TV CENTURY 21

Published Wednesdays by City Magazines in co-operation with AP Films (Merchandising Ltd.) to Issue 91 (15th October 2066), then in co-operation with Century 21 Publications Ltd.

Edited by Alan Fennell

Issue 1 (23rd January 2065) to Issue 154 (30th December 2067), then becomes TV 21 (a)

Fireball XL5 (23/01/65 - 30/12/67: cont)

1-5          [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Graham Coton. col]

                    XL5 investigates when a space freighter is attacked by batmen and discovers alien creatures being used by a human criminal.

6-14        [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    Piil and Truen, two survivors from a 'missile attack' on Saharis, take vengeance against Earth78 years later.

15-26      Space Border Battle Δ [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    A space war between the Solar System and Astra seems inevitable when the alien leader, the Kaplan, is assassinated.

27-33      Fireball Answers SOS Δ [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    Piil and Truen use a ray to make animals on Earth grow to gigantic size, trapping Steve and Venus in New York.

34-39      Contact Lost With Space Expedition Δ [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    Fireball visits the ice planet of Uranite to search for two missing surveyors and find a race of threatening snowmen.

40-43      Emergency Landing! Δ [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Frank Hampson. col]

                    XL5 is forced to land on an asteroid for repairs and discovers it is really the huge empty spaceship of a long dead crew.

44-51      New Booster for Fireball! Δ [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    Fireball is fitted with an experimental booster engine which propels the crew travel back in time to 1966.

52-63      [Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    Astronovice Rod Snyder cracks after an error of judgement and persuades fellow novices to steal the Electrode 909 fighter.

64-70      [Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    Escorting a supply ship to Earth from Syntex, the XL5 crew find that an evil membrane has driven the crew insane.

71-78      [Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    XL5 finds that raids on cargo freighters are part of a plan by Damacles and his pirates to gain space supremacy for Bereznik.

79-86      [Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    The XL5 crew stumble upon an illegal colonisation of a developing world of primitive men by the Planet Fem.

87-89      [Art: Eric Eden. col]

                    Scrapman Ginger Scott becomes trapped in a chasm with a deadly nuclear reactor whilst salvaging on GK10.

90-100    [Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    The XL5 crew unwittingly start a war when the hostile Volkanians stow away to reach the world of Styrax.

101-104  [Art: Eric Eden. b/w]

                    XL5 lands for repairs on the giant planet of Kaptar where the crew encounter huge insects and men.

105-117  [Art: Mike Noble to 108, Don Lawrence from 109. col]

                    Bereznik launches a missile attack on robot operated Secret Research Network Stations under the cover of an attack from space.

118-127  Reconstruction of World Space Patrol File 198 [Art: Don Lawrence. col]

                    Steve and the Astran Kaplan are miniaturised when lured into a trap by rebellious Astran scientists.

128-135  [Art: Don Lawrence. col]

                    When robot doubles of the XL5 crew are used to attack spaceship, Zodiac discovers an old enemy behind the plan.

136-140  [Art: Don Lawrence. col]

                    Arriving on the planet Krata, the inhabitants of an Earth colony are frozen by strange music played in the concert hall.

141-148  [Art: Tom Kerr to 143, Colin Andrew from 144. b/w]

                    The XL5 crew search for the crew of the destroyed XL7 who have been captured by Blackbeard and his pirates on Tortuga.

149-154  Kidnap! And a Threat of Space War! Δ [Art: Colin Andrew. b/w: cont]

                    En route for Earth, the Kaplan Minor is kidnapped by fake space patrol officers in the pay of the Andromedans.

Stingray (23/01/65 - 23/12/67: cont)

1-7          [Art: Ron Embleton. col with photos]

                    A giant jellyfish attacks three aircraft carriers and places the crew in a trance so that they will attack Marineville.

8-14        A Mach 4 Airliner is Destroyed † [Art: Ron Embleton. col with photos]

                    The Crustavans emerge in the South American jungles to shoot down Fireflash and then threaten to destroy all major cities.

