The Collection

Attention, troops! Here’s where you’ll find out the intel on Commando. The Collection features classic cover images and information about the books, their time periods, settings and the creators involved. Perhaps your favourite artist has drawn the cover or the interior illustrations? We hope you enjoy searching through these special Intelligence files.


Who Killed Cooper?

Issue Number: 5598

Squadron Leader ‘Flash’ Cooper was an excellent pilot, but he had one big failing — he was a glory hunter, and glory for him often meant danger for other pilots. So Flash made many enemies, and when he finally met a sticky end, the only question was… which one bumped him off?   Story: RA […]

Dante’s War

Issue Number: 5597

As bullets flew in the deserts of North Africa, Dante Adriaanse had a long-awaited opportunity to even a score that occupied his every waking moment. But it was not to be that day, and his commanding officer, Captain Bekker, survived to continue the fight. Months later, as shells bombard Bazentin, another chance presents itself. Can […]

Dead-eye Donovan

Issue Number: 5596

Before the war, Burt Donovan had been a famous big-game hunter in Africa. Very few men could put a bullet smack in the centre of a moving target the way Burt did — every time. Then came the war and Burt found himself a tank commander with a different kind of prey to hunt. It […]

The Spy in the Mirror

Issue Number: 5595

Central Italy, 1944. Corporal Arthur ‘Art’ Gunn limped into a British camp holding vital coded information. You see, Art was the sole survivor of a recent mission behind enemy lines but something was not right… for, while only one Corporal Art Gunn had embarked on the mission, two Arts had returned — each carrying a […]

A Friend in Need

Issue Number: 5594

“A friend in need is a friend indeed.” So the old saying goes. And man’s best friend is his dog, right? That’s what George Carter figured when he found Pooch —or rather when Pooch found George. So he decided to keep him. But the officer in charge of George’s section had other ideas… especially when […]

Fighting Kid McCoy

Issue Number: 5592

Before the war, the boxing fans packed out halls all over Britain to see Colin ‘Kid’ McCoy win yet another fight with his flashing fists and sparkling footwork. Then war came and Kid found himself in a different kind of fight where you swap bullets instead of punches, and the loser stays down for keeps. […]

The Sins of the Fathers

Issue Number: 5591

Once, the Batavi were a peaceful Germanic tribe friendly to ancient Rome, but their alliance was broken as the Romans betrayed and enslaved them. One man, Militius, would not allow that though. He tricked his captors, killing his legate, Castricius and pushing the Romans to surrender. What no-one could have predicted, though, was that what […]

The Ghosts

Issue Number: 5590

Strange dark figures lurking in the shadows, eerie sounds, mysterious moving lights seen at the dead of night. It was enough to make even the bravest man tremble. But the spirits that haunted Crandon Abbey were not your ordinary old-fashioned English spooks —they were the kind that shot to kill!   Story: Bryan Perrett Art: […]