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by Baker, who disciplines the pair. He then leads them to a successful attack on El Homra; the Germans send out an expert sniper known only as the Limping Vulture - an old enemy of Baker's - to pick off the squad in response, wounding Carey and Hardisty. Baker is able to capture him, and beats the Vulture unconscious when he tries to tell the men about the reason for his handcuffs. During a firefight, Rudge and Moody try to get to the Vulture and find out more but the man is shot before he can tell them anything.
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intelligence. The Germans had planned to execute Baker by leaving him in the desert handcuffed to a wooden post; he chewed through the post to get free. Moody and Rudge make one final attempt to kill Baker, but are overwhelmed by Singh and Peach. The remaining unit prepares to hand the three traitors over - but first Baker orders Peach to fetch a saw and cut the handcuffs off his wrist.
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who take them to British lines. The LRDG's base is under the command of Major John Braggat, whom Baker is eager to confront. Baker and Braggat had been on a patrol six months earlier when they had been caught by the Vulture, and the Major had bought his freedom by giving their captors vital British
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colonel carrying important dispatches revealing the location of a secret communications centre at El Homra. Baker decides the group will attack it themselves, leading Rudge to talk Moody into escaping in the night with the team's food and water. The pair blunder into a German patrol but are rescued
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praised the production values of the Hibernia collection, while also feeling Western's "powerful, tough artwork" made the story memorable. David McDonald would reaffirm his belief that "Baker's Half-Dozen" was among Western's best work in a blog article for Rebellion Developments'
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nomads kill them. The tribesmen take Baker hostage; Rudge and Moody lobby to leave him behind, until Carey points out that Baker has all their maps, and the radio in the Blenheim has been wrecked in the crash. They rescue him and soon run into a
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from 23 February to 16 August 1980. However, while the magazine initially sold respectably, reader research indicated that "Baker's Half-Dozen" was one of the less popular series, and it was replaced from the 23 August 1980 edition of
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was unable to recall how the story had ended up in the magazine, referring to its placement as "a strange one". For some years he thought it was a reprint as he created all of the other stories in
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dive-bombers. While most of the soldiers respond well to Baker's all-action style of command, Rudge gradually develops a dislike of the enigmatic sergeant. They destroy a German detachment at a
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kills the would be-captors. He introduces himself as Sarge Baker, and tells the group that under his command they will fight their way back to friendly lines - whether they like it or not.
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had a sporting bent to fit in with the title, as a war story "Baker's Half-Dozen" was an incongruous inclusion despite attempts to play up the title unit's fast-moving tactics.
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as the most likely source, and was possibly included to replace a strip vetoed by IPC management. As such the writer of the story is currently unknown; in a 2019 article on
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did not carry credits on strips, and documentation from the era has not survived; Stephen Jewell has speculated that it may have been written by
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A friendly fire incident sees Baker shoot down an RAF Bristol Blenheim; the unit tries to rescue the surviving crew before roving
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himself. Tomlinson has speculated that the story was rejected from another IPC title, suggesting war comic
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when a crazed man with sergeant stripes tattooed on his arm, handcuffs hanging from one wrist and a
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in January 1942, Pete Carey and pretty boy Joe Peach are the only survivors of a column of
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stragglers formed into a unit by the mysterious 'Sarge' Baker.
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The story ran in black-and-white three-page instalments in
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Index


Speed
Publisher
IPC Magazines
1980
War
Speed
Mike Western
Barrie Tomlinson
British comic
war
anthology
Speed
IPC Magazines
North African campaign
World War II
British Commonwealth
Speed (British comics) § Creation
Barrie Tomlinson
Battle
Judge Dredd Megazine
Angus Allan
Mike Western
Hibernia Books
Egmont Publishing
The Sarge
Darkie's Mob
Rufus Dayglo
IPC Magazines
Fleetway Publications

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