Our ANZAC Day special Commando issues 5639-5642 go on sale today, Thursday 27th April, 2023. With two issues dedicated to ANZACs fighting in during World War Two in the Pacific alongside two classic Commando reprints!
5639: The Kokoda Trail
The Kokoda Trail — an unforgiving path slicing through the jungle of Papua New Guinea for sixty gruelling miles. Through thick mud, merciless terrain, and Japanese attack after attack, Australian soldiers retreated, hoping to survive the Kokoda Trail or die trying!
Ferg Handley’s gritty tale of survival in the inhospitable landscape of the Kokoda Trail is brought to life by Alberto Saichann’s stark and graphic interior artwork. What’s more, Neil Roberts’s superb cover pays homage to classic Commando issue No. 15!
Story | Ferg Handley
Art| Alberto Saichann
Cover | Neil Roberts
5640: The Prisoners
Classic Commando incoming! Bill Davies had been a pickpocket before the war, and when he got into uniform, his mates reckoned he stole from them too. No-one liked the little rat. But Bill wasn’t a little rat… he was actually a hero!
Commando 5640 has never been reprinted until this issue! On its first outing since 1975, this issue is brought to you from the pen of Hardwick, the pencil and inks of Marzal, and a cover by Staff!
Story | Hardwick
Art | Marzal
Cover | Staff
Originally Commando No. 960 (1975).
5641: Sink the Tiger!
The unthinkable has happened — HMAS Tiger has been captured by the Japanese and is being used to create havoc amongst allied shipping! The Australian Navy’s most experienced destroyer commander, John Griffin, is called in to solve the problem, his orders: “SINK THE TIGER!”
Another rip-roaring tale from Brent Towns’s The Wombat and The Tiger series! With interior artwork from outstanding newcomer, Esteve Polls, and Keith Burns’s amazing work on cover!
Story | Brent Towns
Art | Esteve Polls
Cover | Keith Burns
5642: The Fighting Fishermen
Trawler crews may not look as smart or disciplined as the men of the Royal Navy, but they have an instinct about the sea that is bred in their bones. So, when war broke out, the Germans began sowing mines in Britain’s vital shipping lanes, many of these fishing boats were given a new and dangerous task — to stop catching fish and start catching mines!
This silver-era Commando features work from prolific writer RA Montague, with zesty, seafaring interiors by Flores, and topped off with an Ian Kennedy classic!
Story | RA Montague
Art | Flores
Cover | Ian Kennedy
Originally Commando No. 1433 (1980).
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