Commando Issues 5751 – 5754 are on sale in all good newsagents and on digital platforms from Thursday 23rd May, 2024. This set of war comics from DC Thomson features World War One dispatch riders in peril, a mad RAF pilot in a low-flying Lanc, RAF Rescue action at seas, and Ramsey’s Raiders in a Flakpanzer!
Teamed with artist Vicente Alacazar, Andrew Knighton brings us motorcycle chases, marauding Stormtroopers, and a race against death itself in “Ride of Your Life”. It’s a rip-roaring World War One adventure with gritty interiors from Vicente, the pencil style suiting the pace of the book, with another exciting cover from recently-enlisted cover artist, Marco Bianchini.
Also new this set is a new “Ramsey’s Raiders” tale, writer Ferg Handley bringing us another adventure starring his rag-tag team. In “Ramsey’s Raiders: Flakpanzer!”, Handley has Carlos Pino illustrating Captain Jimmy Ramsey ditching the jeep for an enemy vehicle – and who’s driving it may surprise you!
Represented this time around are “Hail of Steel”, first published back in 1970, a classic Commando if there ever was one! Featuring Brunt’s RAF maverick pilot who learns the error of his ways, it’s brought to life by Mira’s amazing interiors and a stunning Ian Kennedy cover.
“Rescue Patrol” is a grand silver-era Commando tale. Bill Fear’s tale of heroism is masterfully illustrated by Salmeron, with Jeff Bevan’s naval cover showing us why he was famous for them…
Commando 5751: Home of Heroes – Ride For Your Life!
Story: Andrew Knighton Art: Vicente Alcazar Cover: Marco Bianchini
It was a dangerous job being a dispatch rider during World War One — and didn’t Corporal Gareth Batley know it! He and his partner were delivering messages when they found themselves caught up in a massive German offensive on the British line. Well, if Batley wants to survive, he better move fast and ride for his life!
Commando 5752: Gold Collection – Hail of Steel
Story: Brunt Art: Mira Cover: Ian Kennedy
First Published 1970 as Issue 459
They said that Lancaster pilot Geoff Shaw didn’t need a navigator. He flew so low that his scared crew could see the road signs. You see, Geoff had wanted a sleek Spitfire, but he’d got a lumbering bomber instead. So now he worked off his rage by handling the Lanc like a fast fighter — hitting the Nazis hard and scaring the crew rigid.
Geoff just grinned when they warned him he was heading for a crash — until the night he had to fly back over the Alps in his badly shot-up Lanc…
Commando 5753: Action and Adventure – Ramsey’s Raiders: Flakpanzer!
Story: Ferg Handley Art and Cover: Carlos Pino
September 1944. Captain Jimmy Ramsey and his special band of elite raiders were on recce patrol when they stumbled across a new German toy — an unusual kind of Flakpanzer that could pack a heck of wallop to the advancing British! After seeing the beast of a machine in action, the SERF team reckoned this was one prize worth keeping for the boffins back at HQ!
But the Raiders were going to have a tough time keeping it because the SS wanted their Flakpanzer back, and they were going to fight to get it!
Commando 5754: Silver Collection – Rescue Patrol
Story: Bill Fear Art: Salmeron Cover: Jeff Bevan
First Published 1982 as Issue 1597
Life for Bob Wallis, a sailor aboard one of the many rescue launches that scoured the seas searching for ditched airmen, was never easy. And now, as the vessel approached one of the special rescue floats, the crew tensed, for they had no idea who would be sheltering inside it — British or German.
But one thing was for certain, the war was going to change dramatically for Bob over the next few minutes!
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Commando Issues 5751 – 5754 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, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “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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