COMMANDO RECENT ISSUES

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Latest Commando titles with original issue number in brackets where applicable.

Updated: 4th June 2026

RECENT ISSUES WITH RELEASE DATES
5959 COMMANDOS Vs ALIENS 21st May 2026	5960 (612/1715) ACE OF ACES 21st May 2026	5961 GALLERY OF SIN 21st May 2026	5962 (1862) SORCHING SAND 21st May 2026
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
You can’t blame Sergeant Fox Ryder and his Commando squad for feeling a tad frustrated when they are tasked with simulating a German invasion on a quiet coastal town in England. But Ryder and his men should have been careful what they wished for. Soon, their mundane mission takes on greater significance when they realise they are being evaluated by an otherworldly intelligence — the vanguard of a real invasion force intent upon conquering not only Britain, but the entire planet!	Andy Bellamy had the DSO, the DFC and the AFC. He had also flown just about every type of Allied aircraft — British, American, Australian and so on. He was truly an ace of aces. So how come he found himself flying a Japanese seaplane under murderous fire from a Yank destroyer?	It’s 1945, the war has ended and Jack ‘Jackdaw’ Dawson is celebrating the future with the opening of his London art gallery. But Dawson has skeletons in his wartime closet, and one has shown up on the opening night in the form of Aiden Hume. Thick as thieves on the frontline, Dawson and Hume’s friendship suffered a messy fallout. Now Hume has returned, and it’s time for Dawson to examine his past.	.. Sergeant Joe Dell had underestimated the North African desert, and it turned out to be a very dangerous place indeed, with sandstorms, murderous locals and the ever-advancing Germans. And this time, he’d gotten in too deep, and the desert thirsted for revenge. This time, he was as good as dead...
Author: Dominic Teague	Author: Gordon W Brunt	Author: Dominic Teague	Author: Cyril G Walker
Art: Alejandro Garcia Mangana	Art: D Sanchez	Art: Alberto Saichann	Art: Peter Arthur Fleming
Cover: Neil Roberts	Cover: Ian Knnedy	Cover: Simon Pritchard	Cover: Frederick Alan Philpott
5955 DUTIFUL DEATH 7th May 2026	5956 (609/1700) THE KNIFE 7th May 2026	5957 HIGH-VALUE TARGET 7th May 2026	5958 (1862) ICE-COLD COURAGE 7th May 2026
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
The Franco-Spanish border, November 1813. As Wellington’s allied army prepares to invade France, the law-abiding Lieutenant Jones breaks the rules to save his friends. With the twin threats of court martial and heartbreak hanging over him, he’s going to need the help of old comrades as they head into their last fight on Spanish soil.	“It was a very special Commando knife, presented to Private Bill Taylor to remind him of the time his strength had saved a friend’s life. Now all Bill’s pals were dead, murdered by an evil Nazi thug. And the knife was gone too, stolen by the same Nazi. Grimly, Bill determined to get it back — and avenge his mates at the same time...	Italy, 1943. SAS Captain Hugh Hulke had been assigned to capture leading German SD officer, Olaf Metz. His team went above and beyond, bagging six SD officers on a successful raid of Metz’s hideout. But no-one had a picture of Metz, so which one was he? Six prisoners. One target. No second chances	Outdated, lumbering and cumbersome — yet Fairey Swordfish, nicknamed “Stringbags”, were incredibly successful machines. They were truly great planes and great pilots flew them, like Tony Stanning, who was eager to be in action. But Tony was going to need all his courage on this latest mission to attack a German battleship, for the danger wouldn’t come from the enemy guns alone. It would come from the rear cockpit too, because his observer was a useless coward..
