Gimlet King Of The Commandos (1952) By Captain W. E. Johns
 
King of the Commandos, by W. E. Johns was published in October 1943 by University of London Press. Subtitled "A Story of Combined Operations", it was the first book by W. E. Johns on the Gimlet character.
 
The events in the book take place in France during the middle part of the Second World War.
 
From 1967 onwards, French small format comic publisher Aredit put out the King comic series. The first 13 issues of this quarterly series carried adaptations of the Gimlet stories. King of the Commandos was the first to be adapted, being published in a two-issue story arc in King et ses hommes (Nov 1967) and King et les otages (Feb 1968).
 
Hard Cover With Dust Jacket
192 pages
In Fair to Good Condition