KEN BARR

COMMANDO COVER TITLES

(POCKET HOMEPAGE)

	Ken Barr Cover Artist for Commando Comics 1961 -
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

A SMALL SELECTION OF KEN BARR COVERS
547 THE IRON MAN May 1971	699 COLONEL SCARFACE December 1972	763 THE DESPERATE HOURS August 1973	3047 EVIL ACE May 1997
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 France went in fear and trembling of him – ruthless S.S. Colonel Ludwig Bauer – a monster in the guise of a man. But one day Bauer went too far with a young Commando lieutenant, Rick Mathews. And Rick stayed in France to teach Colonel Scarface, step by bloodstained step, what it was to be afraid…	“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 Lancaster pilots in Bomber Command, Squadron Leader Digby Smythe did not suffer fools gladly. He didn’t think much either of what he saw as the reckless, rasher pilots of Fighter Command. 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 Lancasters had to depend on their fighter escorts at times – especially when a cruel, ruthless Nazi ace was adding to his score by picking on limping stragglers…
Following is a list of titles attributed to Ken Barr with reprints in yellow
1 WALK OR DIE		546 MUSTANG ACE
2 THEY CALED HIM COWARD		547 THE IRON MAN
3 A GUY NEEDS GUTS		551 JINX PILOT
4 MERCY FOR NONE		555 SKY DROP
5 HELLFIRE LANDING		563 SOLO SMITH
6 THEY CAME BY NIGHT		567 FIGHTING GIANT
7 THE SHIP THEY COULDN’T SINK		571 FAST GUN
8 RED RUNS THE RIVER		575 DICE WITH DEATH
9 JUNGLE FURY		583 MOUNTAIN GUN
10 HUN BAIT		587 JUMP OR DIE
11 CLOSER THAN BROTHERS		591 VALLEY OF SECRET WEAPONS
12 THE DESPERATE DAYS		595 SEND FOR SPITFIRES
13 DEATH IN THE SUN		607 KILLER WITH WINGS
14 FLY FAST, SHOOT FAST		615 BLOOD RED DAWN
15 JAP KILLER		619 DEATH DIVE
16 KNIFE FOR A NAZI		623 SEA WOLF
18 LONE HERO		627 DOG FIGHT
19 THE DEATH DEALERS		631 SUDDEN DEATH
20 DARE DEVIL D.F.C.		643 GHOST PILOT
22 COLD STEEL		659 KILLER GUN
23 HILL 13		663 SCROUGE OF THE DESERT
24 GUN FURY		683 VULTURES OVER MALTA
25 TAKE NO PRISONERS		691 GLIDER ACE
28 MASSACRE IN THE SUN		695 THE LOST SQUADRON
29 SKY ACE		699 COLONEL SCARFACE
30 ISLAND OF GHOSTS		703 ZERO BASHER
32 GLIDER PILOT		707 BLACK ACE
34 DEATH MISSION		715 TRAIL OF A HERO
35 NIGHT RAIDER		719 KILLER CREW
38 DUEL IN THE DESERT		723 BLOOD BEACH
39 DIGGERS DIE HARD		727 DEAD OF NIGHT
41 BREAKOUT		731 DESERT HERO
42 SECRET WEAPON		735 GREEN FOR DANGER
44 KILLER SHIP		739 NIGHT STRIKE
45 FOG OF DOOM		751 BURMA JOHNNY
46 PHANTOM FIGHTERS		755 JUNGLE SNIPER
47 DUEL IN THE SKY		759 BROTHERS AT WAR
49 BLOOD VALLEY		763 THE DESPERATE HOURS
50 CLASH OF STEEL		767 SKY TIGER
52 THE TIGER IS LOOSE		771 GIANT KILLER
53 SEEK AND DESTROY		779 BORN BRAVE
54 BEACH HEAD		783 LONE EAGLE
57 TARGET FOR TONIGHT		791 HURRICANE ACE
58 TATTOOED HERO		795 ZERO! ZERO!
63 AMBUSH		803 THE WHITE FEATHER
150 OPERATION TINFISH		805 SEA FURY
151 NIGHT STRIKE		807 JAP HUNT
153 GIANT KILLER		808 HAUNTED SKIES
154 BURMA JOHNNY		811 TAIL-END CHARLIE
155 JUNGLE SNIPER		815 CALL HIM HERO
156 BROTHERS AT WAR		819 FLYING FOOLS
157 THE DESPERATE HOURS		823 HAMMER OF THE JAPS
160 HUNT THE TRAITOR		827 DESERT FIGHTER
161 BORN BRAVE		831 THE FOUR SCARS
162 LONE EAGLE		839 THE SILVER SPITFIRE
164 TANK BUSTER		855 FLOATING FORTRESS
166 HURRICANE ACE		859 CODEWORD TORCH
