Tag Archives: WW2

Flying Frogmen

Issue Number: 5600

No‑one had thought of it before. Frogmen, experts in underwater sabotage, were given training —as parachutists. Now they could fly in at the dead of night, release their ‘chutes as they hit the water, then go about their silent deeds of destruction.   Story: Finley-Day Art: V Fuente Cover: Penalva

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 […]

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 […]

Unwilling Heroes

Issue Number: 5582

They were two men, a soldier and a pilot, who had risked their lives once to try to rescue a stranded airman from the merciless desert. Yet far from being awarded any medals they had found themselves being punished for disobeying orders. From then on they vowed never to stick their necks out again —but […]

Ramsey’s Raiders: Desert Storm

Issue Number: 5581

Watch out —Ramsey’s Raiders are about! And this time they’ve got more than the Afrika Korps to contend with! When the Raiders stumbled upon a beleaguered British Artillery convoy, Jimmy Ramsey thought the best thing they could do was lend a hand —that was until he met the commanding officer! Can the Raiders get out […]