We are also delighted to announce that Commando’s landmark 5000th issue has been nominated for PPA Scotland’s Cover of the Year award. This category is open to a public vote, where fans are able to vote for their favourite cover once per day until Monday 13th November. The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday 23rd November. Our fingers are crossed, but we are certainly up against some stiff competition. We’d be hugely grateful if you’d be willing to share the voting link with your readers and, if so inclined, encouraging them to vote Commando! http://www.ppa.co.uk/Events/ScottishMagazineAwards2017/Scottish-Cover-Vote
Brand new Commando issues 5067-5070 are out now! Nazis are
at large in this Commando bundle, attempting high profile assassinations, seeking
prestigious medals and forming Air Kommando squadrons…. Meanwhile, the Allies
are working on their own top-secret plans… something involving pykrete.
5067: Home of Heroes: HMS Iceberg
Set in the glacial milieu of the North Atlantic, where polar
bears roam and icebergs drift freely, something else was moving in those
waters, something top secret…
Working at a military base off the coast of Canada,
Professor David Alexander is recruiting men to help test a new prototype for
something codenamed Project Habakkuk… something which might just change the
tides of war and help strike back against the Germans.
With detailed interior and cover art from Manuel Benet,
known for his thin line strokes and expressive faces, ‘HMS Iceberg’ is an
immersive take on one of World War Two’s most unusual technologies.
|Story | Iain McLaughlin | Art | Manuel Benet | Cover | Manuel
Benet |
5068: Gold Collection: The Defiant
Three men’s paths will cross, their destinies intertwined on
the battlefields of World War Two.
Kurt Ruttmeyer, an arrogant and ambitious Waffen S.S. soldier
wants nothing more than to be awarded the elite Cross of Gold; Bruno Leeman, a
Luftwaffe ace pilot, who despises the Nazi regime of his country; and Dick
Hartley, once an English student in peaceful Germany, now a Sergeant in the
British Army.
A classic tale of friendship, rivalries and revenge, C. G.
Walker’s Golden Age issue is well in keeping with the time honoured themes of
Commando, creating a dynamic duo with the iconic Gordon C. Livingstone, who
designed the cover and interior art.
|Story | C.G. Walker | Art | Gordon C. Livingstone | Cover |
Gordon C. Livingstone |
Originally Commando No. 406 (May 1969) Reprinted No. 1163 (1977)
5069: Action and Adventure: Operation Eagle Strike
Despite the initial success of Operation Barborossa, by 1943
the Germans had suffered more and more failed campaigns and losses as the
Soviet Forces regrouped. But the Nazi eagle readied its claws to strike back in
a new operation!
Leading this action is Fallschirmjager Leutnant Jurgen
Meissen and Feldwebel Ernst Hipper, two veterans of Crete and Norway. Their
objective: to kill a Russian military V.I.P., but even they didn’t suspect
getting this target in their sights…
Accompanying George Low’s thrilling story of espionage is a
stunning aerial cover from Ian Kennedy himself, the moody night scene working
well with the theme of secrecy and Rezzonico’s noir illustrations.
|Story | George Low | Art | Rezzonico | Cover | Ian Kennedy |
5070: Silver Collection: Air Kommando
After losing his right eye to shrapnel when his Heinkel 111
is shot down by a Hurricane, Major Erich Hartmann fears he will never fly
again… That is until he is hired by a German bigwig as his token one-eyed
chauffer. But Erich’s flying is just as good as ever and he quickly forms his
own Air Kommando squadron. Taking to the skies, Erich leads daring missions,
striking against the dreaded might of Russia.
One of the first few issues to be drawn by Carlos Pino, ‘Air
Kommando’ was certainly a great start to his career, showcasing his stellar style
of facial expressions and action sequences.
|Story | Ian Clark | Art | Carlos Pino | Cover | Ian Kennedy
|
Originally Commando No. 2653 (April 1993)
2 comments:
That cover for Operation Eagle Strike is so cool, isn't it?
Yes, an Ian Kennedy cover is hard to beat.
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