and, so far, there are over 3,500 issues. Starting with #1623 Fight Back which was published in late July 1982, Denis McLoughlin contributed about one issue every five to six weeks until the time of his death. Since then, issues of Commando frequently reprint stories illustrated by McLoughlin. So far 171 issues have been identified as being illustrated by Denis McLoughlin between July 1982 and October 2002. Lightning Comics Published by Kangaroo Books in about 1946. New Spaceways Comic Annual No. 1 (1954) Includes reprints of three Boardman rotogravure comics as well as various other McLoughlin illustrations. Denis McLoughlin, creative director for the series, based most of the spacemen, rockets, flying saucers, space creatures, robots, etc. on the toys then carried by Woolworth's. Woolworth's were the primary distributor of the Boardman annuals in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and all over the former British Empire. Some of the Pyro/Kleeware/Tudor Rose toys used as models for this annual include: X-300 Space Cruiser (silver – top front cover); X-300 Space Cruiser (landed – front cover foreground); Johillco Spacemen (front cover); and Tudor Rose Space Clipper (front cover bottom left inset). The comic contents include three British original stories by Denis McLoughlin and a third by an unknown artist. One McLoughlin story features hard boiled detective Roy Carson while the other has science fiction hero Swift Morgan. The story Swift Morgan and the Flying Saucers is a reprint from 1949. As such, it is a very early UFO story. The other comic content is reprinted (in color and black and white) from US Quality Comics Group. Comic content includes: Zip O'Daly Rocket Ship Pilot (British original?) Swift Morgan and the Flying Saucers by Denis McLoughlin Eric Falcon – The Surrender of Eric Falcon Chop Chop by Matt Baker Plastic Man – Grandma Crookes by Jack Cole The Whip – Crimson Vengeance (origin) by Reed Crandall Doll Man – The Full Moon Monster Corsair Queen – King of Corpse Cay Swift Morgan and the Ancient Egyptians by Denis McLoughlin Roy Carson Strikes Again by Denis McLoughlin Arizona Raines Water Hogs Die Broke might be by Matt Baker Purnell Annuals Shortly after T.V. Boardman ceased publication of all comic annuals, Purnell purchased Dean (Dean had published the last four of the "Buffalo Bill" Annuals). Despite still having plenty of work provided by Boardman for their Bloodhound Mystery series of hardcovers, paperbacks, and pulp