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| Release date : 2020-05-01 |
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| Perched high among the girders of the bridge spanning the jungle river, |
| Private Dan Neal carefully aimed at the explosives charge lashed to the |
| bridge supports. He knew that if this bridge wasn't blown, the Japanese |
| would pour over it, massacring any British troops who stood in their |
| way. And if it was blown up, Dan knew he would go sky high with it. |
| His trigger finger took the first pressure, then began the slow |
| steady squeezeà |
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| Introduction |
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| Down through the decades that Commando has been published, perceived |
| cowardice has long been a recurring, but thankfully not over-used, plot |
| motif. Indeed, one of our Silver Collection titles from earlier this |
| month, "Day Of Shame" (No 4846) also had a similar theme but was |
| completely different to this story. |
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| In my opinion, Stand And Fight is a memorable tale because - apart |
| from Gordon Livingstone's typically wonderful art and cover - the main |
| character, Private Dan Neal, appears to be a rare Commando anti-hero. |
| Flawed, secretive, morally ambiguous, as readers we're not quite sure |
| if we even like him. Right away that gives this adventure an edge. |
| Adding a duplicitous enemy prisoner and a loyal, ice-cool Ghurkha to |
| the mix makes it edgier still. |
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| Scott Montgomery, Deputy Editor |
| Note: Original published as Commando No 467 (April 1970) and |
| re-issued as No 1343 (August 1979). |
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| "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to |
| stop reading them." - Ray Bradbury |
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|_ .nfo by gRISKOKARE/iMPURE!aSCII 1940. _|
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