COMMANDO #5000...

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This one's old news by now, but I bought COMMANDO #5000 from

WHS just a few days ago.  It was on the top shelf, and four different issues

occupied the same space (one in front of the other), as opposed to being on

display side-by-side so that customers could see there was more than one

single issue on offer.  Just as well I decided to take a closer look and check

through them.  Commando came out in 1961 and is still going strong, so

if you'd like a nice little collectors' item, check out your local WHS or

corner newsagent's and see if they've got any left.

FLEETWAY used to do their own version of Commando (can't recall

what title it went under), as well as westerns, spy stories and humour strips

in the same format (as did DCT).  I remember the sad day when the editor

of IPC's pocket libraries was told they were being discontinued and that he

was being made redundant.  I think his name may have been either ALAN

or BRIAN SMITH, but I'm not certain.  If anyone out there knows, can

you enlighten me please, so that I can give credit where it's due.

Anyway, just think - Commando has been published continuously

since 1961, and that's a milestone that's surely worth celebrating.

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