KENNETH (KEN) BARR

COMMANDO TITLES

(POCKET HOMEPAGE) 

Ken Barr created the first 14 Commando covers including the very first Commando Cover #1 ‘Walk or Die’ June 1961.

This I felt, set the standard for the cover layout to the present day, his last original cover was #4138 ‘Blood Red Battle’ September 2008.

Ken moved to the United States in 1968 and retired to his native Scotland in 1987.

Ken did create four more original covers #2977 +interior art. #3005 +interior art. #3047 + interior art and #4138 his last Commando Cover 2008.

Ken Barr Born: 17th March 1933. Died: 25th March 2016. Aged: 83

Vic Whittle October 2019

KEN BARR Artist for Commando Comics 1961 - 2008
199 THE SILVER SPITFIRE Early February 1966	547 THE IRON MAN Early May 1971	763 THE DESPERATE HOURS Early August 1973	875 ROGUE PILOT Early October 1974
2977 THE HAUNTED HALIFAX Early August 1996	3005 KILLER IN THE CLOUDS Early December 1996	3047 EVIL ACE Late May 1997	4138 BLOOD RED BATTLE Late September 2008
Following is a list of titles attributed to Ken Barr. Original titles in blue. Reprinted titles in yellow.
1 WALK OR DIE		808 HAUNTED SKIES
2 THEY CALED HIM COWARD		811 TAIL-END CHARLIE
3 A GUY NEEDS GUTS		815 CALL HIM HERO
4 MERCY FOR NONE		819 FLYING FOOLS
5 HELLFIRE LANDING		823 HAMMER OF THE JAPS
6 THEY CAME BY NIGHT		827 DESERT FIGHTER
7 THE SHIP THEY COULDN’T SINK		831 THE FOUR SCARS
8 RED RUNS THE RIVER		839 THE SILVER SPITFIRE
9 JUNGLE FURY		855 FLOATING FORTRESS
10 HUN BAIT		859 CODEWORD TORCH
11 CLOSER THAN BROTHERS		867 THE LOST ARMY
12 THE DESPERATE DAYS		875 ROGUE PILOT
13 DEATH IN THE SUN		883 DEATH FLIES FAST
14 FLY FAST, SHOOT FAST		887 INTERNATIONAL SQUADRON
15 JAP KILLER		891 HONG KONG HOOKY
16 KNIFE FOR A NAZI		899 KING OF THE SPITS
18 LONE HERO		903 THE GOLDEN GUN
19 THE DEATH DEALERS		911 FLYING FLEA
20 DARE DEVIL D.F.C.		927 LOW LEVEL LANC
22 COLD STEEL		935 STRINGBAG ACE
23 HILL 13		939 FLYING PHANTOM
24 GUN FURY		943 MOSQUITO ACE
25 TAKE NO PRISONERS		947 KELLY’S ARMY
28 MASSACRE IN THE SUN		951 THE STOLEN LANC
29 SKY ACE		955 AND ONE WAS TRAITOR
30 ISLAND OF GHOSTS		967 CLASH OF EAGLES
32 GLIDER PILOT		971 BLACK SQUADRON
34 DEATH MISSION		975 JET MENACE
35 NIGHT RAIDER		979 WALRUS PATROL
38 DUEL IN THE DESERT		983 MOSQUITO STRIKE
39 DIGGERS DIE HARD		991 FIGHTER BLITZ
41 BREAKOUT		1003 NIGHT ACE (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)
42 SECRET WEAPON		1007 GLORY HUNTER
44 KILLER SHIP		1011 NIGHT INTRUDER
45 FOG OF DOOM		1023 PHANTOM FORCE
46 PHANTOM FIGHTERS		1027 ROCKET BLITZ
47 DUEL IN THE SKY		1031 YELLOW HERO
49 BLOOD VALLEY		1035 BATTLE CRAZY (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)
50 CLASH OF STEEL		1043 HUMAN TORPEDO
52 THE TIGER IS LOOSE		1051 THE LONER
53 SEEK AND DESTROY		1063 BOSS OF THE SKY