15-21      Titan Strikes! † [Art: Ron Embleton. col with photos]

                    Surface Agent X20 kidnaps Atlanta in an attempt to capture Troy for Titan, and the pair find themselves used as shark bait.

22           [Art: Ron Embleton. col]

                    Tempest helps track down the Kaplan's assassin in Marineville.

23-30      [Art: Ron Embleton. col]

                    Stingray investigates ghosts at Tracking Station 17 who have scared the crew away and find an alien controlled galleon.

31-37      [Art: Ron Embleton. col]

                    Marshal Ketov inspects WASP instalations at the same time as Titan captures a B1 bathyscaphe to attack his next target.

38-44      [Art: Ron Embleton. col]

                    Shore is suspended from duty by Ketov, and Titan attacks a Uranium Plant in an attempt to create atomic Terror Fish.

45-51      [Art: Ron Embleton. col]

                    A large meteor and the loss of Weather Control in the northern hemisphere are part of the Vidos plan to flood the Earth.

52-57      [Art: Ron Embleton. col]

                    Missile expert Ernest Halvic sells out to X20 and creates flying fish with which the Sea Leopard trials can be disrupted.

58-61      [Art: Gerry Embleton. col]

                    The crown jewels are stolen from a crashed carrier plane while en route for Canbera so Troy investigates a shipping tycoon.

62-71      Space Smugglers Active † [Art: Ron Embleton. col]

                    A cannister from a stolen UV61 freighter falls into the sea from space and unleashes a fast growing living weed.

72-81      [Art: Gerry Embleton (reprint credits read Don Harley). col]

                    Chinese pirates led by Toman Fang use a Superjunk to attack atomic liners and Phones is taken prisoner at an island base.

82-89      [Art: Gerry Embleton. col]

                    The Amazon Express Pacific-Atlantic monorail is destroyed by Amadans, aliens who live in a city under a lake.

90-97      [Art: Michael Strand. col]

                    Stingray takes a World TV crew on board for the celebrations of Hastings, not realising that director Cass is the Hood.

98-104    [Art: Michael Strand. col]

                    Stingray investigates sabotage at Loch Fionn WASP base by an ex-WASP commander who wants Stingray to move 15th century treasure.

105-108  [Art: Gerry Embleton. col]

                    World Navy missile target Submarine 236 vanishes through a door in the sea and Stingray finds metal eating creatures.

109-115  [Art: Michael Strand. col]

                    Stingray is overhauled to supervise hydronnium transportation from the Varde Trench Mine.

116-120  [Art: Michael Strand. col]

                    Testing of the cormorant B25 aerosubmarine is disrupted by a Bereznik spy in the team's midst.

121-128  [Art: Michael Strand. col]

                    Titan's Terror Fish suddenly cease activity in order to lure both Troy and Stingray to a deserted Titanica ... and a trap.

129-135  [Art: Michael Strand. col]

                    A robot tanker vanishes in a whirlpool and is captured by two Merglop aliens who use a flying saucer to create tornadoes.

136-140  Capture a Giant Eel - Alive! † [Art: Michael Strand. col]

                    Stingray is assigned to help Admiral Sanderson catch a massive Moray Eel whilst X20 plans to release the monster.

141-147  [Art: Michael Strand. b/w]

                    A fake film crew hijack Stingray and plan to use the vessel to take control of the giant submarine, Seaspear.

148-153  Fire Missiles - But Do Not Hit Stingray! † [Art: Colin Andrew to 151, Michael Strand from 152. b/w]

                    Investigating whales near a Falklands Research Centre, Troy and Marina become frozen in ice by Titan at a polar base.

154         A Traitor in Marineville! † [Art: Michael Strand. b/w]

                    Atlanta is unwittingly part of security leak at Marineville.

Supercar (23/01/65 - 08/01/66)

1-30        [Art: Toledano. b/w]

31-51      [Art: Bruno Maratha. b/w]

                    Different 'comic' adventure each week.

Lady Penelope (23/01/65 - 08/01/66)

1-11        [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Eric Eden. col]

                    Lady Penelope meets Parker as he tries to rob her house, just as the pair are propelled into a battle to save agent Roger Lyon from Mr Steelman and his robotic creations.

