Commando This Week: 5239-5242

New Commando issues are out this week, with issues 5239-5242 hitting shelves this Thursday. There's a mystery dead body in a Scottish prisoner of war camp; a squadron leader jumping out of his plane without bothering to tell the crew to jump, with no memory of what happened; the Soham Rail disaster, based on true events, in spy-thriller Steel Inferno; and John Norton and Eugen Von Hasse extend their hatred for each other to a third war where one or both of them must die.

Cover of the week goes to Keith Burns train for Steel Inferno. It's a thing of beauty!

5239: Home of Heroes: The Final Hunt 
Story | Colin Watson | Art | Morhain & Defeo | Cover | Ian Kennedy

A body has been found beneath one of the Nissen huts in a Scottish prisoner of war camp — but who is it? Stripped of all identification and with camp records all accounted for, a small list of suspects leads to a mystery that only retired policeman Dick McKay can solve. It’s okay – McKay likes a puzzle and the answer to this particular enigma will take the small town Scottish gardener all the way to Frankfurt.

5240: Gold Collection: Fire in the Sky 
Story | Leach | Art | L Rosell | Cover | Ian Kennedy| Originally Commando No. 685 (1972).

When bailing out of a failing aircraft the hard and fast rule is that the skipper is the last one out. So imagine an RAF Lancaster crew’s surprise when their Squadron Leader was the first out – not even bothering to tell them to jump! When word gets back to England, Squadron Leader Ricky Lomax’s name is mud – but behind the barbed wire fence of a POW camp in Germany, Ricky has no idea – and no memory of what happened. 

5241: Action and Adventure: Steel Inferno 
Story | Hailey Austin | Art | Khato | Cover |Keith Burns

Inspired by the true events of the Soham Rail disaster, our third female writer in 30 years, Hailey Austin, brings readers a high-octane spy thriller! When Nazi agents pinpoint the sleepy town of Uxton as a prime target, two lieutenants must work together to stop them – if they can get along long enough to!

5242: Silver Collection: One Must Die! 
Story | Mike Knowles | Art | Manuel Benet | Cover | Manuel Benet | Originally Commando No. 2839 (1995).

Hate is a strong word – but not strong enough! The intense hatred between John Norton and Eugen Von Hasse was so strong it spanned not one, not two, but three wars! The torrid relationship between the Brit was German is likely to tear apart the lives of the men who serve with them. So, in order for any to survive… one of them – if not both – must die!