Issue Description

Gruttenstein castle - a name that sent shivers down men's spines. Every field and valley around it was sown with mines and booby-traps. Guarding the castle were the most cold-blooded killer-troops that Germany could produce. Hidden inside it was the terrible "vengeance weapon" soon to be unleashed on its helpless victims...

...And up there in the secret control room, waiting, gloating, was the fiend who called himself "The Wolf of Gruttenstein".

Introduction

There have been a fair few Commando stories over the years with animals as vital parts of the plot; almost characters if you like. This was probably the first but it feels strangely contemporary as the dog's nose is being used to sniff out explosives as they do today. As usual, the inventive Major Hebden weaves a lovely tale and draws a complex villain with a dual personality. No cardboard cut-outs here.

Ken Barr's slavering hounds set the scene and Boluda follows his lead with his strong black-and-whites. No ruff-ness there!

That's enough of my barking, get reading!

Calum Laird, Commando Editor"

Commando: For Action and Adventure (1993)

Publisher

D.C. Thomson & Co.

Volume Description

British company D.C. Thomson & Co. began publishing Commando: War Stories in 1961 mostly focusing, as the name hints, on war stories from WWII and WWI respectively. This was extended to other wars and conflicts later on and since 1993, beginning with issue #2691, the series was called Commando: For Action and Adventure.

Currently D.C. Thomson publishes four issues a fortnight (eight issues a month).

The Gold Collection and Silver Collection content reprints of older stories

Home of Heroes focus on new stories about British Arm Forces

Action and Adventure focus on new stories set around the world

Format: 7 x 5.5 inch (17,75 x 14 cm); 68 pages; b/w sketches only.

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