Brand new Commando (Issues 5139 – 5142) go on sale from DC Thomson in all good newsagents (and various digital platforms) on Thursday 12th July. Bear your Brown Bess musket and Baker rifle with the Sherwood Foresters, ditch the camera… Read More ›
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Convict Commandos back in action!
The latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic, Commando (Issues 5123 – 5126) are on sale now! Hunt ‘wolf warriors’ with the Convict Commandos, infiltrate a POW camp full of bloodthirsty Nazi fanatics, team up with Italian partisans in the… Read More ›
Writer Heath Ackley makes Commando debut
Brand new Commando (Issues 5119 – 5122) from DC Thomson are on sale on Thursday (3rd May) in all good UK newsagents and through various digital platforms and sees the debut of another new talent to the veteran title –… Read More ›
Feuding footballers and a jinxed bomber haunt this week’s new Commando comics!
Brand new Commando (Issues 5107 – 5110) are on sale this Thursday (22nd March 2018). Go toe to toe with our feuding footballers, survive a flight in a jinxed Lancaster bomber, hold off Iraqi patrols in the Kuwait desert, and beat… Read More ›
Dog fights and U-Boat hunts? It’s all-out action in new Commando comics
Here’s the intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando war comic (Issues 5071 – 5074), on sale in all good newsagents (and via various digital platforms) from Thursday 16th November. Prepare for some hairy Harley Davidson chases, aerial… 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 ›
Cold War Commando!
Here’s the intel on the latest issues of Commando (Issues 5059-5062) from DC Thomson, on sale now in all good newsagents across the UK and various digital platforms. Expect Cold War espionage, Battle of Britain aerobatics, lost Napoleonic treasures and… 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 ›
Saigon Stories and a Nazi called Groot? New Commandos on sale now!
On sale now are the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war stories comic Commando (Issues 5035 – 5038), available in all good newsagents and various digital platforms. In the latest issues, there’s fighting through the streets of Saigon, Middle Eastern… Read More ›
Gordon Livingstone – An Appreciation by Calum Laird
Former Commando editor Calum Laird pays tribute to artist Gordon Livingstone, who died recently… When British comics lost Gordon Livingstone, they lost one of their finest servants. As I was lucky enough to work with him, on and off, for… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Commando comic artist Gordon C. Livingstone
It is difficult to say how much artist Gordon C. Livingstone, aka Gordon Livingstone, who died recently aged 82, has influenced my appreciation of art. I first became aware of his work way back in December 1973, probably with the DC… 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 ›
Sea Aces and Troubled Troopers make for a great Commando comic mix
Here’s the intel on the latest issue of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 5019 – 5022) on sale now in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms. Our apologies for the delayed availability of this intel, which is brought to… Read More ›
Killer Commandos Stalk Your Newsagent This Week – and there’s flying saucers on the loose, too!
DC Thomson’s Commando Issues 5011 – 5014, on sale now in all good newsagents and various digital platforms, deliver a hotpot of unique wartime adventures, ranging from World War Two Home Front detectives to grizzled Yankees in the Vietnamese… Read More ›
Ghost Ships and Wartime Castaways – new Commando comics on sale on Thursday
Here’s the intel from DC Thomson on the latest issues of Commando (Issues 5007 – 5010) on sale in all good newsagents from Thursday 6th April 2017 and also available through various digital platforms. All four stories are set in… Read More ›
Spies, Secrets and Spitfires! It’s all happening in the new Commando comics
Here’s the intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando (Issues 4975 – 4978), on sale Thursday 15th December 2016 from all good newsagents and available on various digital platforms. NEW Commando 4975 – Flying Blind Story: Alan… Read More ›
On The Trail of the Lonesome Bucket in Dundee
It would be hard, to be honest, to find many Scots who have not heard of, or read the comic stories of Oor Wullie, a Scottish laddie who has never grown up, and has captured the hearts of millions over… Read More ›
Gordon C. Livingstone, I Presume – An Art Gallery
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”4″ gal_title=”Gordon Livingstone Art”] When I created my Comic Creator Spotlight for Gordon Livingstone, I had more pictures than I could shake a stick at and as a result, I have pictures that I did not use in the main… Read More ›
Comic Creator Spotlight: The Art of Gordon C. Livingstone
Artist Gordon Livingstone is another unsung hero of British comics. Born on 17th August 1934, he grew up in the tenements of Lochee, Dundee. As a school leaver, Gordon ended up working as an office boy for a local law firm… Read More ›
Convict Commandos battle Polar Bears! What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Here’s the intel on the latest issues of Commando (Issues 4915-4918) from DC Thomson, on sale now in all good newsagents and assorted digital platforms (detailed below) – and good news, the Convict Commandos are back, battling both polar bears and the… Read More ›