Something wicked this way comes in Commando issues 6003-6006 from DC Thomson, on sale in newsagents and digitally from Thursday 22nd October! Commando does Halloween in four spooky comics, featuring everything from haunted aircraft to Soviet cannibals! Don’t miss out!
In a canny move, this set includes a represented tale with a smashing new cover by Neil Roberts – a great way to accentuate seeing a classic Commando tale… let’s hope there will be more of this!
Plus, one of the all-new Commando tales is the work of author, paranormal investigator, and TV personality, Richard Estep, who you may have seen on TV’s Paranormal Investigators, Haunted Hospitals, Paranormal Revenge, Paranormal Night Shift and similar shows.
His bestselling books include The Black Monk of Pontefract: The World’s Most Violent and Relentless Poltergeist, and has written for Commando previously: a story called “Wild Weasel”, published in No. 5559, back in 2022
Richard’s love of all things ghostly began at a very young age, fed by staying in his grandparents’ haunted house in England and by a constant stream of binge reading at his local library. He didn’t begin to actually investigate hauntings until the mid-nineties, but when he started, “the bug bit me and hasn’t let go ever since,” he notes on his official website. “I took this passion with me when I moved to the United States in 1999, and finally formed the Boulder County Paranormal Research Society in 2006. These days, most of my cases are research projects for books.”
He started to write about my experiences in 2013, and now have north of 30 of books that are either on the market or contracted to be released in the near future, inclding and United States of Ghosts: A History of America’s Hauntings, which will be published later this month.
Commando 6003 (Home of Heroes): H-For-Haunted
Story: Richard Estep | Internal Art and Cover Manuel Benet
Flak, Luftwaffe Night Fighters, mechanical failures… The Lancaster crews of the 281 Pathfinder Squadron had more than enough to contend with without adding a haunted bomber into the mix. After one of their number crashes, strange things begin happening on bombing missions. Flight Lieutenant Tim Shaw and his crew must overcome their fears and uncover the truth at the heart of the haunting before it’s too late!
A creepy Commando spookfest is featured in No. 6003 courtesy of horrifying writer Richard Estep. Manuel Benet lends his monstrous brush to the cover and interior artwork for the issue, making this comic one that will haunt you if you miss it!
Commando 6004 (Gold): Forest of Fear
Story: Clegg | Internal Art: Bielsa | Cover Art: Chaco
Originally printed as No.101 in 1964
Big Mitch Connor and his Canadians swaggered down the troopship gangway and stood sniffing the air of Hong Kong.
Then they gaped in amazement at the British troops drilling smartly, saluting, doing fatigues — as if the island was a million miles from trouble.
Didn’t these guys know that the Japanese were only a few thousand yards away?
Mitch knew it, his tough guys knew it, but the British hadn’t wakened up yet! A smart kick in the pants was obviously needed.
The Canadians would have to let them know there was a war on, show them how to fight like men.
That was how Mitch’s troubles started…
A classic Commando is the second spooky offering this Halloween, but there’s nothing scary about Clegg’s tale of derring-do and the amazing artwork on offer from Biesla and Chaco… unless you count it being scarily good!
Commando 6005 (For Action and Adventure): Hunger
Story: N A Breakenridge | Internal Art: Paolo Ongaro | Cover Art: Marco Bianchini
Stalingrad, winter, 1942. As grim, urban warfare drags on, something strange is happening in the ruins of the city – strange sounds coming from the carcasses of buildings, mysterious figures prowling the streets, missing supplies, and now even men are vanishing.
Medic Josef Seubert soon finds himself caught up in the mystery, forced to confront the gruesome truth: there are wild men living in the cracks of Stalingrad, and they are on the hunt.
Shiver running up your spine? That’s just the chilling atmosphere of Issue 6005 by N A Breakenridge, who is fast proving himself a maestro of the macabre! With interior artwork by spooktacular Paolo Ongaro and cover by the gruesome Marco Bianchini – this is a Commando to sink your teeth into!
Commando 6006 (Silver): The Haunted Tank
Story: Staff | Internal Art: Ibanez | Cover Art: Neil Roberts
Originally printed as No. 2050 in 1986
Do you believe in ghosts? No? Well, neither did Sid Raleigh. That is, until he joined the crew of a Churchill tank called “Firebrand”. That tank was haunted all right — and the ghost even had a sense of humour!
A never-before-reprinted Commando has escaped the haunted vaults at DC Thomson, and it’s bagged itself a brand-new cover by the terribly talented Neil Roberts!
The original cover was the work of Gino D’Achille (1935–2017), a highly acclaimed Italian-born British illustrator, who worked in Rome, Milan, London, Germany and France throughout his lifetime, known for his cover art across multiple pulp fiction genres, including science fiction, westerns, adventure novels, and war comics.
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Commando Issues 6003 – 6006 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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