This week’s Commando set – Issues 5987-5990 – sees the return of Sergeant Rayker and his team as they continue their journey through war-torn Europe, and tells the story of a French Resistance cell struggling to know who to trust as the Gestapo closes in.
This latest set features scripts from two returning writers to Commando.
Dr. Simon Topping, who’s scripted Commando 5987: Sergeant Rayker: Retribution, is again putting his academic research about African-American soldiers in World War Two into use, previously seen in “Rayker: Back in The Ranks”, released back in June.
Robbie MacNiven, writer of Commando 5989: Resistance!, is a Highlands-born author and freelance journalist, who has written a number of books for Helion and Osprey Publishing, and also writes science fiction and fantasy novels, including Conan for Titan Books, as well as producing game scripts and audio dramas. He is well known for his Carcharodons novels Red Tithe, Outer Dark and Void Exile, as well as the Warhammer 40,000 novels Oaths of Damnation, Blood of Iax, The Last Hunt and Legacy of Russ. His work for Warhammer Age of Sigmar includes the novel Scourge of Fate and the Gotrek Gurnisson novella The Bone Desert.
Commando Issues 5987 to 5990 are on sale Thursday 27th August 2026 in TG Jones not victim to serial high street asset strippers, surviving local newsagents still selling comics alongside more lucrative vapes and alcohol, and online direct from DC Thomson, on subscription, or digitally via Magzter or AmazonUK – more order intel below!
Commando 5987 (Home of Heroes): Sergeant Rayker: Retribution
Story: Simon Topping | Internal Art: Mike Dorey | Cover Art: Mike Dorey & Grant Wood
Sergeant Rayker is back! As the Americans advance, Rayker’s mind is on victory, but also on revenge for his friend Clancy Davis, who was murdered by the SS.
As his unit moves further into Germany, the horrors of the Nazi regime are revealed, but will Rayker be able to exact his personal retribution or will Wolfgang Viessmann of the SS evade justice?
Commando 5988 (Gold): Flash-Point!
Story: Eric Hebden | Internal Art: Aguilar | Cover Art: Penalva
First published 1972 as No.624
Sergeant Judd Hawke reckoned he’d seen the lot. He knew every weapon of war, and he’d handled them in battle after battle.
But now he was seeing something different, something terrifying… a secret weapon that melted tanks into useless lumps of metal!
Commando 5989 (For Action and Adventure): Resistance!
Story: Robbie MacNiven | Internal Art: Vicente Alcazar | Cover Art: Marco Bianchini
Occupied France, 1942. After her cell of French Resistance fighters is betrayed and their intel destroyed, Eleanor Moraux finds herself unsure who to trust, and on the run from a fearsome Gestapo officer. But Eleanor has memorised vital intel that could assist the British and free her homeland — she must resist capture and she must escape.
Commando 5990 (Silver): Flight of No Return
Story: RA Montague | Internal Art: Gordon C Livingstone | Cover Art: Ian Kennedy
First published 1985 as No. 1895
The Fairey Battle bomber was hopelessly out of date by the start of the Second World War. Yet many brave crews still flew them into action, taking on the might of the Luftwaffe, even though they knew their chances of survival were poor.
Some pilots even volunteered to tackle missions that they knew were going to be one-way trips…
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Commando Issues 5987 – 5990 Cover Gallery
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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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