54 BEACH HEAD		1067 HOODOO MISSION
57 TARGET FOR TONIGHT		1075 TROUBLE SQUADRON
58 TATTOOED HERO		1119 SKY TRAP
63 AMBUSH		1179 TANK TAMER
150 OPERATION TINFISH		1239 THE GUN
151 NIGHT STRIKE		1355 MIGHTY MIKE
153 GIANT KILLER		2083 HAUNTED SKIES
154 BURMA JOHNNY		2523 WALK OR DIE
155 JUNGLE SNIPER		2531 THEY CALLED HIM COWARD
156 BROTHERS AT WAR		2539 A GUY NEEDS GUTS
157 THE DESPERATE HOURS		2547 MERCY FOR NONE
160 HUNT THE TRAITOR		2555 HELLFIRE LANDING
161 BORN BRAVE		2563 THEY CAME BY NIGHT
162 LONE EAGLE		2571 THE SHIP THEY COULDN’T SINK
164 TANK BUSTER		2579 RED RUNS THE RIVER
166 HURRICANE ACE		2587 JUNGLE FURY
168 SEA FURY		2595 HUN BAIT
170 ZERO! ZERO!		2977 THE HAUNTED HALIFAX (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)
172 FLOATING FORTRESS		3005 KILLER IN THE CLOUDS (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)
174 TAILEND CHARLIE		3047 EVIL ACE (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)
176 LOST PATROL		4138 BLOOD RED BATTLE
177 THE FIGHTING McTAGGART		4325 MUSTANG ACE
178 HAMMER OF THE JAPS		4357 THE DESPERATE DAYS
179 THE SCARLET SERGEANT		4365 CLOSER THAN BROTHERS
180 FLYING FOOLS		4368 MIGHTY MIKE
182 ACHTUNG SUBMARINE		4373 HUN BAIT
184 DEATH FLIES FAST		4381 JUNGLE FURY
185 THE FOUR SCARS		4383 INTERNATIONAL SQUADRON
186 CALL HIM HERO		4389 RED RUNS THE RIVER
188 NIGHT PROWL		4399 THE SHIP THEY COULDN’T SINK
189 DESERT FIGHTER		4407 THEY CAME BY NIGHT
190 THEY CALL HIM YELLOW		4414 WALRUS PATROL
199 THE SILVER SPITFIRE		4415 HELLFIRE LANDING
216 INTERNATIONAL SQUADRON		4416 DARE-DEVIL D.F.C.
219 ROGUE PILOT		4423 MERCY FOR NONE
220 CODEWORD TORCH		4429 BOSS OF THE SKY
222 THE LOST ARMY		4430 MAD SCHULTZ
224 BORN TO FLY		4437 A GUY NEEDS GUTS
235 FLYING FLEA		4445 THEY CALLED HIM COWARD
238 KING OF THE SPITS		4448 THE FOUR SCARS
245 HONG KONG HOOKY		4453 WALK – OR DIE!
249 THE GOLDEN GUN		4455 VALLEY OF SECRET WEAPONS
255 HOODOO SHIP		4456 JUMP – OR DIE
260 ATLANTIC KILLER		4469 DEATH MISSION
262 DEATH OF A U-BOAT		4473 KILLER SHIP
263 LOW LEVEL LANC		4477 LONE HERO
265 STRINGBAG ACE		4481 HILL 13
266 FLYING PHANTOM		4485 THE DEATH DEALERS
269 MOSQUITO ACE		4489 GUN FURY
271 THE STOLEN LANC		4493 GLIDER PILOT
272 KELLY’S ARMY		4497 BREAK-OUT!
274 CLASH OF EAGLES		4501 NIGHT RAIDER
276 AND ONE WAS A TRAITOR		4505 DIGGERS DIE HARD
278 DEATH OF A GIANT		4509 COLD STEEL
281 BLACK SQUADRON		4513 KNIFE FOR A NAZI
284 WALRUS PATROL		4517 DUEL IN THE DESERT
287 JET MENACE		4521 DEATH IN THE SUN
289 ONE THEY COULDN’T CATCH		4525 ISLAND OF GHOSTS
290 MOSQUITO STRIKE		4529 TAKE NO PRISONERS!
293 FIGHTER BLITZ		4533 BLOOD VALLEY
294 WAR OF THE GIANTS		4537 FLY FAST SHOOT FIRST!
296 HURRICANE		4541 MASSACRE IN THE SUN
297 RED FOR GO		4549 PHANTOM FIGHTERS
