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

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A Tigers Tale - Written by George Low. Art by Vicente Alcazar. Cover by Ian Kennedy. "Tiger!" -- a cry that struck fear into many a soldier's heart during World War II. Little wonder when it meant that you were about to encounter 50-odd tons of armoured might, impervious to all but the heaviest weapons and with an 88mm gun whose shells could punch right through another tank from a mile away. Tanks, though, don't operate themselves -- they need crewmen. Crewmen like the five here who will tell you...a Tigers tale! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Brothers in Danger - Written by Kris Roberts. Art by Morahin. Cover by Janek Matysiak. Canadian sniper Michel Caron had been recruited by Gabe Dubois, his adopted brother, for a special mission that required expert, high-precision shooting. In the bombed-out ruins of Caen in Northern France, death lurked in every shadow -- and the brothers soon realised that both of them would have to be ready to sacrifice anything, even their own lives, to complete their deadly task. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Eagles Ride - Written by Ferg Handley. Art and Cover by Keith Page. In the late 1700's, Ensign Francis Allingham, of the Wessex Dragoons, and his friend, junior naval Lieutenant John Harker, joined forces to help rescue French aristocrats from the "Reign of Terror" -- a dark period in history when the rulers of the new republic executed any who stood against them. Despite the risks, Francis' special cavalry unit undertook many rescue missions across the Channel. While dodging the French, though, he was unaware that danger lurked closer to home. His senior Sergeant, Silas Carrick, was not to be trusted. 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) #148: Sky Tiger - Written by Ken McOwan. Art by Medrano. Cover by Ken Barr. He led his squadron into the thick of the fiercest dogfights -- and yet he always came back without a scratch. He took fantastic risks, for he seemed to bear a charmed life. They called him "Lucky" Lane, but even his own men came to hate and fear the young Squadron Leader, because they knew every time they took off, one of them would die. It wouldn't be Lane, though...for he wore the Tiger Ring. 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) #150: Operation Tinfish - Written by David Boutland. Art by C.T. Rigby. Cover by Ken Barr. Sinister shapes like prowling sharks -- and just as dangerous -- swim silently towards a German battleship. Total destruction is their aim. And all the time, hostile German eyes are marking the frogmen's every move. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Waterloo! - Written by Ferg Handley. Art and Cover by Carlos Pino. The wars started with a peasant's revolt in Paris and ended beside an obscure farmhouse in Belgium. Over nearly three decades, France, her armies and her new emperor turned Europe into a cauldron of conflict. Henri Durant and Jean Tavere were just two of the thousands of men whose lives were turned upside down in these tumultuous years. In the end, only one of them would survive the battle of...Waterloo! 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) #157: The Desperate Hours - Written by Skentleberry. Art by Ferran Sostres. Cover by Ken Barr. "Old Soldiers never die" was just another saying to Corporal Bill Curtis and Private Jack Hunt until that night they landed on an island to sabotage the huge guns threatening the Allied invasion forces. Then strange things began to happen. It all started when they met up with an officer of Napoleon's Army -- a man who by rights should have been dead for over a hundred years, but still helped them fight the Nazis. 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) #605: Hi-jack! - Written by R.A. Montague. Art by Collado. Cover by Jordi Penalva. Lieutenant Pete Wade was very glad to see the last of Greece. He had seen too many brave men die facing hopeless odds as the Nazis swarmed in with overwhelming numbers. But he wouldn't have been nearly so pleased if he'd known that he'd be sent back to Greece...by parachute, at dead of night. And there would be other enemies to deal with, more dangerous even than the Nazis. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Know Your Enemy - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Carlos Vila. Cover by Stephen White. In the Summer of 1940, rumours abounded that German forces were poised to invade Great Britain. Brigadier Harry Thomas of the Intelligence Corps believed in hard facts and those came from proper intelligence, reported by seasoned professionals. Aerial reconnaissance photos, for example, were valuable, of course, but they were no match for a couple of his finest operatives who were in the thick of the action. But would Captain Frank Draper and Sergeant Ollie Wentworth live long enough to deliver their vital reports? Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Flight of the Furies - Written by Steve Coombs. Art by Jaume Forns. Cover by Ian Kennedy. In 1939, confident young Pilot Officer Duncan Marlow fell foul of an obnoxious C.O. and was posted out of the way to Griffin Island -- a small garrison off Africa's West Coast. Discipline was lax and the Governor was untrustworthy. He was on friendly terms with the Germans who were stationed nearby, even though war between both countries was all but inevitable. What was going on...? Soon Duncan, aided by a down-at-heel fellow pilot, found himself fighting the enemy in old Fury bi-planes. He was determined to strike back! 