Josè Maria Jorge

COMMANDO TITLES

(POCKET HOMEPAGE)

Josè Maria Jorge Story Artist for Commando Comics 1969 - 2010 1969 -

Updated: May 19th 2019

Story artist for Commando comics from 1969 – 2010.

His first title being No: 384 'Flying Fury' February 1969 and his last title No: 4329 ‘Divided Aces’ September 2010.

Sadly, Josè died 4th October 2010.

Looking through his Commando titles, it is apparent that Josè loved aircraft themes.

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Josè also created covers for some of his work as illustrated below.
2663 HUNGER FOR GLORY August 1990 Josè’s first cover	2713 FLYING MUSKETEERS October 1990	2753 AIR PIRATES November 1990	2817 VALLEY OF DEATH March 1991
Colonel John Devlin, U.S.A.A.F., had chased glory in three wars but it had always passed him by. Now, in the savage air battles over war-torn Vietnam, he saw his final chance when a new pilot arrived, a real hotshot, a born ace. There and then Devlin decided that his top gun was going to be his ticket to glory … regardless of the cost in men and machines!	Like the famous musketeers of old, the four young Second World War German pilots, fresh from training, believed in the motto, "All for One and One for All!" It stood them in good stead on their early combat patrols, while their Focke Wulf Fw 190s were still the scourge of the skies. But they were to need their light-hearted comradeship even more in the dark days that lay ahead for the German Luftwaffe.	Officially they were called Forward Air Controllers, but air pirates was nearer the mark. What else would you call pilots who sneaked about over the Vietnamese jungle tops, ambushing the enemy from the air then withdrawing before he had time to retaliate? Roy Armour was one of these men. He flew with a secret unit based in Laos. There, the dangers he faced got even worse when he landed!	Transferred from the army to the air force in the very early days of war in the air, Austrian Karl Littman began to wonder if his fighting days were over - all he seemed to do was fly boring patrols. His observer did all the shooting and that was from a very safe distance. So Karl decided to liven things up and really make the sparks fly. Unfortunately he was a bit too successful and it began to look as though he was the one who'd get his wings clipped - permanently.
2917 THE KESTRELS April 1991	2986 FORCED TO FLY June 1991	3039 THE FLYING FLETCHERS October 1991	3110 KILLER COBRA November 1991
It's said that the helicopter came of age as a weapon during the Vietnam War. Hauptmann Karl Emberg of the Luftwaffe's Kestrel Staffel might dispute that, though. For, in the dying days of Germany's Third Reich, he and his command of rotorcraft hammered British ground forces and ran rings around Allied fighter aircraft - despite the odds. And those fierce battles were child's play compared to the fight to destroy another fleet of helicopters intended as the ultimate Kamikaze force …	The Japs were advancing closer by the second, notching up victory after victory. And the lives of a few stranded R.A.F. lads were in the hands of one of their own - a bloke who felt he didn't have the nerve to sit in the cockpit of an aircraft ever again. With time running out fast and the situation growing more desperate by the second, somehow the others had to convince their reluctant pilot that he still had the courage and confidence to take to the air again!	Frank Fletcher was the First Officer on a B.O.A.C. "Empire" class flying boat when the Second World War broke out. He thought that it would be his Spitfire-flying brother who would see all the action that would come the family's way. He couldn't have been more wrong - and his lumbering unarmed airliner would prove a prickly problem for the Luftwaffe.	"To slow," said the Mustang pilots. "Like a carthorse," grinned the Spitfire boys. "Excellent! Give us more!" enthused the Soviet ground-attack aces. All were talking about the same aircraft - the Bell P-39 Airacobra. And this is the story of some of the men who flew Killer Cobras into battle - in the savage skies to the east of Europe where no quarter was asked or given …
