Commando Comics This Week: 5815-5818

It’s beginning to look a lot like... time for some new issues of Commando! In fact, these are the last issues of 2024, and what a year it has been! As we close out 2024, get ready for lots of explosions! Commando Comics Issues 5815-5818 will go on sale starting January 2, 2025.

This collection of daring wartime adventures features unexpected heroes as it takes you to the icy mountains of Yugoslavia and the treacherous waters of the North Atlantic. These stories are packed with action, suspense, and the unique charm that Commando fans have come to love.

Commando 5815: Shadow on the Sea

The North Atlantic, 1941. Captain Thomas Bright and the crew of the HMS Dandelion are tasked with escorting merchant ships carrying food and supplies to Britain. German U-boats lurk beneath the waves, threatening to destroy the ships at any moment.

Help comes in the unlikely form of Shadow, the new ship's cat, whose keen eyes and hearing could make the difference in fighting the unseen enemy!

You gotta be kitten me – a Commando about a cat? Let us purrsuade you – this clawsome adventure contains all the meowtstanding action and adventure you've come to expect, all from an unlikely source. We're telling mew, it's the cat's pyjamas!

Story: Andrew Knighton
Art: Jaume Forns
Cover: Neil Roberts

Commando 5816: Find the Traitor

The brave partisans hidden high in the snow-clad mountains of Yugoslavia had a tough time keeping out of the clutches of the Nazis — especially with that Fieseler Storch reconnaissance aircraft seeking them out.

But with the Yugoslavians were Nick Bradford and Stan Waterman, two RAF lads who'd been shot down and stranded. They decided that somehow, they'd get hold of that Storch — and use it to spy on the Germans!

We're always dreaming of a white Christmas, so this snowcapped adventure from 1971 seemed very fitting, and that outstanding cover from the masterful Ian Kennedy is just the ribbon on top!

Story: RA Montague
Art: V Fuente
Cover: Ian Kennedy

Commando 5817: Sergeant Rayker

Last seen in Warlord in 1984, Sergeant Moses Rayker returns for another adventure!

In 1944, during a daring escape over the Italian mountains, Rayker and his squad encounter a familiar face. Buford' Bubba' Ballard clashed with Rayker before the war, and Ballard still holds a grudge. Nonetheless, Rayker knows his duty is to escort Ballard past the German checkpoints and safely home. Can both men keep their cool long enough to survive? Or will Rayker end up smacking the tar outta him before they make it back?

It's the moment we've all been waiting for! After 40 years out of print, Sergeant Rayker makes his triumphant debut in the pages of Commando – and what a comeback it is! Rayker is just as tough as he's ever been, and with fresh artwork and an incredible cover from the one and only Mike Dorey, this is one issue you won't want to miss!

Story: Dominic Teague
Art: Mike Dorey
Cover: Mike Dorey

Commando 5818: Pop's Army

A bunch of teenage French boys commanded by a British schoolmaster couldn't cause the Nazi invaders that much trouble, could they?

You bet they could!

This batch of stories really is full of surprises – first a cat and now schoolboys! Deep down of course, we all wish our school days had been half as exciting as what these boys get up to!

Story: Bernard Gregg
Art: Ruiz
Cover: Ian Kennedy