DC Thomson Media’s Heritage Comics much-anticipated and eagerly awaited book, The Art Of Ian Kennedy, celebrating 70 years of Kennedy’s illustrious career at DC Thomson, is available to pre-order now
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Giant Spiders on the march in latest Commando Comics?
Spiders, jets, avengers, and rebels! All this in brand new Commando issues 5207 – 5210 out this Thursday and available in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms
Commando Comics “War Across Europe” covers revealed
Inspired by true events, Commando Comics three-part series War Across Europe launched recently with Issue 5203, “Rebel” – but now DC Thomson have released the covers for upcoming issues, too.
Sneak Peek: Keith Burns first cover for Commando
Top aviation and comics creator Keith Burns has joined the Commando Comics team as a cover artist
“War Across Europe” launches in new Commando comic!
Brand new issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (5203 – 5206) are out this Thursday, on sale in all good newsagents across the UK – and on digital platforms. Get ready for revenge in the desert, a train heist in Nazi-occupied… Read More ›
Commando Comics tease new series, “War Across Europe: REBEL!”
Part one of the brand new Commando three-part series, War Across Europe: REBEL! is out soon from DC Thomson
Comic Creator Spotlight: Commando Cover Artist “Dalger” (Alfredo de la María)
Thanks to several Commando and comic art fans, we can reveal the real identity of the artist who provided the stunning cover to Commando 5202, “The Joker” a reprint of a story first published back in 1994 with interior art… Read More ›
Another landmark issue for Commando, as Issue 5200 released
The longest-running British war comic reaches its 5200th issue as Commando releases brand new issues 5199 – 5202, on sale this Thursday in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms from DC Thomson. Check out the mysteries of Pyu… Read More ›
Ramsey’s Raiders scream back into Commando, Ian Kennedy art book on way!
Tons of Motor Torpedo Boat action, a Gloster Gladiator duelling Messerschmitts, a risky attack on a U-boat base during an eclipse, and the triumphant return of Ramsey’s Raiders! There’s all this and more to enjoy in brand new Commando issues… Read More ›
Creating Comics: The Making of Commando Comic cover No. 5193 – ‘Cold Steel’
Graeme Neil Reid recently joined the star studded list of cover artists for DC Thomson’s anthology – a list that includes Ian Kennedy, Neil Roberts and many, many more. Here, he outlines how he created his most recent cover for… Read More ›
Viking ghosts and a man from Mars menace in new Commando comics!
Get ready for Viking ghosts, a man from Mars, Napoleonic duels, and grudges against the Germans! All this and more in brand new Commando issues 5191 – 5194, on sale in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms this… Read More ›
It’s Ice Cold in the new Commando Comics, on sale now!
Brand new Commando – Issues 5187 – 5190 – are on sale now in all good newsagents from DC Thomson, featuring icy escapes in the Russian wilderness, furious fights alongside the Red Devils, night-vision missions in the Iraqi desert – and… Read More ›
Ramsey’s Raiders – Competition Winners!
Last week, we gave downthetubes readers the chance to win one of three copies of the new Commando Presents: Ramsey’s Raiders (reviewed here), courtesy of DC Thomson. Here are the winners, chosen by the office cat (borrowed from Sparky, of course)…. Read More ›
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 ›
In Review: Commando Presents Ramsey’s Raiders Volume 1
DC Thomson’s Commando digest sized combat picture library has been running continuously since 1961 and in that time it has become the British comic with by far the greatest number of issues ever published with over 5180 under its ammo-belt…. Read More ›
DC Thomson’s Heritage Brands Editor Gordon Tait Talks Buckets, War and Reprints
As the new Heritage Brands Editor at DC Thomson, replacing Kirsten Murray who inaugurated the role, Gordon Tait brings a great depth of knowledge and experience to the position that includes editorship of 104 issues of Commando a year plus… Read More ›
Commando’s commemoration of the Great War Armistice concludes with the final two Weekes’ War stories
Commando has been running World War One stories for the duration of November in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armistice which stopped the fighting. The highlight of this has been the sequence of five connected stories under the… Read More ›
“Weekes’ War” Commando tales continue this week – plus, Starblazer returns?
Brand new Commando comics (Issues 5175 – 5178 are out this week from DC Thomson, on sale in all good newsagents (and online) on Thursday. But hang on, the chap in the gas mask on the cover of Issue 3178… Read More ›
Commando’s Ramsey’s Raiders are back – in full colour!
It’s Commando’s Ramsey’s Raiders as you’ve never seen them before! They’re fully-loaded, fully-coloured, and ready to rumble in their first-ever graphic novel – Ramsey’s Raiders Classic Stories.
How Commando publisher DC Thomson pioneered wartime family drama in comics
Long before “Charley’s War” in Battle, and the latest Commando mini-series, “The Weekes’ War” Dundee-based comics publisher DC Thomson pioneered the idea of seeing war through the eyes of different members of the same family in comics – all serving simultaneously on… Read More ›