168 SEA FURY		867 THE LOST ARMY
170 ZERO! ZERO!		875 ROGUE PILOT
172 FLOATING FORTRESS		876 THE MAN WHO NEARLY MISSED THE WAR
174 TAILEND CHARLIE		883 DEATH FLIES FAST
176 LOST PATROL		887 INTERNATIONAL SQUADRON
177 THE FIGHTING McTAGGART		891 HONG KONG HOOKY
178 HAMMER OF THE JAPS		899 KING OF THE SPITS
179 THE SCARLET SERGEANT		903 THE GOLDEN GUN
180 FLYING FOOLS		911 FLYING FLEA
182 ACHTUNG SUBMARINE		927 LOW LEVEL LANC
184 DEATH FLIES FAST		935 STRINGBAG ACE
185 THE FOUR SCARS		939 FLYING PHANTOM
186 CALL HIM HERO		943 MOSQUITO ACE
188 NIGHT PROWL		947 KELLY’S ARMY
189 DESERT FIGHTER		951 THE STOLEN LANC
190 THEY CALL HIM YELLOW		955 AND ONE WAS TRAITOR
199 THE SILVER SPITFIRE		967 CLASH OF EAGLES
216 INTERNATIONAL SQUADRON		971 BLACK SQUADRON
219 ROGUE PILOT		975 JET MENACE
220 CODEWORD TORCH		979 WALRUS PATROL
222 THE LOST ARMY		983 MOSQUITO STRIKE
224 BORN TO FLY		991 FIGHTER BLITZ
235 FLYING FLEA		1003 NIGHT ACE (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)
238 KING OF THE SPITS		1007 GLORY HUNTER
245 HONG KONG HOOKY		1011 NIGHT INTRUDER
249 THE GOLDEN GUN		1023 PHANTOM FORCE
255 HOODOO SHIP		1027 ROCKET BLITZ
260 ATLANTIC KILLER		1031 YELLOW HERO
262 DEATH OF A U-BOAT		1035 BATTLE CRAZY (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)
263 LOW LEVEL LANC		1043 HUMAN TORPEDO
265 STRINGBAG ACE		1051 THE LONER
266 FLYING PHANTOM		1063 BOSS OF THE SKY
269 MOSQUITO ACE		1067 HOODOO MISSION
271 THE STOLEN LANC		1075 TROUBLE SQUADRON
272 KELLY’S ARMY		1119 SKY TRAP
274 CLASH OF EAGLES		1179 TANK TAMER
276 AND ONE WAS A TRAITOR		1239 THE GUN
278 DEATH OF A GIANT		1355 MIGHTY MIKE
281 BLACK SQUADRON		2083 HAUNTED SKIES
284 WALRUS PATROL		2523 WALK OR DIE
287 JET MENACE		2531 THEY CALLED HIM COWARD
289 ONE THEY COULDN’T CATCH		2539 A GUY NEEDS GUTS
290 MOSQUITO STRIKE		2547 MERCY FOR NONE
293 FIGHTER BLITZ		2555 HELLFIRE LANDING
294 WAR OF THE GIANTS		2563 THEY CAME BY NIGHT
296 HURRICANE		2571 THE SHIP THEY COULDN’T SINK
297 RED FOR GO		2579 RED RUNS THE RIVER
304 NIGHT ACE (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)		2587 JUNGLE FURY
305 BOGUS YANKS		2595 HUN BAIT
307 NIGHT INTRUDER		2977 THE HAUNTED HALIFAX (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)
309 GLORY HUNTER		3005 KILLER IN THE CLOUDS (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)
312 ROCKET BLITZ		3047 EVIL ACE (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)
314 PHANTOM FORCE		4138 BLOOD RED BATTLE
316 TERROR ISLAND		4325 MUSTANG ACE
317 GUNS OF GLORY		4357 THE DESPERATE DAYS
319 YELLOW HERO		4365 CLOSER THAN BROTHERS
321 HUMAN TORPEDO		4368 MIGHTY MIKE
328 ROGUE SQUAD		4373 HUN BAIT
330 BATTLE CRAZY (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)		4381 JUNGLE FURY
336 THE LONER		4383 INTERNATIONAL SQUADRON
343 TROUBLE SQUADRON		4389 RED RUNS THE RIVER
347 BOSS OF THE SKY		4399 THE SHIP THEY COULDN’T SINK
350 HOODOO MISSION		4407 THEY CAME BY NIGHT
358 MAN OF IRON		4414 WALRUS PATROL
366 SKY TRAP		4415 HELLFIRE LANDING
415 TANK TAMER		4416 DARE-DEVIL D.F.C.
419 THE GUN		4423 MERCY FOR NONE
471 MIGHTY MIKE		4429 BOSS OF THE SKY
497 SKY BANDITS		4430 MAD SCHULTZ
539 SNIPER’S ISLAND		4437 A GUY NEEDS GUTS
543 ZERO FEET
© D. C. Thomson & Co Ltd		Vic Whittle 2007

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