Commando for Action and Adventure (1993 UK) comic books in grade FN or better

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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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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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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #469: Death of a Wimpey - Written by Ken Gentry. Art by Cam Kennedy. Cover by Ian Kennedy. They found an abandoned plane in the desert, sand almost covering it. The paint was hanging off in shreds, the engines had seen better days and the fuselage was riddled with bullet holes. But it was still a Vickers Wellington bomber -- one of the tough, famous Wimpeys. And it could fly -- just. So the men who found it, three army deserters and a no-good RAF pilot, began to make plans to get back into the war -- flying their own private bomber! 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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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #2632: The Lion's Den - Written by Bernard Gregg. Art and Cover by Janek Matysiak. The lion's den -- that's where safe-cracker turned secret agent Danny Gregg was headed, to wrest secrets from deep within a Nazi lair. And he had to succeed. For Danny, the reward would be a pardon from his criminal past. For Britain, it could mean the difference between victory and defeat! 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) #44: Killer Ship - Written by Eric Hebden. Art by C.T. Rigby. Cover by Ken Barr. Every night as darkness spread over the Mediterranean, sailors of the German Navy who were on duty grew nervous and uneasy. For this was the time the ghost ship would strike. Out of the night would roar a sleek, black E-boat with the skull and crossbones flying from its masthead. And on its bridge stood a British sailor as bold as any pirate of the Spanish Main, Lieutenant Bart Mason of the British Navy -- running his own private 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) #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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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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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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Mission to Patagonia - Written by Alan Hebden. Art and Cover by Manuel Benet. In November 1982, a British Geological Survey team in the Antarctic make an extraordinary find -- a downed Vulcan bomber. News of this amazing discovery brings Lieutenant Nick Tarrant of the SAS to the scene. There soon emerges the story of a clandestine operation that took place during the height of the Falklands War. 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) #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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Hero in a Heli - Written by Steve Taylor. Art and Cover by Keith Page. It takes nerve and skill to hold a bucking, weaving Sea King in position over a casualty while one of your crewmates is winched down to try to pluck him to safety. Lieutenant Jamie Price had both these qualities, which helped make his crew one of the best in the business. Yet his brother Owen, a Sea Harrier pilot, ranked him only as a glorified bus driver, never missing a chance to sneer. He never dreamt that he'd have to trust his life to that bus driver in the hostile skies over the Falklands Islands. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Blood Feud - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art by Vila. Cover by Ian Kennedy. So how did it come to pass that Warrant Officer Greg Blake was about to take on a menacing German Zeppelin during the First World War, armed with only a Martini-Henry rifle? It's a thrilling tale -- one which stretches back to the Boer War, and tells of a bitter blood feud that spanned a generation. 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) #32: Glider Pilot - Written by Eric Hebden. Art by Armando Bonato. Cover by Ken Barr. Like great birds of prey, the gliders swoop into enemy territory, defying the might of the Luftwaffe and the savage assault of the flak batteries. Once on the ground, their bellies open to spill out bands of fighting men who strike terror into German hearts -- the famous airborne Commandos. They give no mercy and ask none, these men who have been taught to 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) #2105: Don't Give Up! - Written by R.A. Montague. Art by C.T. Rigby. Cover by Ian Kennedy. As a Japanese dive-bomber roared in to destroy their trucks, a group of British soldiers scattered for cover. Every man knew they now faced a long trek through the Burmese jungle, trying desperately to stay ahead of the enemy advance. It wouldn't be easy...buy they must never give up. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Convict Commandos: Rain of Terror - Written by Alan Hebden. Art and Cover by Manuel Benet. In action once again, the Convict Commandos -- Jelly Jakes, Titch Mooney, Smiler Dawson and Guy Tenby -- undertake their most dangerous mission yet. As if ruthless Nazis and silent stranglers weren't hazardous enough, even the skies are loaded with death...and it's raining down on them! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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T54: A Tankful of Trouble - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Morahin. Cover by Janek Matysiak. In 1956, the Russians invaded neighbouring Hungary to quell a popular uprising. The newly-operational T54 tank -- successor to the wartime T34 -- was used by them to devastating effect in the campaign. When British Intelligence learned that Hungarian rebels had captured a fully operational T54, a team was sent to recover the mighty machine's design secrets. But with Hungarian government troops and the Russian Army on their trail, this mission was going to be no walk in the park! 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) #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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Reprinting Commando War Stories in Pictures (1961 D. C. Thomson Digest) #39: Diggers Die Hard - Written by Eric Hebden. Art by Gordon Livingstone. Cover by Ken Barr. Johnny Grogan could do anything with that bulldozer of his. Build roads, clear forests, dig canals -- he'd even make it sit up and beg if you asked him to. Then came the day when he had to do something new with it, the day he had to turn it into a tank! It was the Italian Army's fault -- they should never have tried to get tough with a guy like Johnny Grogan. For they found they had a new war on their hands -- Grogan's 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) #2073: Brigand Squadron - Written by Ian Clark. Art by Terry Patrick. Cover by Ian Kennedy. For fighter pilot David Morgan, it was the proudest moment of his life when he was posted to the unit known as "Brigand Squadron." They were famous for their brave deeds, and their motto was "Never run, never yield." But he was in for a nasty shock when he arrived. These men weren't fierce brigands -- they were frightened sheep! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Spy Catchers - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Luis Olivera. Cover by Ian Kennedy. Espionage is as much a part of warfare as infantry or artillery. Knowing what your enemy is planning is a great help when it comes to stopping him. But all the time you're watching him, he's watching you, isn't he? Which is why you need spy-catchers, men who will sniff out the spies and neutralise them. British Army lorry-driver Arnie Kershaw loved to read about the adventures of such men...but even he never dreamt for a moment that he'd be caught up in their activities for real. 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) #22: Cold Steel - Written by Jim Kenner. Art by Gordon Livingstone. Cover by Ken Barr. Armed to the teeth, they slipped and slithered from the hull of a submarine into a wave-battered rubber dinghy. A grim cargo of trouble on a life-or-death mission. Ten desperate men who were destined to become...ten dauntless heroes. 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 Deadly Games - Written by Alen Hebden. Art and Cover by Keith Page. In 1920, the Belgian city of Antwerp hosted the Summer Olympic Games. Russ Wynn and Dave "Bunny" Hare were two of many accomplished yachtsmen there, but a chance encounter with a shady figure from Russ' recent past brought to light a thrilling adventure from the First World War...and a blood debt that was still to be paid! 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) #2133: Stay on Target! - Written by Allan Chalmers. Art by Keith Shone. Cover by Ian Kennedy. After barely escaping from the blazing wreck of a shot-down Anson, Ray Lyall was constantly haunted by the memory of that terrifying experience. As the newly-appointed navigator of a Lancaster bomber, Ray was responsible for the safety of all the crew...and his nerve could crack at any moment! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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High Speed Rescue - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art by Rezzonico. Cover by Janek Matysiak. Growing up in Malaya, young Sam Logan dreamed of being a pilot. He volunteered for the RAF as soon as war broke out -- only to be washed out of flying training thanks to the dizziness that overcame him every time he took to the air. He ended up on an RAF Air-Sea Rescue Launch, patrolling the choppy grey waters of the Channel. Almost as much as he did himself, Sam's crewmates wondered if the reluctant sailor was up to this dangerous work. Their very survival depended on him working as part of a team...especially when there were E-boats on the prowl. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Leopard Commander - Written by Alan Hebden. Art and Cover by Keith Page. It sounded almost cute and cuddly, an Italian commander named for a big cat. But his British adversaries in East Africa were under no illusions -- they knew that, like his namesake, he was fast, agile...and deadly! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Doomed Legionnaires - Written by Steve Coombs. Art and Cover by Manuel Benet. Men from all over the world, men with secret shameful pasts, men who had no place in their home countries. Here they were, gathered together to fight an implacable enemy, for a flag that was not their own. And because they were foreigners, they had been handed a suicide mission. They were indeed...the doomed Legionnaires! 