What other issues of Commando have our intrepid reporters appeared in?

And any chance of a collection of them?

Thanks.

The dodgy journalists have appeared in:

No 3722 “Read All About It!”
No 3725 One More War
No 3944 At The Sharp End!
No 4004 Bad News Travels Fast!
No 4017 Quick On The Draw
No 4050 “Hold The Front Page!”
No 4235 Desert Despatches (Oct ’09)
No 4243 Dangerous Despatches (Nov ’09)
No 4251 Deadly Despatches (Dec ’09)
No 4259 Desperate Despatches (Jan 2010)

If you’ve missed any, e-mail subscriptions@dcthomson.co.uk with the ones you’re after. They’ll check if any stocks remain and let you know the cost of supplying them to you.

Thanks for the suggestion of a collection, we’ll keep it in mind.

Great. Thanks very much!

This issue is brilliant, much like David Niven’s “55 Days in Peking” film. Some scenes are almost like in the film.

I wonder if these newsmen will meet that Hun in some wars or incidents right all the way to the Great war but the next story would be the last one. so I think that Hun would be killed or put in shame at the end of the next story.

But you've forgotten that there are plenty of wars to cover for them between the Somalia incident and the start of the Great War like the Russo-Japanese war in 1905.

I am sure most readers would love to know more of the newsmen during these incidents between the turn of the century and the Great War.

I hope the editor would change his mind about the newsmen or is it too late for that?

I second that. More please!

Does anyone else want more “Headline Heroes”? I’m sure Norman Adams could be persuaded to dust off Ferret’s cuttings book once more…

I do…

Thanks David and John for your comments. It’s good to get positive feedback.

The long-running series has covered more than twenty wars and rebellions from Canada to Asia since the first story, “Read All About It!” That one saw Charles at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War before he covered the Franco-Prussian War with his great rivals Harry and Ferret.

Dandy Digby first entered the scene as the Trident’s war artist in “Bad News Travels Fast!” and by “Hold the Front Page!” — a World War One thriller set in London — he was the newspaper’s chairman.

Since Ferret’s old cuttings book was rescued during the Blitz, the old rogue has enthralled us with further tales of derring-do. “Desperate Despatches” provides a cracking conclusion to their adventures.

Will the howling Hun get his just deserts?

Nice to hear from you, Norman. I hope to see more stories with our newsmen.

These stories are probably the best non-traditional Commandos ever.

I hope so. “Desperate Despatches” now out in shops. When I got “Deadly Despatches” I read that the next issue about the newsmen (now released) would be the last to involve these reporters on the last but one page of the issue.

But I hope the editors and the staff would change their mind after my email and your reply?

My favourite set of stories. And there’s some interesting comments about the correct way to eat pie & mash in the ComicsUK Forum. For
the record, I don’t eat it myself!

I’m not sure but I think I scent a pie and mash smell coming from somewhere in the office. I wonder if the spirit of Ferret McGlone has taken up residence in the scripts cupboard again. I must ask if Norman Adams has detected the same aroma on his word processor.

Having read the entries on Comics UK, it’s put me off the whole idea.

I’ve enjoyed this set. Interesting to read stories set in some of the more obscure campaigns & conflicts of the last 100+ years.
How about the cunning Prussians stealing plans for British submarines in the early years of the 20’th century ? … just a thought.

Norman Adams is the maestro when it comes to wartime story-telling. His words ricochet off the keyboard.

Delighted to see Commando authors (I use the word advisedly) such as Norman Adams receive their long-deserved bylines. It’s time to celebrate an end to their unwelcome, unfair and unnecessary anonymity.

That’s what we thought when we introduced the credits a few years back, Ninian. Glad you appreciate it.

By golly, Keith Page and John Ridgway are at the very top of their illustrative game; some masterful art work on display at a WH Smith near you.

Why don't you people start tv episodes? It would b great 2 watch for all the people. Start from mostly influenced ww countries…u wont fail…thank you for the comics n magazines they r great…

We’d love to do that! Any TV companies reading this who want to get involved?