5099: Home of Heroes: Into the Wild
Never was there a more unlikely team: Commando Captain Tom
Wilson, who surrendered to the Waffen SS in the Dunkirk retreat and got his
entire squadron killed; his second in command, the loyal Lieutenant Charlie
Shaw; South African big game hunter, Rene Muelens; short and stocky tough guy
Commando, Tony Lewis; Digger Smith, built like a brick outhouse; and Otto
Kramer, their Polish German guide.
They may not trust each other, but they were the Allies’
only hope of rescuing a Polish eugenics scientist and putting an end to his
dangerous experiments.
A thrilling story from Jim and David Turner, the
eco-political themes resonate today, while Rezzonico and Morhain’s artwork
builds on the sense of menace and foreboding from Janek Matysiak’s cover, the
wolves proving just as bloodcurdling throughout!
|Story | Jim & David Turner | Art | Rezzonico &
Morhain | Cover | Janek Matysiak |
5100: Gold Collection: Clash of Giants
Fighting like warships on the sea of sand, British battle
cruisers and Panzers roamed the empty deserts of North Africa. But when his
brother’s tank was destroyed by friendlies in a Beaufighter, Garry Connel would
never forgive the men who fired on him. So, when a single parachute falls from
the hit aircraft, Connel sees red, casting the surviving airman out into the
desert winds – leaving him to die. But, Connel was quick to realise that with
Nazis disguised in British khakis, and enemy and Allied aircraft viewing them
as a target, then maybe he might need the Pilot Officer’s help after all…
Bellalta’s stunning interiors hurl gale-force winds and
deadly siroccos at the reader, as Allan’s story throws us straight into the
perils of 1941 North Africa, right alongside Tommy pongos and tank crews.
|Story | Allan | Art | Bellalta | Cover | Ian Kennedy |
Originally Commando No.
508 (October 1970).
5101: Action and Adventure: Viva Villa!
Over two dozen battle-hardened Federales charged the
deserted village of Puebla where the Gomez brothers stood alone against them.
Taking cover in an adobe hut, the only thing that stood between them and
President Huerta’s men was a Colt-Browning machine gun. But after two years of
revolution had ravaged Mexico, leading to a lengthy civil war, Hector and
Carlos Gomez would do whatever it took to protect the villagers.
Richard Davis’ western-edged Commando combines the heart of
‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ with the unforgiving setting of ‘The Wild
Bunch’. Meanwhile, premiering a brand new ‘Mexican Revolution’ badge for
Commando, Carlos Pino’s scorching cover shows the Gomez brothers’ true grit as
they fire at the reader, their explosive bullets reflecting the blazing sun
behind them!
|Story | Richard Davis | Art | Carlos Pino | Cover | Carlos
Pino |
5102: Silver Collection: Strike from the Sea
Lieutenant Steve Pitt checked everything twice, meticulous
on every mission and his men trusted him implicitly… that was until Lieutenant Bob
Travis joined his special REME unit. You see, Pitt wasn’t always so careful,
and, according to Travis, his own ego and carelessness had caused the death of
his father! It was a vendetta Travis would forever hold – but would he let it
get in the way of their mission?
Roger Sanderson’s ‘Strike from the
Sea’ serves us two memorable characters of classic Commando conceits, but also
delivers on a tense, top notch Special Operation, with our heroes dodging
Jerries left, right and centre, each stage of the mission a surprise.
|Story | Roger Sanderson | Art | C. T. Rigby | Cover | Phil
Gascoine |
Originally Commando No. 2682 (July 1993).
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