Commando Comics This Week: 5531-5534

Brand-new Commando issues 5531-5534 are on the horizon – and what a line-up! Commemorating 40 years since the Falklands War issues 5531, 5533 and 5534 tackle the conflict while issue 5532 features a supernatural tale from the 1970s!

And in tribute to a Commando and comics legend, all four issues include a tribute to Ian Kennedy, who will be greatly missed. Issue 5531 "Old Dogs" is particularly special as it features Ian Kennedy’s final completed Commando cover.

You can get them physically in all good newsagents or online over at Commando: War Comic For Action and Adventure (commandocomics.com) where there are always great deals available. Get your first 26 issues for only £13 if you sign up with a direct debit, saving you a massive £143! Or you can sign up digitally, where you can still use the promotion code DCTEXTRA for a 30% discount!

Commando 5531: Home of Heroes: Old Dogs 
Story | James Swallow | Art | Paolo Ongaro | Cover | Ian Kennedy

Sneaking behind enemy lines has never quite been like this! During the Falklands War, the Air Ministry knew they had to box clever if they wanted to beat the invading Argentinians out of the Falkland Islands. So they disguised a Canberra using Chilean colours to recon the enemy without arousing suspicion. But the pair operating the aircraft has more than the Argentinians to worry about as there’s a ruthless killer willing to do anything for the bounty on their heads!

James Swallow returns to Commando in stellar form, writing in his forte for aircraft which has been masterfully brought to life with artwork by Paolo Ongaro and Ian Kennedy. 

Commando 5532: Gold Collection: Son of the Viking 
Story | E Hebden | Art | Gordon C Livingstone | Cover | Ian Kennedy | Originally Commando No. 828 (1974)

Something strange is happening in this Commando! As the spirit of the Vikings lives on through bloodlines and a blooming great battle-axe too big to swing! Legend says that only those who are brave enough in times of crisis can find the strength to wield it — so everything is doomed when a pipsqueak with a yellow belly steps up to the plate — or will magic cast its spell once again!

Eric Hebden enchants us once again with an amazing classic Commando, with bewitching interiors from Gordon C Livingstone and a vivid cover by Ian Kennedy.

Commando 5533: Action and Adventure: Cold Conflict 
Story | Colin Maxwell | Art | Klacik | Cover | Neil Roberts

April 1982 saw Britain enter a new conflict half the world away. But three Royal Marines were stuck in the wrong place at the wrong time – behind enemy lines during the invasion! Sent on a recce mission miles from their base at Port Stanley before the war started, the trio saw the Argentinian forces invading the Falklands first-hand! Now they’ve been left with an impossible mission that could change the tide of the conflict, as the three marines must battle both the climate and the Argentinians if they are to save the day.

Colin Maxwell grabs the bull by the horns in his script for Cold Conflict, with a characteristic Commando yarn! Klacik and Neil Roberts are on artwork duties making this trio as good as the one in the issue! 

Commando 5534: Silver Collection: The Deadly Trade 
Story | Ian Clark | Art | Carlos Pino | Cover | Ian Kennedy | Originally Commando No. 2621 (1992)

April 1982 —Argentine troops poured onto the Falkland Islands and Britain stood on the brink of war. 

For Garry Mullen of the elite Special Boat Squadron, it meant at last the chance to put the deadly skills acquired over years of training to the ultimate test!

This Commando was originally released on the 10 year anniversary of the Falklands War, and now it returns for the 40 year Anniversary, showing how timeless it was then and remains today!