, all bent on escaping the oncoming British onslaught with some looted priceless treasure and, naturally enough, they wanted one of Mario’s trains.
   Mario decided that maybe the time was right to fight after all!

Story: Stephen Walsh
Art: Vila
Cover: Ian Kennedy


Commando No 4533 – Blood Valley

Every path that led upwards from Blood Valley to the Nazi-held fortress of Cassino was a path of death. On these bullet-swept slopes many a hero had been born — and had died. But still the German flag flew triumphantly from the battlements.
   And then the Commandos were sent for — hand-picked Commandos who had their own cunning and courageous ways of bringing arrogant Nazis to their knees.
   Here is their heroic story. 

Introduction

There’s a saying that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but in this case it’s exactly what you should do! Ken Barr’s Commando is loaded with contained menace and pent-up ferocity. Make no mistake, author Dorward is going to put a hard-hitting story in front of you with very few punches pulled. Those of a nervous disposition should look away now.
   The inside art, with Philpott’s characteristic dark and brooding lines, backs up this hard edge. At times it’s difficult to remind yourself that this really is fiction.

Calum Laird, Editor

Blood Valley originally Commando No 49 (Dec 1962)

Story: Dorward
Art: Philpott
Cover: Ken Barr

Commando No 4534 – The Jokers

Alf Cunningham and Percy Potter were the jokers in the pack. Oh, they were good pilots, all right, it was just that they had a nasty habit of landing themselves, and everyone around them, in deep trouble. Not exactly the best pair of men to rely on when there’s a German cruiser on the loose in the English Channel!IntroductionThe main conflict in this European World War II tale is, naturally, between British and German forces. However, there is another conflict going on. One between a couple of rebellious RAF pilots — the “jokers” of the title — and a stuffed shirt Royal Navy officer who they manage to continually annoy. Commando thrives on extra story flourishes like this and author Peter MacKenzie keeps the narrative flowing well, as does artist Keith Shone. And, of course, kudos to veteran illustrator Ian Kennedy for yet another stunning aircraft cover — this time of an Avro Anson right in the thick of the action.     

Scott Montgomery, Deputy Editor

The Jokers, originally Commando No 2144 (December 1987)

Story: Peter Mackenzie
Art: Keith Shone
Cover: Ian Kennedy

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