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

Updated: 24th April 2025

RECENT ISSUES WITH RELEASE DATES
5843 A DAME TO DIE FOR 10th April 2025	5844 (565/1579) ZERO SMASHER 10th April 2025	5845 SMOKEJUMPERS! 10th April 2025	5846 (1703) BOUND BY DUTY 10th April 2025
THE HOME OF HEROES	THE GOLD COLLECTION	FOR ACTION AND ADVENTURE	THE SILVER COLLECTION
December 7th, 1941. Rick Brennan was a private eye before the war, but there wasn’t much call for detective work in the Ardennes, just cold nights and bad sleep. When he got himself three days leave in Paris, he thought he had it made – finally, some rest. But fate had other plans. After running into his old friend, Larry Carmichael, he found himself pulled into the kind of racket he thought he’d left behind in LA. It all started when Carmichael introduced him to his new girlfriend – she really was a dame to die for…	One mistake by Squadron Leader Vic Harper caused the loss of four valuable Liberator bombers and also cost Vic the command of his squadron. He was posted to a forgotten base to sit out the war where he could do no more damage. But that didn’t suit Vic. He decided to wipe out his mistake by downing any and every Japanese plane that came his way. No wonder they began to call him...Zero Smasher!	Lieutenant Alvin Siskel of the 99th Pursuit Squadron was one of the best flyers amongst the famous Tuskegee Airmen. But after accidentally crossing the bullying Captain Jack Calhoun, he’s stripped of his rank and forced into service as a ‘smokejumper’ — paratrooper firemen fighting forest fires on American soil. But things start to heat up for the smokejumpers when Japanese Fu-Go explosive balloons begin drifting across the Pacific, causing more forest fires than ever before. All in a day’s work for Siskel – but that’s not all the Japanese have planned!	Military policemen have a job to do. Sometimes they don’t enjoy it, but they are duty bound to get it done. But what happens when an MP has a prisoner who saves his life and also convinces the policeman of his innocence? More than that – what if the prisoner turns out to be a hero?
Author: Sean Mason	Author: Staff	Author: Steve Taylor	Author: Parker
Art: Alberto Saichann	Art: Mira	Art: Vicente Alcazar	Art: Cecil Thomas Rigby
Cover: Simon Pritchard	Cover: Ian Kennedy	Cover: Marco Bianchini	Cover: Jeff Bevan
5839 NO SURRENDER! 27th March 2025	5840 (584/1644) THE SANDS OF FEAR 27th March 2025	5841 SIX OF THE BEST 27th March 2025	5842 (1703) SOMEONE MUST LEAD 27th March 2025
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Egypt 1942. The war in the desert was as hot as the blazing sun, with the Italians fighting the British in an all-out battle for supremacy. The Long Range Desert Patrol was an ace in the hand of the Brits, and their raiding parties went behind enemy lines to cut off vital supplies to their Italian opponents. Little did they know they would soon be fighting shoulder to shoulder for survival against a common enemy – the German Afrika Korps!	Lieutenant Bill Johnston had real trouble on his hands – in the shape of a know-it-all Yank out on patrol with Bill’s tough, desert-wise LRDG men, who just didn’t take to big heads. And the American, Lieutenant Schnabel, thought he knew the lot. So, as well as the desert and the Nazis, Bill had to tame Schnabel too. It looked like being some patrol…	Britain’s finest spy, Lord Peter Flint, in another top-hole adventure! After Warlord’s most disastrous mission yet, Flint ends up as the number one target of ‘six of the best’ assassins the world has ever seen! But why does the phrase ‘six of the best’ seem familiar to him? Who is the mysterious sixth assassin who is an ‘old friend’ of Flint’s? Will these questions be answered – or will this be the end of Codename Warlord?!	Cut off from their unit by the Japanese and in company with a leaderless group of Gurkhas, two British soldiers decide which of them would take command. Should it be Private Herbie Green, a seasoned veteran and the company scout, or Private Bob Chandler, a newcomer to the jungle? The choice seemed obvious, but there was more to the situation than met the eye.