12-18      [Writer: Tod Sullivan. Art: Eric Eden. col]

                    Penelope is aided by a resistance movement in Bereznik in an attempt to free scientist Professor Laryak from jail.

19           [Art: Eric Eden. col]

                    Penelope tracks down and captures the Kaplan's assassin.

20-34      [Art: Eric Eden. col]

                    Mr Steelman restarts his robot activities in the ruins of Paris and frames Penelope and Parker for an explosion.

35-43      [Art: Eric Eden. col]

                    Penelope embarks upon a treasure hunt on the Isle of Arran to find a ruby bequeathed to her by her great uncle.

44-50      [Art: Eric Eden. col]

                    The Hood tries to steal a strange new device, an invisible ray torch which has been sent to Lady Penelope.

51           [Art: Eric Eden. col]

                    Jeff Tracy contacts Lady Penelope about joining International Rescue.

Zoony the Lazoon (01/01/65 - 27/11/65)

1-45        [b/w]

                    Different 'comic' adventure each week.

The Daleks 'by Terry Nation' (23/01/65 - 13/01/67)

1-3          Genesis of Evil § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Richard Jennings. col]

                    After a neutronic war on Skaro in 2003, the last two surviving Dals find that their robot fighting machine is now the housing for mutated survivors of their own race: a Dalek.

4-10        Power Play § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Richard Jennings on 4-6,10. col]

                    A spaceship of Krattorian slavers land on Skaro to mine sand, and the Daleks aim to gain their space travel technology.

11-17      Duel of the Daleks § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Richard Jennings. col]

                    Zeg, a Dalek worker, discovers a new alloy called Metalert which makes him invincible, and so challenges the Emperor.

18-24      The Amaryll Challenge § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Richard Jennings. col]

                    The Daleks head out into space and attack the planet Alvega where they are attacked by the plant life, the Amarylls.

25-32      The Penta Ray Factor § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Richard Jennings on 25-27, 30-32. col]

                    The Daleks attack Solturis where the leaders of a highly advanced civilisation are plotting against each other.

33-39      Plague of Death § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Richard Jennings. col]

                    A cloud of radioactive dust forms on Skaro from the Daleks' manufacturing, creating a plague that attacks the creatures.

40-46      The Menace of the Monstrons § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Richard Jennings. col]

                    The Monstrons and their Engibrain robots arrive on Skaro to study the Daleks before attacking and sealing their city.

47-51      Eve of the War § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Richard Jennings to 49, Ron Turner from 50. col]

                    The Daleks build space stations to defend their planet, but find themselves attacked by the Mechanoids.

52-58      The Archives of Phryne § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Eric Eden. col]

                    The Daleks attack the library planet of Phryne for information on weapons they can use against the Mechanoids.

59-62      Rogue Planet § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Ron Turner. col]

                    A rogue planetoid is formed and named Skardal by the Daleks who direct it on a collision course towards Mechanus.

63-69      Impasse § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Ron Turner. col]

                    The rulers of Zeros send a robot called 2K to intervene in the forthcoming Dalek/Mechanoid war by averting Skardal.

70-75      The Terrorkon Harvest § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Ron Turner. col]

                    The Emperor Dalek has to come up with a strategy to regain a nuclear rocket stolen by a two-headed Terrorkon monster.

76-85      Legacy of Yesteryear § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Ron Turner. col]

                    The Daleks survey Skaro and come across a polar base, inside which three of the original Dals are in suspended animation.

86-89      Shadow of Humanity § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Ron Turner. col]

                    Civil war almost errupts on Skaro when one Dalek begins to devlop human qualities and emotions such as compassion.

90-95      The Emissaries of Jevo § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Ron Turner. col]

                    The Daleks capture a spacecraft containing two Jevons who are on a desperate mission to stop the spread of giant plants.

96-104    The Road to Conflict § [Writer: David Whitaker. Art: Ron Turner. col]

                    An Earth liner, the Starmaker, makes an emergency touchdown on Skaro and the Daleks finally learn the co-ordinates of Earth.

