As we charge once again into Halloween territory, we find ourselves faced with some spooktacular new stories over our next couple of sets! Issues 5791-5794 go on sale from today, 10th October, 2024!
5791: The Mummy’s Tomb
Four British soldiers stood on ground untouched for centuries. While the battle for North Africa raged above them, their greedy eyes fixed on the treasure of the ancient Egyptian tomb. Each man took a prize to cash in once the war had ended — canopic jars containing the mummy’s organs.
Four men, four jars…each doomed to suffer the mummy’s curse.
From acclaimed writer of Commandos Vs Zombies, Georgia Standen Battle, comes a creepy tale of murder, betrayal and ancient curses that’ll leave you asking for your mummy. With terrific hieroglyphics from Jaume Forns and Marco Bianchini, there’s plenty to get wrapped up in!
Story: Georgia Standen Battle
Art: Jaume Forns
Cover: Marco Bianchini
5792: Ghost Pilot
Piloting a lurching bomb‑loaded Lancaster through the flame‑lit, shell‑torn night skies of Germany needed nerves of steel. Bomber pilots were a tough, cheery bunch. They had to be.
Then into a squadron came the strange, young pilot with pure white hair and burning, bitter eyes, and raids began to go wrong. Bombs were wasted on grass fields. Nazi Ack‑Ack guns and fighters were ready and waiting for our bombers, even on surprise raids. Plane after vulnerable plane was lost without trace.
The time came when questions had to be asked — and the answers given by the white-haired pilot started up the whisper of “Traitor!”
The first classic reprint this week is a hair-raising story by Gardener. Last published in 1972, the artwork by Peter Ford is a cut above the rest, and the wig-nificent Ken Barr cover is so scary good, it’ll turn your hair white!
Story: Gardener
Art: Peter Ford
Cover: Ken Barr
First published as No 117
5793: The Demon of Selva Oscura
July 1943. As war rages across Europe, the Italian village of Selva Oscura has grown eerily quiet. Troubled SOE captain, Simon Peters, has been tasked with securing the strategic territory. Unbeknownst to him, the sadistic Oberst Faustmann rules over Selva Oscura with a strange power. Why can none of the villagers escape through the surrounding forests? What was it that the Nazis uncovered in the catacombs beneath the ancient church?
Our next ghoulish offering features both a truly demonic cover and unholy artwork by the prince of darkness himself, Carlos Pino. Alongside a delightfully hellish script by Kate Dewar, this is one Commando worth selling your soul for.
Story: Kate Dewar
Art: Carlos Pino
Cover: Carlos Pino
5793: River of Death
They took Jim Chalmers off Hurricanes because they reckoned he’d lost his nerve, fought too many dogfights with Zeroes. They gave him a lumbering Dakota on a routine job ferrying supplies from one base to another. Jim didn’t like this at all, but he needn’t have worried. There were wilder days coming, days when he would have no plane at all, when he’d be up against the Japanese and jungle on the…RIVER OF DEATH
We’re off to the jungle for our final reprint of the week, this time from 1971. With yet another iconic cover from the legendary Ian Kennedy, oar-some art by Gonzalez and a script by Fitzsimmons with more twists and turns than the mighty Rio Grande, this is one that’s sure to make a splash!
Story: Fitzsimmons
Art: Gonzalez
Cover: Ian Kennedy
First published as No. 582
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