Author: Andrew Knighton	Author: iJohn Richardson	Author: Rossa McPhillips	Author: Malcolm McDevitt
Art: Manuel Benet	Art: Alfredo Cortes	Art: Vicente Alcazar	Art: Denis McLoughlin
Cover: Manuel Benet	Cover: Jordi Penalva	Cover: Marco Bianchini	Cover: Ian Kennedy
5951 HUMPBACK HEROES 23rd April 2026	5952 (610/1779) COMPANY OF HEROES 23rd April 2026	5953 TERROR TRAIN 23rd April 2026	5954 (1854) SPRING THE TRAP 23rd April 2026
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
Australian Captain Tom Best and his men were veterans of the war in the desert, fighting on the front line and defending Tobruk from the Germans. When they were pulled out for some much-deserved rest, they thought they had it made – that was until they were roped into a mission deep behind enemy lines to destroy an Afrika Korps fuel dump! And to get there? Well, they’d have to ride camels in complete disguise. They were to become heroes on humpback!	“Now that I’m in India, I’m going to fix up a nice, cushy desk job.” Those were Lieutenant Brian Lawson’s words when he arrived in the barracks of the famous Hyderabad Fusiliers, and for a while it looked as though they might come true. But then came the war with Japan, and for Brian Lawson nothing could ever be the same again. For he was part of the… Company of Heroes!	Tunisia, 1943. A German military supply train cuts through North Africa, delivering vital supplies to the German lines. Equipped with vicious anti-aircraft guns, making it impossible to attack from the skies, the behemoth train threatens the Allied stronghold. Tasked with destroying it, Captain Mike Lambert and his New Zealand Long Range Desert Group unit must fight carriage‑to‑carriage to wrest control from the Germans and destroy the supply line once and for all	When Commando officer Richard Adam was ordered to lead his expert team into the Italian mountains to blow up a vital dam, he didn’t expect this mission to be much different from any of the others he had tackled. Boy, was he in for a surprise
Author: Brent Towns	Author: Eric Hebden	Author: Rossa McPhillips	Author: Malcolm McDevitt
Art: Jaume Forns	Art: Gordon Checkley Livingstone	Art: Jaume Forns	Art: Cecil Thomas Rigby
Cover: Simon Pritchard	Cover: Gordon Checkley Livingstone	Cover: Keith Burns	Cover: Jeff Bevan
5947 SHADOW SANDS 9thApril 2026	5948 (604/1780) DESERT DOUBLE-CROSS 9thApril 2026	5949 PHOENIX FROM THE FLAMES 9thApril 2026	5950 (1858) SWAMP STRIKE 9thApril 2026
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
Lord Peter Flint is on one of his most dangerous — and important — missions yet! ‘Shadow Sands’ is the codename for the biological weapons project collecting anthrax spores on an isolated Maunsell Fort off the coast of England. Flint’s handler, Kingpin, was at the fort when it was raided by a team of German commandos and Professor Kranz’s robot Panzermen. Now he’s been taken hostage along with the leading scientists! But Intelligence believes someone on board the fort helped the Germans — and they suspect Kingpin! Kingpin, a traitor?! It can’t be true! Warlord has until midnight to rescue the hostages and clear Kingpin’s name!	The German soldier stood well braced, Schmeisser shuddering in his strong hands and cutting down the attackers. He had learnt the ways of war in France, Crete, North Africa — a tough school for any soldier. And beside him, firing with equal calmness, was a British soldier — a veteran hardened in the battles of Dunkirk, Tobruk, El Alamein. That day, many British and German soldiers fought the hardest fight of their lives in the ruins of an old desert fort. Not against each other, but as allies!	Warsaw, summer of 1944. Not everyone had bowed down to the German occupation. Like other brave members of the underground Polish Home Army, Monika Proch risked her life for her country to be free. The previous year, Warsaw had seen how cruelly the Nazis could crush rebellion, with the utter destruction of the Jewish ghetto. Monika vowed the rest of her city would not receive the same fate. Together with the other men and women of the Resistance, they would rise against the Nazi invaders like a… PHOENIX FROM THE FLAMES!	If you’re a member of a platoon trekking through miles of hostile jungle to attack a secret enemy supply dump, you want the man in command to be a cool, reliable bloke whom you can trust. But what happens when you’re led by someone whose lies nearly landed you in prison?
