Commando Comics Briefing: Issues 5975-5978
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Commando Comics issues 5975-5978 launch this Thursday, 16th July. The standout is the return of Harrier Squadron in the tense new Cold War thriller Ghost Flight. With WESFED and ASBLOC teetering on the edge of war. Only the Squadron's jump-jet pilots can stop a rogue flight of "ghost fighters" from lighting the fuse.
The rest of the set mixes fresh chills with vintage thrills. Erlking sends US troops chasing an escaped Nazi fugitive into a Black Forest village plagued by the legend of a malevolent forest spirit, while reprinted classics Assassin! (1972) and Operation "Terror" (1985) revisit a prisoner's revenge plot and an unlikely German raid on a Welsh reservoir.
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Commando 5975 (Home of Heroes): Harrier Squadron: Ghost Flight
It is the mid-1990s and across a battle-scarred Europe, the forces of WESFED (Western Federation) and the Eastern armies of the ASBLOC (Asian Bloc) are in a delicate state of truce. But the fragile peace is under constant threat and only Harrier Squadron — an international allied task force of jump-jet pilots — can prevent a flight of bandit "ghost fighters" from re-igniting the deadly conflict!
Story: James Swallow.
Internal Art: Esteve Polls.
Cover Art: Keith Burns.
Commando 5976 (Gold): Assassin!
John Daniels had only one thought in his mind — revenge. Revenge against the Brigadier who had sentenced him to prison for the crime of self-defence.
Now, the Brigadier was a prisoner in Germany, and John was on his way to find him. But it was no rescue attempt — John had orders to silence the Brigadier once and for all!
Story: Gentry.
Internal Art: V. Fuente.
Cover Art: Penalva.
First published 1972 as No.620.
Commando 5977 (For Action and Adventure): Erlking
Germany, 1945. Following Germany's surrender, Allied forces occupy much of the country. In pursuit of an escaped Nazi prisoner, a troop of US soldiers encounters a French-occupied village on the edge of the Black Forest, which has been experiencing a spate of missing people.
The villagers blame the malevolent Erlking — a forest spirit. Only Klara Hoffman, a local clockmaker's daughter, believes a more human threat dwells in the woods.
Story: NA Breakenridge.
Internal Art: Esteve Polls.
Cover Art: Marco Bianchini.
Commando 5978 (Silver): Operation "Terror"
When a man has seen too much fighting and come close to death, he wants only one thing — a safe job, and a bit of peace and quiet away from the shells and the bullets. So Ned Simpson reckoned his luck was in when he was sent home from Italy and posted to guard a Welsh reservoir.
But how wrong can you be? For soon he was to come face-to-face with a crack German parachute unit.
In Wales? Yes, that's right...
Story: Staff.
Internal Art: Escandell.
Cover Art: Philpott.
First published 1985 as No. 1893.
That wraps our look at Commando Comics Issues 5975-5978. For more Commando Comics coverage - including new releases and classic reprints - check out our news section.
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