Comic leadership

The second world war cast a long shadow over my generation. Even our school janitor had been lifted off the beaches at Dunkirk, only to return four years later, still being shot at. I marvelled at the courage of the characters in my Commando comic. My toy Action Man doll did not blowdry his hair or play on a skateboard but had a general issue cropped nylon hair style and was armed to his plastic teeth. My …