COMMANDO 1979

(POCKET HOMEPAGE)

All the Commando titles for 1979  (1283 – 1378)

 

The price of Commando increased to 12p in October.

 

Aldoma Puig did his first cover for Commando May 1963 with 69 ‘Charge!’ and his first interior art August 1969 with the brilliant 424 ‘I was a Nazi General’.

Aldoma, was more associated with the early Fleetway publications.

The cover illustrated on the left, by Aldoma for War Picture Library 388 ‘Tank Trap’ June 5th 1967 has been used this year for Commando 1313 ‘He Can Not Kill’.

 

Treganza did his one and only cover this year with 1284 ‘Big Trouble!’ and Miller did the first of his six covers with 1326 ‘Way of the Warriors’.

Cox did the first of his covers with 1345 ‘Fall from the Sky’.

Miller did the first of his covers with 1326 ‘Way of the Warrior’.

And Phillips last cover with 1322 ‘Fight in the Night’.

 

Regular cover artists this year were:

Cortiella, Cox, Fernando, Jacono, Ian Kennedy, Longaron, Miller, Phillips, Artur Aldoma Puig, Rollan, Sanfeliz, Eustaguio Segrelles, Treganza, K.C.G. Walker.

 

Reprint cover artists:

Ken Barr, Buccherri, Ian Kennedy, Gordon Livingstone, Jordi Penalva, Porto.

 

Favourite cover:

It was nice to see a Ken Barr cover this year with a reprint of 471 ‘Mighty Mike’ also a reprint of 451 ‘Sky Shark’ (Porto).

But I liked 1345 ‘Fall from the Sky’ (Cox).

 

Two reprinted issues each month. Reprinted issues are in brackets.

JANUARY

1283 (452)

1284

1285

1286

1287 (441)

1288

1289

1290

THE SWORD SHALL DECIDE

BIG TROUBLE!

DEADLY CARGO

TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION

STRIKE SWIFT – STRIKE SURE

SAMMY’S NO HERO

THE GHOSTS

A NICE QUITE ISLAND

FEBRUARY

1291 (451)

1292

1293

1294 (2604)

1295 (460)

1296 (2611)

1297 (2603)

1298

SKY SHARK

HUNTED MEN

NO WAY BACK

TIME-WARP WARRIOR

UNDER THE WIRE

THAT MAN’S A MENACE!

TO THE RESCUE!

REPORTED MISSING…

MARCH

1299 (456)

1300

1301

1302

1303 (457)

1304

1305

1306 (2564)

BLACK ZERO

A TIME OF TERROR

VALENTINES’ DAY

FIND THAT GOLD!

HITLER’S DOUBLE

WHEN DAWN BREAKS…

TWO MEN AT WAR

ACTION AT ZERO FEET

APRIL

1307 (453)

1308

1309

1310 (2580)

1311 (458)

1312

1313

1314

SEEK AND STRIKE

THE TOUGH ONES

ENEMIES NO MORE

FLYING DESTROYER

AND EVERYWHERE THAT CASEY WENT…

THE DANGEROUS MR. SMITH

HE CAN NOT KILL

TIME FOR ACTION!

MAY

1315 (462)

1316 (2588)

1317

1318

1319 (461)

1320 (2619)

1321 (2643)

1322

OPERATION

DEATH SLIDE

TEMPEST!

FAMILY OF COWARDS

FROGMAN’S WAR

TRAP FOR A TRAITOR

THE MAGIC BLADE

THE SEA RAIDERS

FIGHT IN THE NIGHT

JUNE

1323 (463)

1324

1325 (2627)

1326

1327 (459)

1328

1329 (2635)

1330 (2652)

MIDNIGHT MENACE

THE HUNTERS

A BULLET FOR THE MAJOR

WAY OF THE WARRIOR

HAIL OF STEEL

THE SECRET SHIP

ONE FALSE MOVE…

FORWARD THE GUNS

JULY

1331 (464)

1332 (2596)

1333

1334 (2659)

1335 (469)

1336 (2684)

1337 (2667)

1338 (2612)

JUNGLE DROP

WINGED WOLVES

HUNTING TROUBLE

THE CAMERA NEVER LIES

DEATH OF A WIMPEY

INTO THE TRAP!

CROOK’S WAR

ENEMY IN SIGHT

AUGUST

1339 (435)

1340 (2675)

1341

1342

1343 (467)

1344

1345

1346

THE COBRA’S NEST

THE SILENT SERVICE

INTO THE WOLF-LAIR!

HE ALWAYS PLAYED THE HERO

STAND AND FIGHT

THE SECRET WAR

FALL FROM THE SKY

DEATH IN THE HILLS

SEPTEMBER

1347 (465)

1348

1349

1350

1351 (475)

1352

1353

1354

CLASH OF ACES

TEN YEARS AFTER

LAST OF THE GUNBOATS

PRIVATE SCHULTZ’S WAR

FIGHTING KID McCOY

VINCENT’S VILLAINS

DANGER ZONE

LEGEND OF THE LONGBOW

OCTOBER

1355 (471)

1356

1357

1358

1359 (468)

1360

1361

1362

MIGHTY MIKE

THE GAMBLER

TAKE HIM ALIVE!

WHO KILLED COOPER?

DEADLY RENDEZVOUS

BARMY’S PRIVATE ARMY

THE LOST BATTALION

WAR AT SEA

NOVEMBER

1363 (474)

1364

1365

1366

1367 (482)

1368 (2692)

1369

1370

CASTLE OF DOOM

FORGET THE PAST

A FINE ENEMY

THE DESERTER

FLYING FROGMAN

THE FIGHTING PENGUINS

JUNGLE MAGIC

MYSTERY IN THE DESERT

DECEMBER

1371 (476)

1372 (2700)

1373 (2723)

1374 (2732)

1375 (473)

1376

1377 (2707)

1378 (2716)

FINGER ON THE BUTTON

LEAVE HIM BEHIND!

THE CHAMPIONS

ACT OF THE DEVIL

STOLEN SPITFIRE

THE SURVIVOR

SPEARHEAD

DEATH-RAY

Vic Whittle 2010

© D. C. Thomson 1979