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More Halloween horror in new Commando comics, out this week

By John Freeman on October 25, 2023

The second Halloween set of Commando comics for 2023 (Issues 5691 – 5694) are out this Thursday from DC Thomson Media, on sale in all good newsagents, and some run by vampires.

Commando 5691: Home of Heroes – Commandos vs Zombies 0

Story: Georgia Standen Battle | Art: Vicente Alcazar | Cover: Neil Roberts

Deep in Nazi-occupied Norway lies a dark forest and a shadowy factory hidden within. Inside its fetid walls, two Nazi doctors work feverishly, tampering with nature itself to create a German soldier like no other — stronger, faster… with an unyielding loyalty to the Third Reich. But what they unwittingly created was something far worse.

The British Commandos sent in to stop them didn’t stand a chance. They were doomed!

The dead are back, back, back again! The prequel to the Commandos vs Zombies trilogy written by the grisly Georgia Standen Battle is out soon! Find out how the story of Commandos vs Zombies the graphic novel, out now on MagsDirect.co.uk, began…

Commando 5692: Gold Collection – Phantom Pilot

Story: Brunt | Art: Peter Ford | Cover: Ian Kennedy

First Published 1970 as Issue 513

When Ken Welsh’s Typhoon was shot down he made the sort of forced landing that nobody should have survived. But survive he did — or did he?

Something very strange had happened, for when Ken woke up, his sleek Typhoon had been replaced with an old-time biplane fighter — and it wasn’t 1944 any more, it was 1918!

A classic Commando reprint has escaped from the crypts and crawled back onto the shelves once more! A time-travelling ghost? What will they think of next?!

Commando 5693: Action and Adventure – Nightmare Express

Story: Daniel McGachey | Art and Cover: Mike Dorey

At a mist-shrouded railway station, a quartet of mismatched troops are assembled, their recent actions marking them out as the ideal escort detail for a mysterious cargo.

But as they hurtle through the night, curiosity, greed, and terror lead them in turn to enter the cargo compartment, each to discover the eerie train of events that led them to this fateful assignment.

As the journey detours through a series of nightmarish tales, can any of them hope to disembark before the night train reaches its final destination?

The demonic Daniel McGachey makes his debut to Commando alongside artwork from the malevolent Mike Dorey! Dare you take a ticket to ride this horror train bound for doom?! Will anybody survive the eerie train of events about to unfold?!

Commando 5694: Silver Collection – Haunted Skies

Story: Bernard Gregg | Art: Mira | Cover: Ken Barr

First Published 1974 as Issue 808

The FW 190s dived confidently on the single Spitfire – it looked an easy target. In seconds the British fighter was lined up in their gun sights. But as the German pilots pressed their firing buttons, a blinding flash dazzled their eyes and suddenly there was another Spitfire in the sky – a phantom one!

DC Thomson have resurrected another classic Commando for a reprinting! What’s that in the sky…is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a ghost plane! With ghostly but not ghastly artwork from Ken Barr and Mira topping off Bernard Gregg’s supernatural Spitfire story.

• If there’s a past Commando comic you would like to see reprinted, contact the team via generalenquiries@commandomag.com

Commando Issues 5691 – 5694 Cover Gallery

Commando Presents… Commandos vs Zombies

• Order your copy of the Commando vs Zombies graphic novel on Magsdirect

The living dead rise again in Commando Presents… Commandos vs Zombies, the graphic novel collection from DC Thomson Media, out now via MagsDirect.

Blending war and supernatural horror in a classic British comics black-and-white format, this collection brings together the three best selling Commandos vs Zombies issues from Britain’s longest-running war comic, Commando.

Inside this Commandos vs Zombies Comic, in the freezing woods of Norway, dead men leave footprints in the snow. Their SS uniforms are riddled with bullet holes, their hearts frozen solid, and their rotting flesh frostbitten.

What should have been a routine raid takes a horrific turn for commandos Leo Mantelow and Lionel Stone as they face down something from out of a nightmare!

Vicente Alacazar‘s stunning artwork is blown up to full graphic-novel size and features all the original covers as well as a brand-new wrap-around by Neil Roberts. A never-before-seen prose story is also included as a bonus, alongside an interview with the creator, and contributor biographies.

Written by Georgia Standen Battle, Commando’s first female writer in 30 years, alongside master comics artist Vicente Alcazar (Archie Comics, Red Circle Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics), and with covers by Neil Roberts (2000AD, Warhammer), and British Comics legend Ian Kennedy.

What’s more, find out how the horror all began in the prequel to the best-selling Commando trilogy in No. 5691 Commandos vs Zombies 0, on sale the 26th Octobe 2023!

• Order your copy of the Commando vs Zombies graphic novel on Magsdirect

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.