Keith Page Titles

KEITH PAGE

(POCKET HOMEPAGE)

Keith Page

Artist

for

Commando Comics

1996 -

Updated: October 16th2011

Keith’s first Commando title was 2941 ‘Odd Man Out’ April 1996.

Keith also did the front cover for this title.

Keith has a unique style and seems (to me) to like First World War subjects.

All the covers in the picture gallery below have been done by Keith.

Vic

April 13th 2002


2941 ODD MAN OUT APRIL 1996	3094 HANK THE HERO? NOVEMBER 1997	3154 CAPTAIN DRAGON JUNE 1998	3178 BATTLE BOATS SEPTEMBER 1998
A Royal Marine flying aircraft for the Navy? It was certainly an unusual situation Lieutenant Mike Pollard found himself in. Trained by the R.A.F., disciplined by the Navy and mocked by his fellow Fleet Air Arm trainee pilots, Mike found himself at odds with everyone around him. Only sheer determination and grit kept him going. But when war broke out in 1939, and the action began in earnest, he was soon pitch-forked into an even stranger situation where he learned the hard way that teamwork was essential, not just to strike back at the Germans – but simply to survive!	Citizen of the good old U.S.A., volunteer pilot in the Royal Air Force – that was Hank Mahler. He’d come all the way from the States to help Britain as it stood alone against the Nazi hordes … and he reckoned he was bound to become a hero at the same time. Trouble was, Hank was a hot-head who didn’t always think before he acted. That would land him in a lot of bother – and there was danger enough lurking ahead without adding to it.	The waters around the Malay Peninsula in the late 1800’s were wild and lawless. Ferocious pirates like the terrible Captain Dragon preyed on honest sailors, showing no mercy. Royal Navy patrols should have kept this mask-wearing buccaneer in check but, as fifteen-year-old Midshipman Henry Watkins found out, he would not be brought to heel. The youngster may have been on his first voyage and his first ship, but he was about to have the adventure of his life!	In 1943, fast E-boats were creating havoc amongst British shipping in the narrow seas off the east coast of England. Up against them were motor torpedo boats of the Royal Navy, smaller and more lightly armed. It took real courage to fight in one of these craft, as Sub-Lieutenant Peter Trent found out – especially when he knew that his own skipper had reason to hate him!

3262 BATTLING BESSIE AUGUST 1999	3290 TIN-CAN TERRORS NOVEMBER 1999	3314 MASTER OF MYSTERY FEBRUARY 2000	3336 THE PHANTOM BATTERY MAY 2000
They had painted her khaki, but she still didn’t look much like a weapon of war. A lot of German soldiers knew different, though. These fighting men had bitter cause to remember the bite of “Battling Bessie” … a London omnibus that had trundled into the heat of action during the First World War!	As a lieutenant in the Royal Navy at the outbreak of the First World War, Alan Finney expected to be fighting on the high seas in a destroyer, or maybe a battleship. Yet here he was pitched into battle on land and commanding a group of makeshift, experimental armoured cars. Determined to prove the value of these new weapons, he soon discovered that the Germans he was fighting were not his only enemies.	He was a brilliant magician, the toast of the music halls around the country, proudly billed as the “Master of Mystery” wherever he went. But the secrets he held were not only to do with card tricks and illusions. No, some were a lot deadlier than that. At a time when Britain was battling to survive in the First World War, this magician’s knowledge could do untold damage…	They couldn’t find this phantom battery of heavy German artillery. But each massive gun could hurl a ten kilogram shell over fifteen thousand metres. Surely there would be some clue somewhere to pinpoint this menace. If not, an awful lot of British soldiers were in big trouble…

3385 HOME-FRONT HERO NOVEMBER 2000	3488 BEST OF THE BOMBERS DECEMBER 2001	3510 BEACH-HEAD BRITAIN MARCH 2002	3513 FLYING EYE MARCH 2002
His dad was away fighting the Germans in North Africa, and young Chris Jackson wasn’t old enough to enlist in the army yet. As he fretted impatiently for the day to come, he drilled and trained with other village lads and older men who made up the local defence units known as the Home Guard. It all seemed so tame compared to action abroad – until that night when the war came right to his doorstep. It was time for Chris to stop dreaming of being a hero and actually try to be one…	The First World War was drawing to a close, and the Allies wanted to end things quickly by launching a daring, long-range bombing raid deep into Germany. One aircraft suitable was a newly-designed four-engined, five-man super-bomber – the Handley-Page V/1500. It was the best. So was the only man suitable to lead this mission … Britain’s ace bomber-pilot, Captain Harry Best. But Harry didn’t have only enemy fighters and deadly anti-aircraft fire to battle. No, there was an even more deadly, secret threat…	A group of Army Cadets stumble across a secret on a remote beach in the Scottish Highlands – a secret that tells of deceit and treachery. It is a story that even now the government does not want told. For history says that the Nazis never invaded Britain. But did they…?	Aerial reconnaissance was one of the most dangerous tasks carried out by the Royal Flying Corps early in the First World War. The aircraft were slow and clumsy and as Lieutenant Pete Collins knew only too well, you couldn’t shoot back at German fighters with a camera! What was more, Pete’s pilot, snobbish Lieutenant Simon Forsyth, took every opportunity to make life difficult for him. It all added up to deadly danger on every mission!

