Author Archives: Ashleigh Gibbs

KNIGHT OF THE EAGLES

Issue Number: 4783
Knight Of The Eagles

England, 1405 AD. Peasants in Somerset wanted rid of the Allinghams, their feudal overlords. The Allinghams’ men were as brutal and cruel as their masters. Taxes were high and collected without mercy. Salvation seemed to come in the shape of Mortimer Allingham – the cunning son of the clan who has been disowned by his […]

TEMPEST FURY

Issue Number: 4782
Tempest Fury

In the summer of 1944, a frightening new weapon was unleashed against the war-weary British – the dreaded V1 flying bomb. Sergeant-Pilot Jamie Collins had a personal score to settle with these robots of death. So when his squadron-leader grounded him after yet another display of reckless flying, it didn’t stop him. Where there were […]

D-DAY DODGERS

Issue Number: 4781
D-Day Dodgers

In 1944 someone named the servicemen in Italy the D-Day Dodgers; as though somehow the war they were fighting was a cushy number compared to the battles in France. Outraged, one national newspaper decided to expose these loafers once and for all. That’s how reporter Perry Potter and his photographer Chalky White came to be […]

FIGHTING FURY

Issue Number: 4780
Fighting Fury

He was only a skinny little guy, about five feet nothing at all…but, by jiminy, any Nazis who ran up against Private Sam Small were out of luck. While his ammo lasted, Sam shot them; then with his empty gun he clubbed them; when it was in splinters, he started in with his bare hands! […]

CONVICT COMMANDOS – EVIL IN THE EAST

Issue Number: 4779
Convict Commandos - Evil In The East

The jungle can be a hostile place, besides the strength-sapping heat and humidity, dangerous animals and plants abound. This counts double if you’re a confirmed coward, born and raised in London, separated from your comrades and being pursued by a deadly assassin. That was the position that “Jelly” Jakes of the Convict Commandos found himself […]

DEATH ON THE WIND

Issue Number: 4778
Death On The Wind

Staff-Sergeant Harry Sale of the Special Air Service had fought his way out of more tight corners than he cared to remember. Now he was across in the USA, away from the bullets and the bombs, passing on his specialised knowledge to squads of hand-picked Yanks. It was supposed to be a hard-earned break from […]

SKY WARRIORS

Issue Number: 4777
Sky Warriors

Towards the end of the Second World War, the Balkan Air Force operated over Greece and Yugoslavia, supplying the Partisans and fighting Axis air power. Made up of men and aircraft of many different nationalities, it was an uneasy alliance at the best of times. Former enemies were expected to put aside their differences and […]

SEA FURY

Issue Number: 4776
Sea Fury

Spray lashed the cockpit screen, blinding the big pilot as he fought the bucking controls to belly-land the crippled Albacore in the choppy sea. Once, twice, she bounced before she hit the icy water at terrifying speed. This was the second time young “Gusty” Bellows of the Fleet Air Arm had come off second-best to […]

“EAGLES, ARISE!”

Issue Number: 4775
Eagles, Arise!

England, after 1066, was a violent place. As William of Normandy tightened his grip on the English throne, it was a time of war and great unrest. The incoming Norman forces ruled with an iron fist. One especially cruel member of the new ruling class was Roland of Alain – who aimed to crush any […]