3158 OPERATION "BALTIC" March 1992	3177 FATAL CONTACT April 1992	3223 SERPENT ISLAND June 1992	3296 OPERATION "SHOOTING STAR" September 1992
The Baltic Sea, lying between Germany, Scandinavia and Russia, was considered by the Germans to be pretty safe for their shipping during the First World war. After all, there was only a narrow, tricky and well-guarded entrance to it. But they reckoned without the captain of a British submarine who knew the northern seaways like the back of his hand. He planned to get in there, cause as much havoc as possible - and settle with a particularly nasty German commander along the way. Operation "Baltic" would be a dangerous business, all right…	From the first day it arrived in Korean skies, the F-86 Sabre was the boss of the air war over that country. Only the Russian MiG-15 could come close but it was still outclassed. Then, without warning, entire formations of Sabres began to disappear without trace. It was clear that they were being lost in combat - but what sort of enemy weapon had the power to cause such a fatal contact?	It was a small island in the seas off China, nothing special at all. Except that it was part of the myth of a hugh green serpent which arose from the depths to protect the mainland from invaders. In 1942, such stories were dismissed as hocus-pocus, yet the crews of four fighting craft from Britain, China and Japan were drawn to the place in a way no-one could really understand. Perhaps there was something special about Serpent Island after all…	Flying straight and level over hostile territory sounds like suicide. But that's what photo-reconnaissance crewman like Captain Mike Sedowski of the U.S. Army Air Force did, day or night. Mike could handle all the enemy flak and fighters. They didn't worry him at all. But now, on the most important operation of his life, he had a new crewman who he wasn't sure he could rely on in a tight spot - and that really did worry him.
3329 BATTLE MOUNTAIN April 1993	3351 DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH June 1995	3423 BADGES OF THE BRAVE July 1997	3813 ACE IN THE DARK May 2005
It was known as Battle Mountain because there had been a battle royal on its slopes somewhere back in the mists of time. Now it was 1942 and the advance of German forces into Russia would once again bring battle to the mountain. This time, though, it would be different - this time the fighting would be under the mountain as well!	A six-engined jet bomber, bristling with guns, and with a top speed approaching the sound barrier … against a wooden glider with only a pair of 30mm cannon. Sounds like no contest doesn't it? Not to Hauptmann Kaspar Theiss, it didn't. When he turned his little glider after the big bomber, he was determined he could bring it down … and settle an old score.	Despite his father being awarded medals for gallantry, Hud Brown just scoffed and called them "Tin Badges". But he and his brother Jake found out such medals were fitting badges of the brave, whether won over battlefields of Flanders or in the war-torn skies over China.	He had taken to the air as a fighter pilot in a Supermarine Spitfire, one of the finest combat aircraft ever, and he proved to be a natural pilot with a rising tally of kills to his name. But one day Danny Crabbe fell victim to enemy fire, and his injuries meant he was not considered fit to fly fighters again. Stuck behind a desk, he did all in his power to get back to any kind of flying and his chance finally came. This time he was in the cockpit of a Westland Lysander, stooging low and slow over occupied Europe to deliver agents and supplies to resistance groups. “Boring!”, thought Danny…but not for very long!

