Issue Description

Had they survived the landing at the deadly river-mouth, mined and ambushed by the Japanese, and fought their way through the horrors of the jungle, just to be picked off on this ridge by Japanese planes?

Was this the finish - here, when below them lay the secret Japanese airfield they'd come so many blood-stained miles to destroy?

Was it blazes!

Introduction

Although every Commando story starts life as a plot line, sometimes it's not the story that grabs your attention, sometimes it's the cover, sometimes it's the inside art. That is certainly the case here. Alonso's pants-on-fire style of illustration socks you in the eye and keeps the tale racing along.

Once you get past the art, you can appreciate that it's a well-worked, complicated plot that Alonso is working with. There's jeopardy round every corner and enough friction between the characters to start a small fire - see the comment about Alonso's style.

Cover artist Chaco holds his end up well, reducing the amount of colour in the illustration to show that it's night, but also showing up the gun flashes and the probing searchlight. A good job by all three.

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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