Commando for Action and Adventure (1993 UK) comic books in grade VG or lower

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The Nightmare War - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art and Cover by Keith Page. Private Franz Bauer, a German Army engineer wounded during the invasion of France, was haunted by the deaths of his comrades in the same battle -- wiped out by a mine. When he recovered, he threw himself into his new job developing the remote-controlled Borgward IV demolition vehicle, hoping it might save other German lives. His chance to save thousands of lives would come, but he would be working alongside an unlikely ally -- someone who had nightmares every bit as bad as Franz's. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Chuck Ballard Goes to War - Written by Norman Adams. Art by Luis Olivera. Cover by Ian Kennedy. December 7th, 1941 -- America is left reeling from Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. For the Japanese crew of a Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" torpedo bomber, however, the success is short-lived. After crash-landing on a supposedly deserted island, they are dismayed to find that it is in fact home to a village full of civilians. Though the three Japanese airmen do not wish to take innocent lives, their fellow countrymen, responding to their mayday signal, are not so honourable. This may turn out to be their undoing, thanks to the presence of an ex-Marine who is an expert with a hunting rifle. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Operation "Loco" - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art and Cover by Keith Page. James Bailey was a railwayman like his father before him. In charge of the most powerful steam locomotives, he could drive anything, anywhere, any time. He was the obvious choice when a special job came in to his depot. Would it be a VIP run to London? Or maybe a vital troop train to the coast? How about a Commando raid behind enemy lines? Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #994: Riley's Rifle - Written by Cyril Walker. Art by Galindo. Cover by Ian Kennedy. It was a rifle like countless others, standard issue to thousands upon thousands of men in the British Army in two World Wars -- a Lee-Enfield No.1 Mark III. Millions of them were made. Some are still in use today. But there was something special about this particular rifle -- it was as if it had a life of its own, a will of its own. It seemed to want to do things by itself...and what it wanted most was vengeance! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #98: Valley of Secret Weapons - Written by Eric Hebden. Art by Ortiz. Cover by Ken Barr. The Valley of Destruction, the Germans called it. It lay deep in the heart of the Tyrolean mountains, and there, Germany's most brilliant scientists worked night and day building Hitler's deadly "V for Vengeance" weapons. Sun-ray cannons, flying saucers, sound cannons, rocket-propelled tanks and jet-propelled soldiers -- strange, terrifying weapons, years ahead of their time. They were all there in that valley, being made ready to unleash on Britain. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #94: Jump - Or Die! - Written by I.B. Kellie. Art by Cortes. Cover by Ken Barr. The dull throb of the Dakota's engines pounded remorselessly in the paratroopers' ears as they filed in to their jumping order. Nobody spoke, nobody smiled, nobody spared a kindly glance for the next bloke in line. Lips were dry and taut, and eyes glowed with a mixture of determination...and fear! And even as the red light changed to green for "GO," Captain Bob Brown knew that he was the most afraid of all. Which was all wrong, because he was meant to be the officer in charge of this mission, an example to all the others. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Fireman on the Frontline - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Luis Olivera. Cover by Janek Matysiak. As a fireman during the London Blitz, Ted Roscoe was exempt from Armed Forces duty, as his was a reserved occupation deemed important to the war effort. He knew all about danger just the same, though, dodging bombs as he fought fire after fire. However, the Army needed Ted's expertise, too, and he was soon called to the front line. Here, Ted found himself embroiled in a deadly game of survival, with not just the enemy's hand against him! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Sea Wolves - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art and Cover by Keith Page. Like wolves, the torpedo boats and gunboats of the Allies and Axis hunted the seas of the Adriatic in packs. Like wolves, they fell on their prey, always going in for the kill. And, just as amongst packs of wolves, there had to be a top dog -- would he be British or German? Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Invasion Watch - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art and Cover by Carlos Pino. In the early days of the Second World War, men too young, too old or too infirm for the regular services flocked to join Britain's Home Guard to "do their bit." Because of this, the units were dismissed as a bit of a joke in some quarters. If those naysayers had listened to the conversation in one Home Guard headquarters on a night in 1940, though, they might have changed their minds. For as the men there shared their stories, it became very clear that they had fought, and would fight again. And fight like the demons they were. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Warriors! - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art and Cover by Keith Page. Fighting men come in all shapes and sizes. They wear different uniforms and follow different flags. But the best of them share one quality. And that one quality marks them out from everyone else as men to be feared and respected in equal measure. That's the quality that marks them out as...warriors! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #572: Upside Down Ace - Written by Gordon Brunt. Art by John Ridgway. Cover by Ian Kennedy. Alan Burnett and Colin Harvey flew as the crew of a Boulton Paul Defiant night fighter. They shared the same room and spent almost every second of every day with each other...yet the very air around them seemed to vibrate with the fierce hate they had for each other. But, despite their bickering and brawling, they had the highest score of kills in the Group. How they kept it up was their own special secret. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Improbable Mission - Written by Alan Hebden. Art and Cover by Manuel Benet. Second-Lieutenant Clement Cleveley of the Army Educational Corps was a real boffin. A research student before the war, his mathematical specialty was probability theory which didn't really fit with anything in service life. As it turned out, that wasn't quite the case which was how, instead of peacefully working at a classroom blackboard, Clement ended up charging around the desert dodging bullets with a bunch of crack SAS men. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Night and Fog - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Morahin. Cover by Janek Matysiak. In Occupied Europe during the Second World War, dawn raids and midnight arrests became regular occurrences. They were feared by all the occupied peoples, but soon they began to lose their ability to invoke terror. That's when an evil Nazi scientist decided that it wasn't enough just to arrest people. He wanted to make them disappear into the...night and fog. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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'Giant!' - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Rezzonico. Cover by Ian Kennedy. Flight Lieutenant Graham Granger, his co-pilot Paul Denning and the crew of their RAF Beaufort couldn't believe the sheer size of the German Me323 Gigant transport aircraft when they first saw one in the skies over North Africa. As it burst from the clouds and almost collided with them, they understood why it was called the "Giant." Little did they know that they'd encounter more of the airborne monsters very soon. They'd even, on a daring mission to enemy territory, end up flying one! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2061: Big Trouble for Corporal Hubert! - Written by Roger Sanderson. Art by Terry Patrick. Cover by Jeff Bevan. It was Christmas Eve, 1944, and a special section of tough German paratroopers were shooting at a British Army cook! Poor Hubert -- he was a very good cook indeed but he wasn't really much of a fighting man. However, the Germans had been told that he was carrying top secret documents and that was enough for them. Look out, Hubert! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Flaming Dagger - Written by Stephen Walsh. Art and Cover by Keith Page. As a 12-year-old living in Paris in the early days of the Second World War, Isaac Vidal hoped that freedom would soon come again to France. He had every confidence that it would, for did not his favourite comic have a battling British hero who would thwart the Nazis at every turn? His optimism was not shared by all, for the Flaming Dagger was a character from fiction and everybody knows that fictitious heroes never win wars. Do they? Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Battle in the Snow - Written by Ferg Handley. Art by Vila. Cover by Janek Matysiak. December, 1944. In the midst of the German Ardennes Offensive, an American GI -- Corporal Joe Wallace -- regains consciousness after a skirmish. Suffering from a head wound, he has no memory of who he is or what happened to him and his buddies. As he fights to regain his memory, Joe has to battle for his very survival. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2111: Hit 'em Hard! - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Jose Maria Jorge. Cover by Tony Corbett. Nick Bonner led a squadron of Curtiss Kittyhawks against Axis forces in North Africa in 1941. They were slogging it out with the Italians for supremacy of the skies. It was a tough fight, but one which was about to take a savage new twist when a ruthless group of Luftwaffe pilots arrived. