Product Description

'Achtung!', 'Banzai!', 'Donner und Blitzen!' For the generations of men whose obsession with military history was triggered by reading war comics in their youth, here at last, is Commando's toughest-ever collection of Second World War stories. "True Brit" showcases the best fighting action - on land, sea and air - from over 40 years of Commando comics - and 25 per cent bigger than the originals, for high-explosive impact! Chosen by current Editor George Low, the brilliantly drawn stories in this classic collection range from daring bomber raids over Germany, through close-combat jungle fighting against hard-as-nails Japanese, and depth-charge blasted submarine warfare, to hard-hitting battles across North Africa, Italy and northern Europe. For everyone whose comic-book battle lust has ever been stirred by Nazi cries of 'Englander schweinhund', "True Brit" will transport them right back into fictional combat situations they'd forgotten were so entertaining, and a whole new generation can discover how Commando turns ordinary men into heroes. Aaarrghh!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6989 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-16
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 784 pages

About the Author
George Low started working on Commando comic books in 1963, two years after their launch. He is the current Editor of Commando, only the third incumbent in Commando's history.

Customer Reviews

Comfort reading
For those like me brought up in the 1960/70s, you may remember the Commando comics. Small size with amazing tales of Brits fighting in the second world war. Picking this massive volume brought back fond memories. If you want confort reading from this period, this is for you. The drawings are really excellent.

Too good for words........
When I was about [...], my family and I hired a south coast beach hut for two weeks of my summer holidays. At the back of the hut, on a shelf, was my rainy day entertainment, About two dozen commando comics. I'm approaching 30 now but can still remember whole passages of dialogue and can visualise the fantastic air battles from those little paper books. Reproduced even bigger than the old comics, this book picks out some superb editions, and not just ones about spitfires and prison breaks but stories set in Burma, India and more unfashionable vehicles like the Bristol Beaufighter. I still return to this and its sister book whenever I feel that nostalgic yearning. I think I'll take it on my summer holidays again this year and start back at the begining.

Both me and my kid (age 9) love this stuff
At last a book we can both enjoy. For me it's a nostalgia trip for him it's stories of what the Brits did in WW2 (and he thought it was the Americans who won WW2 single handed based on the TV movies he's seen!). Great stuff for kids of all ages.