304 NIGHT ACE (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)		4553 SKY ACE
305 BOGUS YANKS		4557 FOG OF DOOM
307 NIGHT INTRUDER		4561 DUEL IN THE SUN
309 GLORY HUNTER		4565 SEEK AND DESTROY
312 ROCKET BLITZ		4569 BEACH-HEAD!
314 PHANTOM FORCE		4577 THE IRON MAN
316 TERROR ISLAND		4593 MOUNTAIN GUN
317 GUNS OF GLORY		4597 FAST GUN
319 YELLOW HERO		4601 ROGUE BOMBER
321 HUMAN TORPEDO		4605 TARGET FOR TONIGHT
328 ROGUE SQUAD		4617 FIGHTING GIANT
330 BATTLE CRAZY (+ INTERIOR STORY ART)		4620 TATTOOED HERO
336 THE LONER		4632 SEND FOR SPITFIRES
343 TROUBLE SQUADRON		4636 AMBUSH!
347 BOSS OF THE SKY		4640 SKY DROP
350 HOODOO MISSION		4652 THE TIGER IS LOOSE
358 MAN OF IRON		4656 DICE WITH DEATH
366 SKY TRAP		4660 TERROR PATROL
415 TANK TAMER		4664 HOUNDS OF WAR
419 THE GUN		4668 THE LOST SQUADRON
471 MIGHTY MIKE		4676 DEATH DIVE
497 SKY BANDITS		4684 GREEN FOR DANGER
539 SNIPER’S ISLAND		4688 ZERO BASHER
543 ZERO FEET		4696 SUDDEN DEATH!
546 MUSTANG ACE		4704 DESERT HERO
547 THE IRON MAN		4708 KILLER GUN
551 JINX PILOT		4712 BLOOD BEACH
555 SKY DROP		4720 BLOOD RED DAWN
563 SOLO SMITH		4724 DOG FIGHT!
567 FIGHTING GIANT		4736 SEA WOLF
571 FAST GUN		4740 PORTRAIT OF DEATH
575 DICE WITH DEATH		4744 SCOURGE OF THE DESERT
583 MOUNTAIN GUN		4748 KILLER WITH WINGS
587 JUMP OR DIE		4756 DEAD OF NIGHT
591 VALLEY OF SECRET WEAPONS		4760 VULTURES OVER MALTA
595 SEND FOR SPITFIRES		4768 NIGHT FIGHTER
607 KILLER WITH WINGS		4776 SEA FURY
615 BLOOD RED DAWN		4784 BROTHERS AT WAR
619 DEATH DIVE		4788 GIANT KILLER
623 SEA WOLF		4792 CALL HIM HERO
627 DOG FIGHT		4796 NIGHT STRIKE
631 SUDDEN DEATH		4800 FLYING FOOLS
643 GHOST PILOT		4812 SKY TIGER
659 KILLER GUN		4816 OPERATION TINFISH
663 SCROUGE OF THE DESERT		4820 LOST PATROL
683 VULTURES OVER MALTA		4824 THE DESPERATE HOURS
691 GLIDER ACE		4836 ROCKET BLITZ
695 THE LOST SQUADRON		4852 SKY TRAP
699 COLONEL SCARFACE		4868 FLOATING FORTRESS
703 ZERO BASHER		4876 NIGHT PROWL
707 BLACK ACE		4888 CODEWORD “TORCH”
715 TRAIL OF A HERO		4904 KING OF THE SPITS
719 KILLER CREW		4912 ROGUE PILOT
723 BLOOD BEACH		4932 THE LOST ARMY
727 DEAD OF NIGHT		4933 NIGHT INTRUDER
731 DESERT HERO		4940 FLYING FLEA
735 GREEN FOR DANGER		4948 THE GOLDEN GUN
739 NIGHT STRIKE		4952 ATLANTIC KILLER
751 BURMA JOHNNY		4968 HOODOO SHIP
755 JUNGLE SNIPER		4972 STRINGBAG ACE
759 BROTHERS AT WAR		4976 THE STOLEN LANC
763 THE DESPERATE HOURS		4980 FLYING PHANTOM
767 SKY TIGER		4984 THE ONE THEY COULDN’T CATCH
771 GIANT KILLER		4996 HURRICANE!
779 BORN BRAVE		5004 TROUBLE SQUADRON
783 LONE EAGLE		5016 THE LONER
791 HURRICANE ACE		5024 GLORY HUNTER
795 ZERO! ZERO!		5040 HOODOO MISSION
803 THE WHITE FEATHER		5160 BOGUS YANKS
805 SEA FURY		5164 DEATH OF A U-BOAT
807 JAP HUNT		5204 JINX PILOT
© D. C. Thomson & Co Ltd		Vic Whittle 2019