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Thursday, August 27, 2026

Commando 5987-5990

This week's Commando set sees the return of Sergeant Rayker and his team as they continue their journey through war-torn Europe, and tells us the story of a French Resistance cell struggling to know who to trust as the Gestapo closes in. Issues 5987-5990 are on sale today. Thursday August 27th.

5987: Sergeant Rayker: Retribution

Sergeant Rayker is back! As the Americans advance, Rayker’s mind is on victory, but also on revenge for his friend Clancy Davis, who was murdered by the SS.
As his unit moves further into Germany, the horrors of the Nazi regime are revealed, but will Rayker be able to exact his personal retribution or will Wolfgang Viessmann of the SS evade justice?

Story: Simon Topping
Internal Art: Mike Dorey
Cover Art: Mike Dorey & Grant Wood

5988: Flash-Point!

Sergeant Judd Hawke reckoned he’d seen the lot. He knew every weapon of war, and he’d handled them in battle after battle.
But now he was seeing something different, something terrifying… a secret weapon that melted tanks into useless lumps of metal!

Story: E Hebden
Internal Art: Aguilar
Cover Art: Penalva
First published 1972 as No.624

5989: Resistance!

Occupied France, 1942. After her cell of French Resistance fighters is betrayed and their intel destroyed, Eleanor Moraux finds herself unsure who to trust, and on the run from a fearsome Gestapo officer. But Eleanor has memorised vital intel that could assist the British and free her homeland — she must resist capture and she must escape.

Story: Robbie MacNiven
Internal Art: Vicente Alcazar
Cover Art: Marco Bianchini

5990: Flight of No Return

The Fairey Battle bomber was hopelessly out of date by the start of the Second World War. Yet many brave crews still flew them into action, taking on the might of the Luftwaffe — even though they knew their chances of survival were poor.
Some pilots even volunteered to tackle missions that they knew were going to be one-way trips...

Story: RA Montague
Internal Art: Gordon C Livingstone
Cover Art: Ian Kennedy
First published 1985 as No. 1895