Commando Comics Briefing: Issues 5903-5906
Commando Comics Issues 5903-5906 go on sale from Thursday, 6th November 2025!
The set features the Commando debut of Comics Laurete Bobby Joseph, working with veteran boys' comic artist Mike Dorey. "The Lions of Ypres" is up first, and pays tribute to the Indian soldiers who fought in Belgium's frozen trenches during WW1. The set also includes two classic reprints from the 1970s and 1980s. There is also the little-known origins of the Goat Major of the Royal Welsh Regiment, by Dr. Hailey Austin.
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Commando 5903 (Home of Heroes): The Lions of Ypres
During the First World War, 1.3 million Indian soldiers fought alongside the British Army, men like Sepoy Ram Thapar and Lal Mathai who had been brought from the hot climate of India to the frozen, battle-torn wasteland of Ypres, Belgium.
They were unprepared for what horrors awaited them in the muddy trenches, but they met the challenge head-on, bravely roaring like lions.
Story: Bobby Joseph.
Art and Cover: Mike Dorey.
Commando 5904 (Gold): Brave Coward
Lieutenant Guy Merton was no good. As a fighting man, he was an out-and-out failure.
Then something happened - something no-one else knew about - and it turned him from a coward into a first-class fighting fury!
Story: Bernard Gregg.
Art: Gordon C Livingstone.
Cover: Aldoma.
First published 1971 as No. 585.
Commando 5905 (For Action and Adventure): Goat Major
When Huw Arthur joined the Welch regiment, it quickly became clear he wasn't much of a soldier. He couldn't shoot to save his life, and he wasn't particularly brave. As far as his superiors were concerned, there was only one job he could do…
For decades, the regiment had kept a goat as a mascot, and each goat had a steward - the Goat Major. Huw knew next to nothing about goats, but before long, he'd learn what it means to be a true soldier!
Story: Hailey Austin.
Art: Alejandro Magana.
Cover: Simon Pritchard.
Commando 5906 (Silver): Band of Warriors
Warriors, that's what they called them - men who could take on the enemy anywhere, any time, and lick him.
The last thing they needed was a coward amongst them, but that's what they got.
Story: Staff.
Art: Denis Mcloughlin.
Cover: Philpot.
First published 1984 as No. 1797.
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