This is the story of Sam Curtis, light infantry commander, of the silver bugle that went with him to war, and of the fighting tradition that began nearly two centuries before, with the first raid of the light "Bobs" on the enemy-held island of Walcheren, and the day a dreadful curse fell on the Domburg windmill…
Introduction
Reading the title and looking at Alvaro's thunderous cover, you might be expecting a story about a haunted bugle (or something of the sort). If you are, disappointment awaits. Not that this isn't a good story, because it is, but because the Bugle very much plays second fiddle (sorry!) to the two principal characters and the gulf that divides them. It's classic Commando warfare…between men on the same side.
Sostres' inside art helps the mix along, with a striking mix of highly-detailed images backed with broader sweeps of the brush, his faces and expressions very nicely drawn.
So, follow the bugle's call and try out what was originally titled Short Step Into Danger.
Calum Laird, Commando Editor
Note: Originally released as Commando No 137 (October 1964) and was re-issued as No 711 (January 1973).
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