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, ...

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 ...

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 • ...

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, ...

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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 ...

Hailey Austin from Bennett, Colo. is the first American to write for the Commando comic series in the UK. She was inspired by the true story of heroes who sacrificed their lives during World War II to ...

One of them, however, didn’t forget, and has written an original comic for the series that was published recently — making him, in all probability, the first Indian writer on its roster. “As far as we ...

"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 ...