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) #209: Terror Train - Written by Redbridge. Art by Martin Salvador. Cover by Lopez Espi. Not one of the men waiting in the darkness of that tunnel was unafraid. Each felt the fluttering in the stomach, the trembling of the hands that meant stark fear had taken over. Were these a pack of cowards, then? No. Every man present was a hero, brave and full of fight. Picked men -- British Commandos and the cream of the French Resistance, the Maquis. But they were waiting for a train with a deadly cargo, and each man knew that in a few seconds, he might have an appointment with death! 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) #1152: The Man Who was Afraid - Written by McLean. Art by Gordon Livingstone. Cover by Ian Kennedy. What makes a good fighter pilot? It's mostly skill, and Charles Crombie had plenty of that. But it isn't only skill -- you also need to be able to fly through a hail of bullets and flak threatening to hack you out of the sky at any minute. And that was what Charles was afraid of. Then he took to wearing an old coin around his neck. It was his lucky charm. As long as he had it with him, he knew no fear. As long as he had it with 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) #312: Rocket Blitz - Written by Ken McOwan. Art by Gordon Livingstone. Cover by Ken Barr. Purple with rage, the Luftwaffe squadron leader shook his fist at the lone Typhoon disappearing over the horizon. All around him, shattered planes and burning hangars covered his blitzed airfield, victims of one pilot. And on the airfield in Belgium, a British squadron leader scanned the horizon for the same plane. He was furious, too. That plane was his own brand-new Typhoon, and it had been stolen! 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 for Action and Adventure (1993 U.K.) #2698: Desperate Measures - Written by C.G. Walker. Art by Keith Shone. Cover by Ian Kennedy. They were trapped in neutral Spain -- the pilot of a ditched Hurricane and the first mate of a merchant ship which had also become a casualty of war. They weren't the best of mates, but they were all that stood between the British fleet at Gibraltar and a lethal strike force. The odds were stacked against them, but they weren't quitters, and now was the time to take...desperate measures! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Eagles of the Crimea - Written by Ferg Handley. Art and Cover by Keith Page. In the mid-19th century, Adam Carrick, an American war correspondent with English ancestry, was at the frontline of the Crimean War. As British forces clashed with Russian infantry and cavalry, the young journalist stumbled upon a fascinating story -- a long-standing rivalry between two British officers, one from the artillery and the other from a special Royal Engineers detachment. Adam even discovered some distant relatives of his own and soon became caught up in the fighting itself. Although a non-combatant, it soon became clear that the reporter would have to fight to survive. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Peterloo! - Written by Ferg Handley. Art and Cover by Carlos Pino. Thomas Hatfield decided that a farmer's life wasn't him and decided to join his local regiment, the Lancashire Light Foot. Soon he was plunged into the tumultuous events of the Napoleonic Wars. He was sickened by the villainy of a crooked sergeant and his cronies, in addition to the threat from the opposing French army at the battle of Waterloo. After a massacre at St. Peter's Field, Manchester -- which became known as 'Peterloo' -- the young man wondered if a life in England was what he really wanted. 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) #2367: Day of Shame - Written by C.G. Walker. Art by Terry Patrick. Cover by Ian Kennedy. The other pilots sneered and joked about it -- the day of shame when they called Jim Black yellow. But Jim wasn't laughing, and neither would any other pilot accused of cowardice and kicked out of the squadron. He'd just have to prove them wrong, even without an aircraft. 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) #467: Stand and Fight - Written by Nick Allen. Art and Cover by Gordon Livingstone. Perched high among the girders of the bridge spanning the jungle river, Private Dan Neal carefully aimed at the explosives charge lashed to the bridge supports. He knew that if this bridge wasn't blown, the Japanese would pour over it, massacring any British troops who stood in their way. And if it was blown up, Dan knew he would go sky high with it. His trigger finger took the first pressure, then began the slow steady squeeze. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Charge...or Die! - Written by Kek-W. Art by Vicente Alcazar. Cover by Janek Matysiak. They were an unlikely force...an infantryman, a cavalry officer and a mechanic. Yet, when they put their petty squabbles aside, this irregular Polish 'unit' were a force to be reckoned with. After Germany's lightning-fast invasion of Poland, these three misfits were determined to fight back. Yes, indeed, they were an unlikely force...but one which, against the odds, still managed to strike fear into the hearts of the invading enemy. 