WITH its tales of derring-do, lantern-jawed heroes and Germans shouting "Achtung!" you'd be forgiven for thinking the Commando comics belonged to a bygone age. But the pocket-sized wartime storybooks ...
Four Commando comics slipped out under the radar over New Year, Issues 5919 – 5921 on sale now in TG Jones, WHSmith Travel, ...
As any veteran magazine journalist can sadly tell you: most magazines are dead. Think of Tit-Bits, The Face, Smash Hits. Think of all the lad mags (I often do, with a regretful sigh) – all gone now, ...
Commando is the collective name for a series of war comics, published in digest form and sold in newsagents aimed at children. Published by DC Thomson, many a comic book creator and reader had their ...
Achtung! Achtung! Gott im Himmel, and with large dollops of both Donner und Blitzen, is nowhere safe from the march of wokery? For it has emerged that the Commando comic, now more than 60 years old, ...
Gott im Himmel! The country’s most famous war comic has crossed to the other side. Unthinkable as it may be to generations of readers, Commando For Action And Adventure – better known as Commando ...
An exhibition devoted to Britain's long-running Commando war comics opens in London this week. We take a sneak peak at some of the retro covers and original artwork going on display. 31 August 2011 • ...
One of them, however, didn’t forget, and has written an original comic for the series that was published recently — making him, in all probability, the first Indian writer on its roster. “As far as we ...
When a reader flicks through the pages of most comic books there is a temptation to dismiss the fanciful stories and dramatic art as light-hearted children’s entertainment full of superlative ‘Bang!’, ...
The sleek design isn’t quite as bogged down by armaments and bandoliers as previous takes on the figure, and his belts and accessories are not as massive as they have been in some of the comics, ...