Welcome to my site! If you have ever looked at a stack of old Commando comics and wondered, "Are these worth anything?"—you are in the right place. While you can find all the figures you need on my statistics and calculator pages, here is a bit of background information for those who are interested.
Hello! My name is Terry, and I have been an avid Commando comic collector for over 40 years.
Like many of you, my passion started decades ago when my dad and I would buy a few issues to read on the beach during our summer holidays. As my love for classic British comic art grew, so did my collection.
Back in 2016, my collection had grown so large that I wanted to value it properly for home insurance. When I looked online, I found plenty of price guides, but they all had one major flaw: they were just based on guesswork or personal opinions. Nobody was looking at what buyers were actually paying.
I decided to start tracking real sales on eBay in order to value my own books. I found the data so accurate and helpful I thought others might find it useful too. In 2018 I decided to share my findings with other comic collectors, so I spent months teaching myself how to build a website from scratch, mainly using YouTube videos.
My early efforts only displayed a simple average price. A long way from the detailed statistics I'm able to show today! I've continued tracking sales and my database now contains 42,782 real selling records!
Yes, it is 100% free for everyone to use! Running a website costs money for the server and web hosting, but I don't want to charge fellow collectors a subscription fee.
Instead, my hope is to support the site in two gentle ways, neither of which involve user contributions. Firstly, you may notice the odd, unobtrusive advertisement (although earnings of about 6p a month don't really cover many costs, so I may drop these completely!).
Secondly, I use the eBay Partner Scheme. This means that if you click on any eBay link on my website and buy something within 24 hours, eBay gives me a tiny thank-you commission for sending you there. It doesn't cost you a single penny extra, it just comes out of eBay's profits. But those pennies help me keep my coffee cup topped up and the database running for everyone!
So, if you do ever buy on eBay, please consider visiting their website by clicking one of my links first. It would be much appreciated.
If you have a garage, loft, or bookshelf full of old Commandos, figuring out what price to ask can be overwhelming. I offer a Multiple Issue Batch Calculator where you can type in a batch of up to 20 comic numbers at once to see their history instantly. For those with much larger collections, I also offer a Bulk Spreadsheet Evaluation designed to evaluate vast portfolios efficiently in one go. Additionally, I have a Sales Valuation Template to help you grade your comics accurately based on their cover, spine, and inner pages condition.
If you are looking to fill gaps in your collection without overpaying, this site is your secret weapon! You can use the home page's Quick Price Check facility on your mobile phone while out at car boot sales, charity shops, or browsing online. It instantly tells you the highest, lowest, and average prices an issue has fetched, so you always know if you are getting a fair deal.
*Please remember that this website is designed to be an informative, helpful guide based on historical trends. Because the comic market moves and human errors can occasionally happen during manual entry, I always recommend using these numbers as a sensible baseline rather than an absolute guarantee of value.*
Beyond the calculators, I offer a dedicated statistics page. Here, you can explore fascinating trends, including:
As well as many other charts and graphs.
The backbone of my data comes from both buy-it-now sales and completed eBay auctions in the UK where a comic received at least one bid and successfully sold.
To ensure the historical calculations remain as robust and accurate as possible, the database also includes historical auction sales data as a legacy foundation. Bringing these two elements together gives me a huge, reliable record of real marketplace sales.
I completely understand why many genuine collectors have a love-hate relationship with eBay. It can often feel like the platform drives up prices, making it harder to find a traditional bargain.
However, if we look at it another way, eBay is actually an incredible, unparalleled marketplace resource for comic collectors. It brings thousands of rare issues out of dusty lofts and into the light. My main goal with this database is to level the playing field. By showing you the actual math behind real sales, I hope it helps buyers and sellers keep prices grounded and realistic, preventing people from either overcharging or overpaying.
Calculating a pure mathematical average can sometimes be misleading if one person paid an absurdly high price, or if a damaged copy sold for next to nothing.
To fix this and give the data true authority, I use a statistical technique called a Truncated Mean (often called a trimmed average). When calculating the baseline value for an issue, my system automatically slices off the top 25% highest prices and the bottom 25% lowest prices. By removing these extreme, unusual spikes and drops, I am left with the stable middle 50% of the market. This gives a highly dependable, realistic value that reflects what a comic is truly worth on a normal day.
Sometimes a comic won't have any recent sales history—usually because it is an incredibly rare older issue that is hard to find, or a new edition which hasn't been sold yet. Currently, out of 6,006 there are 96 issues which have yet to be recorded.
Instead of giving up or showing a lazy value of zero, the site looks at the comic's immediate neighbors. My system automatically checks the selling prices of the 15 issues printed just before it and the 15 issues printed just after it. Because comics from around the same time usually share a similar value, this creates a smart, realistic estimate for that missing book.
Furthermore, when calculating the total value of a complete collection, any remaining hidden blind spots are filled using a sensible baseline price (ensuring no comic is ever valued below £1.25). This ensures you always get a completely realistic picture of what a collection is worth.
No, postage costs are excluded, and condition is not explicitly factored into the primary numbers. Evaluating the condition of a comic online is highly subjective—what looks "Excellent" to one person might look "Good" to another. By utilizing the 25% trimming technique described above, the extreme outliers (like a heavily damaged copy or a flawless, mint-condition gem) are naturally smoothed out, leaving an excellent average benchmark for standard collected issues.
Historically, yes! Over the long term, pre-owned Commando Comics have seen a good rise in value. Because I have kept records since January 2016 (with a brief pause during 2021 and 2022), I can actually prove it.
For example, back in 2016, an incredibly lucky buyer managed to snap up an auction copy of issue number 34 (Death Mission) for just 99p. At the time, the average calculated price for that issue was £26.42—and its highest recorded sale was £53.75! If you use my unique Grab A Bargain tool to spot the real bargains, keeping an eye on Commando comics can be a deeply rewarding hobby in more ways than one.
Of course! Any ideas are greatly received and I'd appreciate it if you could let me know of any errors you may come across on the site. You can email me via the link in the footer.
Best of luck with your collection!