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) #2400: King of the Sky - Written by Bernard Gregg. Art by Terry Patrick. Cover by Mike Cox. They twisted and turned all over the sky, the two pilots trying to pull every trick in the book to be the one who drilled in the final killing burst. This was no ordinary dog-fight...for both aircraft carried the colours of the Royal Air Force. Something very odd was going on to have a Spitfire dueling savagely with a Mosquito. 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) #366: Sky Trap - Written by Wilkinson. Art by Rafael Auraleon and Sandy James. Cover by Ken Barr. To the pilots of Jim Ryan's fighter squadron, Flight Lieutenant John Bright was the bloke who brought them supplies in his Dakota. He had a cushy number, while they were fighting off swarms of Japanese planes with their out‑classed Brewster Buffaloes. Then Jim Ryan was posted away. The Squadron was dog‑tired and depressed, battling against heavy odds without rest. They desperately needed a real ace as new Squadron Leader. Guess who they got? The bloke who flew the Dakota! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Eagles of Dunkirk - Written by Ferg Handley. Art and Cover by Keith Page. Corporal Sean Carrick excelled as an anti-tank gunner in a Daimler Dingo scout car, whether at Dunkirk or in the cruel heat of the North African desert. However, when an age-old family feud is re-kindled, Sean soon finds himself fighting to save his reputation as outrageous lies are spread about his past. His dilemma is that his true life story may be even more dangerous to reveal. This particular Eagle of Dunkirk would have to fight 'friend' as well as foe to be able to stretch his wings and escape a deadly destiny. 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) #194: No Escape! - Written by S.J. Bounds. Art by C.T. Rigby. Cover by Davis. All along the British lines, the terrifying news spread like wildfire. Brave men trembled. "He's in our area. The Engineer of Death is here!" For they knew that once "the Engineer" had set his fiendish secret traps, no one who fell into them would ever walk away. That's when an unlikely hero volunteered, vowing to beat him at his own game. A skinny little genius with glasses, whose name was Percy Potts. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Red Ace - Written by Ferg Handley. Art by Morahin. Cover by Janek Matysiak. Sergeant Alek Pavlikov had hardly any flying hours under his belt but still felt ready to join in the fight against the Luftwaffe in the battle for supremacy of the skies above Kursk. His dreams of heroism were soon overtaken by a dawning realisation that a surprising number of his fellow rookies were dying on their first mission. Alek wondered if a ruthless superior officer had something to do with it. Was his fearsome major, Yuri Zaleski -- the Red Ace -- willing to risk Alek's annihilation in a quest for personal glory? 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) #1018: Danger Ahead - Written by Alan Lomas. Art by Francisco Cueto. Cover by Ian Kennedy. A stretch of treacherous water to cross, and no boat to do it in. All they had was a few plywood drop tanks jettisoned from aircraft, some lengths of rope, bamboo, wood...and their courage. Yes, they needed courage most of all, for entering that stretch of water risked a horrifying death. In the search for survival there was deadly danger ahead. 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) #193: Hero's Badge - Written by Roger Clegg. Art by Ferran Sostres. Cover by Davis. It was a jewelled armlet, a family coat of arms. It had been presented to the warrior de Marneys at Agincourt in 1415 by a grateful king and carried into battle by the family sons ever since. All the de Marneys were fighting furies who either conquered or died gloriously. Then came the Second World War, and young Desmond de Marney, the last of the line. He was no hero -- he wanted to be a farmer instead of a soldier. How would he learn overnight to be a leader of men, to wear with honour the "hero's badge"? 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) #1052: No Way but Down - Written by McLean. Art by Gordon Livingstone. Cover by Ian Kennedy. If you're an army glider pilot, you've got a dodgy job -- landing yourself and your troops in the teeth of anything the enemy throws at you. Hazardous at the best of times, it's grimly suicidal when thick flak is coming up, the exploding shells chucking your frail Horsa all over the sky. If an unlucky burst cuts your tow-rope long before you reach your landing ground, there's only one way to go -- down...and fast! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Into the Fire - Written by Stephen Walsh. Art by Vila. Cover by Janek Matysiak. After a series of misadventures, US Army mechanic Justice Wade somehow found himself serving with a Soviet Penal Company armoured unit. His Matilda tank was one of a group of vehicles deemed expendable enough to act as decoys to draw the fire of their enemy, fearsome German Panther tanks. To make things even more dangerous, Justice had been promoted from mechanic to driver and he had no combat experience. He and his rag-tag crew were thrust into the fire of battle -- and there was every chance that they would crash and burn. 