R. A. MONTAGUE

COMMANDO TITLES

 (POCKET HOMEPAGE) 

 

 

Created: July 17th, 2023

 

One of the latest Commando issues 5662 “Flying Lifeboat” July 6th, 2023,  which was also the working title was a reprint of a tale by R. A. Montague, the subject of this page.

Montague was a long-time contributor to the series and is mentioned in George Low's history of the pocket library as a prolific contributor to Commando, working from his home in Diss, Norfolk.

 

During the Second World War he served in the R.A.F. and then with the Colonial Police after the war, this must have given him a wealth of knowledge to write over 300 Commando scripts.

 

Looking at R.A. Montague’s Commando title list it appears his  earliest scrip was 370Lieutenant Trouble’” Nov 1968, his working title: “Beyond the River”, with cover by Lopez Espi, and  art by Sanchis Cortes,  with his last original script 2456 “At Ground Level “ working title: “Fly Out, Walk Back” March 1991 

 

Two Montague listed titles were rewrites of two original stories written/drawn by Spanish artist L. Castello Lucas. These were 768 “Fly to Glory” working title “Sea Wolf” and 781 “The Pharaoh” which was also the working title.

 

TITLE CHANGE

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One of Montague’s titles was changed in the reprint, it’s possible “THE” was dropped and the title moved over to the right of the cover to incorporate the barcode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                        

Vic Whittle 2023

 

 

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R. A. MONTAGUE

Author

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Commando Comics

1968 - 1989

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370

LIEUTENANT TROUBLE

(BEYOND THE RIVER)

November 1968

2456

AT GROUND LEVEL

(FLY OUT, WALK BACK)

March 1991

SOME MORE R. A. MONTAGUE SCRIPTS (Working titles in brackets)

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644

SANDS OF DOOM

(SECRET CARGO)

May 1972

705

FIGHT FOR SNOW ISLAND

(ICE TRAP)

December 1972

768

FLY TO GLORY

(SEA WOLF)

August 1973

789

A LEADER OF MEN

(LION’S LAIR)

November 1973

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885

MARCH OF THE MONSTERS

(THE FIGHTING FUNNIES)

November 1974

961

BEWARE YOUR FRIENDS!

(SHOOT TO KILL)

                       August 1975                      

1081

OBEY ORDERS – AND DIE!

(KILLED IN ACTION)

November 1976

1178

THE MAN WITH THE MEDALS

(NEVER GIVE UP

November 1977

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1277

BIG FRIENDS AND LITTLE FRIENDS

(A HELPING HAND)

December 1978

1434

FIRE!

(SPY GIPSY)

July 1980

1653

A BOY’S HERO

(SMUGGLER’S GANG)

November 1982

2090

SAVED FROM THE SEA

(BRING ‘EM BACK ALIVE)

May 1987

Following is a list of titles attributed to R. A. Montague.

Original titles in blue.

Reprinted titles in yellow.

