Commando Comics Briefing: Issues 5899-5902
Spooky season marches on with Commando Comics Issues 5899-5902, a chilling quartet landing on shelves Thursday, 23rd October 2025.
This batch blends wartime grit with supernatural suspense, but it's Commando 5899: Frostbite that truly bites back. Set during the Battle of the Bulge, this haunting debut from Julian Michael Carver traps readers in a frozen forest where soldiers mysteriously disappear. With Paolo Ongaro's claustrophobic artwork and Marco Bianchini's icy, monstrous cover, Frostbite delivers a visceral, first-person descent into fear.
These latest Commando Comics Issues 5899-5902 promise thrills, chills, and a few ghostly surprises. Just in time for Halloween!
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Commando 5899 (Home of Heroes): Frostbite
Caught in the chaos of the Battle of the Bulge, the 28th Infantry Division thought they had enough problems. But then, their comrades began mysteriously disappearing in the depths of the frozen forests.
Tasked with finding the missing soldiers, Private Howard Kennedy and nine of his fellow troops were sent off into the snow in search of answers. What they found hidden among the frozen trees would haunt him for the rest of his days!
A devilish debut from writer Julian Michael Carver, this first-person narrative puts you amongst the trees in Paolo Ongaro's claustrophobic rendering of the Ardennes, and, with a cover like that from Marco Bianchini, you can't help but shiver!
Story: Julian Michael Carver.
Art: Paolo Ongaro.
Cover: Marco Bianchini.
Commando 5900 (Gold): Time of Terror
The sea mist clung to the three British Commandos as they paddled a rubber dinghy towards the dark French coast. Behind them, their submarine slowly vanished beneath the waves, leaving them to face any dangers that lay ahead. And of danger there would be plenty, for no plans had been made for bringing them back again!
Motton's story strikes at a squaddie's worst nightmare — abandoned in France AGAIN. But there's plenty of light comedy and charm in the trio's banter and Gordon C Livingstone's stellar artwork to turn this into a dream issue.
Story: Motton.
Art: Gordon C Livingstone.
Cover: Gordon C Livingstone.
First published 1971 as No. 544.
Commando 5901 (For Action and Adventure): The Curse of the Zelda
Stranded in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the surviving crew of the wrecked HMS Avon was starting to wonder whether they would ever see land again. But the sight of a ship on the horizon soon raised their hopes.
Once on board the strange frigate, though, it seemed their troubles weren't over. Not a soul was aboard the ghost ship, and some of the men were hearing things. Who was the mysterious figure glimpsed out of the corner of the eye? What had happened aboard the Zelda?
A spine-tingling story from Rossa McPhillips where Juan Fernandez's dream-like artwork oozes the occult. Plus, the issue hosts another cracking cover from Marco Bianichini, the master of the macabre!
Story: Rossa McPhilips.
Art: Juan Fernandez.
Cover: Marco Bianchini.
Commando 5902 (Silver): Flames of Fear
No man is completely fearless — everyone has something he's afraid of.
Take three soldiers caught up in the fighting in the jungle, each with a fear to overcome. For one, it was fire. For another, tanks. And for the third, it was a dragon!
Goodness gracious great tanks of fire! There is plenty to fear in this frightful fable as CG Walker stalks a trio of haunted soldiers, certain they'll meet their doom in the jungles of Burma.
Story: CG Walker.
Art: Ruiz.
Cover: Jeff Bevan.
First published 1984 as No. 1792.
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