DC Thomson have just released their latest Commando Presents… title, The Vietnam Files, ahead of the impending celebrations surrounding the publication of Issue 6000 of Commando very soon.
The first widely broadcast war in human history, the campaign in Vietnam changed everything. Spanning twenty years, it has gone down as one of recent history’s most controversial wars. But within the fighting, on land and in the air, were heroes on both sides and stories of camaraderie and bravery like no other!
This special edition collects four of the best Commando comics featuring the Vietnam War in stunning black-and-white art with stories from writers Ian Clark, Ferg Handley and Richard Davies, and art from Manuel Benet, Jose Maria Jorge and Morahin, also utilising cover art by Ian Kennedy and Janek Matysiak.
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Commando Presents… The Vietnam Files features…
Commando 2553: Air Pirates
Story: Ian Clark | Art and Cover: Jose Maria Jorge
Also reprinted in Commando No. 5130 (May 2018)
Officially they were called Forward Air Controllers, but air pirates was nearer the mark. What else would you call pilots who sneaked about all over the Vietnamese jungle tops, ambushing the enemy from the air then withdrawing before they had time to retaliate?
Roy Armour was one of these men. He flew with a secret unit based in Laos. There, the dangers he faced got even worse when he landed!
Commando 2842: Carrier Pilot
Story: Ian Clark | Art: Jose Maria Jorge | Cover: Ian Kennedy
For some fast-jet pilots, take-offs and landings on an aircraft carrier were frightening to say the least.
It was like that for rookie Garry Carter, operating off the coast of Vietnam. And superior types like senator’s son, Scott Brady, who boasted that he found it all very easy, didn’t help.
But once up there in the danger-filled skies, thundering towards a target in his bombed-up A7 Corsair, Garry soon proved himself a force to be reckoned with!
Commando 5013: The Hill
Writer: Ferg Handley | Art: Morahin | Cover Artist: Janek Matysiak
January 1968, Vietnam. While the country celebrated the New Year, the Communist North launched a relentless and unyielding Tet Offensive against the South, ignoring the unofficial ceasefire.
It was bad timing for four rookie Americans to arrive at their first posting in ‘Nam. Among them was Private Harry Vance, a youngster unsure why America was involved in the conflict at all. But Harry would soon learn what it meant to fight in the Vietnam War.
Commando 5035: Escape Saigon
Writer: Richard Davies | Art and Cover: Manuel Benet
In the final bloody hours of the Vietnam War, the P.A.V.N. were at the gates of Saigon. The U.S. embassy was the last refuge for the South Vietnamese who worked for the American government. But as the final choppers ferried the last of the workers to safety, Bill Evans realised that his best friend, Van Thieu, would not make it to the facility in time to evacuate – meaning certain death…
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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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