Comments on Comics Down Under: Review: Commando - ANZACS at War

Hi Navs - take up body building!

2009-08-03T18:39:05.233-07:00

Hi Navs - take up body building!

Hello,I am a Commando fan from India. We stopped g...

2009-03-07T11:53:00.000-08:00

Hello,

I am a Commando fan from India. We stopped getting Commando books in our market (new books) in 1990.

So, I was quite surprised to see a book with the familiar 'commando dagger' graphic at a bookstore recently. I picked up the book (Dirty Dozen) for about 12 US dollars.

I enjoyed reading all the stories, but I found it very difficult to hold the book for long because of its excessive weight!!

I hope to get the other titles soon.

Bye!

I saw True Brit and the original book, Dirty Dozen...

2007-08-04T16:55:00.000-07:00

I saw True Brit and the original book, Dirty Dozen at Borders.

And i didn't even realize they are still releasing Commando.

Hi Mark - Yes, the Commando format is comparativel...

2007-08-04T04:35:00.000-07:00

Hi Mark - Yes, the Commando format is comparatively wordy and the tone occasionally didactic, but you do get bang for your buck in terms of storyline and page count (Esp. when you think that you pay between A$5-A$7.00 for a 32-page US comic in newsagencies, the Commando digests, which typically sell between A$5.00-A$6.00, is much better value). While I sometimes felt the rival WAR PICTURE LIBRARY and BATTLE PICTURE LIBRARY series had the edge over Commando in terms of artwork, clearly Commando proved to have greater staying power, because it was willing to change to stay current with its readers' changing tastes. I believe the COMMANDO: DIRTY DOZEN volume was published by a different company in the UK, Carlton Media, which (if I'm not mistaken) is distributed in Australian by Macmillan Distribution Services (AKA Pan Macmillan) Ask your local bookstore to double-check this for you - they should be able to order it in. However, the COMMANDO: TRUE BRIT volume may not be distributed in Australia, so you might have to order it directly via Amazon.co.uk

I bought this a couple of months back for a measle...

2007-08-04T02:45:00.000-07:00

I bought this a couple of months back for a measley $20 and thoroughly enjoyed it. In terms of comics, they are incredibly wordy yet not very deep or involving but for their sheer bluster they are quite enjoyable to read. However now i can't seem find the other 2 volumes available "Dirty Dozen" and "brits at action"