Four new Commando Comics hit the shelves, bringing action and adventure to readers. This latest set of action-packed comics (issues 5955-5958) includes the epic finale to the Valiant Stormers Forlorn Hope series, a daring SAS mission for Captain Hulke, and a couple of classics from the 70s and 80s.
In 5955 (Home of Heroes): Dutiful Death, readers can enjoy the conclusion to the Valiant Stormers Forlorn Hope series. This series, set during the Napoleonic war, takes our hero, the law-abiding Lieutenant Jones, to the Franco-Spanish border. When Jones breaks the rules to save his friends, he is confronted by court-martial and heartbreak, and it’s going to take the help of his old comrades to survive their final fight on Spanish soil.
Dutiful Death by Andrew Knighton, with art by Manuel Benet.
Issue 5956 (Gold): The Knife takes the action to WWII in a story first published in 1971 as No.609. In this story, Private Bill Taylor had a very special Commando knife that was presented to him after he saved a friend’s life, but now his friends are dead, and the knife has been stolen, all by the same Nazi thug. Bill is determined to get his knife back and avenge his fallen comrades at the same time.
The Knife by Richardson, with internal art by Cortes and cover art by Penalva.
Issue 5957 High-Value Target (For Action and Adventure) follows SAS Captain Hugh Hulke as he carries out a mission to capture leading German SD officer, Olaf Metz. After a successful raid on Metz’s hideout, his team managed to capture six German officers, but which one of these was he? Hulke is in a race against time to find the right target.
High Value Target by Rossa McPhillips. Art by Vicente Alcazar and cover art by Marco Bianchini.
In Ice-Cold Courage issue 5958 (first published 1985 as No. 1862), the outdated, lumbering and cumbersome plane, the Fairey Swordfish, nicknamed “Stringbags”, was really effective when in the hands of excellent pilots. Tony Stanning was one of these pilots, but on his latest mission to attack a German battleship, he would need all his courage, not because of the enemy guns, but because his observer in the rear cockpit was an absolute useless coward.
Ice-Cold Courage by McDevitt. Internal art by Denis McLoughlin and cover art by Ian Kennedy.
These four new Commando Comics are available now from the Commando Comics website and from all good newsagents.