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Invasion Dawn - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art and Cover by Carlos Pino. A minor military base in a remote corner of the British Isles would not be the place you'd expect to find a battle royal raging. And if you did, how could a group of the Home Guard's old warriors stand up to an enemy attack? They may have been put to the test in battles past, but that was a long time ago. And what of the Home Guard's youngster -- would he be up to the task? You can bet he would try. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Murder in the Heights - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Luis Olivera. Cover by Janek Matysiak. The history books of the First World War concentrate on events on the Western Front in France, the scene of the fiercest battles the world had ever seen. The fighting, though, was not confined to France, for all over Europe, armies faced each other. In Greece, Italians, Greeks, Austrians and Germans battled it out on the plains and in the mountains. Into this cauldron rode British Army Lieutenant John Fielding, little guessing that some of his enemies were prepared to go beyond the normal rules of war. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #18: Lone Hero - Written by Eric Castle. Art by Gordon Livingstone. Cover by Ken Barr. While his 8th Army mates fought and died under the glaring desert sun of North Africa, Private Sam Deacon was content to drive a truck. Not for him the blood and guts of battle, the risk of stopping a German bullet: "Let the other bloke be the mug," was his motto. Then he met one of the 'other blokes' who wasn't a mug -- a hero who rammed those words down Deacon's throat till he squealed for mercy...and found himself a hero, too. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2129: Death from the Sky - Written by Allan Chalmers. Art by Jamie Blasco Romero. Cover by Ian McIntosh. Stuck in a shore job, Sub-Lieutenant Mike Wilson was desperate to see action -- so desperate he even volunteered to check out an unexploded Japanese bomb lodged in the hold of a merchant ship. After surviving that ordeal, he thought serving in a sub would be a piece of cake. But with bombs, depth-charges and enemy suicide planes to contend with, he couldn't have been more wrong! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Every Man a Hero! - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art and Cover by Keith Page. Zander Zarris was half-British and half-Greek. As he'd never known his father, an officer sent to Greece and lost in the First World War, his allegiance was to Greece first and last. Came the German invasion of his country and he was in the front line fighting alongside some of the toughest men in the Allied armies. He often wondered how his father would have rated him as a warrior but he'd never know. All he did know was that every one of his comrades was a hero. And every one of them would say the same of him. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2095: Hit-Man! - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Ibanez. Cover by Jeff Bevan. Danny Mantini -- crack-shot, bodyguard to one of America's top gangsters. Dan Martin -- crack-shot, one of the American Army's toughest, most respected sergeants. Different names, but it was the same man. And as the Allies fought their way up through the Italian battlefields, Dan Martin suddenly found there was someone who wanted revenge on Danny Mantini! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #1368: The Fighting Penguins - Written by R.A. Montague. Art by Gordon Livingstone. Cover by Ian Kennedy. The RAF Regiment was formed during the Second World War. Its purpose -- to defend airfields in the event of attack from the air or from ground forces. Some people scoffed at them -- "Airmen who can't fly?" they said, "They're like penguins!" Well, these airmen might not fly, but by jingo, they could fight! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #758: The Cage - Written by R.A. Montague. Art by Galindo. Cover by Jordi Penalva. For over five hundred years, the iron cage had hung there, swinging grimly outside the castle wall. No one knew how many wretches had suffered and died over the centuries, imprisoned by those stark, rusting bars. Now it held a strange assortment of prisoners -- a British sergeant, a German army officer and two German soldiers. A strange assortment, yes -- but they all had one thing in common. They were all to be shot at dawn. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #19: The Death Dealers - Written by Eric Hebden. Art by C.T. Rigby. Cover by Ken Barr. If you've already met Tom, Dick and Harry, you'll know that when they're around, there's plenty of action and trouble, plenty of grief -- usually for Nazi Germany. If you haven't, the pleasure's all yours. But hang on to your hat, don't relax your trigger finger for a second, for they're a rough, tough trio. Fast-moving, hard-hitting, they give no quarter and expect none -- one of the reasons Germans call them...the Death Dealers. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Triple Whammy! - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art and Cover by Carlos Pino. Remember the antics of Hitler and Monty? Or to give them their proper names, Fuhrer and Field-Marshal lookalikes Max Singer and Sid O'Brien. Well, they're back for another madcap (mis)adventure -- this time involving the SS, Soviets, Scotsmen and even Scousers in South America. Don't worry, it'll all make sense...probably. Our death-defying doubles are in triple the danger and triple the trouble. But will this be their finest hour...or their final fling? Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #24: Gun Fury - Written by Elliot. Art by Ortiz. Cover by Ken Barr. Red is the colour of courage. Like the ribbon of the Victoria Cross; like the blood that heroes spill; like the famous Red Beret of the Parachute Regiment, whose amazing story this is. Meet in these pages Cobber Kane, tough, wise-cracking Australian; Sergeant Jim Parker, steady as a rock; "Blood 'n' Guts" Sanders, the hard-bitten RSM, whose one aim in battle was a VC to pin next to his MM --the kind of heroes who have made the Red Beret the badge of courage it is. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2077: Full Speed Ahead! - Written by Malcolm McDevitt. Art by Keith Shone. Cover by Jeff Bevan. The Channel war against the German E-boats was a tough one and Andy Simpson relished the task. From the chaos of Dunkirk to the Battle of Britain, he was in the thick of the action. But he had an even more difficult problem ahead of him -- to admit he could make mistakes. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #41: Break-Out! - Written by Henderson. Art by Ortiz. Cover by Ken Barr. Night after night, the tunnel leading from the German prison camp grew longer. Day by day, the hope of escape increased. Then came the night...and only one prisoner knew that German fingers were ready to press machine gun triggers; that cold Nazi eyes peered through the gun sights...waiting. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2102: Gold Train - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Terry Patrick. Cover by Jeff Bevan. With the Japanese war machine making swift advances through Java every day, it was vital that the country's gold reserves were moved to safety. Captain Jan Ruiter was assigned this task. All he had to do was escort a train carrying the gold to the coast. An easy enough job, you might think. But not when the troops under your command are a bunch of rookies, and a group of battle-hardened Japanese veterans are hot on your trail! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Lightning Strike - Written by Alan Hebden. Art and Cover by John Ridgway. The war in the Far East was almost over. Japan's armed forces had been ground down and the country was on its knees. The Japanese hadn't given in, though -- they hoped super-fighters like the Kyushu Shinden -- Magnificent Lightning -- could stem the flow of US bombers ravaging their country. They could never have guessed that the Shinden's finest moment would come protecting the very enemies it had been designed to destroy. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2063: Battle Flag - Written by Cyril Walker. Art by C.T. Rigby. Cover by Jeff Bevan. The Second Battalion, Daleshire Light Infantry, had something to be proud of -- their very own "battle flag," a standard given to them after their heroic triumph over Napoleon's finest troops. Carried into action, it would inspire the men to further brave deeds. So when one young officer's courage failed him and the flag was captured, the thought of it in enemy hands made him vow to keep it safe -- even after his death! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Voyage of H.M.S. Onion Wagon - Written by Peter Grehan. Art by Vila. Cover by Ian Kennedy. How did a motley crew of British and New Zealand sailors end up on a British Army Bedford lorry in the desert? How did a routine operation so very quickly go wrong and become an unexpected voyage into danger? Hop aboard H.M.S. Onion Wagon and find out! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2062: Freedom - or Death! - Written by Bill Fear. Art by Keith Shone. Cover by Jeff Bevan. To a Gurkha soldier, honour is all important, and young Lal had a very important debt of honour to settle with his officer, Lieutenant Archie Cameron. So when the two men were captured by the enemy and sent to different POW camps, Lal was determined to free Archie. There was only one snag, though -- first he had to get free himself! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Secret Saboteur - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art and Cover by Keith Page. The Allies were gearing up to invade North-West Europe and the Germans knew it. Everyone was on high alert, with the Gestapo ruthlessly rooting out saboteurs and meting out rough justice to the civilian population. In one area, though, they were plagued not by sabotage but by a series of -- for them -- unhappy accidents wrecking their war machine. But were they accidents? One ex-Hamburg policeman -- Tomas Merkel -- wasn't convinced, no matter what his Gestapo boss thought. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Thunder in the Jungle - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art and Cover by Janek Matysiak. The Far East, 1944. It was widely believed that tanks could not cope with jungle warfare, but the British were determined to prove this notion wrong...and were equally determined to regain Burma from the clutches of the Japanese. Second-Lieutenant Peter Wright had been an infantry officer, but he and his unit had retrained as a tank crews. Now they were under pressure to deliver results...and their M3 Stuart light tanks would soon clash with the metallic might of their Japanese Type 95 counterparts. Could the green British tankies work as a team and survive the...thunder in the jungle? Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Charlie's Phoney War - Written by Steve Taylor. Art and Cover by Carlos Pino. Charlie Hutchins reckoned he was the most frustrated Hurricane pilot in the RAF. He was champing at the bit to get at the Luftwaffe kites he could see over the German border, but standing orders at this early stage of the Second World War stopped him nipping over to knock a few down. What he couldn't know was that the so-called Phoney War was just about over. Soon he'd have his hands full dealing with all the Jerries he could possibly have wanted. And a few more for good measure. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2112: The Old Wolf - Written by R.A. Montague. Art by Keith Shone. Cover by Ian Kennedy. By 1944, Allied pilots saw the Junkers 87 as an easy kill. Too slow and sluggish, they said, to pose a threat. But Colonel Otto von Arne had plans for his aircraft. By adding rockets to assist take-off and extra machine guns for defence, he made sure that once again his squadron was a force to be reckoned with -- especially when they were also armed with powerful 37mm guns. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2122: Luck of the Devil - Written by Cyril Walker. Art by C.T. Rigby. Cover by Jeff Bevan. Fleeing into a cave in the grip of mortal fear, John Tilley had the first of a series of amazing escapes from death. From that day, he was so lucky it was almost unbelievable. His men said he had the luck of the Devil. Was that his terrible secret? Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Coming Unstuck - Written by Alan Hebden. Art and Cover by Carlos Pino. By 1943, the Germans, desperate to counter the RAF's superfast wooden fighter-bomber, the de Havilland Mosquito, began to build the Focke Wulf Ta154. It was even known as the Moskito! They soon discovered that holding its wooden structure together wasn't as easy as they thought, and several broke up in flight. The glue they needed to hold their airframes together was a secret formula only manufactured in Britain. So the Germans came up with a plan to steal some from the source...only to come up against a bunch of plucky Brits determined to stop them...or come to a very sticky end! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #49: Blood Valley - Written by Dorward. Art by F.A. Philpott. Cover by Ken Barr. Every path that led upwards from Blood Valley to the Nazi-held fortress of Cassino was a path of death. On these bullet-swept slopes, many a hero had been born...and had died. But still the German flag flew triumphantly from the battlements. And then the Commandos were sent for -- hand-picked Commandos who had their own cunning and courageous ways of bringing arrogant Nazis to their knees. Here is their heroic story. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2144: The Jokers - Written by Peter McKenzie. Art by Keith Shone. Cover by Ian Kennedy. Alf Cunningham and Percy Potter were the jokers in the pack. Oh, they were good pilots, all right, it was just that they had a nasty habit of landing themselves, and everyone around them, in deep trouble. Not exactly the best pair of men to rely on when there's a German cruiser on the loose in the English Channel! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Fighting Gendarme - Written by Peter Grehan. Art by Luis Olivera. Cover by Janek Matysiak. A Gendarme, a French policeman. That's what Raoul Laurent was when World War II broke out. Sergeant Laurent decided he wasn't going to bow down before the occupying Nazis, escaping to England to join the Free French Forces and become a Commando. In time, Raoul was selected for a dangerous mission back in his homeland, helping the French Resistance to locate and destroy vital coded documents that were in Nazi hands. To succeed, though, Raoul would have to rely upon an old adversary from his police days. Not only that, pretty soon it looked like his new allies had a traitor in their midst. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Tank-Killers - Written by Stephen Walsh. Art and Cover by John Ridgway. Tank, panzer, char d'assault, tahk. Call them what you will, these armoured giants struck fear into all infantrymen who faced them in battle. Not quite all, though. This is the story of four men brought together by the fates of war who challenged the metal monsters and called themselves...the Tank-Killers. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Duck That Went to War - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Jaume Forns. Cover by Janek Matysiak. The DUKW, better known as the Duck, might not be as well-known as the Jeep, but this amphibious truck was just as vital to winning the Second World War. Able to take supplies from ship to shore without needing a harbour, it kept the fighting men supplied with bullets, bandages and bully beef. This is the story of one such Duck and its crew of two. Together, they got far closer to the action than you would expect for a floating lorry. Question was, would they be able to get away again in one piece? Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #28: Massacre in the Sun - Written by Eric Castle. Art by Gordon Livingstone. Cover by Ken Barr. When the Japanese attacked, Corporal John Reynolds dived into the bushes. When he crawled out, his two stripes had gone...and on his shoulder, he wore a Major's crown. Always he had wanted to be an officer...and now he was. He might deceive the enemy, but could he fool the Chindit battalion he was called upon to lead? Here is the strange story of the bogus major. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2106: And Now...Strike Back! - Written by Bill Fear. Art by Alejandro Martinez Ruiz. Cover by Jeff Bevan. Ready to board their new ship, seamen Len Garret and Tom Brooks were stunned to discover that Chief Petty Officer Alf Edwards was on their crew. Having clashed with him many years before, they knew that life under his command would be far from easy. However, in the following weeks, they changed their minds. No longer did they think Alf was going to make things difficult -- now they suspected he was trying to kill them! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Written by Alan Hebden. Art and Cover by Keith Page. Private Frankie Horton was far from the best soldier ever to serve in the Eighth Army. His rifle was likely to be the dirtiest and his uniform the scruffiest in his squad. He also had a tendency to dream, particularly about being a magician -- an ambition he had had since childhood. No one would have believed it if they were told that, thanks to Frankie, an almost certain German victory in North Africa would be averted. Not even Frankie. And he believed in magic. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2082: A Touch of Courage - Written by Cyril Walker. Art by C.T. Rigby. Cover by Jeff Bevan. Do you believe in magic? No? Well, Englishman Sam Benson wasn't too sure either. While out in Australia, he saw an aboriginal ceremony where the natives touched a totem believing it would give them courage. Little did he know that several months later, while fighting the Japanese on the far-off island of Ketta, that same ritual would save his life! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Grand Slam! - Written by Alan Hebden. Art and Cover by Carlos Pino. In 1995, an English historian discovered a mystery that had been hushed up for fifty years -- with hidden airfields, commando raids, and deadly dogfights over the Himalayas. And, ultimately, there was a daring mission involving Lancaster B1 Specials carrying lethal, ten-ton Grand Slam bombs -- the biggest and most powerful of World War II. It certainly is an amazing tale. One that has remained top secret...'til now. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #29: Sky Ace - Written by Maitland. Art by Peter Ford. Cover by Ken Barr. This is the inside story of two ace British fighter pilots, and the strange and deadly rivalry that drove them to outfly, outshoot and outdare each other through every risky second of their dog-fights with the mighty Luftwaffe. They did things with fighters no aircraft were built to do, writing the story of their feuds with each other in the skies over Southern England in the flaming wreckage of dozens of Nazi planes. They became a legend in their own lifetimes. Between these covers, for the first time, is their glorious story. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Operation: Horsa - Written by Alan Hebden. Art and Cover by Keith Page. Captain Mike Markham and his unit of Paras were part of a small striking force sent to neutralise a flotilla of E-boats menacing Allied shipping. But when problems with their glider saw them come down many miles from their objective, they thought their role in the plan was over. Little did they know they would still have a chance to do the job...though they would have to invent a new plan as they went along. They called it...Operation: Horsa. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Brink of War - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Vila. Cover by Janek Matysiak. For Panzergrenadier Otto Feldman, the war ended in 1945 when, after escaping a ruthless Russian major who butchered his comrades, he surrendered to American forces. Years later, as the Cuban Missile Crisis put the world on the brink of nuclear war, Otto was unexpectedly back in action. He and his young son, Gunther, were caught in the middle of a clash between British Centurion tanks and Russian T54s -- not to mention an old enemy from the past. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.