Author: Rossa McPhillips	Author: Roy Bullen	Author: Dominic Teague	Author: R.A. Montague
Art: Kevin Hopgood	Art: Luis Collado Coch	Art: Carlos Pino	Art: Felix Carrion
Cover: Keith Burns	Cover: Ian Kennedy	Cover: Carlos Pino	Cover: Ian Kennedy
5835 LEAGUES APART 13th March 2025	5836 (561/1556) THE DEATH OR GLORY MOB 13th March 2025	5837 LOOTERS! 13th March 2025	5838 (1751) THE END OF THE LINE 13th March 2025
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Footballers Jimmy Harris and Danny Meggs hated each other’s guts. They were bitter rivals on and off the pitch, but things all came to a head at the qualifying match for promotion to the next division. With talent scouts watching, Danny performed a devastating tackle on Jimmy which landed with a sickening crunch. The injury caused Jimmy to be out of the beautiful game… but with World War Two looming, he wouldn’t be out of action for long!	There had always been a Wild in the Wessex Rifles — always an officer from this family who proved to be as courageous as his ancestors and earned for himself the glorious name... “The Wild One”. Major Jason Wild was the man who carried on the tradition in the Second World War, and he was as tough as any of the others. And then, for the first time in history, there appeared a Wessex officer even braver than The Wild One. This is his amazing story...	France, 1915. As trench warfare rages on between British and German forces, the stretcher-bearers are busier than ever. But while the casualties continue to pile up, fallen soldiers’ valuables have started to go walkabout – there are looters on the line! Enter Corporal Philip Baker, assigned by the top brass to go undercover and track down those responsible. But he soon finds out the trouble runs deeper than he could have ever imagined!	Who was really responsible for the terrible train crash in the Boivert tunnel? Was it Marcel Lebrun, or was it the man who actually went to jail for the crime? Some years later, in the French Resistance, Marcel lay waiting for an enemy arms train speeding towards Boivert. But a lonely figure clutching a rifle lay patiently in wait for him.
Author: Jim and David Turner	Author: David Motton	Author: Colin Maxwell	Author: Cyril G. Walker
Art: Paolo Ongaro	Art: Franch	Art: Alejandro Garcia Mangana	Art: Ibáñez
Cover: Simon Pritchard	Cover: Jordi Bosch Penalva	Cover: Alejandro Garcia Mangana	Cover: Jeff Bevan
5831 (448) COME OUT FIGHTING! 27th February 2025	5832 (1498) WAY OF HONOUR! 27th February 2025	5833 (1816/3044) PANZER TRAP! 27th February 2025	5834 (1830/3060) LIONHEART! 27th February 2025
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What does a fighting Irishman do when his luck deserts him just when he needs it most? If his name is Private Mick O’Connor, he just grits his teeth and fights on harder than ever!	Before the Second World War, few westerners had ever heard of the Japanese sport of Karate, with its own rules, its own customs. But one young Englishman, Martin Hawkins, studied it when he lived and worked in Japan. So skilled was he that it wasn’t long before he was a black belt champion. The war broke out and martin was forced to return home, little knowing that his expertise in Karate was going to save his life one day.	Reckon you could stop a regiment of enemy tanks with your bare hands? No, probably not. Ray Paterson and Trevor Stanton didn’t think they had much of a chance either. But with the lives of thousands of their comrades at stake they weren’t going to give up trying.	Dave Gardner wanted to be a soldier. He had always dreamed of carrying on the military tradition of his family by going into battle. However when you’re small and thin, and you can’t see very well, it isn’t so easy. But even so, Dave was going to get his chance!
