Commando Comics Briefing: Issues 6003-6006 - It's Spooky Season!
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Commando Comics Issues 6003-6006 go on sale Thursday 22nd October, and it's a spooktacular Halloween selection. A haunted Lancaster flies over Germany, something feral hunts through the ruins of Stalingrad, a Churchill tank carries a ghost with a sense of humour, and a 1964 classic offers horrors of the strictly human kind.
Commando 6006, The Haunted Tank, has not been reprinted since its original 1986 run. For most collectors, this is a first chance at it, and DC Thomson has paired the reprint with a brand-new cover by Neil Roberts.
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Here is what each of Commando Comics Issues 6003-6006 has to offer.
Commando 6003 (Home of Heroes): H-FOR-HAUNTED
Flak, Luftwaffe Night Fighters, mechanical failures… The Lancaster crews of the 281 Pathfinder Squadron had more than enough to contend with without adding a haunted bomber into the mix. After one of their number crashes, strange things begin happening on bombing missions. Flight Lieutenant Tim Shaw and his crew must overcome their fears and uncover the truth at the heart of the haunting before it's too late!
A creepy Commando spookfest is featured in No. 6003 courtesy of horrifying writer Richard Estep. Manuel Benet lends his monstrous brush to the cover and interior artwork for the issue, making this comic one that will HAUNT you if you miss it!
Story: Richard Estep.
Internal Art: Manuel Benet.
Cover Art: Manuel Benet.
Commando 6004 (Gold): FOREST OF FEAR
Big Mitch Connor and his Canadians swaggered down the troopship gangway and stood sniffing the air of Hong Kong. Then they gaped in amazement at the British troops drilling smartly, saluting, doing fatigues - as if the island was a million miles from trouble.
Didn't these guys know that the Japanese were only a few thousand yards away?
Mitch knew it, his tough guys knew it, but the British hadn't wakened up yet! A smart kick in the pants was obviously needed.
The Canadians would have to let them know there was a war on, show them how to fight like men. That was how Mitch's troubles started…
A classic Commando is our second spooky offering this Halloween, but there's nothing scary about Clegg's tale of derring-do and the amazing artwork on offer from Biesla and Chaco… unless you count it being SCARY GOOD!
Story: Clegg.
Internal Art: Bielsa.
Cover Art: Chaco.
Originally printed as No.101 in 1964
Commando 6005 (For Action and Adventure): HUNGER
Stalingrad, winter, 1942. As grim, urban warfare drags on, something strange is happening in the ruins of the city - strange sounds coming from the carcasses of buildings, mysterious figures prowling the streets, missing supplies, and now even men are vanishing.
Medic Josef Seubert soon finds himself caught up in the mystery, forced to confront the gruesome truth: there are wild men living in the cracks of Stalingrad, and they are on the hunt.
Shiver running up your spine? That's just the chilling atmosphere of Issue 6005 by N A Breakenridge, who is fast proving himself a maestro of the macabre! With interior artwork by spooktacular Paolo Ongaro and cover by the gruesome Marco Bianchini - this is a Commando to sink your TEETH into!
Story: N A Breakenridge.
Internal Art: Paolo Ongaro.
Cover Art: Marco Bianchini.
Commando 6006 (Silver): THE HAUNTED TANK
Do you believe in ghosts? No? Well, neither did Sid Raleigh. That is, until he joined the crew of a Churchill tank called "Firebrand". That tank was haunted all right - and the ghost even had a sense of humour!
A never-before-reprinted Commando has escaped the haunted vaults at DC Thomson, and it's bagged itself a brand-new cover by the terribly talented Neil Roberts!
Story: Staff.
Internal Art: Ibanez.
Cover Art: Neil Roberts.
Originally printed as No.2050 in 1986
That wraps our look at Commando Comics issues 6003-6006. For more Commando Comics coverage - including new releases and classic reprints - check out our news section.
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