Here’s the lowdown on this week’s Commando comic releases from DC Thomson on sale from today (Thursday 24th October)… Commando No 4647 – Dead Shot Story: Dominic Teague Art: Vila Cover: Janek Matysiak Preview: www.commandocomics.com/latest-issues/24th-october-2013-collection Young Jason Stringer was an… Read More ›
Commando editor Calum Laird kindly sent us this tribute to the original editor of the war comic Chick Checkley, which he found in a 1971 edition of the DC Thomson staff magazine. The portrait of Chick above is by… Read More ›
Here’s the full details on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando, on sale now in all good newsagents and also as digital editions, offering two new stories – one featuring a behind the lines tale of the… Read More ›
Commando issues 4639-4642 go on sale today (26th September) in all good newsagents and as digital editions, with another fine mix of action and adventure, as the RAF put their first jet fighter through its paces in a new story… Read More ›
Fresh from major book assaults on Hong Kong and New York, DC Thomson’s Commando books supply the ammunition for fine artist David Mach, who currently has an exhibition at the Lochgelly Centre in Lochgelly, Fife. The work featured is inspired… Read More ›
It is that time of the year again when calendars are appearing in the shops and for the third year running Waverley Books have released a Commando calendar. As in the previous two years the Commando Calendar 2014 has 13… Read More ›
The latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando are on sale now in all good Biriths newsagents and available digitally. This batch of pocket library titles includes another episode of the comic’s first ever female war hero, Soviet pilot… Read More ›
DC Thomson Commando Issues 4631-4634 are on sale now in all good newsagents across the UK. Featuring a terrific-looking air war story, “The Black Buzzard” and a new “Convict Comandos” tale, here’s the lowdown on all four releases… Commando No… Read More ›
The latest batch of Commandos are in the shops and include a reprint of Massacre At Mendhi Pass, a 1974 Cam Kennedy Story with an Ian Kennedy cover. Commando 4627 – Race Of Death Story: Alan Hebden Art: Morahin Cover:… Read More ›
On sale next week are four new collections of Commando naval stories from Prion, an imprint of Carlton Books. These mid-format compilations – featuring work by Commando veterans such as writers Alan Hebden and R.A. Montague and artists Gordon Livingstone,… Read More ›
Along with two new Commando stories a classic war adventure drawn by Cam Kennedy is re-presented among the new issues of the last-remaing war comic on sale from today in all good newagents across the UK. Here’s the lowdown on… Read More ›
Here’s the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando, on sale now in all good newsagents across the UK and digitally from iTunes for iPad and iPhone. These releases comprise four re-presented stories, based on reader suggestions. The Commando team remind… Read More ›
Here’s the rundown on the latest batch of DC Thomson’s Commando comic – one sale from today in all good UK newsagents – and in digital editions. Commando No 4615 – Palace’s Buckingham Story: Alan Hebden Art: Keith Page Cover:… Read More ›
The last batch of four Commandos introduced the new gatefold back covers with their unobstructed cover artwork and the current batch of four now on sale continues the changes with the new stories now given a fresh typeface and the… Read More ›
It's all change for Commando as DC Thomson unveil the first set to feature new-style gatefold-out covers, as the title's price rises to £2 per issue. “Over the last two years we've been listening to our readers’ thoughts about Commando… Read More ›
The Commando team, as well as managing to publish 104 issues of the comic each year, have been using the official Commando Comics Facebook page to give some behind the scenes info on their titles. This includes some of the… Read More ›
The Commando team, as well as managing to publish 104 issues of the comic each year, have been using the official Commando Comics Facebook page to give some behind the scenes info on their titles. This includes some of the… Read More ›
15th August 2013 will see Prion Books release four new Commando books, each reprinting six stories from the long running war comic, and bring the number of Commando reprint books released by Prion in 2013 to eight. With painted… Read More ›
Commando Editor Calum Laird is scheduled to give a talk at the Chalke Valley History Festival at Ebbesbourne Wake near Salisbury in Wiltshire. The talk entitled “Achtung! Commando Comics” will take place at 1130 on Saturday 29 June 2013. Calum… Read More ›
Art by Carlos Pino © and courtesy of DC Thomson Here’s details of the latest Commando war comics, on sale now in all good newsagents – and in a first for the title, Operation Nachthexen features their first-ever female lead… Read More ›