(11th October 1969)
City Magazines; Century 21 Publications,
1969 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 8D [0-0-8 GBP]
- Pages
- 20
- Indicia Frequency
- Every Wednesday
- On-sale Date
- 1969-10-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Century 21 Publishing Ltd & City Magazines Ltd
[no title indexed]
Forward From the Back Streets / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Val Hudson, an orphan from Glasgow, had managed to persuade Frank Dexter, the chief scout of Kingsdown United, to take him to London.
- Characters
- Frank Dexter; Val Hudson; Bert Thatcher (Manager of Kingsdown United)
[no title indexed]
Land of the Giants / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The crew and passengers of the spaceship 'Spendthrift,' stranded on the hostile planet that was the land of the giants,
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Steve Burton; Mark Wilson; Barry Lockridge; Dan Erickson; Valerie Scott; Betty Hamilton; Fitzhugh
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Tarzan / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tarzan, who's strange destiny it had been to have been brought up by a tribe of great apes in the African jungle,
- Characters
- Tarzan; Krauk the crocodile; Manu (chimpanzee); Tantor (elephant)
[no title indexed]
Joe 90 / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Given the brain pattern of a Tuareg warrior, Joe 90 was in the Libyan desert
- Characters
- Joe 90 [Joe McClaine]
[no title indexed]
Star Trek / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You... You say that this is your visible body?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain James T. Kirk; Montgomery Scott; Hikaru Sulu
- Reprints
in 
in [no title indexed]
Laugh-in / cartoon / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
A half page of jokes and gag cartoons.
[no title indexed]
I've Got a Sports-Mad Dad / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Son! I won those cups for swimming...so I'm going to teach you to swim!
Indexer Notes
Dad and very overweight son who are not named. Dad wants son to follow in his sporting footsteps.
Chester Barnes
The Champs / text article / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Table tennis is a sport that requires speed, strength, incredible physical fitness...and most of all skill!
- Characters
- Chester Barnes (table tennis player)
Indexer Notes
Text article with four photos.
Bottom right corner of page is two small adverts for stamp collectors.
[no title indexed]
Thunderbirds / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- International Rescue goes into action when an oil lake under an extinct volcano at Puerto Tamina is accidentally ignited
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Melvin Kettle; John Tracy; Jeff Tracy; Scott Tracy; Brains; Virgil Tracy; Wade
[no title indexed]
Meet the Saint / comic story / 1.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cape Kennedy, Florida, scene of the United States' rocket-launching programme, attracted visitors from all over the world.
- Characters
- The Saint [Simon Templar]; Dawkins (FBI agent)
Racing Wheels
Corgi Model Club News / text article / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One aspect of Grand Prix racing design which has seen immense changes in recent years is the design of the wheels.
Indexer Notes
Weekly article from Corgi die-cast toys makers with photos.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Geoff Hurst
-
1.
["Val Hudson, an orphan from Glasgow, had managed to persuade Frank Dexter, the chief scout of Kingsdown United, to take him to London."]
Forward From the Back Streets -
2.
["The crew and passengers of the spaceship 'Spendthrift,' stranded on the hostile planet that was the land of the giants,"]
Land of the Giants -
3.
["Tarzan, who's strange destiny it had been to have been brought up by a tribe of great apes in the African jungle,"]
The Adventures of Tarzan -
4.
["Hurry up...the water's still coming in..."]
Kit Carter's Clarks Commandos -
5.
["Given the brain pattern of a Tuareg warrior, Joe 90 was in the Libyan desert"]
Joe 90 -
6.
["You... You say that this is your visible body?"]
Star Trek -
7.
[no title indexed]
Laugh-in -
8.
["How did a fire save a bridge?"]
Cadbury's chocolate -
9.
["Son! I won those cups for swimming...so I'm going to teach you to swim!"]
I've Got a Sports-Mad Dad -
10.
["Super colour stamps of soccer stars in action"]
Soccer Stars in Action -
11.
Chester Barnes
The Champs -
12.
["International Rescue goes into action when an oil lake under an extinct volcano at Puerto Tamina is accidentally ignited"]
Thunderbirds -
13.
["Cape Kennedy, Florida, scene of the United States' rocket-launching programme, attracted visitors from all over the world."]
Meet the Saint -
14.
Racing Wheels
Corgi Model Club News -
15.
Geoff Hurst
Mexico Dossier
This issue was modified by, among others
- Doug Brain
- Katy Hayhurst
- Gary Henderson
- Stephen Mitchell
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