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Rule-breaking Commando Comics hit newsagents this week
Here’s the intel on the latest issues of Britain’s long-running war comic
Two new writers make their debut in new Commando comics, on sale this week
Two new writers, Richard Estep and Francis Buhagiar, take to the skies with latest set of action-packed Commando comics this week, and we have some intel…
Battling Britons Summer Special hits the beaches!
Another cracking-looking issue of Justin Marriott’s ace fanzine about war comics is out now
Exclusive Preview: Commando Calendar 2023 pre-orders open
This year’s Commando Calendar is an essential gift for fans of Britain’s longest-running war comic…
War at Sea, in the Air and on Land! Get ready for an action-packed set of Commando comics
No theatre of war is left untouched in four Commando tales, on sale this week in newsagents and online
Coming Soon: Blazing Battle Action, a new British Comic Archive title from Hibernia
Blazing Battle Action is the next Comic Archive available from Hibernia Comics, and will officially go on sale next week
Mark Eastbrook makes his debut as new Commando comic artist
Brand-new Commando, Issues 5547 – 5550, are available in shops from this Thursday 9th June 2022, a set that sees the debut of Mark Eastbrook as cover artist
Exciting News Inside? Looking back at Battle’s merger with Action
Back in 1977, how did fans of Action and Battle react to the merger of their favourite weekly British comics? We plundered the memories of some of them, including Garth Ennis, and former Battle editor, David Hunt…
New “Battling Britons” out this weekend, “Paperbook Fantastic” available now
Two new publications – Paperbook Fantastic Two, now available on Amazon, and Battling Britons 3, available on Amazon on Sunday, feature splendid cover designs by Bill Cunningham, published by Justin Marriott
Crime Writer Rossa McPhillips joins Commando creative team
The latest Commando comics set sees the debut of former soldier and National Crime Agency officer Rossa McPhillips as a writer on the long-running title
Date set for next Great British Comics Swap Meet
The team behind the now regular Great British Comics Swap Meet have set the date for their next event in July
In Review: The Sarge Volume One
Out today in all good book and comic shops, The Sarge is a cracking war comic romp, ripped from the pages of Battle, that more than passes muster for all-out action adventure
Air aces, and some, not so much, in this week’s Commando comics!
Not every Commando story is always a tale of daring… writer Calum Laird delivers a slightly oddball adventure this week!
Determined comics collector uncovers a Scottish comics rarity – the original “Commando Comics”, published in the 1940s
Collector Dave Dustin has discovered an apparently previously unknown superhero title published by Glasgow-based Cartoon Art Productions in the 1940s
Commando artist Paolo Ongaro honoured at Lucca, new issues out this week
Congratulations to Commando comic artist Paolo Ongaro for his latest award
Garth Ennis Battle Action Special signing events announced
Writer Garth Ennis will head up two special signing events in the UK to mark the direct market release of the Battle Action Special
Latest Phil-Comics eBay auction offers rare British comics with free gifts, and much more
You’ll find around 200 vintage comic listings in the latest Phil-Comics ebay auction, which starts closing this weekend, Sunday 17th April 2022
Learning with Comics and World War One stories
A free joint online talk by Dr Natasa Lackovic, organised by Lancaster City Museum and Lancaster University, aims to challenge participants understanding of war and comics
WAR anthology comic from Ukraine raising funds for embattled creators and country’s war effort
A group of Ukrainian comic creators, some drawing while under fire, are fighting back against invasion with a powerful subscriber-based anthology comic project