Here’s the lowdown on all the latest issues of Commando from DC Thomson (Issues 4759-4762) , on sale now in all good newsagents and digitally for iPad and iPhone… Commando No 4759 – Assault In The Alps Story: George Low… Read More ›
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Sopwiths versus Stukas? Shurely Shome Mishtake, Commando…
Here’s the intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic, Commando (4743-4746), on sale tomorrow, 25 September 2014 in all good newsagents and digitally via iTunes for iPad and iPhone. Commando No 4743 – Return To The… Read More ›
Eagles Of Battle Series Begins In Commando
One of the traits of Commando over its 50 years of publication is that it tells one-off stories rather than on-going serials. The title has rarely even had series within its run that reused the same characters, although notable exceptions… Read More ›
Latest Commandos With Another Double Kennedy Issue
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 ›
Cam Kennedy classic re-presented in new Commando
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 ›
Latest Batch of Commandos Take On The Cold War
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 ›
Jokers in the new Pack of Commandos
Here’s the intel on the new Commando war comics, on sale now in all good British newsagents… I recently had a chance to sit down with Commando editor Calum Laird as part of my working day and discuss the future… Read More ›
Gas-Bag Gunmen and Ghosts haunt new Commandos
The latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando – on sale now – comprise both the regular reprint titles and two ‘By Special Request’ stories – issues readers specifically wanted to see again. Here’s the intel… Commando No 4523: Gas-Bag GunmenStory:… Read More ›
Commandos by Air, Land and Sea!
Every field of combat is covered in the latest batch of Commandos, on sale now in good newsagents (don’t bother with the bad ones). Here’s the rundown… Commando No 4519: High Speed RescueStory: Mac MacDonald Art: Rezzonico Cover: Janek Matysiak… Read More ›
Deadly Commandos hit the newsagents
Here’s the latest information on DC Thomson’s Commando title, with these four Commando stories now on sale in good newsagents and via iTunes for iPad and iPhone… Commando 4515 – The Deadly GamesStory: Alan Hebden Art: Keith Page Cover: Keith… Read More ›
Photos from the Opening of the Aberdeen Commando Exhibition
It’s not often a comics event is opened with a bagpiper, even in Scotland, so driving into the car park of the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen on a slightly overcast summer’s morning to the skirl of the pipes set… Read More ›
Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From feature droid and writer Scott Montgomery
Marking 2000AD’s 35th birthday, comic industry contributors recall favourite moments
Commando Webbing: Comics History, Interviews & Downloads
DC Thomson’s official Commando website has recently added a lot of content inspired by the Draw Your Weapons exhibition of Commando artwork at the National Army Museum in Chelsea. The entire section of the website is indexed here and, while… Read More ›
Commando "Draw Your Weapons" exhibition opens at National Army Museum
The National Army Museum has just opened its small, but perfectly formed, exhibition based on the art of Commando comic, and Richard Sheaf was there for downthetubes on its opening night… The official opening night on Thursday (having been open… Read More ›
Creating Comics: G.I. Handley – Rise of the Writer
Edinburgh-based writer Ferg Handley has written for a wide range of British comics since the mid-1990s covering subjects as diverse as football, war and superheroes. With the recent launch of the UK tie-in comic GI Joe, for which Ferg writes… Read More ›