3534 OPERATION “GOOGLY” JUNE 2002	3605 OCCUPATION! MARCH 2003	3610 THE DEADLY DEMONS MARCH 2003	3633 THE WORST OF PALS JUNE 2003
Not many Germans would have recognised the word “googly” as a cricketing term for a fiendish delivery from a skilful bowler. Not many Germans would have realised either what a mistake it was for one of their bomber crews to strike at a small cricket ground. They were about to find out, though. And you will too as we uncover one of the most daring actions of the Second World War - OPERATION “GOOGLY”	Just imagine for a moment that you are living in an occupied zone under the brutal rule of the Nazi regime. Every move you make is watched and any misdeed will be punished – severely! Ted Barker knew all about the danger of just such a situation as he went about his duties in the German-held Channel Islands. He was a policeman, a British bobby, forced to co-operate with the invaders. It was a good job the Nazis couldn’t read his mind, though … for law and order was a thing of the past in the fight against these tyrants.	India, 1853. British Army Captain Balfour Brady was a veteran of countless battles against brigands and robbers eager to disturb the relative peace of British rule. But when his greedy commanding officer stole gold from a sacred Indian temple, Brady found his experience put to the test. He was faced with a new enemy … ferocious demons who had sworn to avenge the wrong done to their sacred site.	The best of enemies or the worst of pals? Whatever they were, the rival workforces from a small Yorkshire town were age-old adversaries, who would fight each other at the drop of a hat. When war broke out in 1914, they were formed into a regiment, but the feud continued, even when the lads were sent into action. The question was … could they fight the enemy as bitterly as they fought each other?
*Following is a list of titles attributed to Keith Page.* *Keith also did the covers, except where indicated.*
2941 ODD MAN OUT		3754 ROGUE ZEPPELIN
2959 DEADLY DECISION		3759 GLORY HUNTER
2973 ZEPPELIN KILLER		3765 DAYS OF DARING
2985 DUEL IN THE DEEP		3770 RETURN TO DUTY!
2999 IRON ANNIE		3773 RUDDOCK’S RULES
3008 ESCAPE…AND DESTROY		3784 LINK WITH THE PAST
3022 THE BLACK BOAR		3790 SABOTEURS ON SKIES!
3038 SHADOW OF SHAME		3797 THE ART OF WAR
3055 DUTY COMES FIRST		3802 TERROR TANK
3066 HUNT THE PANZERS		3807 TIN HAT TERROR
3081 A SPECIAL COURAGE		3817 THE LONG HAUL
3094 HANK THE HERO		3823 BROTHERS DIVIDED (Cover Only)
3104 MONGREL SQUADRON		3829 FRONT-PAGE ACE
3118 TIME TRAP (Cover: Ian Kennedy)		3833 SERGEANTS AT WAR
3120 NAZI BREED		3837 HUNTED DOWN! (Cover Only)
3137 RED MENACE		3839 OBEY…OR DIE! (Cover Only)
3141 CARRIER ACE (Cover: Ian Kennedy)		3842 TASKER’S TARGETS
3154 CAPTAIN DRAGON		3854 RAMSEY’S RAIDERS
3166 TIME FOR VENGEANCE		3857 DREAMS OF GLORY
3178 BATTLE BOATS		3861 THE RAIDERS RETURN! (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3185 ANTELOPE ACE		3869 RAMSEY’S ISLAND RAIDERS (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3199 THE NELSON TOUCH		3872 THE BIN BRIGADE
3216 KILLER IN THE SKY (Cover: D.C. Thomson Staff)		3874 RAIDERS REVENGE (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3221 MOONEY’S MONSTER		3885 D-DAY RAIDERS (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3232 FLY LOW, FLY SLOW		3889 DELIVERY BOY
