Commando Comic 1970s

[@foxxy46213]

Loved these in the 80s growing up going to the market an buying them in bundles. Had a huge collection wish I kept em

[@foxxy46213]

@@Ickie71 the guy who has the stall must of been 20ft square an jammed packed with em for like 20p for 5....dam loved that stall

[@Ickie71]

@@foxxy46213 Ive got back into collecting again at ripe ole age of 45! Hehe its fun too hunting down the issues you need! all part of it....

[@chrisherbert9924]

I've got myself 3 of the commands booklets the other day, they are good to read.

[@colingreen5252]

Thanks for watching!

[@Daveglorious]

Yeh been getting into these again as well. They're comforting, maybe its the pandemic >)

[@robbijohnson6983]

Awesome you scored 👍

[@robbijohnson6983]

I'm from the US. and I love the black and white British comics back in the early to mid 1970's I was able to get them from a comic book dealer at a local flea market I just remember the artwork was fantastic ☺️

[@colingreen5252]

It truly was amazing

[@skylongskylong1982]

Good old days when your fathers had fought in WW2 or Korea. Picked up your copy of Warlord, or Battle comics, and then attending AIr Cadet’s on a Friday night to learn about aviation, and shoot a 2.2 of the Lee Enfield rifle on the in door range. If the Soviet Union ever had invaded they would have had to taken on Army, Air, Sea Cadet’s.

[@colingreen5252]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@flashgordon1262]

Bloody right mate ...army cadet here ...grew up reading the same comics :)

[@Ickie71]

wow hahaha i know that Artist your showing in Warlord mate!cant belive it thats John Coppers work if ever i saw it from Johnny Red again one of my fav artists

[@foxxy46213]

Dam I even had the one on top right with the Lysander

[@s.d.n.k]

Thanks for the insight. I used to swap my donald duck comics for commando comis in the early 70s with my mates who had a subscription for commandos. I couldn't afford it. They had pretty much every issue up to the 1000 numbers and were sent 4 new stories every month. It seemed to us by that time the publishers were reprinting earlier stories again with different covers. I didnt particularly like the new artists at that time either. Some earlier edition artists were just brilliant artists, the detail quite accurate and in scale I thought while others were "comic like" and almost generic. To come up with a story must have been stressful at times! I sold most of mine but kept a few as momentos and I still from those years including no.98 "The valley of secret weapons" and though the cover is a little worn its readable

[@colingreen5252]

Some of the artists were amazing! That's what I really admire.

[@Ickie71]

Your quite right,us kids didnt miss a thing that incldues swapping Artists!

[@lieutenantdan839]

I've got about 300 of these stored away up my attic if anyone's interested.

[@danielthomas8507]

had all of these

[@Ickie71]

Then when iw as bit older around eight i ordered Victor untill too much sport so changed that too Warlord for a bit then Battle Action which was my fav.

[@Ickie71]

Charlies War drawn by Joe Colhoun is my Fav of all time! you are about my age so you must of seen his art?he drew me right in..i used to sit n wait at bottom of stairs for my weekly issue!

[@Ickie71]

Thing also with Commando the cover artists usualy didnt do the insides..but in some cases they did!in the early days

[@Ickie71]

Apperntly the Old British War Comic was too "PC" and today they wouldnt stand for it!... It didnt do me any Harm! :)

[@Ickie71]

The high standard(sorry for so many posts)was because many artists were in WW2 so they could really draw it quite graphic..todays artists are crap compared to the old school