Author: Mary Feldwick	Author: Mary Feldwick	Author: Garbutt	Author: Garbutt
Art: Cam Kennedy	Art: Enriquez	Art: Ibanez	Art: Blasco
Cover: Jordi Bosch Penalva	Cover: Ian Kennedy	Cover: Robertson	Cover: Ian Kennedy
5827 CANNON FODDER KING 13th February 2025	5828 (920/2212) LAST CHANCE 13th February 2025	5829 (1577/2891) SWORD OF DESTINY 13th February 2025	5830 (1639) STRANDED! 13th February 2025
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The men of Kampfgruppe Falken were expendable, a cannon fodder unit easily replaced – or that’s what General Heiss thought. More than anything, Heiss wanted to replace the king of the cannon fodder – Major Heinz Falken himself! For this, Heiss had a devious plan to force Falken to face his toughest battle yet – a fellow German was built like a dreadnought and had a punch like a artillery shell – a man named Major Klaus Vogel. He was determined to turn Kampfgruppe Falken into Kampfgruppe Vogel!	Sergeant Ben Lockner was always the first into action and the last out – a fighting machine, a soldier who knew no fear, the type of NCO whose men would follow him anywhere. Some folk wondered what made Ben tick, what special courage kept him cool as ice in the hottest action. They all had their own answers but not one of them was anywhere near the truth… for Ben wanted to die fighting, to wipe his secret past.	Greece 1941. Fatigued by a losing battle, four British soldiers take shelter in the home of a local hunter, who tells them a tale that has been passed down through his family for generations. In ancient times, a young blacksmith was exiled from his home by an invading tyrant. Unsure of his fate, he wandered the land. But the gods had a plan for him. He would lead a force to take back his home. He would wield the sword of destiny!	It had been some years since Private Jack Wilmot had seen any action, although as orderly to a fiery Brigadier, he’d more than once accompanied the officer to front-line positions. This time, however, it looked as if they’d bitten off more than they could chew – they had been shot down in the depths of the jungle and were stranded in enemy-held territory. Now they’d need all their luck, and a bit of deception too, if they were to survive…
Author: Dominic Teague	Author: Ken Gentry	Author: Ferg S. Handley	Author: D.C.T. Staff
Art: Manuel Benet Blanes	Art: Adolfo Usero Abellan	Art: Alejandro Perez Messa	Art: Cecil Thomas Rigby
Cover: Manuel Benet Blanes	Cover: Jordi Bosch Penalva	Cover: Alejandro Perez Mesa	Cover: Ian Kennedy
5823 COUNTDOWN TO MURDER 30th January 2025	5824 (920/2212) PROJECT “DOOMSDAY” 30th January 2025	5825 (1577/2891) UNLUCKY GUN 30th January 2025	5826 (1639) TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY 30th January 2025
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Six… Special Operation Executive agents went on a mission to destroy a German radio base on the coast of occupied France. Five… of them were French, the final was their British liaison, Captain Mark Bradshaw. Four… of the agents were men. Excluding Bradshaw, their names were Ronald, Veran and Yves. Three… of the six wanted to kill the German SS officer they had captured, the others wanted him alive for questioning. Two… were women, Olivia and Brigitte. Both were trained in deadly combat against the Nazi. One of them was a murderer and they were going to kill until there were none left alive. It was a countdown to murder and time was running out!	In a Nazi Air Ministry building in Berlin, a heavy file of documents and blueprints contained the secrets of a weapon which had been designed to win the war for Hitler. British Intelligence knew it by two words only – two words which could mean death and destruction for every man, women and child in Britain – Project “Doomsday”.	Normandy, 1944. Superstitious young soldier, Sam Draper, has just joined a new unit. Unfortunately, the bullying Corporal Eric Grimes seems to have it in for Sam from the offset! Things only get worse when his unit are sent to Normandy to fight the SS, and Sam’s placed in charge of a Bren light machine gun. The problem is everyone who handled the gun beforehand has met an unfortunate fate. Could the Bren really be cursed?	When in Belgium, do as the Belgians do – or die! That was good advice for Ray Verheyen, a young pilot stranded in enemy-occupied territory with Germans everywhere. Luckily, he was in a position to take it, for he’d grown up there and could speak the language fluently. But Ray knew, with good reason, even that was no real safeguard. After all, hadn’t his own father, born and bred in Belgium, disappeared without trace?
Author: Rossa McPhillips	Author: Eric Hebden	Author: Ferg S. Handley	Author: Bernard Gregg
Art: Marc Viure	Art: Galindo	Art: Paolo Ongaro	Art: Frederick Alan Philpott
Cover: Marco Bianchini	Cover: Ian Kennedy	Cover: Marco Bianchini	Cover: Ian Kennedy
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