Commando Comics This Week: 5687-5690

Welcome, foolish mortals, to the beginning of Commando's Halloween spook-a-rama set of comics! We hope you’re not afraid of the dark because Commandos issues 5687 – 5690 go on sale Thursday 12th October, 2023!

Commando 5687: Home of Heroes: Beneath

Story | Kate Dewar | Art | Esteve Polls | Cover | Keith Burns

When the Nazis thundered over Europe they took control of the people and the land. But they did not know what horror lay beneath the earth, hungry and rage-filled from the last war that had ravaged those soils. It had tasted human-flesh and it craved more…

Now spooky season has officially begun, Commando is kicking off the horror with Kate Dewar's subterranean horror brought to your grubby hands by Alberto Saichann's gritty artwork with eerie cover by Keith Burns! You'll want all the lights on for reading this one!

Commando 5688: Gold Collection: The Haunted Woods

Story | Bernard Gregg | Art | Haupt | Cover | Ian Kennedy

It was a place shunned by every living creature. No man would go into that wood, no animal hunted there, no insect stirred.

For centuries an atmosphere of evil had brooded amongst those trees, while an ancient mist shrouded the terrible things that had happened there.

Next in our fear-fest is a DREAD-ful yarn by Bernard Gregg from 1975. There's always something CREEPY about the woods but the art by 'Haupt' is sure to make you wet yourself in fear! Topped off with an iconic cover by Ian Kennedy – you WOOD not want to miss this issue!

Commando 5689: Action and Adventure: Dawn of the Gorgons!

Story | Dominic Teague | Art | Dan Barnfield | Cover | Dan Barnfield

In 1956, the Egyptian government seized control of the Suez Canal. In response, British and French forces launched 'Operation Musketeer', a joint offensive to reclaim the canal, transporting troops and aircraft across the Mediterranean Sea in preparation for an invasion.


On its way through the Med, HMS Wyndham, encountered a strange, abandoned vessel filled with a mysterious cargo. The inexperienced marines sent to investigate were about to unwittingly stumble upon a nightmare that had been slumbering since 1943!

Gorgons return to the pages of Commando! You may remember the foul beasts from Issue 5589' Night of the Gorgons' also written by the demonic Dominic Teague! Dan Barnfield takes over the monstrous mantle of artwork as he's featured on interiors and cover art! 

Commando 5690: Silver Collection: Renegade Sergeant

Story | C G Walker | Art | Blasco | Cover | Jeff Bevan

After he escaped from the police in London, safecracker Bert Devlin changed his name and joined the army in an attempt to shake off his past. He thought he'd managed it too — until he was stopped by an MP one day who turned out to be the policeman he'd clobbered while escaping! 

For those who like a more classic kind of Commando is Issue 5690 'Renegade Sergeant' but that's not to say there isn't something sinister contained within the pages written by CG Walker! Yes, it may not look like the creepiest Commando for Halloween but looks can be deceiving! For what horrors await you inside this issue has to be seen to be believed!