Commando This Week: 5643-5646

Commando issues 5643-5646 go on sale Thursday 11th May, 2023! Featuring World War One hijinks, RAF backstabbers, Werewolves, and the Battle of Britain!

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 5643: Home of Heroes: Warr and Pease

Story | Suresh | Art | Jaume Forns | Cover | Neil Roberts

What happens when a frail, young “school swot” becomes a British officer in the trenches of the First World War? Well, he has to learn hard and fast if he wants to keep his head free from bullet holes! But don’t judge this book by the cover, he shares his wacky ideas on strategy while his loyal sergeant and Gurkha comrades show him a thing or two about brawn. In the end, they might just make a soldier out of that officer.

This rip-roaring World War One story from writer Suresh, with gritty interiors by veteran artist Jaume Forns, is topped up with an explosive cover by Neil Roberts!

Commando 5644: Gold Collection: Beware Your Friends!

Story | RA Montague | Art | Ibanez | Cover | Ian Kennedy | Originally Commando No. 961 (1975).

It’s a dicey business attacking Nazi armoured columns. When you’re flying at 400 mph, hurtling over hedges and trees and dodging the flak, your reactions have to be lightning‑fast, your decisions made in split seconds. Danger is ever‑present, but there’s double danger when rockets and cannon shells start coming at you — fired from behind!

A classic Commando from 1975! With an amazing story by RA Montague which has twists and turns brought to life by Ibanez’s interior artwork! And with Ian Kennedy on cover duty — what more could you want?!

Commando 5645: Action and Adventure: The Lab Rat Club

Story | Stephen Hume | Art | Manuel Benet | Cover | Manuel Benet

Jim Cope was an excellent pilot — but a reckless one. He charged into dogfights headfirst without stopping to think about the consequences. This was doubly dangerous considering it was 1940, during the peak of the Battle of Britain! It was inevitable that Jim’s luck would run out. After a disastrous sortie, he became trapped in a blazing Hurricane, flames licking at his flesh, burning him badly and putting him out of action. But all was not lost as this is the story of how Jim Cope became a member of The Lab Rat Club!

Stephen Hume’s poignant tale is inspired by the true stories of the men of ‘The Guinea Pig Club’ and Manuel Benet’s masterful art lends itself beautifully to this excellent issue!

Commando 5646: Silver Collection: Fire in the Forest

Story | CG Walker | Art | Blasco | Cover | Ian Kennedy | Originally Commando No. 1440 (1980).

They called themselves Werewolves. They dressed all in black and operated only at night, in the forests of southern Germany. Riding powerful motorcycles, they swept into British camps and fuel dumps, killing, wrecking and burning, then vanished. Where did these devils of the dark come from and where would they start the next fire in the forest?

This is one of CG Walker's best-ever issues and an often-cited fan-favourite. But not only that — this hotly anticipated reprint features artwork by Blasco and a fiery Ian Kennedy classic!