Following is a list of Commando titles attributed to Josè Maria Jorge.

Original titles are in blue.

Reprinted titles are in yellow.

(CA) Denotes that Josè also did the cover.

384 FLYING FURY	2708 INTRUDERS BEWARE
411 DESERT DOG-FIGHT	2713 FLYING MUSKETEERS (CA)
440 HERO IN A HURRI	2734 THE WAITING GAME
456 BLACK ZERO	2753 AIR PIRATES (CA)
489 ACES WILD	2766 CLOSE SUPPORT
510 ARTIC ACE	2802 FULL CIRCLE (CA)
528 SUICIDE STRIKE	2804 SHOOT HIM DOWN
569 BATTLE SQUADRON	2817 VALLEY OF DEATH (CA)
597 SKY OF FLAME	2842 CARRIER PILOT
632 THE SQUADRON THAT WOULDN'T DIE	2855 WINGS OF WAR
657 THE SHIP BUSTERS	2881 FEARLESS FOSTER
693 DEATH OF THE COBRA	2890 CHINESE SQUADRON (CA)
724 ABANDON SHIP!	2891 MAN OVERBOARD
764 FEAR FLIES HIGH	2917 THE KESTRELS (CA)
784 FIRE OVER ENGLAND	2943 THE FIGHTING FOXES (CA)
817 CARRIER STRIKE	2961 CODENAME "ADOLF" (CA)
850 DANGER IN THE DEEP	2986 FORCED TO FLY (CA)
880 ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE	2996 ALL GUNS FIRING
897 THE BLACK BUZZARD	3017 JUNGLE FORTRESS (CA)
922 A QUESTION OF HONOUR	3028 NEVER SAY DIE
954 FIGHTING CAT	3039 THE FLYING FLETCHERS (CA)
985 FLYING WILD	3049 EAST TO DANGER (CA)
1010 IDENTITY UNKNOWN	3068 COMRADES AT WAR
1061 SINK THAT SUB!	3089 GUNN FIGHTER (CA)
1089 JAVA SEA JINX	3110 KILLER COBRA (CA)
1107 FLYING FURY	3135 WINGS OVER AFRICA (CA)
1117 THE FLYING BLOWLAMP	3148 THE SAVAGE SEA
1142 BET YOUR LIFE…	3158 OPERATION "BALTIC" (CA)
1168 THUNDERBOLT!	3177 FATAL CONTACT (CA)
1194 EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL	3202 EYES OF THE GUNS (CA)
1199 DESERT DOGFIGHT	3203 THE FIGHTING SPIRIT
1216 FAMILY OF HEROES	3212 FLOATING BOMB
1250 SKY GIANT	3223 SERPENT ISLAND (CA)
1259 HERO IN A HURRI	3235 THE CONVOY FIGHTS BACK
1280 PAID IN FULL	3246 FLYING FOX (CA)
1299 BLACK ZERO	3265 BOGUS BOMBER (CA)
1306 ACTION AT ZERO FEET	3268 THE PIRATES
1332 WINGED WOLVES	3296 OPERATION "SHOOTING STAR" (CA)
1358 WHO KILLED COOPER?	3308 BEWARE THE PROWLERS
1376 THE SURVIVOR	3329 BATTLE MOUNTAIN (CA)
1399 HIGH FLYING SPY	3351 DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH (CA)
1416 SEEK OUT THE ENEMY	3373 PANZER HUNTER (CA)
1434 FIRE!	3393 ONE MORE BATTLE (CA)
1436 ACES WILD	3423 BADGES OF THE BRAVE (CA)
1449 FLYING LIFEBOAT	3441 STORM BIRDS (CA)
1466 THE MAN WITH NO SHADOW	3452 CAPTURE THAT SHIP!
1483 ARCTIC ACE	3469 TERROR OF THE TANKS (CA)
1487 A RACE AGAINST TIME	3476 PILOT ERROR
1504 TREASON!	3498 KEEP 'EM FLYING (CA)
1520 INTRUDERS BEWARE!	3517 THE HAUNTED HURRICANE (CA)
1524 SUICIDE STRIKE	3538 ROGUE ACE (CA)
1537 TRAITOR PLANES	3561 STOP, THIEF! (CA)
1554 TEMPEST SQUADRON	3584 MYSTERY SQUADRON (CA)
1577 MAN OVERBOARD!	3588 THE LONG NIGHT
1594 THE FLYING AVENGERS	3606 FIGHTER ACES (CA)
1595 BATTLE SQUADRON	3625 GULLS WITH GUNS (CA)
1609 THE JETS FROM NOWHERE	3627 DANGER – KEEP CLEAR!