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) #2358: Point of No Return - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Keith Shone. Cover by Ian Kennedy. The mission was simple -- bomb a Polish refinery making vital cold-weather fuel additives for the German army. The target was easy -- almost no anti-aircraft defences, as it was too far away for Allied bombers to get there and back. Thus was launched one of the most daring adventures of the war -- a game of bluff and double-bluff, as Major Barry Crofton and a small band of Free Polish troops tried to ensure that the bombers would fly home again once their job was done. 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) #212: The Wreckers - Written by W. Spence. Art by Matias Alonso. Cover by Scholler. Young Naval lieutenant Dan Blain teamed up with Kang Wu and his cut-throat pirates of the Java Seas to wage all-out war on the warships of Japan. When this pair of modern buccaneers got going, not a single Japanese sailor ashore or afloat could sleep soundly. 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) #629: The Black Eagle - Written by C.G. Walker. Art by Cam Kennedy. Cover by Ian Kennedy. Major Heinrich Keil of the Luftwaffe was an ace...and a killer. A mad, evil Nazi whose chief delight was to hunt and kill, whether he was chasing animals on the ground or British pilots in the air. Now he was going after another British pilot, but this time he was going to hunt him down in the forest...with a crossbow. 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) #2470: Dive and Kill! - Written by Ian Clark. Art by Terry Patrick. Cover by Ian Kennedy. It took nerves of steel to survive in the deadly skies over war-torn Europe -- Pilot Officer Chris Bennet had proved that. Or so his fellow pilots thought. They reckoned he was the bravest guy they knew. But even steel can break, and so could Chris. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Do Your Duty - Written by Steve Taylor. Art by Carlos Vila and Muller. Cover by Ian Kennedy. By October 1945, World War II was over but some British forces were redeployed to the island of Java to support Allied troops in a battle with Nationalist guerrillas. The beleaguered men had expected to have been back home by now and some refused to fight. RAF mechanic Danny Cullen was stuck in the middle -- he wanted to do his duty but was continually intimidated by those who had downed tools. Meanwhile, as skirmishes with the guerrillas continued, Flight Lieutenant James Haldane made sure that he carried some grenades in his Auster spotter aircraft. You never knew when you might need them. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Home Front Heroes - Written by George Low. Art by Morahin. Cover by Ian Kennedy. The crew of a Boulton Paul Defiant night-fighter were puzzled. Why was an Airspeed Oxford trainer aircraft flying above England under cover of darkness? The gunner wondered if perhaps something secretive was going on. How right he was. But there was no way that he could have known that the Oxford was being flown by a German crew, and was an integral part of an audacious plan by the Nazis to snatch back one of their spies. At times, the Home Front was almost as dangerous as the Front Line. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Massacre in Malaya - Written by George Low. Art by Olivera and Rodriguez. Cover by Janek Matysiak. In the arid jungles of Malaya in 1941, British and Commonwealth forces held out against the relentless advance of the Japanese. Private Josh Combe and his unit were determined to protect the life of a civilian boy who had been left silent, traumatised and alone by the murderous actions of a pair of enemy officers. In a last-ditch attempt to get to friendly territory, they would have to take to the river to survive. 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) #238: King of the Spits - Written by Wallace. Art by Gordon Livingstone. Cover by Ken Barr. The letter read: "I, Count Ernst Von Steiger, the Red Arrow, challenge the leader of this squadron to a personal duel at noon tomorrow. I shall be waiting at 16,000 feet at British Map Ref. 481609." And just before noon, a lone Spitfire took off. At the controls was young Mike Carson, the pilot they called 'King of the Spits'! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Tough to Kill - Written by David Turner. Art by Vicente Alcazar. Cover by Janek Matysiak. With the German Blitzkrieg in full flow, retreating British forces were headed for the evacuation at Dunkirk. Meanwhile, Jimmy Campbell -- a tough, impulsive Hurricane pilot who wasn't so good at following orders -- had ended up in the brig to teach him a lesson. His base overrun, Jimmy was determined to fight the enemy with whatever weapon he could lay his hands on -- even a cricket bat! 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) #225: Half-Pint Commando - Written by Ken McOwan. Art by Segrelles. Cover by Roger Hall. It was a Commando raid with a difference. Among the elite soldiers, fighting right alongside with a tommy-gun was a boy of only sixteen who wasn't even in the army! When the Commandos found young Terry Nelson stowed away on their landing craft, it was too late to do anything but give him a gun and take him along -- and the boy gave those hardy warriors no cause to ever regret it. