(21st February 1970)

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Volume
?
Price
8d [0-0-8 GBP]
Pages
20
Indicia Frequency
Every Wednesday
On-sale Date
1970-02-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Century 21 Publishing Ltd & City Magazines Ltd

Rocket Ring of Death Around Britain! (Table of Contents)

Joe 90 / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Forward From the Back Streets / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Martin Asbury (signed - initials)
Inks
Martin Asbury (signed - initials)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's no good - I can never play for Scotland...at any level!
Genre
drama; sport
Characters
Val Hudson; Tank Bertram; Frank Dexter; Jock McCabe

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Land of the Giants / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gerry Haylock
Inks
Gerry Haylock
Colors
Gerry Haylock ?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Helping to free the pilot of a crashed plane, Barry - one of the survivors from the crashed earthship 'Spendthrift' -
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Barry Lockridge; Lieutenant Brett Cannon; Steve Burton; Dan Erickson

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Adventures of Tarzan / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Lawrence
Inks
Don Lawrence
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A native boy was dangerously ill and the nearest medical post far away.
Characters
Tarzan

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Kid King / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Roy Davis
Pencils
Roy Davis
Inks
Roy Davis
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Today I have to launch the new royal yacht.
Characters
Kid King; General

Indexer Notes

Kid King and The General are never named.

The Relay Satellite (Table of Contents: 5)

How it works - / illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Since the first tiny Russian satellite was launched,

Indexer Notes

Comic strip style educational feature with captions instead of speech balloons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Cadbury's Dairy Milk / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What kind of fish can climb a tree?

Indexer Notes

Advertisment for Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate bars which contain "Strange But True" picture cards. One in each sixpenny bar from a set of 24.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Star Trek / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lindfield
Inks
Harry Lindfield
Colors
Harry Lindfield
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Enemies of the Space Federation...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Captain James T. Kirk; Spock; Montgomery Scott
Reprints

Nobby Stiles (Table of Contents: 8)

Mexico Dossier / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dynamic little wing-half who was such a power in England's world cup team

Indexer Notes

Weekly article with photos about the upcoming football world cup in Mexico. This edition concentrates on Nobby Stiles.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Kit Carter's Clarks Commandos / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Kerr
Inks
Tom Kerr
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Someone must have shut the door!
Characters
Kit Carter; George; Billy; Jimmy

Indexer Notes

An advert for Clarks shoes in comic strip form. The strip is in the form of a weekly serial.

Fifth episode.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Joe 90 / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Joe 90 had been captured and held aboard an enemy submarine -
Characters
Joe 90 [Joe McClaine]; Submarine Commander; Professor Ian McClaine; Sam Loover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Dairylea Cheese Spread / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Super Decimal Money-box and Learner Coin Set!

Indexer Notes

Advert for Kraft Dairylea Cheese Spread with free decimal money box set and play money coins. (UK adopted decimal currency on 15 February 1971 but decimal coins were gradually introduced prior to that date)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Thunderbirds / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Cooper
Inks
John Cooper
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The crew of a space-freighter, heading for mars,
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Characters
Jeff Tracy; John Tracy; Virgil Tracy; Scott Tracy; Alan Tracy; Brains

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Meet the Saint / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vicente Alcázar
Inks
Vicente Alcázar
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The lumber camp had a "jinx" on it.
Characters
The Saint [Simon Templar]; Jim Patton (lumber camp owner); Brett Walker (Jim Patton's assistant)

Rockets (Table of Contents: 14)

Corgi Model Club News / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Corgi Rockets with their exclusive Tune-Up feature,

Indexer Notes

Weekly article from Corgi die-cast toys makers with photos.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Lego / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Colors
? photo
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There are all kinds of miniature cars...

Indexer Notes

Back cover advert for Legoland cars with photos.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

I've Got a Sports-Mad Dad / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One morning, early...

Indexer Notes

Dad and very overweight son who are not named. Dad wants son to follow in his sporting footsteps.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Rocket Ring of Death Around Britain!
    Joe 90
  2. 1. ["It's no good - I can never play for Scotland...at any level!"]
    Forward From the Back Streets
  3. 2. ["Helping to free the pilot of a crashed plane, Barry - one of the survivors from the crashed earthship 'Spendthrift' -"]
    Land of the Giants
  4. 3. ["A native boy was dangerously ill and the nearest medical post far away."]
    The Adventures of Tarzan
  5. 4. ["Today I have to launch the new royal yacht."]
    The Kid King
  6. 5. The Relay Satellite
    How it works -
  7. 6. ["What kind of fish can climb a tree?"]
    Cadbury's Dairy Milk
  8. 7. ["Enemies of the Space Federation..."]
    Star Trek
  9. 8. Nobby Stiles
    Mexico Dossier
  10. 9. ["Someone must have shut the door!"]
    Kit Carter's Clarks Commandos
  11. 10. ["Joe 90 had been captured and held aboard an enemy submarine -"]
    Joe 90
  12. 11. ["Super Decimal Money-box and Learner Coin Set!"]
    Dairylea Cheese Spread
  13. 12. ["The crew of a space-freighter, heading for mars,"]
    Thunderbirds
  14. 13. ["The lumber camp had a "jinx" on it."]
    Meet the Saint
  15. 14. Rockets
    Corgi Model Club News
  16. 15. ["There are all kinds of miniature cars..."]
    Lego
  17. 16. ["One morning, early..."]
    I've Got a Sports-Mad Dad
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Doug Brain
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Gary Henderson
  • Stephen Mitchell