Commando Issues 5887 to 5890 are on sale in all good TG Jones stores and other outlets, and some digital platforms from this Thursday, 11th September 2025 – featuring hidden Luftwaffe bases, spies in Iran, the hangman’s noose and the return of V for Vengeance to comics pages for the first time in decades.
As previously reported, “V for Vengeance: Prisoner 7324” sees the explosive return of the V for Vengeance series – first seen in the pages of The Wizard in 1942. Now brought to the black-and-white pages of Commando these Deathless Men are equally as bloodthirsty and hellbent on vengeance as the original series.
Alberto Saichann proves the perfect artist to deliver Dominic Teague’s taut thriller, with some stunning panels scattered throughout the story, as “The Deathless Men” wreak havoc in a relentless quest for vengeance. Just like other reimagined heroes of comics past now enjoying new life in Commando – Braddock returns in the next set – this story offers a dramatic return of some deadly characters.
In “Eagle’s Descent”, Rossa McPhillips spins a tale of spies, deception and intrigue, aided and abetted by Manuel Benet on art duties. With so many spies around – how can anyone be trusted?!
As ever, Rossa delivers his clever blend of fiction with historical fact, leaving you never quite sure where one departs from the other. In a story set during vital peace talks, you’re never quite sure what turn this spy thriller may take, and he throws in a femme fatale, too, for good measure! If you’re after a “cracking yarn”, this new Commando adventure is definitely one of them.
Represented in this set is “Noose for a Hero”, featuring a chilling cover by Penalva. Eric Hebden weaves a woeful tale of allies turned enemies, as the past has a way of coming back to bite you!
Finally, there’s RA Montague’s story about hidden base holds a dark and deadly secret – the Nazi’s final plan to beat the Allies! What’s more, Denis McLoughlin’s gritty and detailed artwork on “The Secret Base” may have you biting your nails at the tension!
Commando 5887 (Home of Heroes): V for Vengeance: Prisoner 7324
Story: Dominic Teague | Art: Alberto Saichann | Cover: Marco Bianchini
As air raids wreak havoc over the skies of Berlin, dread pervades the Nazi party. High-ranking officials are being assassinated one by one by the mysterious group named ‘The Deathless Men’. At the scene of each crime, the killers leave a list of future victims alongside a proclamation titled ‘V for Vengeance’.
Desperately, those whose names are listed seek answers, but their only clues link each assassin to deceased prisoners of a concentration camp – are the dead returning to seek revenge?
Commando 5888 (Gold): Noose for a Hero
Story: Eric Hebden | Art: Victor de la Fuente | Cover: Jordi Penalva
First published 1971 as No. 576
It was madness… a British patrol and a South African patrol hunting each other down like wild animals in the narrow moon-lit streets of a ruined North African oasis. Bullets sang through the gloom as men who had been friends only one hour before acted like savage enemies.
The cause of all this was something that had happened on another dark night in 1899, in South Africa…
Commando 5889 (For Action and Adventure): Eagle’s Descent
Story: Rossa McPhillips | Art and Cover: Manuel Benet
Iran, 1943. The ‘Big Three’ – Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin Roosevelt – were set to have a conference to decide the final strategy for the war against Nazi Germany and its Axis partners. But the Germans knew about the conference – and they were prepared to do anything in their power to assassinate the enemy leaders – even putting a spy in the American embassy!
Commando 5890 (Silver): The Secret Base
Story: RA Montague | Art: Denis McLoughlin | Cover: Jeff Bevan
First published 1984 as No. 1813
From the outside it looked like an old, deserted rocket site, with bomb-blasted buildings and debris scattered everywhere. But hidden underground bunkers concealed sleek, fast Arado 234 jet bombers which were being made ready for a very special top-secret mission. They had to be stopped – and quickly too!
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Commando Issues 5887 – 5890 Cover Gallery
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Head elsewhere on downthetubes for…
• “V for Vengeance” returns – an exclusive Commando preview!
DC Thomson have also published two V for Vengeance eBooks, representing a World War Two adventure story from The Wizard
• In Review: V For Vengeance – “The Deathless Men” and “The Killers In Grey” – review by Luke Williams
• Read our 2022 interview with “Eagles Descent” writer Rossa McPhillips MBE
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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