3240 WARRIOR IN THE SUN		3902 RENEGADE RAIDERS (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3248 POWDER MONKEY		3910 CODE-NAME “FREEDOM”
3262 BATTLING BESSIE		3912 HARRY OF ARABIA
3273 HONOUR OF THE LEGION		3920 JACK OF ALL TRADES
3280 BATTLING RELIC		3925 STORM ON THE NILE
3290 TIN CAN TERRORS		3933 THE MAGIC BULLETS
3297 BURIED SECRET		3949 RAIDERS IN THE REICH (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3305 THE GREATEST ESCAPE		3960 RAMSEY’S REBEL ARMY (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3314 MASTER OF MYSTERY		3963 RAIDERS’ ROUND-UP! (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3327 UNDERGROUND ARMY		3970 THE FINAL RAID (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3336 THE PHANTOM BATTERY		3978 THROUGH THE LINES
3345 THE GHOSTLY RIDER		3985 RETREAT TO VICTORY
3354 MARK OF THE WOLF		3994 PYRAMID OF FEAR
3368 DEADLY DUEL		4004 BAD NEWS TRAVELS FAST!
3376 THE GREAT RETREAT		4010 UNITED IN BATTLE
3385 HOME-FRONT HERO		4017 QUICK ON THE DRAW
3397 UNDERWATER WARRIORS (Cover: Tubaro)		4026 SENSE OF DUTY!
3400 FOOL NELSON		4034 SENSE OF HONOUR!
3409 DESERT SHOOT OUT		4042 SENSE OF JUSTICE!
3421 SECRET IN THE SAND (Cover: Tubaro)		4050 HOLD THE FRONT PAGE!
3430 THE FIGHTING FINN		4058 CRY WOLF
3437 ALPINE ACES		4075 THE RAILWAY RAIDERS
3445 HUNT THE HERO!		4097 THE DEADLY PROPHECY
3457 HAMMER BLOW		4114 TANK DUEL
3465 FORGOTTEN HEROES		4116 THE DEADLY RACE
3474 THE FIGHTING GIANTS		4150 MONGREL SQUADRON
3485 OPERATION DIAMOND		4153 ROAR OF THE GUNS
3488 BEST OF THE BOMBERS		4156 THE FIGHTING SAPPER
3503 THE DEADLY DESERT		4163 RAIDERS RECALLED (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3510 BEACH-HEAD BRITAIN		4171 RAIDERS ON THE RAMPAGE (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3513 FLYING EYE		4179 RAIDERS AT THE READY (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3522 ICE-COLD ACE		4187 RAIDERS THE RECKONING (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3534 OPERATION “GOOGLY”		4203 THE JAILBREAK
3545 THE TWO CHARLIES		4210 DEAD MAN’S BOOTS
3560 MYSTERY OF THE MINE		4219 CIVIL WAR – BLOOD AND HONOUR
3566 THE MAN IN GREY		4225 PIRATES OF THE PACIFIC
3573 DARK DAYS		4227 CIVIL WAR – THE BLACK EAGLE
3581 UNARMED AND DANGEROUS		4235 DESERT DESPATCHES
3589 FORCED TO FEUD!		4241 DEAD MEN TELL TALES
3597 THE FIERCEST FEUD		4243 DANGEROUS DESPATCHES
3605 OCCUPATION!		4251 DEADLY DESPATCHES
3610 THE DEADLY DEMON		4259 DESPERATE DESPATCHES
3613 CAMEL FORCE		4265 BLAST FROM THE PAST
3618 AIR SEA RESCUE		4281 BATTLE OF THE BLUE NILE
3621 NICK’S NIGHTMARE		4284 RACE TO FREEDOM
3626 TIN-CAN TROOPERS		4306 THE PHANTOM’S STRIKE
3633 THE WORST OF PALS		4307 THE PHANTOM’S REVENGE
3639 BATTLE SCHOOL		4324 ONE-EYED ACE
3645 MURDER AND MUTINY!		4330 SNIPER HUNT (Cover Only)
3655 BATTLE FOR THE BALTIC		4355 OPERATION HAMMER (Cover: Ian Kennedy)
3661 RUN THE BLOCKADE!		4362 MOUNTAIN WARRIORS
3669 COLD WAR!		4363 OPERATION ANVIL
3674 BOND OF BROTHERS		4369 SWASTIKA SQUADRON
3686 RETURN TO ACTION!		4386 FIRE AND WATER
3689 WAR WAGON		4388 REBELLION IN THE RAJ
3713 BATTLE OF THE BIG GUNS		4403 THE DEFECTOR?
3742 FOR POLAND!		4419 THE MYSTERY AND THE MUSEUM
*© D. C. Thomson & Co Ltd*		*Vic Whittle 2010*