They’re alive! They’re alive! The creepy Commando Halloween specials from DC Thomson Media continue with issues 5587 – 5590 on sale on Thursday 27th October, 2022…

This spine-chilling set includes ghosts, cursed cards, legendary gorgons, and the return from the dead of Commandos vs Zombies!

Commando 5587: Home of Heroes – Commandos vs Zombies 3
Story: Georgia Standen Battle | Art: Vicente Alcazar | Cover: Neil Roberts
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The dead rise again in the third instalment of “Commandos vs Zombies!” But this time, the horde is on home turf as something evil is stirring in Blighty. Hidden deep in the Highlands is a secret bunker where terror breeds! But the bunker is silent, and the teams sent to investigate have all disappeared without a trace… That is, until Sergeant Leo Manktelow comes a-knocking!

Commando 5588: Gold Collection – The Death Card
Story: Bernard Gregg | Art: Marzal | Cover: Staff
Originally Commando No. 926 (1975)
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Evil returns and the dead just won’t say dead in the latest comic in Georgia Standen Battle’s horrific series, brought back from the grave by the master of the horror himself Vicente Alcazar and a frighteningly good cover by Neil Roberts!

Would you accept the cursed card? Or are you too superstitious? If you are, you wouldn’t fancy being handed the Ace of Spades — the death card — as the key to your future, especially when this particular card had meant death for two previous owners!

Issue 5588 “The Death Card”, is another “By Special Request!”, an issue handpicked by a reader for the Commando Halloween specials… A Commando so good – it just couldn’t say dead in the vaults! Don’t be cursed to miss it!

Commando 5589: Action and Adventure – Night of the Gorgons
Story: Dominic Teague | Art: Graham Manley | Cover: Neil Roberts
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This Halloween Commando offering is sure to petrify readers! Historians mark the Dodecanese campaign as one of the last major German victories of World War Two. What the history books fail to mention, though, is that Allied and German forces weren’t the only things flying over that region! For something far older and deadlier stalked the skies above the Aegean, as Flight Lieutenant Pierce Sullivan was about to discover!

You’ll need a stony resolve to read Issue 5589 as Dominic Teague brings legends to life as gorgons attack!

What’s more, Issue 5589 features Graham Manley’s debut on Commando interiors and a Neil Roberts cover directly inspired by Ian Kennedy’s cover for No. 1478, “Target — Crete!”

The editorial team suggest you may want to read this Commando through a mirror – just in case it turns you to stone, readers!

Commando 5590: Silver Collection – The Ghosts
Story: Bryan Perrett | Art: Llops | Cover: Ian Kennedy
Originally Commando No. 1289 (1979)
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There’s something spooky going on in Crandon Abbey! Strange figures, eerie sounds, and mysterious moving lights seen in the dead of night. It was enough to make even the bravest men tremble. But the spirits that haunted Crandon Abbey weren’t ordinary ghosts — these ghosts shot to kill and didn’t like nosy people poking around the grounds!

This classic Commando has crawled its way out of the crypt to bring horror and delight to readers once again! Featuring a spellbinding story by Bryan Perrett alongside eerie interior artwork from Llops and one of Ian Kennedy’s creepiest covers, well this Commando is too ghoulish to miss!

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Commando 5587 – 5590 Cover Gallery

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

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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Tags: Bernard Gregg, Bryan Perrett, Commando, Commandos vs Zombies, DC Thomson Media, Dominic Teague, Georgia Standen Battle, Graham Manley, Halloween, Ian Kennedy, Llops, Marzal, Neil Roberts, Vicente Alcazar, War Comics