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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A Soldier's Legacy - Written by Ferg Handley. Art and Cover by Keith Page. Private Steve Kirby was very skilled and more than ready for the tough basic training that he and his fellow new recruits had to endure in the spring of 1944. Eventually, the instructors wanted to know why Steve seemed to have an advantage over everyone else. The dedicated conscript revealed that has father had been an infantry corporal in World War I and Kirby Senior had taken it upon himself to train his son in military drills and techniques, should they ever be needed. However, Steve soon discovered that his father's legacy was not always a welcome one and, of course, no amount of training could truly prepare anyone for combat. 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) #217: Space Pilot - Written by Hebden. Art by Medrano. Cover by Buccheri. One day he was Flight Lieutenant "Topper" Brown -- a young, unremarkable pilot, and the idea of him becoming an ace was far-fetched. Then he was shot up and crash-landed. Out of the flames rose a new Topper -- a pilot who could fly anything with wings; an ace who could outwit the Luftwaffe and who could hold a Spitfire in flaming shreds together long enough to clear the skies of Nazis. However, his mates said Topper wasn't like himself these days. In fact, they suspected he wasn't even human anymore! 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) #1198: Doomed Squadron - Written by R.A. Montague. Art by Giralt. Cover by Ian Kennedy. Sammy Baker's Ventura Squadron had everything going for it -- brand-new planes, top-line aircrew, the lot. So how come they got hacked out of the sky on nearly every air raid? The answer was obvious -- there had to be a spy on the station, telling the enemy when the raids were coming. But who was the spy? And how quickly could they find him? Because until they did, every raid was doomed, right from the moment of take-off! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Survive the Somme - Written by Richard Davis. Art by Rezzonico. Cover by Ian Kennedy. Private Joe Dugdale was one of many men thrust into the heart of a battle which would go on to be remembered as the most horrific of all time. When the Battle of the Somme commenced in July 1916, no one could have known it would drag on for five months and that there would be an eventual death toll of over one million. Although Joe bravely faced the hell of the trenches every day, he was unaware that his Sergeant held a grudge and wanted rid of him for good. It looked unlikely that Joe would...survive the Somme! 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) #233: Phantom Frogmen - Written by Redbridge. Art by Rodrigo. Cover by Segrelles. Corporal Stan Norton and Sergeant Ted Clark -- Commandos, frogmen, mates. But the ruthless Commando rule -- if a man gets hurt, he gets left behind, whoever he is -- looked like splitting them. Ted was lying hurt in a well-guarded German army hospital. Stan was on his own in an enemy-occupied city. But Stan said to blazes with the Commando rules. Ted was in there and he was just naturally going in to get him out. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Biplane Alley - Written by David Heptonstall. Art and Cover by Keith Page. Tom Wills was desperate for adventure and wanted to be a pilot during World War II. Unfortunately, his flying skills were not up to scratch and he ended up as a clerk in the Pay Corps. However, he seized upon the opportunity to join a ragtag group of flyers led by a maverick World War I veteran. Major Richard Joyce used ancient biplanes from the Great War to harass German and Italian forces in the North African desert. In their Gypsy Moth planes, armed only with long-fused bombs and Webley revolvers, Tom and his comrades literally went under the radar on these daring night raids against the enemy. 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) #1126: Revenge of the Shadow - Written by C.G. Walker. Art by Ibanez. Cover by Ian Kennedy. The mysterious hooded figure hiding in the undergrowth was intent on vengeance -- against S.S. Colonel Hans Meyer and his pack of "Wolves." He had already killed several of them silently and swiftly with his crossbow. Now if he could get inside the house, the evil leader of the wolf-pack would only have a few more moments to live. 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) #307: Night Intruder - Written by Ken McOwan. Art by Miguel Repetto. Cover by Ken Barr. Pete Owen was a fine pilot in a Mosquito night-fighter squadron, with a growing number of kills to his name. Then he shook everybody by flying his plane, complete with the latest top-secret radar, across the Channel into German hands. He'd been playing a traitor's game all the time, it seemed. But why was he now in a German prison camp? And why was he spending every minute planning an escape? All he'd get in Britain would be a firing squad. 