Commando issues 5459-5462 are out this Thursday from DC Thomson Media in all good newsagents – and available digitally, too. Offering inter-dimensional space adventures, with the return of a time-travelling World War Two combatant, Hawker Typhoons, desert duels, and deadly SS hounds abound in these issues — don’t miss ‘em!
This set brings us “Into the Vortex” a follow up to Commando 5399, “Lords of the Vortex” (still available digitally), released earlier this year, with writer Stephen Walsh bringing us a second story starring US Army Nurse Emma Wade, who may also be space hero “Captain Jupiter” … Walsh cleverly leaves the reader unsure of exactly what’s true and what’s imagined in this SF story with art by Jaume Forns, and a cracking Starblazer-styled cover from Neil Roberts.
Along the way, we’re introduced to a familiar-looking comic strip writer who’s on the front line in Italy, as Emma’s friend Nancy tries to find her, and Jaume has great fun melding World War Two action with the more way out elements of this adventure! We’re also left with the possibility, perhaps, that this isn’t the last we’ve seen of the Lords of the Vortex.
Commando has been bringing us a fair few SF war stories of late – could a collection be in the works at some point, perhaps with some classic Starblazer strips thrown in? Let’s hope so!
Commando 5459: Home of Heroes – The Hounds
Story Heath Ackley | Art Muller & Klacik | Cover Ian Kennedy
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Have you ever been caught in a deadly game of tag where if you get caught, you’re dead?! Well that’s exactly what happened to Corporal Richard Fuller and Lieutenant James Whelan in 1944! Only they weren’t being chased by schoolyard bullies — the ruthless SS were in hot pursuit! Together with a ragtag group of prisoners of war, the pair try to survive being hunted by the Hounds in a bout of cat and mouse the likes of which you’ve never seen before!
Heath Ackley’s nail-biting story is brought to tension-filled life by veteran artists Muller and Klacik, plus the issue is topped off with a moody Ian Kennedy cover — that’ll do for us!
Commando 5460: Gold Collection – Desert Dog-Fight
Story CG Walker | Art Jose Maria George | Cover Sanfeliz
Originally Commando No. 411 (1969)
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The pilots of the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe duelled it out in the burning skies above the scorching desert. Their wings glinting in the sun, they would do anything to destroy their enemy — no mercy nor quarter given! But on the ground, two British pilots are forced to team up with their arch-nemesis ‘Happy Herman’ to survive against everything the merciless desert throws at them!
An early example of the master artist Jorge Maria George at work in this classic 1960s Commando penned by the incomparable C G Walker!
Commando 5461: Action and Adventure – Into the Vortex
Story Stephen Walsh| Art Jaume Forns | Cover Neil Roberts
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Stephen Walsh’s time-travelling, portal-hopping raucous extravaganza returns for its sequel — Issue 5461, Into the Vortex!
US Army Nurse Emma Wade has gone missing in Anzio and her best friend, Nancy Lewis, is determined to find her. What Nancy doesn’t know is that Emma isn’t in Italy any more — she’s in another dimension fighting alien warrior bugmen to survive! Can Emma escape the vortex? You’ll have to read to find out!
• Commando 5399, “Lords of the Vortex” is still available digitally
Commando 5462: Silver Collection – The Roar of the Typhoon
Story McDevitt | Art Gordon C Livingstone | Cover Philpott
Originally Commando No. 1709 (1983)
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The Hawker Typhoon was one of the RAF’s finest flying machines. Armed with twenty-millimetre cannon and eight rockets, their mighty Napier Sabre engines roaring like majestic lions, these beasts of the sky were formidable indeed! And so were their pilots, for if they weren’t as powerful as their machines, then they’d be chewed up and spat out like yesterday’s leftovers. Flight Lieutenants Jan Bakker and Bill Simpson didn’t have anything to worry about though — as long as they could get along they would be fine!
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• The official 2022 Commando Calendar is available to pre-order direct from the DC Thomson Media web shop, featuring the cover of Commando 5293 by Ian Kennedy
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The book showcases Ian’s fantastic array of work for not only DC Thomson Media but also his own personal collection. The high spec 160-page art book includes both never before seen and classic covers, as well as illustrations from the DC Thomson archives, featuring titles as diverse as Lucky Charm and Buddy.
Set out chronologically, the book showcases Ian’s career at the famous Scottish publishing house, from his early days working on ‘Red-Skull Branson’ and ‘Commando Jim’ to his most recent covers and commissions for Commando
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Commando issues 5459 – 5462 – Full 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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