TV21 & Joe 90
#23
(28th February 1970)
City Magazines; Century 21 Publications,
1969 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 8d [0-0-8 GBP]
- Pages
- 20
- Indicia Frequency
- Every Wednesday
- On-sale Date
- 1970-02-25
- 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
- ...here is the draw for the 5th round of the F.A. cup.
- Characters
- Val Hudson; Frank Dexter; Jeff Harvey; Man trying to bribe Val; Two police constables
[no title indexed]
Land of the Giants / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The giant petrol tanker's lowest gear screamed protestingly as the forty-ton deadweight inched slowly down the dangerous mountain road...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Steve Burton; Barry Lockridge; Dan Erickson; Fitzhugh; Mark Wilson; Valerie Scott; Betty Hamilton
[no title indexed]
Star Trek / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My stars! Things are beginning to move fast!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain James T. Kirk; Spock; Montgomery Scott; Klingons
- Reprints
in 
in Indexer Notes
Star Trek stories revert to black and white with this issue.
Paul Reaney
Mexico Dossier / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A full-back who believes in attack as well as defence and does both very successful.
Indexer Notes
Weekly article with photos about the upcoming football world cup in Mexico. This edition concentrates on Paul Reaney.
[no title indexed]
Laugh-In / cartoon / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Jokes and gag cartoons plus a three panel strip called Stan and Deliver about a newspaper delivery boy.
[no title indexed]
Manchester City F.C. / illustration / 2 pages
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Centre spread photo of Manchester City football club team group.
[no title indexed]
I've Got a Sports-Mad Dad / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll show you how to convert a try in rugby, son!
Indexer Notes
Dad and very overweight son who are not named. Dad wants son to follow in his sporting footsteps.
The Magnetic Compass
How it works / illustration / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Strangely enough the magnetic compass has been in use for a very long time.
Indexer Notes
Comic strip style educational feature with captions instead of speech balloons.
[no title indexed]
Joe 90 / comic story / 1.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A heavy snowfall covered the Dorset countryside around the McClaine cottage -
- Characters
- Joe 90 [Joe McClaine]; Professor Ian McClaine; Karlson (W.I.N. agent); Sam Loover
[no title indexed]
Thunderbirds / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Cooper (signed)
- Inks
- John Cooper (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Panic hit the world when a massive meteoroid rushed towards it out of deep space.
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Gordon Tracy; Jeff Tracy; Virgil Tracy; Scott Tracy; Alan Tracy; John Tracy; Brains
[no title indexed]
Meet the Saint / comic story / 1.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A logging camp in Canada had a "Jinx" on it!
- Characters
- The Saint [Simon Templar]; Jim Patton (lumber camp owner); Brett Walker (Jim Patton's assistant); Lebrute
Comics
Corgi Model Club News / text article / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Corgi designers have introduced an entirely new range of models,
Indexer Notes
Weekly article from Corgi die-cast toys makers with photos. This installment covers toys based on cartoons and features the Yellow Submarine, Popeye's Paddlewagon and Noddy's car.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Meteoroid Causes Havoc on Earth!
Thunderbirds -
1.
["...here is the draw for the 5th round of the F.A. cup."]
Forward From the Back Streets -
2.
["The giant petrol tanker's lowest gear screamed protestingly as the forty-ton deadweight inched slowly down the dangerous mountain road..."]
Land of the Giants -
3.
["My stars! Things are beginning to move fast!"]
Star Trek -
4.
Paul Reaney
Mexico Dossier -
5.
[no title indexed]
Laugh-In -
6.
[no title indexed]
Manchester City F.C. -
7.
["I'll show you how to convert a try in rugby, son!"]
I've Got a Sports-Mad Dad -
8.
The Magnetic Compass
How it works -
9.
["What have you lads been up to in there?"]
Kit Carter's Clarks Commandos -
10.
["A heavy snowfall covered the Dorset countryside around the McClaine cottage -"]
Joe 90 -
11.
["The all action soccer weekly on sale every Monday"]
Striker -
12.
["Panic hit the world when a massive meteoroid rushed towards it out of deep space."]
Thunderbirds -
13.
["A logging camp in Canada had a "Jinx" on it!"]
Meet the Saint -
14.
Comics
Corgi Model Club News -
15.
["Corgi's Lamborghini Miura P.400 G.T. - accurately modelled from one of the world's fastest (and most expensive) cars -"]
Corgi Toys -
16.
["Oh, boy! I don't know what to play with first!"]
The Kid King
This issue was modified by, among others
- Doug Brain
- Katy Hayhurst
- Gary Henderson
- Stephen Mitchell
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