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

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

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

Gott im Himmel! The country’s most famous war comic has crossed to the other side. Unthinkable as it may be to generations of readers, Commando For Action And Adventure – better known as Commando ...

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

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

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

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

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