370 LIEUTENANT TROUBLE

1669 THE CONDOR FLIES AGAIN

398 SKY RAIDERS

1670 MISSING, BELIEVED SUNK

400 PHANTOM NAZI

1679 HUNTERS OF THE NIGHT

420  IN THE CREW

1682 RUNAWAY!

426  LAIR OF THE LEOPARDS

1689 FIGHT ON!

491 LAST LAUGH

1692 HI-JACK!

506 THE HI-JACKERS

1695 THE TRAITOR

510 ARCTIC ACE

1703 SOMEONE MUST LEAD

538 LOW LEVEL LIZZIE

1710 OBEY ORDERS!

542 FIND A TRAITOR

1712 MOUNTAIN RAIDERS

550 DIVE TO DANGER

1717 FLYING HIGH!

560 SEA-STRIKE

1724 ATTACK BY NIGHT

573 JAPANESE JINX

1726 EYE IN THE SKY

590 REVENGE OF THE VIPER

1727 A MAN AFRAID

598 ONE MAN WAR

1737 TWENTY THOUSAND FEET

602 DECK LEVEL DAWSON

1740 BUCCANEER BOB R.N.

605 HI-JACK!

1744 TANK KILLER

618 BUCCANEER BOB R.N.

1758 FIND THEM, SINK THEM!

625 ATTACK BY NIGHT

1765 THE OUTLAWS

644 SANDS OF DOOM

1784 JUNGLE KIDNAP

649 TIGER IN THE SNOW

1796 THE TIN GRASSHOPPER

650 THE TIN GRASSHOPPER

1799 SOMEWHERE A TRAITOR

657 THE SHIP BUSTERS

1803 THE SHIP BUSTERS

664 ATTACK! ATTACK!

1805 RAIDER ON THE PROWL

676 ACTION STATIONS!

1809 THUNDERBOLT SQUADRON

688 WAR-LORD

1811 ACTION STATIONS!

689 CASEY'S PIRATES

1813 THE SECRET BASE

690 FLY IN TO DANGER

1825 TOP COVER

696 SUICIDE MISSION

1829 DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!

704 ENEMY FROM THE DEEP

1833 THE PILOT WAS A GENERAL!

705 FIGHT FOR SNOW ISLAND

1837 BOMBER CREW

714 KOMET!

1844 WAR-LORD

734 BORN TO BE BRAVE

1851 FLY IN TO DANGER

736 H.M.S. UNSINKABLE

1853 DEADLY MARAUDERS

741 TARGET U.S.A.

1857 STOP THEM!

745 A PAIR OF ACES

1861 MISSION ACCOMPLISED

746 INDIA OR BUST!

1865 TEST PILOT

749 DESERT OF DEATH

1868 THE FIGHT FOR SNOW ISLAND

754 SECRET AGENT

1869 ENEMY FROM THE DEEP

758 THE CAGE

1873 BUNDY'S SECRET WEAPON

768 FLY TO GLORY

1879 SUICIDE MISSION

769 THE TRAIL OF THE GOLDEN SAMURAI

1889 THE PRIVATE WAR

777 THE MAN WHO SAVED INDIA

1892 KOMET!

778 WELL DONE THE NAVY

1894 SERGEANTS DON'T RUN

781 THE PHAROAH

1895 FLIGHT OF NO RETURN

789 A LEADER OF MEN

1904 TARGET DESTROYED!

793 NERVES OF STEEL

1909 INTO BANDIT COUNTRY

796 BLACK BERET

1920 MAN WITH A MILLION SECRETS

804 GAS-BAG GUNMEN

1927 THE FLYING BATTLESHIPS

806 KANE'S CAVALRY

1932 BORN TO BE BRAVE

817 CARRIER STRIKE

1941 THE TRAP IS SPRUNG

824 NOBODY LOVES A GENIUS

1946 THE CONVOY FIGHTS BACK

832 THE SAND-DEVILS

1951 HONOURABLE ENEMY

837 THE SIEGE OF MALTA

1955 THE CAGE

846 FULL AHEAD!

1970 THE PIRATES

850 DANGER IN THE DEEP

1971 H.M.S. UNSINKABLE

852 ANGELS ZERO

1972 THE DESERT OF DEATH

853 CORPORAL COURAGE

1979 A PAIR OF ACES

864 COUNTER-SPY

1986 BEWARE THE PROWLERS

869 A STIRLING CALLED SATAN

1991 GUNS IN THE SNOW

874 THE HARD MAN

2005 HIT THE BIG SHIPS!

877 KILLER IN A KITTYHAWK

2011 INDIA OR BUST!

878 PIRATES WITH WINGS

2024 TARGET MALTA

880 ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE

2027 A LEADER OF MEN

885 MARCH OF THE MONSTERS

2036 GAS-BAG GUNMEN

889 PIRATE ISLAND

2046 SEND SNIPERS AHEAD!

894 TO TRAP A TRAITOR

2052 NERVES OF STEEL

897 THE BLACK BUZZARD

2056 CAPTURE THAT SHIP

906 ACCORDING TO PLAN

2057 THE TIGERS ARE COMING

913 WALRUS TO THE RESCUE!

2059 KANE'S CAVALRY

916 DANGER LEVEL

2064 A BUNCH OF BANDITS

918 SIGN OF THE VAMPIRE CAT

2076 CARRIER STRIKE

922 A QUESTION OF HONOUR

2080 VERY IMPORTANT PRISONER

924 UNDER TWO FLAGS

2084 NOBODY LOVES A GENIUS!

932 THE DEADLY LAGOON

2090 SAVED FROM THE SEA

936 UNDERCOVER AGENT

2091 BLACK BERET

941 TRUNK ROUTE

2098 THE BLOODHOUNDS!

946 TIGER IN THE NIGHT

2100 THE SIEGE OF MALTA

949 HARD-LUCK HARRY

2105 DON'T GIVE UP!

957 ATLANTIC VETERAN

2112 THE OLD WOLF

958 A BOMBER IS MISSING...

2136 THE LONG NIGHT

961 BEWARE YOUR FRIENDS!

2147 CORPORAL COURAGE

968 AVALANCHE!

2152 BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

980 HIGH AND DRY

2159 A STIRLING CALLED SATAN

982 THE COP WHO WENT TO WAR

2160 MARCH OF THE MONSTERS

985 FLYING WILD

2172 PIRATES WITH WINGS

996 THE LANCE-CORPORAL

2183 DANGER - KEEP CLEAR!

997 FRONT-LINE FIGHTER

2187 THE BLACK BUZZARD

1001 GUN THE MAN DOWN!

2194 LOYALTY!

1002 ON THE RUN

2204 A QUESTION OF HONOUR

1004 HERO ON WHEELS

2220 ACCORDING TO PLAN

1010 IDENTITY UNKNOWN

2233 BULLET-PROOF

1016 VANISHING TRICK

2236 UNDER TWO FLAGS

1025 APPOINTMENT IN CAIRO

2248 STOLEN...ONE BOMBER!

1028 ACHTUNG - TEMPEST!

2251 SIGN OF THE VAMPIRE BAT

1030 DEAD MAN'S ISLAND

2252 WALRUS TO THE RESCUE!

1038 ONE-WAY TICKET

2253 MOUNTAIN BATTLE

1040 THE BAIT IN THE TRAP

2269 BEWARE THE TRAITOR

1045 WINGS OF THE ARMY

2276 TRUNK ROUTE

1053 THE FIGHTING ROYALS

2306 THE INVISIBLE WARRIOR

1054 HERE COMES TROUBLE

2311 ATTACK AT ZERO FEET

1061 SINK THAT SUB!

2316 HIGH AND DRY

1065 FIT TO FIGHT

2323 THE COP WHO WENT TO WAR

1068 FRAME-UP!

2328 KNOCK-OUT PUNCH

1070 BATTLE OF THE SNOWS

2331 FLYING WILD

1077 CODE-NAME "BORIS"

2340 ON THE RUN!

1081 OBEY ORDERS - AND DIE!

2355 APPOINTMENT IN CAIRO

1086 ACROSS THE BORDER

2379 FIT TO FIGHT

1089 JAVA SEA JINX

2388 HERE COMES TROUBLE!

1096 DOWN ON THE ICE

2396 CONVOY KILLER

1098 JUNGLE EXPRESS

2403 THE FLYING BLOWLAMP

1100 THE CONVOY KILLER

2406 SUICIDE RUN!

1102 FLAK FEVER

2427 SNIPER SECTION

1104 TORPEDO RUNNING

2428 FLAK FEVER

1105 SNIPER SECTION

2436 BURNING SKIES

1109 BAND OF HEROES

2437 DEPTHS OF DANGER

1114 ONE JUMP AHEAD

2456 AT GROUND LEVEL!

1116 BURNING SKIES

2459 TROUBLE ALL THE WAY!

1117 THE FLYING BLOWLAMP

2467 TRIAL BY COMBAT

1120 THE SEA HAS SECRETS

2483 COOL CAT

1122 TROUBLE ALL THE WAY

2492 EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL

1124 TRIAL BY COMBAT

2499 DOOMED SQUADRON

1129 LUCKY LANDING

2532 SKY GIANT

1133 DISASTER!

2540 BEAUFIGHTER

