Commando is the collective name for a series of war comics, published in digest form and sold in newsagents aimed at children. Published by DC Thomson, many a comic book creator and reader had their ...

As any veteran magazine journalist can sadly tell you: most magazines are dead. Think of Tit-Bits, The Face, Smash Hits. Think of all the lad mags (I often do, with a regretful sigh) – all gone now, ...

Commando comics have always been filled with excitement as brave soldiers go face-to-face against overwhelming odds, and ...

WITH its tales of derring-do, lantern-jawed heroes and Germans shouting "Achtung!" you'd be forgiven for thinking the Commando comics belonged to a bygone age. But the pocket-sized wartime storybooks ...

Achtung! Achtung! Gott im Himmel, and with large dollops of both Donner und Blitzen, is nowhere safe from the march of wokery? For it has emerged that the Commando comic, now more than 60 years old, ...

Mein Gott! Donner und Blitzen! Can it really be true? The Commando comic has just turned 50. For half a century, schoolboys — and those who should know better — have thrilled at these action-packed ...

An exhibition devoted to Britain's long-running Commando war comics opens in London this week. We take a sneak peak at some of the retro covers and original artwork going on display. 31 August 2011 • ...

Commando comic, owned by Dundee based DC Thomson’s, is to celebrate its 50th anniversary on 27 June. The war comic publishes two new and two classic issues each fortnight, and launched an iPohne and ...

When a reader flicks through the pages of most comic books there is a temptation to dismiss the fanciful stories and dramatic art as light-hearted children’s entertainment full of superlative ‘Bang!’, ...

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"It seemed a straightforward job, risky but straightforward. Flying a helicopter full of gold out of South Vietnam before the advancing North Vietnamese Army got their hands on it. As an ex-Australian ...