To commemorate ANZAC Day on 25th April, DC Thomson is publishing a special set of Commando comics featuring the heroic exploits of the brave Australian and New Zealand military personnel.
Plus, this month sees the release of their latest collection, Commando Presents: Sergeant Rayker, available from DCT direct or Amazon – full details below!
Commando 5951 (Home of Heroes): Humpback Heroes
Story: Brent Towns | Internal Art: Jaume Forns | Cover Art: Simon Pritchard
Australian Captain Tom Best and his men were veterans of the war in the desert, fighting on the front line and defending Tobruk from the Germans.
When they were pulled out for some much-deserved rest, they thought they had it made – that was until they were roped into a mission deep behind enemy lines to destroy an Afrika Korps fuel dump!
And to get there? Well, they’d have to ride camels in complete disguise. They were to become heroes on humpback!
Commando 5952 (Gold): Company of Heroes
Story: Eric Hebden | Internal & Cover Art: Gordon C Livingstone
First published 1971 as No.610
“Now that I’m in India, I’m going to fix up a nice, cushy desk job.”
Those were Lieutenant Brian Lawson’s words when he arrived in the barracks of the famous Hyderabad Fusiliers, and for a while it looked as though they might come true. But then came the war with Japan, and for Brian Lawson nothing could ever be the same again. For he was part of the… Company of Heroes!
Commando 5953 (For Action and Adventure): Terror Train
Story: Rossa McPhillips | Internal Art: Jaume Forns | Cover Art: Keith Burns
Tunisia, 1943. A German military supply train cuts through North Africa, delivering vital supplies to the German lines. Equipped with vicious anti-aircraft guns, making it impossible to attack from the skies, the behemoth train threatens the Allied stronghold.
Tasked with destroying it, Captain Mike Lambert and his New Zealand Long Range Desert Group unit must fight carriage‑to‑carriage to wrest control from the Germans and destroy the supply line once and for all…
Commando 5954 (Silver): Spring the Trap
Story: McDevitt | Internal Art: CT Rigby | Cover Art: Jeff Bevan
First published 1985 as No. 1864
When Commando officer Richard Adam was ordered to lead his expert team into the Italian mountains to blow up a vital dam, he didn’t expect this mission to be much different from any of the others he had tackled.
Boy, was he in for a surprise…
Commando Presents: Sergeant Rayker
Out: 28th April 2026
204 Pages | ISBN: 978-1917436618
• Buy it direct from DC Thomson | AmazonUK Affiliate Link
The iconic hero returns in a full-scale graphic novel!
Sergeant Moses Rayker – one of DC Thomson’s most unforgettable heroes – bursts back onto the page in this action-packed graphic novel. First appearing in Warlord in 1979, Rayker became a breakout favourite thanks to a fierce moral code and an unshakeable refusal to tolerate prejudice from either Axis or Allied forces. After an original run through weeklies, annuals and specials until 1984, the legend roared back in 2025 in Commando, Britain’s longest‑running war comic.
Now, for the first time, Rayker’s first two rebooted Commando missions are expanded to full graphic novel size, showcasing dynamic artwork that brings every punch, ambush and narrow escape to life.
Whether you’re discovering Rayker for the first time or returning to a classic favourite, Commando Presents: Rayker delivers fast‑and‑furious action, bold artwork and the rebirth of a true genre icon.
• Commando Comics is online at commandocomics.com | DC Thomson – Subscriptions | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Commando Comics on AmazonUK | Commando Comics on Magzter
• If there’s a past Commando comic you would like to see reprinted, contact the team via generalenquiries@commandomag.com
Commando Comics 5991 – 5994 Cover Gallery
• If there’s a past Commando comic you would like to see reprinted, contact the team via generalenquiries@commandomag.com
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
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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