1136 NEVER TOO LATE

2556 BIG FRIENDS AND LITTLE FRIENDS

1137 ONE GOT AWAY

2580 FLYING DESTROYER

1144 SEARCH AND STRIKE

2588 TEMPEST

1146 FOUR SET OUT...

2603 TO THE RESCUE!

1149 SUICIDE SQUADRON

2612 ENEMY IN SIGHT!

1151 SKY RAIDERS

2628 LAST MAN OUT

1156 COOL CAT

2643 THE SEA RAIDERS

1162 KILLER WOLF

2644 FIRE!

1164 GROUND ATTACK

2652 FORWARD THE GUNS!

1165 LUCKY LARRY

2660 BULLDOG BREED

1168 THUNDERBOLT

2692 THE FIGHTING PENGUINS

1170 FRONT-LINE SAPPER

2699 DESERT ORDEAL

1178 THE MAN WITH THE MEDALS

2707 SPEARHEAD

1181 KILLER BEAM

2708 INTRUDERS BEWARE!

1187 JONAH IN THE CREW

2715 THE LINE-SHOOTER

1194 EVERTHING UNDER CONTROL

2731 BEWARE THE WALRUS

1197 JUNGLE FEVER

2739 MYSTERY OF THE OCEAN

1198 DOOMED SQUADRON

2740 PARATROOPER

1202 IT'S THE MARINES!

2780 DANGER IN THE SHADOWS

1204 JAVA PATROL

2787 AIR GUNNER

1206 PRISONER!

2788 BEHIND THE LINES

1207 LAIR OF THE LEOPARDS

2819 TARGET - CRETE!

1213 JUNGLE SECRET

2820 DEPTH CHARGES AWAY

1214 WOLF AT BAY

2827 MISSING, BELIEVED SUNK

1221 DRINK OR DIE!

2843 A BOY'S HERO

1232 DECK-LEVEL DICERS

2850 IN DISGUISE

1234 PREPARE FOR ACTION!

2859 SINK THAT SHIP

1240 LOOKING FOR TROUBLE!

2876 OBEY ORDERS

1242 BEAUFIGHTER!

2891 MAN OVERBOARD

1246 THE FIGHT FOR HILL FIFTEEN

2899 A MAN AFRAID

1249 RAISE THE ALARM!

2931 MOUNTAIN RAIDERS

1250 SKY GIANT

2940 TWENTY THOUSAND FEET

1257 JINX GUNNER

2964 THE TRAITOR

1265 BAD COMPANY

2987 THE OUTLAWS

1269 UGLY DUCKLING

3035 SOMEWHERE A TRAITOR

1277 BIG FRIENDS AND LITTLE FRIENDS

3059 THE SECRET BASE

1280 PAID IN FULL

3075 DIVE! DIVE! DIVE!

1282 JET STRIKE

3091 BOMBER CREW

1284 BIG TROUBLE!

3107 THE PRIVATE WAR

1288 SAMMY'S NO HERO

3139 STOP THEM

1297 TO THE RESCUE

3147 TEST PILOT

1298 REPORTED MISSING!

3155 BUNDY'S SECRET WEAPON

1301 VALENTINES' DAY

3163 INTO BANDIT COUNTRY

1304 WHEN DAWN BREAKS...

3179 FLIGHT OF NO RETURN

1308 THE TOUGH ONES

3180 SERGEANTS DON'T RUN

1310 FLYING DESTROYER

3235 THE CONVOY FIGHTS BACK

1316 TEMPEST!

3259 THE FLYING BATTLESHIPS

1321 THE SEA RAIDERS

3268 THE PIRATES

1322 FIGHT IN THE NIGHT

3300 GUNS IN THE SNOW

1330 FORWARD THE GUNS!

3308 BEWARE THE PROWLERS

1333 HUNTING TROUBLE

3396 THE TIGERS ARE COMING

1338 ENEMY IN SIGHT

3452 CAPTURE THAT SHIP!

1341 INTO THE WOLF LAIR!

3460 VERY IMPORTANT PRISONER

1344 THE SECRET WAR

3491 A BUNCH OF BANDITS

1348 TEN YEARS AFTER

3523 SAVED FROM THE SEA

1350 PRIVATE SCHULTZ'S WAR

3588 THE LONG NIGHT

1358 WHO KILLED COOPER?

3627 DANGER - KEEP CLEAR!

1360 BARMY'S PRIVATE ARMY

3668 LOYALTY!

1362 WAR AT SEA

3756 STOLEN...ONE BOMBER!

1364 FORGET THE PAST

3763 BULLET-PROOF

1365 A FINE ENEMY

3780 BEWARE THE TRAITOR

1368 THE FIGHTING PENGUINS

3868 THE INVISIBLE WARRIOR

1377 SPEARHEAD

4093 DEPTHS OF DANGER

1382 A FRIEND IN NEED