1640 SHOOT HIM DOWN!	3635 SECRET OF THE SEA
1668 SKY OF FLAME	3641 TARGET IN SIGHT! (CA)
1755 THE SQUADRON THAT WOULDN’T DIE	3670 ARROW ACE
1757 WHO NEEDS LUCK?	3683 WHO’S THE BEST?
1778 ALL GUNS FIRING	3695 DOOMED BREED
1798 NEVER SAY DIE!	3712 FLIGHT TO FREEDOM
1803 THE SHIP BUSTERS	3745 BRONCO ACE
1817 COMRADES AT WAR	3747 OWL PATROL
1853 DEADLY MARAUDERS	3768 THE FIRST ACES (CA)
1878 THE SAVAGE SEA	3787 JET PILOT
1880 DEATH OF A COBRA	3791 WAR ON THE WAVES (CA)
1899 ABANDON SHIP	3813 ACE IN THE DARK (CA)
1903 THE FIGHTING SPIRIT	3838 TERROR IN THE TRENCHES (CA)
1922 FLOATING BOMB	3843 ACE VERSUS ACE
1946 THE CONVOY FIGHTS BACK	3856 FLYING TIGER (CA)
1970 THE PIRATES	3868 THE INVISIBLE WARRIOR
1986 BEWARE THE PROWLERS	3886 THE INVISIBLE ENEMY (CA)
2019 FIRE OVER ENGLAND	3909 HIGH SPEED ACE (CA)
2024 TARGET MALTA	3916 KNOW YOUR ENEMY
2056 CAPTURE THAT SHIP	3929 TANK TROUBLE (CA)
2074 PILOT ERROR	3952 AIR RAID! (CA)
2076 CARRIER STRIKE	3962 SOUND OF DEATH
2090 SAVED FROM THE SEA	3987 CZECH ACE (CA)
2111 HIT 'EM HARD	4000 ACES ALL! (CA)
2136 THE LONG NIGHT	4005 FIGHTING HURRICAT
2154 SECRET OF THE SEA	4043 AUTOMATIC PILOT (CA)
2183 DANGER - KEEP CLEAR	4048 MURPHY’S LUCK
2187 THE BLACK BUZZARD	4064 LONE WARRIOR
2197 WHO'S THE BEST?	4084 SUBMARINE WARRIORS (CA)
2204 A QUESTION OF HONOUR	4091 ACE VERSUS ACE (CA)
2222 FIRST COMMAND	4104 IRON CROSS YANK
2242 OWL PATROL	4112 DRAGON PILOT
2263 JET PILOT	4122 STRIKE OF THE THUNDERBOLT (CA)
2282 ACE VERSUS ACE	4131 THE FIGHTING STORKS (CA)
2306 THE INVISIBLE WARRIOR	4144 OPERATION EXTINCTION
2331 FLYING WILD	4149 VALLEY OF DEATH (CA)
2342 KNOW YOUR ENEMY	4154 DESERT DOGFIGHT (CA)
2360 SOUND OF DEATH	4155 AEGEAN ACE (CA)
2377 FIGHTING HURRICAT	4181 LET ME FLY!
2402 MURPHY'S LUCK	4193 STORMBIRD STRIKE (CA)
2426 LONE WARRIOR	4197 GIANT DUEL
2445 IRON CROSS YANK	4208 CLOSE SUPPORT!
2466 DEADLY TRIANGLE	4218 CONVICT SQUADRON (CA)
2488 OPERATION EXTINCTION	4233 MESSERSCHMITT STORM (CA)
2492 EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL	4266 BATTLE OVER BRITAIN (CA)
2500 FAMILY OF HEROES	4270 TOO LATE FOR GLORY
2511 DRAGON PILOT	4298 CROSSED SWORD SQUADRON (CA)
2532 SKY GIANT	4301 WINGS OF WAR
2536 ZIG-ZAG - OR DIE	4312 FLYING MUSKETEERS (CA)
2551 STARR'S WAR	4319 FEARLESS FOSTER
2564 ACTION AT ZERO FEET	4329 DIVIDED ACES (CA)
2574 GIANT DUEL	4341 PILOT FOR HIRE (CA)
2596 WINGED WOLVES	4352 HUNGER FOR GLORY (CA)
2598 LET ME FLY!	4360 FLYING FURY
2610 TOO LATE FOR GLORY	4474 HIT ‘EM HARD!
2622 SQUADRON - SCRAMBLE	4558 SAVED FROM THE SEA
2644 FIRE!	4634 THE BLACK BUZZARD
2645 SQUADRON PRIDE	4650 SECRET OF THE SEA
2663 HUNGER FOR GLORY (CA)	4690 THE INVISIBLE WARRIOR
2674 TOP SECRET SQUADRON	4726 ACE VERSUS ACE
2676 THE MAN WITH NO SHADOW	4742 JET PILOT
2691 A RACE AGAINST TIME	4750 FLYING WILD
2694 PILOT FOR HIRE (CA)
© D. C. Thomson & Co Ltd	Vic Whittle 2007