Here's the info direct from D.C. Thomson on the four issues of Commando that will be on sale from Thursday 24th August...
Brand new Commando issues 5047-5050 are on sale soon! With
classic and new adventures, our Commandos are certainly kept busy: infiltrating
U-Boats in the Atlantic, crash-landing in the North African Desert, unearthing
mysterious Viking relics and dodging dud grenades, it’s all just another day’s
work…
5047: Home of Heroes: The Battle to Britain
Janek’s life-like cover shows rival ships off the coast of
Greenland, the bleak, icy water, just as threatening as the warships battling
on them, while Vicente Alcazar’s thick black lines and heavy shading brings a
moody darkness to Iain McLaughlin’s original story.
Set in Autumn, 1941, America had not yet joined in the
Second World War, but that didn’t stop people like Charlie Dayton getting
involved. Never shying away from a fight, Charlie’s strong views usually turned
into something a bit more physical, so when the war in Europe started, Charlie
knew he couldn’t stand by and wait for the battle to reach his shores. That was
when he hopped aboard an English cargo ship, bound for Britain and the war that
awaited him.
|Story | Iain McLaughlin | Art | Vicente Alcazar | Cover | Janek
Matysiak |
5048: Gold Collection: Trouble Hunter
When R.A.F. air-gunner Fred Cotton crash-lands in the
desert, it’s up to his brother Harry to rescue him. Omre’s story is one of
fraternity: both blood brothers and not, as Harry must team up with the
stubborn and by the books Sergeant Wilcox on his mission to save Fred.
With cover and interior artwork by the late Gordon C.
Livingstone, you know that you’re in for a treat. The thin line strokes, expert
shading and detail that Livingstone is famed for shines through in this issue,
most notably during a sandstorm, where Livingstone draws hundreds of wispy lines
to show to the harsh winds. Livingstone’s cover, however, is full of strong,
contrasting block colours, the blue of Harry’s uniform juxtaposed against the
yellow and orange of the desert sky.
|Story | Omre | Art | Gordon C. Livingstone | Cover | Gordon
C. Livingstone |
Originally Commando No 378 (1969) Reprinted No 1111 (1977)
5049: Action and Adventure: The Blood of the Vikings
Another original tale from Shane Filer, when S.S.
Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Heiden finds Viking relics in France, he believes they
will make a grand gift for the Fuhrer, but he has no idea what he has
uncovered… Set mainly in the 8th-9th century, we follow
Frankish orphan Thorvald, raised by the Vikings who raided his village as he re-joins
his kin in their fight against the invading Danes.
With cover and interior art by Carlos Pino, the attention to
detail in the armour and weaponry really adds to this issue, making it stand out
as a new classic for readers, while his morose coloured cover shows Thorvald as
every inch the Viking god he is perceived as.
|Story | Shane Filer | Art | Carlos Pino | Cover | Carlos
Pino |
5050: Silver Collection: Grenade!
A prolific Commando writer, Alan Hebden’s titular grenade is
the centre of action in this issue, taking on a personality if its own, as the
somewhat supernatural weapon favours some, while goes against others, with its
own comical sense of poetic justice.
Jeff Bevan’s cover shows the eponymous grenade front and
centre, a hero in its own right, certainly showing plenty of character
throughout, while the muted greens and browns give a classic war look to this
issue. Meanwhile, Dennis McLoughlin’s interior artwork is equally attentive,
drawing most panels during rain showers in the Italian countryside, with both
white and black lines to show the falling droplets.
|Story | Alan Hebden | Art | Dennis McLoughlin | Cover | Jeff
Bevan|
Originally Commando No 2640 (1993)
