Out and about for the Christmas sales? Don’t forget to pick up your copies of the latest issues of Commando from your local newsagent, or grab them digitally. Issues 5291-5294 are on sale now from DC Thomson Media!
Carlos Pino
“A-Force”, a new action squad, debuts in Commando
Brand new issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando (Issues 5275 – 5278) are on sale in all good newsagents tomorrow, Thursday 31st October – and from various digital platforms.
Commando 5267 – 5270 On Sale This Week
Brand new issues of DC Thomson Media‘s Commando (Issues 5267-5270) are on sale this week, (from Thursday 3rd October) in all good newsagents across the UK. The line up this time out Including fighting dustcarts, a fortified house in Stalingrad,… Read More ›
Codename: Warlord returns in this week’s Commando Comics!
Brand new issues of DC Thomson Media‘s Commando Comics (Issues 5255 – 5258) are on sale this week in all good newsagents from Thursday (22nd August) and via various digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle. Featuring fighting desk clerks, hi-jinks in… Read More ›
Side by Side: Comics Tellings of Peterloo
Back in 2015, DC Thomson published Commando Issue 4843, titled “Peterloo!”, written by Ferg Handley with cover and internal art by Carlos Pino, one of several marking the 200th anniversary of Waterloo, but which also recounted the horror of massacre at St. Peter’s Field, Manchester on 16th August 1819. But it’s not the only recent telling of the terrible events in comics
New Fleetway Picture Library collections announced, past publishing secrets revealed
Artist Carlos Pino has unearthed a fascinating letter from longtime Fleetway editor Ted Bensberg, dating the end of originated strips for the original runs of titles such as War and Battle Picture Library – just as further details emerge about Book Palace… Read More ›
Ramsey’s Raiders blast back into Commando!
Brand new Commando issues 5235 – 5258 are out now in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms from DC Thomson. From secret messages to Douglas Boston bombers, from Nazi rail guns to a booby-trapped Lee Enfield – these issues have it all… including a new Ramsey’s Raiders story from Ferg Handley and Keith Page!
New Commando comics on sale now
Brand new Commando (issues 5183-5186) from DC Thomson are on sale now in all good newsagents, featuring Lancaster raids over Germany, coward pilots on the Russian front, a chilly reception in the Falklands, and the mystery of a British traitor!… Read More ›
Criminals on the loose in latest Commando comics!
Brand new Commando comics from DC Thomson (Issues 5167 – 5170) are on sale from this Thursday in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms. Track down a vicious criminal in World War Two France, search the desert dunes… Read More ›
Graeme Neil Reid joins the distinguished league of Commando cover artists for “The Red Devil” sniper adventure
2000AD and Doctor Who artist Graeme Neil Reid joins the ranks of Commando cover artists this week, when four new war comics go on sale this Thursday in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms. The stories in Issues… Read More ›
Wildcat, one of Fleetway’s last boy’s adventure comics, to be collected
Rebellion are to publish a collection of strips from Wildcat, Fleetway’s short-lived, last real attempt at a fortnightly boy’s adventure comic, launched in 1988. There’s also a mention on Amazon for another Jinty collection, Fran from the Floods. Published by Fleetway… Read More ›
New Editor on board at Commando comic!
Brand new Commando (issues 5131 – 5134) are on sale this Thursday in all good UK newsagents, and there’s also a new editor on board. Evade fate and fatalities with Captain Valentine as The Phantom returns, beat the Nazis at… Read More ›
New writers joins the Commando team!
Brand new Commando (Issues 5115 – 5118) from DC Thomson are on sale in all good newsagents this Thursday. Storming Messines Ridge, blasting Bettys in a Buffalo, tunnelling under the trenches with Maori Miners, and defending a Scottish island from an… Read More ›
New Year, New Commandos – on sale this week!
Brand new Commando comics from DC Thomson (Issues 5091-5094) go on sale in all good newsagents this Thursday (25th January 2018). This time out, a team of Nazi Fallinschirmjager paratroopers are in the loose in the Scottish Highlands during World War… Read More ›
Dangerous secrets revealed and deadly Nazis exposed in latest Commando comics!
Brand new Commando (Issues 5067-5070) are out tomorrow from DC Thomson, on sale in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms. In this latest batch of war-inspired comics Nazis are at large, attempting high profile assassinations, seeking prestigious medals… Read More ›
New Commando comics offer U-Boat action, dud grenades – and Viking gold!
The latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando war comic (Issues 5047-5050) are on sale tomorrow (Thursday 24th August 2017) in all good newsagents and various digital platforms. Offering classic and new adventures, enjoy stories of infiltrating U-Boats in the Atlantic,… Read More ›
Dunkirk spirit aplenty in the new Commando comics
Diving into familiar territory, like the Dunkirk retreat, the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando war comic (Issues 5039-5042) also feature many surprises like the air battles fought over the Burmese jungle, the battle torn streets of Madrid during the… Read More ›
In Praise Of: Commando artists Ian Kennedy and Carlos Pino
An Appreciation by former Commando editor Calum Laird There’s nothing like an anniversary – say, Commando’s 5000th issue, for example – to start your mind scrolling back through the years to days gone by. Nothing, except perhaps the combination of an… Read More ›
5000 Not Out: DC Thomson’s Commando comic celebrates a landmark issue next week
DC Thomson’s Commando comic celebrates its 5000th issue next week with an all-new story from writer Ferg Handley with strip art from long-standing artist on the title, Carlos Pino and – who else? – a cover from Ian Kennedy, whose memorable… Read More ›
Sabotage Stories and Pirate Patrols in the new Commando comics!
Here’s the lowdown on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 4987 – 4990). These issues are on sale from Thursday 26th January 2017 in all good newsagents and on various digital outlets. Commando 4987 – Operation Arrowhead Story:… Read More ›