Commando Comics.

[latviaman]

Showing my age I remember reading a comic V for vengance when people wore grey , ie against Germans and went out with suicide pills in case they cocked up ,, is it  demementia or please does anyone remember

[Charles Bannerman]

"Donnerwetter"... "Gott in Himmel".... "Achtung, Spitfeuer!" I'd forgotten about these additional gems of Germanic idiom.

[starchief]

Got a bit of history with comics...

It wasn't Commando (4000 issues and still going strong) but originally in the Wizard, then moving on to the Hotspur.

They collected the story of the Deathless Men in Red Dagger 27: V for Vengeance

Chris

[caley100]

Had a coffe and a bun in Borders yersterday..on the way out what was on the shelf a giant commando book! had myself a wee read.... brought back memories... but wouldnt by one..dont think. :003:

[starchief]

Why not give it a go?  There's a few of these large books...jungle warfare...Australians...tanks etc

Commando has moved on quite a lot though.  Quite a few romano-celtic stories, Vikings, wild west, medieval times, sci-fi (to answer a future question, it was called Starblazer).

I never really understood why comics in the UK are "kid's stuff" and an art medium that should be outgrown.  Most today (including 2000AD, Marvel, DC etc as well as the more political stuff like Cairo, Palestine and the rest) are written for adults.  But even many of the 1970s Brit comics, like Charley's War, Hook Jaw, Angry Planet are still worth reading.

Watch V for Vendetta, Spider-Man or 30 Days of Night, then read the comic.  Far better.  It's just a movie storyboard with better special FX and more time to tell the story.

Anyway, here's a copy of Warlord no.1 for you to bring back the memories:

http://rapidshare.com/files/98496600/Warlo...eercs_.cbr.html

You'll need a great little program called Comic Book Reader to enjoy it http://cdisplay.techknight.com/setup.zip (or else just change the extension from .cbr to .rar and un-rar the jpegs and read individually).  Also, see the StarscapeComic.co.uk website for more strips or places to download the program.

Chris