Issue Description

TWO old tanks - two knocked-out Italian tanks whose guns still worked, and were trained on the prison camp fence - these and some vicious strands of barbed wire were what stood between a crowd of desperate British prisoners and freedom.

Captain Al Kelly and Lieutenant Pete Smith reckoned there was a fighting chance of escaping - and that was all these two desert fighters asked…

Introduction

This is a hard-hitting Commando yarn and no mistake. In the arid expanse of the North African desert, Captain Al Kelly, a non-nonsense Australian, has good reason to be mad at British Lieutenant Pete Smith - and a bitter clash ensues. But this vendetta is played out against a deadly backdrop - the battle for the war-torn port of Tobruk.

Boutland's script is taut, C.T. Rigby's art is dynamic and Ken Barr's font cover illustration is simply outstanding. I hope you agree.

Scott Montgomery, Deputy Editor

Note: Original published as Commando No 164 (May 1965).

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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