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) #2481: Reluctant Assassin - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Salmeron. Cover by Mike Cox. The order was simple -- "Kill Mackheim." The reason was also simple -- he was a masterful German general who could thwart the Allied advance in this region of Italy. Captain Harry Brown, a skilled assassin, was already in the area, operating with the partisans. He was the obvious choice for the job, but there was one snag -- he had lost the will to kill in cold blood. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Firebrand! - Written by Colin Watson. Art and Cover by Janek Matysiak. Siblings Ian and John Jenkins were both R.A.F. pilots. Ian was the elder, calm and confident. John was younger and hot-headed, a definite firebrand. Based in the North-East of Scotland, they protected the coast against attack from the marauding Luftwaffe. However, when tragedy struck, John found himself embroiled in a mystery -- one that involved death, destruction and even espionage. And it seemed there was a family connection. The firebrand was determined to find the answers...whatever the cost. 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) #206: Fighter Ace - Written by David Boutland. Art by Victor Hugo Arias. Cover by Buccheri. "Flame Squadron" they were called in the R.A.F. But to the baffled pilots of the Luftwaffe, they were known as "Flame Devils." When an aircraft was shot to pieces, cartwheeling across the sky in a mass of flames, somewhere in that blazing Spitfire, a cool fighting brain still functioned, a finger still pressed the firing button. Long after any pilot must have perished, each plane carried on flying. As the Luftwaffe's terror grew, one of Germany's top spies was sent to ferret out the secret of the "Flame Devils." 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) #249: The Golden Gun - Written by Peter Newark. Art by Matias Alonso. Cover by Ken Barr. A real hero's gun. A Colt .45, the long barrel gleaming with gold plate, cunningly engraved. The butt of ivory, the whole weapon as perfectly balanced as a bird and on a hair trigger. Many a time, cowboy film star Brad Landon had got himself out of a movie tight corner with a lightning draw and the bang-bang of a blank from the Golden Colt. But now he was Lieutenant Brad Landon, British army, and in the thick of the Dunkirk retreat. The draw had to be faster, and the Golden Gun was spitting real lead instead of blanks. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Midnight Mission - Written by George Low. Art by Vicente Alcazar. Cover by Ian Kennedy. Flight Sergeant Nick Nolan was a reliable, thoughtful type. He yearned to fly a fighter like a Spitfire or Hurricane but his superiors reckoned he "didn't have enough fire in his belly." Nonetheless, he undoubtedly had skills, so Nick was selected to transport secret agents and supplies into German-held France. Aboard his Westland Lysander, the pilot never knew what dangers might spring from the darkness -- dangers like a marauding Junkers 88 Night-fighter out for the kill! 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) #204: Yankee Buddy - Written by Eric Hebden. Art by Jose de la Fuente. Cover by Cortiella. When one lone Commando was transferred to the U.S. Marines, every eye was on him from the moment they hit the Japanese-held beaches. How was his shooting? How was his nerve? Did he know his stuff? Every bullet-lashed yard was a testing ground for Commando Jacky Dean, who carried the proud reputation of all the Commandos on one broad pair of shoulders. Jacky might never have passed that test, if he hadn't found a real buddy amongst the Yanks. 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) #1101: The Invaders - Written by C.G. Walker. Art by Llops. Cover by Ian Kennedy. More than two thousand years before, the Roman legions had marched into North Africa as invaders, as conquerors. In the 20th century, the soldiers of Italy returned again, and among them was one man who thought himself the equal of the ancient emperors. But he was wrong, for the ancient Romans got the better of him -- in their own sinister way. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Island of Last Hope - Written by Shane Filer. Art by Muller. Cover by Ian Kennedy. In 1938, Germany invaded Poland...but Poland did not give in without a fight. Captain Micha Polanski and the Polish Air Force fought valiantly against the might of the Luftwaffe. But when his brother was slaughtered, Micha swore vengeance against the plane that cut him down, the plane that bore the symbol of a Black Eagle and Swastika. Micha was sent to Britain to continue the fight against Nazis, but he still hoped he would see that plane again and avenge his brother. As for Micha and many other Poles, Britain was wyspa ostatniej nadziei -- The Island of Last Hope. 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) #2479: Press Gang - Written by Alan Hemus. Art by Manuel Benet. Cover by Ian Kennedy. Front-line action from the London blitz right through to the final American triumph against the Japanese in the Pacific. Not bad for a man invalided out of the R.A.F. in 1940 and not even in the fighting forces. But then, R.D. Jones was a press photographer and he and his mate Tommy Vidler were a two-man team of war correspondents, risking death to get the news to their readers at home. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.