Thunderbirds (15/01/66 - 30/12/67: cont)

52-58      [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Frank Bellamy. col-b/w]

                    Penelope arrives on Tracy Island as a forest fire is started in Canada by Sam Lincoln, a killer who wants to erase all evidence of a murder that he has planned.

59-65      [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Frank Bellamy. col-b/w]

                    A surgeon, Dr Adams, crashes in Kenya as he flies to save General N'Mobo and IR must rescue him from a Masai tribe.

66-72      [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Frank Bellamy. col]

                    The USAF attacks Thunderbird 2 and International Rescue has to gain information on a new jamming device on their aircraft.

73-82      [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Frank Bellamy. col]

                    The Hood sabotages the Atlantic Tunnel project, one shaft of which has been leased by Jeff for a mozatinium survey.

83-98      [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Frank Bellamy to 92, Don Harley from 93. col]

                    Strange activity on the sun's surface threatens Earth and after Thunderbird 3 uses a nuclear device to avert disaster it finds itself crash-landing on the planet Venus.

99-104    [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Frank Bellamy. col]

                    A missile crashes into the power plant of Camp 21st Century Arctic Base, leaving a thousand men there to freeze to death.

105-109  [Art: Frank Bellamy. col]

                    Beneath the Nevada Desert, Operation Depthprobe is sabotaged and International Rescue must close down a rocket's engines.

110-117  [Art: Frank Bellamy. col]

                    A USS Agent is trapped in the mountains of Bereznik and International Rescue requests clearance to rescue him.

118-124  [Art: Frank Bellamy. col]

                    An earthquake hides crimes committed in Moscow and the Mole becomes trapped on the bed of the White Sea.

125-129  [Art: Frank Bellamy. col]

                    The Hood finds the location of Tracy Island from Kyrano and crashes a huge stolen jet aircraft into the island.

130-136  [Art: Frank Bellamy. col]

                    An atomic liner, 'President', is rammed the Nicaragua Canal by rebels and floods the neighbouring lands.

137-140  Icebergs Melt - The Sea Boils! † [Art: Frank Bellamy. col]

                    A strange heat beam makes the polar sea boil, and Thunderbird 3 investigates a space mirror platform in Earth orbit.

141-146  [Art: Frank Bellamy. col]

                    A murder is commited during an Iranian earthquake which Brains thinks was caused deliberately.

147-153  New Space Freighter Returning to Earth With A Dead Crew! † [Art: Frank Bellamy. col: cont]

                    A creature from Jupiter capable of turning things to stone lands in the jungles of Brazil and attacks Brasilia.

Thunderbirds Are Go! (23/12/66 - 13/01/67)

101-104  [Colour photographs: Adaption of feature film THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO]

Zero X (21/01/67 - 30/12/67: cont)

105-109  [Writer: Angus P. Allan. Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    Zero X makes a return trip to Mars where it again comes under attack from Martian rock snakes.

110-121  [Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    Zero X undergoes a refit at Station 158 and is boarded by a convicted killer called Corgan who claims Earth is in danger from a strange alien force on Jupiter.

122-129  [Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    The Zero X crew travel with Brian Trent to explore Saturn's rings and at the polar cap, Trent's computer goes berserk.

130-137  [Art: Mike Noble to 130 and from 135, Eric Eden from 131 to 134. col]

                    Inspecting the space gardens of Asteroid Belt 9, the Zero X crew contract a disease which causes them to crash on Miami.

138-140  A Strange New Planet † [Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    The Zero X crew investigates a new planet in the solar system and find themselves trapped as specimens in a huge machine.

141-147  [Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    Brad Newman is kidnapped and replaced by a masked imposter who hi-jacks Zero X and heads for Mercury.

148-154  Uranus ... Planet on Fire! † [Art: Mike Noble. col]

                    The Zero X crew go to investigate an increase in temperature on Venus and find war between Uranians and Marbellas.

Front Page (23/09/67 - Issue 140 related only)

140         [Art: John Burns. b/w]

                    A report on the return of Captain Black's expedition to Mars.

