Commando #869
([September] 1974)

D.C. Thomson, 1961 Series
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Price
0.06 GBP; 0,18 AUD
Pages
68
On-sale Date
1974-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd
Editing
Ian Forbes

Issue Notes

Creator credits via Vic Whittle.

A Stirling Called Satan (Table of Contents)

cover / 1.33 pages (report information)

Pencils
Keith C. G. Walker (painting)
Inks
Keith C. G. Walker (painting)
Colors
Keith C. G. Walker (painting)
Genre
war
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Indexer Notes

Cover wraps around to 1/3 of back cover.

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Stars of Soccer / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
?
Synopsis
Photograph of Frank Munro

A Stirling Called Satan (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 63 pages (report information)

Script
R. A. Montague
Pencils
Mira
Inks
Mira
Letters
?
Genre
war
Characters
Sam Gilbert; "Toddy" McKenzie; Phil Newton; Mike Graham; Dave Stewart
Synopsis
Pilot Sam Gilbert gets a new Stirling bomber, but his crew are sure it's jinxed because its number (535) adds up to thirteen. After several mishaps they convince Sam to replace it. Having finished their tour, they transfer to a test unit and try out a new radar bomb sight. The Stirling they are using crash-lands and its replacement turns out to be 535. The German raider Admiral Eisen is spotted in port and they, the only crew who have used the new equipment, are sent to bomb it. The sight works perfectly and the ship is sunk. Badly damaged 535 gets them home, but is wrecked by the landing.
Reprints

A Thrill on Every Page (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Then and Now No. 3 The Volkswagen (Table of Contents: 4)

Then and Now / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Potted history of the Volkswagen Beetle, 1938, and the Volkswagen Scirocco, 1974 along with two black and white illustrations.

A Stirling Called Satan (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Stirling Called Satan
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Stars of Soccer
  3. 2. A Stirling Called Satan
  4. 3. A Thrill on Every Page
  5. 4. Then and Now No. 3 The Volkswagen
    Then and Now
  6. 5. A Stirling Called Satan
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  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Gordon Keys
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