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) #25: Take No Prisoners! - Written by Eric Hebden. Art by Casarubio. Cover by Ken Barr. Ten British prisoners lay dead -- shot down in cold blood. And there were no witnesses to the terrible crime. The only clue to the killers lay there in the blood-stained dust -- a German helmet bearing a skull and crossbones emblem...an emblem which from that day on was to be a death warrant to every Nazi who wore it. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Mario's Express - Written by Stephen Walsh. Art by Vila. Cover by Ian Kennedy. Colonel Mario Girotti was not really much of a soldier. He was more than happy to be stuck in the North African desert, in charge of a rarely-used railway station. He spent his days listening to classical music on his trusty gramophone or reading poetry. But the culture-loving Italian's peaceful war was rudely interrupted by the arrival of a group of his fellow countrymen, followed by some Nazis, all bent on escaping the oncoming British onslaught with some looted priceless treasure and, naturally enough, they wanted one of Mario's trains. Mario decided that maybe the time was right to fight, after all! 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) #14: Fly Fast Shoot First! - Story and Art by Peter Ford. Cover by Ken Barr. The machine-guns chattered their chant of death, the Spitfire spat its eight-forked tongues of flame...and from the wide blue sky tumbled another charred fragment of the once-mighty Luftwaffe. Mike Arden was a flying fool: A pilot with only one fault. In his eagerness to get into a fight, he left more than burned-out Nazis behind him -- he left a trail of broken Spitfires, too! So they gave him a choice: "Transfer to Coastal Command or stay on the ground." Mike transferred...and did things with a four-engined bomber that had never been done before! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Magic Merlin - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Morahin. Cover by Ian Kennedy. As the Battle of Britain reached its climax, RAF Flying Officer Toby Mortimer was assigned a brand new MkII Hurricane. Toby's flying suddenly improved, and he got more kills in his new Hurri. But why? Toby put it down to his new plane's Rolls-Royce Merlin XX -- because its serial number exactly matched his date of birth! That engine became his good luck charm. He was sure that his life and the Merlin's were inexplicably linked. Which was not such a good thing when another pilot had to take over his kite! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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Focke-Wulf Hi-Jack - Written by Alan Hebden. Art by Rezzonico. Cover by Janek Matysiak. In 1941, the Luftwaffe's sleek and deadly Focke-Wulf 190 appeared from nowhere to terrorise the RAF. Even their best fighter, the Supermarine Spitfire MkV, was no match for it. The British needed an intact Fw190 to discover its weaknesses...and a way to defeat it. The top brass came up with a simple but dangerous plan. A crack Commando squad would lead a raid to steal a Focke-Wulf from right under the Jerries' noses! All they needed was a pilot. That's when Flight Lieutenant Tam McDermott stepped up. Fluent in German and with a working knowledge of Luftwaffe aircraft, he was perfect -- if only he could survive his Commando training! 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) #50: Clash of Steel - Written by Henderson. Art by Matias Alonso. Cover by Ken Barr. Every regiment has its daredevil, the one man who doesn't know the meaning of fear. In Popski's Private Army, there were nothing else but daredevils, each one more daring than the next. This is the story of a Desert Army sergeant, who accidentally came to make up a foursome with three of the toughest and craziest of Popski's desert pirates. Men said you had to be certified crazy to qualify for the PPA. Well, maybe Sergeant Dave Jones was that...crazy brave! Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.

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The Pigeon Patrol - Written by Mac MacDonald. Art and Cover by Keith Page. As the First World War raged around him, Lieutenant Kenny Dean cast his eyes skywards at the sound of any aero engine. The one thing he really wanted to do was to get into the air, but he would have settled for anything to do with flying. So he should have been happy when his CO posted him to a flying unit. Shouldn't he? Maybe not, for the Pigeon Patrol was not quite what he had in mind. 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) #2127: Skull and Crossbones - Written by Bernard Gregg. Art by Ibanez. Cover by Jeff Bevan. Most U-boat captains were honourable men, but not this one. As his submarine pulled away from the burning hulk of the British ship, he broke one of the rules of warfare -- he machine-gunned the defenceless men in the water. Those sailors who survived would never forget the emblem on the side of that U-boat -- a red shield with a skull and crossbones. Weekly British War comics digest. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 6 1/2-in., 68 pages, B&W.