KEN
BARR
COMMANDO
COVER TITLES
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Ken Barr Cover Artist for Commando Comics 1961 - |
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18 LONE
HERO February
1962 |
TWO KEN BARR
COVERS |
497 SKY
BANDITS September
1970 |
Updated:
October 16th 2011
Ken Barr
created the first 14 Commando covers including the very first Commando ‘Walk or
Die’ June 1961, this I felt, set the standard for the cover layout to the
present day, his last original cover was 3047 ‘Evil Ace’ May 1997.
Ken now
resides in America but I have left his leaving date blank, as he may return
again and do some more covers.
Vic
September 2003
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A SMALL SELECTION OF KEN BARR COVERS |
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547 THE IRON MAN May 1971 |
699 COLONEL SCARFACE December 1972 |
763 THE DESPERATE HOURS August 1973 |
3047 EVIL ACE May 1997 |
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Six words – just six small words
were all it took to turn a tough, loyal tank crew into a bunch of snarling,
suspicious enemies. And those were the words Jack Baker, tank commander,
heard from Military Intelligence only minutes before they left on a dangerous
operation. “There is a traitor among you…” |
All occupied But one day Bauer went too far
with a young Commando lieutenant, Rick Mathews. And Rick stayed in |
“Old soldiers never die,” was
just another saying to Corporal Bill Curtis and Private Jack Hunt, until that
night they landed on an island to sabotage the hugh guns threatening the
allied invasion forces. Then strange things began to happen. It all started when they met up with an officer of Napoleon’s army – a man who by rights should have been dead for over a hundred years, but still helped them to fight the Nazis. |
Possibly one of the best Pilot Officer Bill Banks was
typical of this description as far as Smythe was concerned – and not without
some truth. But high in the hostile skies, the crews of the |
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Following
is a list of titles attributed to Ken Barr with reprints in yellow |
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1
WALK OR DIE |
546 MUSTANG
ACE |
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2
THEY CALED HIM COWARD |
547 THE IRON MAN |
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3
A GUY NEEDS GUTS |
551 JINX PILOT |
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4
MERCY FOR NONE |
555 SKY DROP |
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5
HELLFIRE LANDING |
563 SOLO SMITH |
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6
THEY CAME BY NIGHT |
567 FIGHTING GIANT |
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7
THE SHIP THEY COULDN’T SINK |
571 FAST GUN |
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8
RED RUNS THE RIVER |
575 DICE WITH DEATH |
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9
JUNGLE FURY |
583 MOUNTAIN GUN |
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10
HUN BAIT |
587 JUMP OR DIE |
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11
CLOSER THAN BROTHERS |
591 |
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12
THE DESPERATE DAYS |
595 SEND FOR SPITFIRES |
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13
DEATH IN THE SUN |
607 KILLER WITH WINGS |
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14
FLY FAST, SHOOT FAST |
615 BLOOD RED DAWN |
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15
JAP KILLER |
619 DEATH DIVE |
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16
KNIFE FOR A NAZI |
623 SEA WOLF |
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18
LONE HERO |
627 DOG FIGHT |
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19
THE DEATH DEALERS |
631 SUDDEN DEATH |
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20
DARE DEVIL D.F.C. |
643 GHOST PILOT |
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22
COLD STEEL |
659 KILLER GUN |
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23
HILL 13 |
663 SCROUGE OF THE DESERT |
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24
GUN FURY |
683 VULTURES OVER |
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25
TAKE NO PRISONERS |
691 GLIDER ACE |
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28 MASSACRE IN THE SUN |
695 THE LOST SQUADRON |
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29 SKY ACE |
699 COLONEL SCARFACE |
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30 |
703 ZERO BASHER |
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32 GLIDER PILOT |
707 BLACK ACE |
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34 DEATH |
715 TRAIL OF A HERO |
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35 NIGHT RAIDER |
719 KILLER CREW |
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38 DUEL IN THE DESERT |
723 BLOOD BEACH |
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39 DIGGERS DIE HARD |
727 DEAD OF NIGHT |
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41 BREAKOUT |
731 DESERT HERO |
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42 SECRET WEAPON |
735 GREEN FOR DANGER |
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44 KILLER SHIP |
739 NIGHT STRIKE |
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45 FOG OF DOOM |
751 |
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46 PHANTOM FIGHTERS |
755 JUNGLE SNIPER |
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47 DUEL IN THE SKY |
759 BROTHERS AT WAR |
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49 BLOOD VALLEY |
763 THE DESPERATE HOURS |
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50 CLASH OF STEEL |
767 SKY TIGER |
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52 THE TIGER IS LOOSE |
771 GIANT KILLER |
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53 SEEK AND DESTROY |
779 BORN BRAVE |
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54 BEACH HEAD |
783 LONE EAGLE |
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57 TARGET FOR TONIGHT |
791 HURRICANE ACE |
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58 TATTOOED HERO |
795 ZERO! ZERO! |
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63 AMBUSH |
803 THE WHITE FEATHER |
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150 OPERATION TINFISH |
805 SEA FURY |
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151 NIGHT STRIKE |
807 JAP HUNT |
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153 GIANT KILLER |
808 HAUNTED SKIES |
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154 |
811 TAIL-END CHARLIE |
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155 JUNGLE SNIPER |
815 CALL HIM HERO |
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156 BROTHERS AT WAR |
819 FLYING FOOLS |
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157 THE DESPERATE HOURS |
823 HAMMER OF THE JAPS |
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160 HUNT THE TRAITOR |
827 DESERT FIGHTER |
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161 BORN BRAVE |
831 THE FOUR SCARS |
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162 LONE EAGLE |
839 THE SILVER SPITFIRE |
