This looks great for anyone who's going to be in London this month. What's more you can now buy Commando cover art from the NAM online shop !!!
http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/draw-your-weapons?gclid=CIfB853EkK8CFS4NtAodCU4jyw (http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/draw-your-weapons?gclid=CIfB853EkK8CFS4NtAodCU4jyw)
Superb! That takes me right back to my childhood!
Nostalgia central!
Did they only start in 1961? I sort of remember other similar comics when I was in primary school. Or am I just getting befuddled? :-\
I've still got tons of these in a drawer.
And some 'War' and 'Battle' ones.
I've got a pile of these knocking about somewhere, I'll have to dig them out and see if the 8-year old fancies reading them.
I loved Commando.
You know what was better though?
Charley's War by Pat Mills in Battle. Man that was awesome.
Quote from: Serotonin on 31 March 2012, 05:34:00 PM
Charley's War by Pat Mills in Battle.
That rings a bell as well, I'm gonna have to get up into the loft at Dave's house and see what's up there. I used to pick them up at the shows by the boxful, so there's a mix of all sorts if I remember right. I used to mark them ( :o ) with ratings on the cover, so 5 stars was a really good one! :D
Quote from: Serotonin on 31 March 2012, 05:34:00 PM
I loved Commando.
You know what was better though?
Charley's War by Pat Mills in Battle. Man that was awesome.
got them all in a couple of books - love them :
remember though in Commando...
the british shout ouch (if anyhting) Germans Argggghhhhh and Japanese AIIIIEEEEEE when shot :D
Charleys war was proper fooked up for a kids comic. Im sure I remember one strip where he collected his mates body parts in a sack after a shell went off.
How many 'war crys' can we come up with?
For example:
Gott in Himmel!!!
Achtung! Spitfire!
Die Yankee Pig Dog!
etc
Quote from: Nosher on 31 March 2012, 09:41:17 PM
How many 'war crys' can we come up with?
For example:
Gott in Himmel!!!
Achtung! Spitfire!
Die Yankee Pig Dog!
etc
Don't forget the ubiquitous "Take that Fritz"!
Quote from: Charon on 01 April 2012, 07:49:18 AM
Don't forget the ubiquitous "Take that Fritz"!
And to be fully inclusive.
"Aiee Banzai!"
followed by,
"Take that Tojo"
Hehe...aye i learned my first foreign words from Commando...
Reminds me of the Pathe News footage from Burma with a British chap knocking a Japanese prisoner to the ground with his rifle butt to the cyrstal cut RP voiceover; 'and here we see a beastly Jap getting a bit of what he deserves'.
Is Commando still going? I wonder what the stories are like?
'Tommy Atkins goes to Afghanistan, builds a water well for a local Pashtun tribal village and gets a Blighty One off an IED on the journey back to Camp Whatamidoinghere'.
I think they still have the Commando comics in my local WH Smiths.
I have some of the modern compilations - great fun.