Brand new issues of war comic Commando (Issues 5279 – 5282) are on sale soon from DC Thomson Media. Here’s the intel, hot from our codebreakers… Commando 5279 – Home of Heroes: A Boy Goes To War Story: Iain McLaughlin… Read More ›
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“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.
Sneak Peek: Commando’s Ramseys Raiders Volume Two
The second collection of Commando‘s Ramsey’s Raiders is on its way, and we have a sneak peek here for you of the full colour presentation of two classic stories featuring the Special Raiding Force! The ragtag crew of mavericks commanded… Read More ›
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 ›
Writer Ferg Handley reveals the story behind Bomber Braddock’s return to comics
Commando presents the return of working class bomber pilot Matt Braddock to comic pages for the first time in over 20 years, the first of two new stories debuting this Thursday, on sale in all good newsagents and available digitally… Read More ›
“Braddock of the Bombers” revived for new Commando stories
Commando Comics has followed up its teasing of a revival of characters from the weekly boys’ comic Victor with an announcement that “Braddock” will be following in the footsteps of “Codename: Warlord” aka Lord Peter Flint and returning to comic… 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
World War Two action all the way in new Commando comics
Brand new issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando (Issues 5247-5250) are on sale now in all good newsagents. Featuring firemen on the Home Front, French pilots of the Free French Forces, an underaged murder suspect, and the German invasion… Read More ›
New York Times best-selling thriller author James Swallow pens new Commando tale
Hallucinations in the Burmese jungle, dogfights above the curvature of the Earth, betrayals in France, and friends torn apart by World War Two! It’s all happening in the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 5243 – 5246), out soon… 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!
Replacing Eagle: The Comics That Didn’t Make It – Part 4 Another Eureka
This series of articles by Jeremy Briggs covers the dummy comics that were created through the years as potential ‘modern’ versions of the original Eagle comic from the 1950s and 1960s, none of which ever made it to newsagents’ shelves…. 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 ›
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 ›
Real-life British Soldier immortalised in new comic to mark Remembrance
To mark Remembrance, and help build public awareness of the work and sacrifices of those serving in the Armed Forces over the last century, the British Forces Broadcasting Service has immortalised a real-life British solider in the pages of a… 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.
World War One saboteurs, bob sleighing Generals and more in new Commando comics!
The latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando (Issues 5095 – 5098) are on sale now in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms. Soldiers sabotage Jerry lines after the Somme during World War One, bobsleigh down mountains… 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 ›
More big comics action from Commando, the pocket-sized war comic!
Here’s the intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 5027-5030), on sale from Thursday 15th June 2017. Commando is sold in all good UK newsagents – and available digitally on various platforms. Size doesn’t matter in this… Read More ›
Glory Hunters and Deadly Nazis: New Commando comics on sale this week
Here’s the intel on the new Commando issues on sale this Thursday from DC Thomson (issues 5023-5026, 1st June 2017), full of classic heroes and antics. Covering the skies, both Gold and Silver reprints tackle the air battles of World… Read More ›