Commando issues 5615 – 5618 from DC Thomson Media are on sale in newsagents from Thursday 2nd February, 2023. This set is also available digitally now, offering two new stories and two classics from the archives, one featuring a deadly tiger… tiger tank, that is!
Plus, there’s a lovely “Easter Egg” in No. 5615 – an appearance by a downthetubes contributor we still miss since his unexpected passing back in 2021, as one of the characters!
Commando 5615: Home of Heroes: Crossed Swords
Story: Suresh | Art: Alberto Saichann | Cover: Neil Roberts (not Keith Burns as credited)
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William Kidd felt like a pirate with crossed cutlasses marked on his Sopwith Camel. During World War One, he shot down the ace German fighter with the broadsword on his plane… and then did the same to his son in the Spanish Civil War! Now a new war was on the horizon and the Cutlass and the Broadsword were destined to cross blades again!
This Commando issue from writer Suresh features not just World War Two, but spans World War One and the Spanish Civil War too, as a feud between one man and a whole family chases him across the continent and time itself!
Longtime downthetubes readers will instantly spot a nod from writer Suresh to our much-missed friend, comic archivist and feature writer Colin Noble – and Alberto has realised him in style!
Commando 5616: Gold Collection: In for the Kill
Story: Gentry | Art: Gordon C Livingstone | Cover: Ian Kennedy
Originally Commando No. 948 (1975)
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The young pilot officer could hardly believe his ears. But there was no mistaking the grim seriousness on the face of the Air Commadore, no question that he meant exactly what he had said…“I want you to go over to France and kill my son.”
A classic Commando gets its first reprint since 1975! Featuring the amazing artwork of the two legendary artists, Gordon C Livingstone and Ian Kennedy, with a superb story by Gentry, well, what’s not to like?!
Commando 5617: Action and Adventure: Ghost Run
Story: Heath Ackley | Art: Jaume Forns | Cover: Neil Roberts
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It should have been a normal run for John Yateley and Jim Weaver, delivering much-needed supplies to the front line. But when an eerie sight appeared on a hilltop and the pair noticed it was the ghost of a tank from the wrong war… well, things were about to get very weird indeed!
This wacky, supernatural tale from the mind of Heath Ackley is brought to life by Jaume Forns! And that’s not even mentioning the cover by Neil Roberts, which is a homage to Ian Kennedy’s cover for No. 1511, “Man of Mystery”!
Commando 5618: Silver Collection: Tiger, Tiger!
Story: CG Walker | Art: Carrion | Cover: Ian Kennedy
Originally Commando No. 1401 (1980)
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When young Horace Harper was at school the newspapers had headlines about him… ‘Boy Defeats Tiger!’, ‘Schoolboy’s Amazing Courage!’ and so on. It was only a few years later that Horace had his courage tested again, by another tiger. But this time it had a capital ‘T’ — the dreaded Tiger Mark VI tank!
There’s a tiger in the tale in Commando Issue 5618! You’ll really want to get your claws into this roar-some story by CG Walker. With wild interior artwork by Carrion and Ian Kennedy — this issue is grrrreat!
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Commando 5615 – 5618 Cover Gallery
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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