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“Professor Warr” returns in new Commando comic, out today

By John Freeman on August 30, 2023

Get your copies of Commando issues 5675 – 5678 today, Thursday 31st August, 2023, in newsagents, offering World War Two action in the North African desert, Italy, Germany and the Far East!

This set from DC Thomson Media leads with a sequel to an earlier issue, still available as a digital edition, featuring the return of the eccentric “Professor Warr” created by writer Suresh Ramasubramanian and Jaume Forns.

Over on Twitter, Suresh teases his script includes affectionate nods to some of his favourite books and films, including the “Dirty Harry” series.

Commando 5675: Home of Heroes: Professor Warr
Story: Suresh | Art: Jaume Forns | Cover: Neil Roberts

Commando 5675: Home of Heroes: Professor Warr - cover by Neil Roberts

What happens when an aged and eccentric professor is sent to the desert front in the Second World War? Well, at first his habits provoke everything from fun to irritation from his younger, greener comrades in arms. But Warr soon teaches them that to win they’ll have to fight smarter — not harder!

Commando 5675: Home of Heroes: Professor Warr - art by Jaume Forns — *Commando 5675: Home of Heroes: Professor Warr – art by Jaume Forns*

Commando 5675 is the sequel to issue 5643 “Warr and Pease” by Suresh, still available as a digital edition, which sees the return of the haphazard professor from the First World War now fighting in the Second. All this is brought to life by Jaume Forns with an explosive Neil Roberts cover!

*Explosive cover rough by the amazingly talented Neil Roberts for Commando Issue 5675*

Commando 5676: Gold Collection: Trail Blazers!
Story: Allan | Art: Aguilar | Cover: Penalva
Originally Commando No. 494 (1970)

Commando 5676: Gold Collection: Trail Blazers! - cover by Penalva

Classic Commando incoming, featuring amazing work from Allan, Aguilar and Penalva at the height of their careers…

In his first action against the Germans, Lieutenant Guy Morton lowered his head and charged. His men cheered and followed — and that was a shock for Guy, because he’d been sure he was running away from the fight!

Deep down, Lieutenant Guy Morton felt he was a coward — and now he had been sent to command fighting men in the front line.
There were whispers about him, then came the test of courage, and Guy cracked and ran. But he realised his men were following him and cheering like mad!

Commando 5677: Action and Adventure: Hell on High
Story: Brent Towns | Art: Guillermo Galeote | Cover: Keith Burns

Commando 5677: Action and Adventure: Hell on High - cover by Keith Burns

They called Lieutenant Robert Lloyd a coward for flying out of formation in Lazy Daisy, his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber. They blamed him for the death of over half of his crew, so they kicked him out and demoted him to co-pilot in another outfit.

Lloyd got a new crate and its pilot, Lieutenant Greg Hanlon, thought he knew the score and wouldn’t listen to a coward’s advice on flying. But Hanlon was going to learn that things weren’t all black and white when burning B-17s were going down around you amidst a hundred bursts of deadly flak!

Brent Towns is in fighting form on writing duty for this issue, with newcomer Guillermo Galeote on interiors, who made his debut on Commando back in June. Plus, there’s a true-to-form awe-inspiring cover by Keith Burns to boot.

Commando 5678: Silver Collection: Nothing Could Stop Him!
Story: Bill Fear | Art: Carrion | Cover: Ian Kennedy |
Originally Commando No. 1423 (1980)

Commando 5678: Action and Adventure: Nothing Could Stop Him - cover by Ian Kennedy

Steve Hunter began to wonder just what he was doing on board a rusty old cargo freighter in the middle of the Indian Ocean, especially when a Japanese submarine began to use the ship for target practice.
But he had escaped death before in the long search for his brother and he would do it again — nothing could stop him!

With a great lineup of creators involved, this is a silver-age Commando representation you don’t want to miss.

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

Please note, as of June 2023, the Heritage Comics and Commando Presents digital releases project is on hiatus, as DC Thomson examine new ways to publish classics from their archive – check out the Commando Presents Series Page on AmazonUK for all the digital titles released under these banners

Commando 5675 – 5678 Cover Gallery

Commando 5677: Action and Adventure: Hell on High – cover by Keith Burns – Full

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.