Commando: True Brit: The Toughest 12 Commando Books Ever! by George Low

Commando

by George Low

Chosen by current 'Commando' editor, George Low, the brilliantly drawn stories in this collection range from daring bomber raids over Germany, through jungle fighting against hard-as-nails Japanese, and depth-charge blasted submarine warfare, to hard-hitting battles across North Africa, Italy and northern Europe.

Genres: Comics, Historical Fiction

Paperback

First published October 16, 2006

Reviews

[Kyle · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought this was the weakest of the 4 titles I purchased from Commando. The stories are much more recent that the 1960s and 70's and the art seems to have suffered. there were a few neat ideas though, VLR about snipers for example. Bright blade of courage about the navy as well as fight or die! were the best stories.

[Christopher Dove · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the second collection of Commando comics that I have read this year and I have really enjoyed both of them. There is good variety in this selection of Commando tales including stories on land, sea and in the air. Most of the stories have the Germans as the adversaries but there are also tales of our brace British forces overcoming Italians and Japanese. It is quite interesting that the Germans in this collection aren't all depicted as the cruel Nazi monsters that is usually the case in this type of comic. They are still the bad guys of course, but they are depicted as simply doing their job as soldiers. So there are no cries of 'Englander Schweinhund' from evil German officers which is usual for this type of story. For example, in the last story of the collection ' Another tight spot...' our hero is a British paratrooper. He walks in to an enemy pillbox where he has just thrown in a couple of Mills grenades. He finds all the German occupants dead. At this sight he exclaims 'Poor geezers. But better them than us.' If, like me, you were a fan of this type of war comic as a child in the 60s and 70s there is much to enjoy in this anthology.

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great collection of war stories from the Commando Comics archive. 12 of the toughest Commando books ever, excellent artwork and plenty of 'mein gott', 'aaargh' 'achtung' 'banzai!' and 'gott im hammer's!' to keep the most avid boy's own adventure readers happy.
Takes me back to my youth in the 70s reading these - they have been going since the early 60s and still publish 4 stories every fortnight. Brilliant.

[Glenn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great collection of Commando Comics - Tiger in the Tail was my favourite...

[John Lane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant read brought back a lot of happy childhood memories want to read more.

[Gareth Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderfully nostalgic collection of war comics redolent of my youth.

[Sancaka · Rating 4 out of 5]

it's thick, it's heavy, it's black and white (the cover is in colour though), it's expensive :(

[B.A. Dearsley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brillsome blast from the past... a wonderful collection of some of the best war comics for boys of all ages.