Author: Dominic Teague	Author: Cyril G. Walker	Author: Andrew Knighton	Author: Cyril G. Walker
Art: Paolo Ongaro	Art: Cam Kennedy	Art: Vincente Alcazar	Art: Felix Carrion
Cover: Neil Roberts	Cover: Ian Kennedy	Cover: Marco Bianchini	Cover: Frederick Alan Philpott
5943 (2725) GLADIATOR CHALLENGE 26thMarch 2026	5944 (2738) ROMAN CHALLENGE 26thMarch 2026	5945 (2754) VIKING CHALLENGE 26thMarch 2026	5946 (2746) ROGUE CHALLENGE! 26thMarch 2026
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
Take a chance, open this book! See how tomorrow’s warriors will tackle the clashes of the future. There’s still fear and danger to be faced and it will take nerves of steel to read about these heroes of the future... men like Colonel Wolfe Brady!	Follow Colonel Wolfe Brady once more as he tackles the troubles of the late 21st century. And this time, there are even more fears and dangers to be faced when hackers break into the system and cause chaos. It will take all of Wolfe Brady’s skill to cope	Another challenge to be tackled, another problem defused. For Colonel Wolfe Brady, Britain’s most experienced G-Tex, it was another mission to be treated with respect and handled with all his skill. For his opponent, it was more than that. Lieutenant Tavis Magee had clashed with Wolfe before and lost. Now here was his best chance to win and he wasn’t about to mess it up	Warriors battle in time once again, as an evil genius brings a new and horrifying element to the G-Tex’s world of computer war games.
Author: Mike Knowles	Author: Mike Knowles	Author: Ian Clark	Author: Mike Knowles
Art: Phil Gascoinge	Art: Manuel Benet	Art: Carlos Pino	Art: Ricardo Garijo
Cover: Ian Kennedy	Cover: Manuel Benet	Cover: Carlos Pino	Cover: Ian Kennedy
5939 BRADDOCK – BATTLE FOR JAVA 12thMarch 2026	5940 (600) YOU DIE AT DAWN 12thMarch 2026	5941 THE FOX vs THE LION 12thMarch 2026	5942 (1607/2907) STOP THEM! 12thMarch 2026
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
After his prototype mosquito was destroyed, ace pilot Sergeant Matt Braddock found himself without an aircraft to fly. But being bounced around from airfield to airfield, then evacuated to India, Braddock soon spies opportunity in the form of a Blenheim without a crew. Now he can take the fight back to the Japanese! But how does Braddock go from flying his bomber with his navigator, George Bourne, to flying a hurricane fighter plane solo?	Alone and weary, Lieutenant Rob cautiously embarked down the boulder-strewn Italian mountainside, his eyes searching the night for any sign of the Nazis. He was cold and tired and felt he could sleep for a week... but still he forced himself on. He knew that if he failed in this mission, death and destruction would smash the Allied armies when the first light of dawn lit up the angry sky..	The Western Front, 1917. Charlie Wilberforce, a British fighter pilot, sees the Royal Flying Corps devastated by the German Flying Circus, with their superior planes and experienced pilots. But things turn around when Wilberforce is introduced to a new plane — the Sopwith Camel!	The German armoured column roared through the Italian countryside, heading for what was supposed to be a lightly-defended pass through the mountains. What they didn’t count on was the grim determination of the handful of British infantry ready to stop them — no matter what the cost!
Author: Ferg Handley	Author: A Carney Allan	Author: Andrew Knighton	Author: R.A. Montague
Art: Manuel Benet	Art: Jose Aguilar	Art: Gary Welsh	Art: Ibanez
Cover: Manuel Benet	Cover: Jordi Penalva	Cover: Keith Burns	Cover: Jeff Bevan
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