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (30/09/67 - 23/12/67: cont)

141-149  [Art: Ron Embleton. col]

                    The Mysterons threaten to destroy Unity City, the seat of World Government, by crashing Cloudbase into it.

150-154  The Mysterons will destroy Earth's Mars observatory network! † [Art: Ron Embleton. col]

                    Scarlet is sent to check the Mount Kilimanjaro Observatory in East Africa and becomes a target for attacks by Black.

 

TV CENTURY 21 INTERNATIONAL EXTRA

Published October 1965 by City Magazines in co-operation with AP Films (Merchandising) Ltd.

Edited by Alan Fennell

Stingray

               [b/w]

                    Investigating reports of activity near Titanica, the Stingray crew follow a fleet of Terror Fish into a strange cave.

               [Art: Ron Turner. b/w]

                    Stingray travels to the erupting island of Mosoto where Phones and Troy must recover vital scientific computer data.

Supercar

               [Art: Bruno Maratha. b/w]

                    Three 'comic' adventures.

Fireball XL5

               [Writer: Alan Fennell. b/w]

                    Telephotographic observation expert Chuck Hanson is captured on Teenus, and rescued in a brainwashed state by Zodiac.

Lady Penelope

               [Art: Frank Langford. b/w]

                    A message from Roger Lyon about the disappearance of two USS agents takes Penelope to the North Pole in her yacht.

Text story

               Stingray: Door of Danger

 

TV CENTURY 21 STINGRAY SPECIAL

Published May 1965 by City Magazines in co-operation with AP Films (Merchandising ) Ltd.

Edited by Alan Fennell

Oink the Seal

               [Art: George Parlett. 1 b/w, 2 col]

                    Two 'comic' adventures of Oink the Seal.

Stingray

               Double Trap [Art: Ron Turner. b/w-col with photos]

                    Dr Francis Holbien is obsessed with collecting all things connected with the sea and desires Stingray in his museum.

               The Big Freeze [Art: Ron Embleton. col-b/w]

                    Northern Star, a robot controlled cargo liner, is encased in ice generated by an icemascope and Stingray investigates.

Marina - Girl from the Sea

               [b/w: Partial adaption of The Pilot]

                    Marina is captured by Titan after she warns Equapol of his attack, but is rescued from life as a slave by Troy Tempest.

Text stories

               Barracuda 5

               Ship of the Desert

 

TV CENTURY 21 SUMMER EXTRA

Published July 1965 by City Magazines in co-operation with AP Films (Merchandising) Ltd.

Edited by Alan Fennell

Lady Penelope

               [Art: Frank Hampson. b/w-col]

                    Penelope spots the arrival of Bereznik executioner Igor Slanovitch in England on a television broadcast.

Stingray

               [Art: Ron Embleton. b/w-col]

                    Titan attaches an instruments that neutralises radio waves to Stingray's hull in an attempt to infiltrate Marineville.

Supercar

               [Art: George Parlett. col]

                    A 'comic' adventure.

Fireball XL5

               [Writer: Alan Fennell. Art: Pat Williams. b/w-col]

                    Venus is one of the fifty-nine people kidnapped from Jacksonville and taken to the Roman-style planet of Roma.

 

TV CENTURY 21 SUMMER EXTRA

Published July 1966 by City Magazines in co-operation with AP Films (Merchandising) Ltd.

Edited by Alan Fennell

Stingray

               Tentacles of Terror [Art: Gerry Embleton. b/w]

                    Stingray goes to the aid of the Scoop, an ocean drilling device that has been grabbed by a massive tentacle.

Thunderbirds

               Waves of Disaster [Art: Don Harley. b/w-col]

                    An earthquake at Cedar Bay causes a tidal wave to hit Carrol Bay, trapping a teacher and her pupils in a landslip.

Fireball XL5

               [Art: Jim Baikie. b/w]

                    The XL5 crew are sent to investigate the breakout of forty ruthless prisoners from Space Prison station SP20.

Text story

               Thunderbirds: Operation Masterstrike

 

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