Commando Comics This Week: 5619-5622

Commando issues 5619-5622 are out Thursday, 16th February 2023! This set is also available digitally now, offering two new stories and two classics from the archives.

As always, you can get them physically in all good newsagents or online at Commando: War Comic For Action and Adventure (commandocomics.com), where great deals are always available. Get your first 26 issues for only £16 if you sign up with a direct debit, saving you a massive £120.50! Or you can sign up digitally, and the promotion code DCTEXTRA is still available for a 30% discount! A yearly sub is £49.99 (£34.99 if you use the discount code), which is £158 cheaper than buying them in the shops.

Commando 5619: Home of Heroes: Achtung, Destroyer!

Story | Brent Towns | Art | Esteve Polls | Cover | Keith Burns

This is where it all began, in the Mediterranean Sea, 1941.

John Griffin and Martin Beaumont were two Aussie skippers poles apart in nature. One was a stickler for the rules, the other had but one — do whatever it takes. However, a German raider was about to bring them both together to form an unlikely alliance. That was, if they didn't sink each other first…

Following Mario Morhain's sad passing last year, Esteve Polls takes the artistic reins of The Wombat The Tiger series, doing his predecessor proud. Towns' prequel telling all about the pair's origins and vendetta does not disappoint either, and with another cracker of a cover from Keith Burns, this sensational series strikes again!

Commando 5620: Gold Collection: The Moment of Truth

Story | Bernard Gregg | Art | Mira | Cover | Ian Kennedy | Originally Commando No. 953 (1975).

The two Royal Engineers sprang to their feet and sprinted down the tunnel, heading for the open air and safety. Behind them came a menacing chatter as the German armoured car opened up with its machine gun, the heavy bullets whining and spattering off the concrete walls. At any moment a ricochet might hit the carefully-laid demolition charges, bringing down the roof and burying them in a tumult of crashing rubble and choking, swirling water. Could they make the last vital yards to safety?

This 1970s classic is a tense tale from Golden-Age Commando writer Bernard Gregg, with stunning interiors from Mira and an action-packed cover from the master himself, Ian Kennedy.

Commando 5621: Action and Adventure: North Sea Fury

Story | Steve Taylor | Art | Carlos Pino | Cover | Carlos Pino

In 1940, Erik Jacobsen and his father Harold worked on a fishing boat called "Agnetha". Their life was peaceful until one day, it was spotted by a German Heinkel 111 hellbent on vengeance!

For not long before, this Heinkel had been forced to crash-land after being shot up by a fishing boat named "Agatha". Well, this case of mistaken identity was about to become fatal!

A classic yarn from Steve Taylor, reminiscent of traditional Commandos, Carlos Pino's terrific artwork brings the characters and action to life. 

Commando 5622: Silver Collection: The Fighting Swordfish

Story | Ross | Art | Gordon C Livingstone | Cover | Ian Kennedy | Originally Commando No. 1422 (1980)

With the stick pulled right back and the engine screaming, the plane missed the heads of the startled Germans by mere inches. 

For a day and a night, this Fairey Swordfish had been grounded in hostile territory, all for the want of a piece of copper tubing and a soldering iron. And they still weren't safely away yet...

The master of aviation artwork is back in this set, as Ian Kennedy does what he does best — painting planes in peril!