4102 AT GROUND LEVEL!

1385 ONE WAS MISSING

4358 THE SECRET WAR

1389 TWO-TAILED DEVILS

4390 PARATROOPER

1390 THE TANK-MEN

4406 A STIRLING CALLED SATAN

1391 BLACK ARROW

4408 THE COP WHO WENT TO WAR

1392 DEAD OR ALIVE!

4483 THE FIGHTING PENGUINS

1399 HIGH-FLYING SPY

4484 THE CAGE

1402 PARATROOPER

4494 DON'T GIVE UP!

1406 STUKA ACE

4522 THE OLD WOLF

1409 INTO DANGER!

4523 GAS-BAG GUNMEN

1414 GAME OF BLUFF

4558 SAVED FROM THE SEA

1416 SEEK OUT THE ENEMY

4621 THE SAND-DEVILS

1418 SNOW PATROL

4626 PIRATES WITH WINGS

1421 LAST MAN OUT

4634 THE BLACK BUZZARD

1424 BEHIND THE LINES

4654 LOYALTY!

1427 LAST LAUGH

4667 NOBODY LOVES A GENIUS

1433 THE FIGHTING FISHERMEN

4686 BEWARE THE TRAITOR

1434 FIRE!

4690 THE INVISIBLE WARRIOR

1442 INTO THE JUNGLE!

4750 FLYING WILD

1444 THE HI-JACKERS

4762 WALRUS TO THE RESCUE!

1445 FIRE-POWER!

4771 NERVES OF STEEL

1448 THE BULLDOG BREED

4790 FLAK FEVER

1449 FLYING LIFEBOAT

4825 HI-JACK!

1454 SILENCE THE GUNS!

4826 FIT TO FIGHT

1456 DANGER IN THE SHADOWS

4830 APPOINTMENT IN CAIRO

1462 FLY TO FREEDOM

4842 SUICIDE RUN!

1473 AIR GUNNER

4854 ON THE RUN!

1478 TARGET - CRETE!

4914 TROUBLE ALL THE WAY!

1481 KALI'S WARRIORS

4922 TRIAL BY COMBAT

1483 ARCTIC ACE

4926 DOOMED SQUADRON

1484 DEADLY DECOY

4938 BURNING SKIES

1501 DESERT ORDEAL

4982 EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL

1504 TREASON!

5088 JONAH IN THE CREW

1510 SINK THAT SHIP!

5156 SEA-STRIKE

1512 ESCAPE FROM BURMA

5220 SANDS OF DOOM

1515 LOW-LEVEL LIZZIE

5252 KOMET!

1518 IN DISGUISE!

5302 TARGET - CRETE!

1520 INTRUDERS BEWARE!

5304 ACTION STATIONS!

1529 NO WAY OUT

5330 INTRUDERS BEWARE!

1536 DEFEND TO THE LAST

5374 CONVOY PATROL

1538 DEVIL FISH

5390 THE JETS FROM NOWHERE!

1539 SEA-STRIKE

5398 ON SILENT WINGS

1548 FIND A TRAITOR

5404 SKY RAIDERS

1549 INTO THE ATTACK

5410 TO CATCH A SPY...

1554 TEMPEST SQUADRON

5426 THE CONDOR FLIES AGAIN

1565 THE LINE-SHOOTER

5430 MISSING, BELIEVED SUNK

1567 VULKAN GROUP

5438 HUNTERS OF THE NIGHT

1577 MAN OVERBOARD!

5470 FLYING HIGH!

1582 CONVOY PATROL

5476 LAIR OF THE LEOPARDS

1589 BEWARE THE WALRUS!

5506 FIND THEM, SINK THEM!

1599 MYSTERY OF THE OCEAN

5564 BIG TROUBLE!

1608 SPEAR-POINT

5566 TOP COVER

1609 THE JETS FROM NOWHERE!

5576 THE SAND-DEVILS

1611 JAPANESE JINX

5584 A STIRLING CALLED SATAN

1613 THE SECRET TORPEDO

5594 A FRIEND IN NEED

1618 ENEMY CITY

5598 WHO KILLED COOPER?

1624 ON SILENT WINGS

5602 BARMY'S PRIVATE ARMY

1637 SAVED FROM THE DESERT

5610 INTO THE ATTACK

1645 WHISTLING DEATH

5634 FLY TO FREEDOM

1647 TO CATCH A SPY...

5636 ATLANTIC VETERAN

1653 A BOY'S HERO

5642 THE FIGHTING FISHERMEN

1654 DEPTH CHARGES AWAY!

5644 BEWARE YOUR FRIENDS!

1664 THE SEA-DEVILS

5662 FLYING LIFEBOAT

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