An incredible snapshot of POW life in the Far East during World war Two
World War Two
In Review: Spirou – Hope, Against All Odds Part Two
Peter Duncan takes a look at Émile Bravo’s latest episode of Spriou’s wartime story, available in English as a digital edition…
In Review: The Stringbags
Luke Williams reviews a powerful new wartime adventure from Garth Ennis and PJ Holden…
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Air War Stories #2 by Sam Glanzman
Another collection of war stories told by Sam Glanzman is in the winds…
Uncovered: the bigger story behind a wartime Meccano Magazine cover
A World War Two magazine cover sent us down an intriguing rabbit hole…
In Review: The Regiment: The True Story of the SAS – Book 1
Cinebook’s series of factual bandes dessinees entitled Cinebook Recounts comes storming back with the true story of the British Army’s Special Air Service in The Regiment
Stranger than Fiction: When Comics tell only half a “True Story”
Growing up, like many of you, I’m sure you wondered just how “true” some of the “true stories” told in comics actually were. Sometimes, it seems, truth is far, far stranger than fiction… and sometimes, far from as “funny” as presented…
Commando Comics to mark 80th anniversary of World War Two with Invasion: Poland
Commando Comics has announced Issue 5261 Invasion: Poland, a special one-off story focussing on Poland’s defence against the German invasion to commemorate 80 years since the beginning of World War Two
World War Two action all the way in new Commando comics
Brand new issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando (Issues 5247-5250) are on sale now in all good newsagents. Featuring firemen on the Home Front, French pilots of the Free French Forces, an underaged murder suspect, and the German invasion… Read More ›
New York Times best-selling thriller author James Swallow pens new Commando tale
Hallucinations in the Burmese jungle, dogfights above the curvature of the Earth, betrayals in France, and friends torn apart by World War Two! It’s all happening in the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 5243 – 5246), out soon… Read More ›