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164 TANK BUSTER |
855 FLOATING FORTRESS |
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166 HURRICANE ACE |
859 CODEWORD TORCH |
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168 SEA FURY |
867 THE LOST ARMY |
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170 ZERO! ZERO! |
875 ROGUE PILOT |
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172 FLOATING FORTRESS |
876 THE MAN WHO NEARLY MISSED THE WAR |
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174 TAILEND CHARLIE |
883 DEATH FLIES FAST |
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176 LOST PATROL |
887
INTERNATIONAL SQUADRON |
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177 THE FIGHTING McTAGGART |
891 |
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178 HAMMER OF THE JAPS |
899 KING OF THE
SPITS |
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179 THE SCARLET SERGEANT |
903 THE GOLDEN
GUN |
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180 FLYING FOOLS |
911 FLYING FLEA |
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182 ACHTUNG SUBMARINE |
927 LOW LEVEL
LANC |
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184 DEATH FLIES FAST |
935 STRINGBAG
ACE |
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185 THE FOUR SCARS |
939 FLYING
PHANTOM |
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186 CALL HIM HERO |
943 MOSQUITO
ACE |
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188 NIGHT PROWL |
947 KELLY’S ARMY |
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189 DESERT FIGHTER |
951 THE STOLEN
LANC |
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190 THEY CALL HIM YELLOW |
955 AND ONE WAS
TRAITOR |
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199 THE SILVER SPITFIRE |
967 CLASH OF
EAGLES |
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216 INTERNATIONAL SQUADRON |
971 BLACK
SQUADRON |
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219 ROGUE PILOT |
975 JET MENACE |
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220 CODEWORD TORCH |
979 WALRUS
PATROL |
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222 THE LOST ARMY |
983 MOSQUITO
STRIKE |
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224 BORN TO FLY |
991 FIGHTER
BLITZ |
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235 FLYING FLEA |
1003 NIGHT ACE
(+ INTERIOR STORY ART) |
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238 KING OF THE SPITS |
1007 GLORY
HUNTER |
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245 |
1011 NIGHT
INTRUDER |
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249 THE GOLDEN GUN |
1023 PHANTOM
FORCE |
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255 HOODOO SHIP |
1027 ROCKET
BLITZ |
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260 ATLANTIC KILLER |
1031 YELLOW
HERO |
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262 DEATH OF A U-BOAT |
1035 BATTLE
CRAZY (+ INTERIOR STORY ART) |
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263 LOW LEVEL LANC |
1043 HUMAN
TORPEDO |
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265 STRINGBAG ACE |
1051 THE LONER |
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266 FLYING PHANTOM |
1063 BOSS OF
THE SKY |
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269 MOSQUITO ACE |
1067 HOODOO |
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271 THE STOLEN LANC |
1075 TROUBLE
SQUADRON |
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272 KELLY’S ARMY |
1119 SKY TRAP |
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274 CLASH OF EAGLES |
1179 TANK TAMER |
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276 AND ONE WAS A TRAITOR |
1239 THE GUN |
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278 DEATH OF A GIANT |
1355 MIGHTY
MIKE |
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281 BLACK SQUADRON |
2083 HAUNTED
SKIES |
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284 WALRUS PATROL |
2523 WALK OR
DIE |
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287 JET MENACE |
2531 THEY
CALLED HIM COWARD |
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289 ONE THEY COULDN’T CATCH |
2539 A GUY
NEEDS GUTS |
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290 MOSQUITO STRIKE |
2547 MERCY FOR
NONE |
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293 FIGHTER BLITZ |
2555 HELLFIRE
LANDING |
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294 WAR OF THE GIANTS |
2563 THEY CAME
BY NIGHT |
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296 HURRICANE |
2571 THE SHIP
THEY COULDN’T SINK |
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297 RED FOR GO |
2579 RED RUNS
THE RIVER |
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304 NIGHT ACE (+ INTERIOR STORY ART) |
2587 JUNGLE
FURY |
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305 BOGUS YANKS |
2595 HUN BAIT |
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307 NIGHT INTRUDER |
2977 THE
HAUNTED HALIFAX (+ INTERIOR STORY ART) |
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309 GLORY HUNTER |
3005 KILLER IN
THE CLOUDS (+ INTERIOR STORY ART) |
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312 ROCKET BLITZ |
3047 EVIL ACE (+ INTERIOR STORY ART) |
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314 PHANTOM FORCE |
4138 BLOOD RED |
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316 TERROR |
4325 MUSTANG ACE |
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317 GUNS OF GLORY |
4357 THE DESPERATE DAYS |
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319 YELLOW HERO |
4365 CLOSER THAN BROTHERS |
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321 HUMAN TORPEDO |
4368 MIGHTY MIKE |
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328 ROGUE SQUAD |
4373 HUN BAIT |
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330 BATTLE CRAZY (+ INTERIOR STORY
ART) |
4381 JUNGLE FURY |
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336 THE LONER |
4383 INTERNATIONAL SQUADRON |
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343 TROUBLE SQUADRON |
4389 RED RUNS THE RIVER |
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347 BOSS OF THE SKY |
4399 THE SHIP THEY COULDN’T SINK |
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350 HOODOO |
4407 THEY CAME BY NIGHT |
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358 MAN OF IRON |
4414 WALRUS PATROL |
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366 SKY TRAP |
4415 HELLFIRE LANDING |
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415 TANK TAMER |
4416 DARE-DEVIL D.F.C. |
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419 THE GUN |
4423 MERCY FOR NONE |
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471 MIGHTY
MIKE |
4429 BOSS OF THE SKY |
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497 SKY
BANDITS |
4430 MAD SCHULTZ |
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539 SNIPER’S |
4437 A GUY NEEDS GUTS |
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543 ZERO FEET |
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© D. C. Thomson & Co Ltd |
Vic
Whittle 2007 |
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