Commando
Issues 4927-4930 – On Sale 30 June 2016
Commando
No 4927 – Survive The Somme
Private
Joe Dugdale was one of many men thrust into the heart of a battle which would
go on to be remembered as the most horrific of all time.
When the Battle of the Somme
commenced in July 1916, no-one could have known it would drag on for five
months and that there would be an eventual death toll of over one million.
Although Joe bravely faced the
hell of the trenches every day, he was unaware that his Sergeant held a grudge
and wanted rid of him for good.
It looked unlikely that Joe would
SURVIVE
THE SOMME
Story:
Richard Davis
Art:
Rezzonico
Cover: Ian
Kennedy
Commando
No 4928 – Phantom Frogmen
Corporal
Stan Norton and Sergeant Ted Clark — Commandos, frogmen, mates.
But the ruthless Commando rule —
if a man gets hurt, he gets left behind, whoever he is — looked like splitting
them.
Ted was lying hurt in a
well-guarded German army hospital. Stan was on his own in an enemy-occupied
city.
But Stan said to blazes with the
Commando rules. Ted was in there and he was just naturally going in to get him
out.
Introduction:
This is
tough Special Forces story. A “men-on-a-mission” classic, it is superbly drawn
by Rodrigo, especially when, naturally enough, the action goes underwater. His
thick, dark inks really give the impression of the murky depths of the ocean
and the eerie final resting place of a downed Lysander aircraft.
However, once we get back on to
dry land we are straight into all-guns-blazing mode for a Commando tale that
never lets up until the final page.
Scott
Montgomery, Deputy Editor
Phantom
Frogmen, originally Commando No 233 (October 1966), re-issued as No 871
(September 1974)
Story:
Redbridge
Art:
Rodrigo
Cover:
Segrelles
Commando
No 4929 – Biplane Alley
Tom Wills
was desperate for adventure and wanted to be a pilot during World War II.
Unfortunately, his flying skills were not up to scratch and he ended up as a
clerk in the Pay Corps.
However, he seized upon the
opportunity to join a ragtag group of flyers led by a maverick World War I
veteran. Major Richard Joyce used ancient biplanes from the Great War to harass
German and Italian forces in the North African desert. In their Gypsy Moth
planes, armed only with long-fused bombs and Webley revolvers, Tom and his
comrades literally went under the radar on these daring night raids against the
enemy.
Story:
David Heptonstall
Art: Keith
Page
Cover:
Keith Page
Commando
No 4930 – Revenge Of The Shadow
The
mysterious hooded figure hiding in the undergrowth was intent on vengeance —
against S.S. Colonel Hans Meyer and his pack of “Wolves”.
He had already killed several of
them silently and swiftly with his crossbow. Now if he could get inside the
house, the evil leader of the wolf-pack would only have a few more moments to
live…
Introduction:
I do enjoy
it when a Commando tale begins in one genre and swiftly changes tack. In this
case, we appear to have a traditional air story featuring a couple of plucky
Lancaster pilots but it immediately morphs into a taut Resistance piece set in
occupied France.
Top class script, interior and
cover work all come seamlessly together here for a memorable action story with
a little bit of mystery thrown in too.
Scott
Montgomery, Deputy Editor
Revenge Of
The Shadow, originally Commando No 1126 (May 1977), re-issued as No 2452 (March
1991)
STORY
C.G.
WALKER
ART
IBANEZ
COVER
IAN
KENNEDY
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