TV21
#47
(15th August 1970)
City Magazines,
1970 Series
- Price
- 8d [0-0-8 GBP]
- Pages
- 24
- Indicia Frequency
- Every Wednesday
- On-sale Date
- 1970-08-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- City Magazines Ltd.
in 
in 
[no title indexed]
Forward From the Back Streets / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What did you want to do that for?
- Genre
- drama; sport
- Characters
- Val Hudson; Frank Dexter; Jake Jackson; Tank Bertram; Bill Gunter
[no title indexed]
Laugh-In / cartoon / 1.5 pages
- Genre
- humour
Indexer Notes
Jokes and gag cartoons plus a three panel strip called Toy Boy about a boy who lives in his dad's toy shop.
[no title indexed]
The Kid King / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Greetings, Maharajah!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Kid King; Maharajah; snake charmer
Indexer Notes
The Kid King and his General are never named.
[no title indexed]
Star Trek / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The position is grave, gentlemen.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain James T. Kirk; Spock; Pavel Chekov
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Story continues from the cover.
[no title indexed]
The Adventures of Tarzan / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They came quietly into the land of the Nariba tribe - two men in a safari car loaded with equipment...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Tarzan; Dr. Porter; Alan Webb (Porter's assistant); Ugari (Nariba tribesman); N'Kobo (Nariba chief); Manu (Tarzan's chimpanzee)
- Synopsis
- Two scientists have come to view a total eclipse but the Nariba tribe think it is an evil trick by the scientists. Tarzan quells the uprising.
[no title indexed]
S.N.O.R.K.E.L. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- José Ortiz
- Inks
- José Ortiz
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Professor Wilmslow, director of S.N.O.R.K.E.L., found the wreckage of a boat which was used by his underwater experts Johnny Webb and Slim Mizen.
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Johnny Webb; Slim Mizen; Professor Wilmslow; ship's captain; two Japanese sailors
Indexer Notes
S.N.O.R.K.E.L. is an acronym for Section Nine, Ocean Research and Knowledge Establishment for Learning.
[no title indexed]
Dunfermline F.C. / illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- sport
Indexer Notes
Centre spread photo of Dunfermline football club team group.
[no title indexed]
The Heat-Master / comic story / 1.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, let's see how tough you really are - by makin' the Fernham kid talk!
- Genre
- adventure; children; superhero
- Characters
- Larry Fernham; The Heat-Master; Joe Hickster; Angel White
[no title indexed]
I've Got a Sports-Mad Dad / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a feeble throw! You'll never win anything like that, son...
- Genre
- humour; children; sport
Indexer Notes
Dad and very overweight son who are not named. Dad wants son to follow in his sporting footsteps.
[no title indexed]
Land of the Giants / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Out the back way, boys! Leave the cops to me!
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Steve Burton; Dan Erickson; Barry Lockridge; Brad Hogan (robber); Dave Donatti (robber); criminal boss
[no title indexed]
Mission Control / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is your mission control calling...come in all trainee astronauts...
- Genre
- non-fiction; maths & science
Indexer Notes
Page of news, a quiz and photos related to space exploration.
[no title indexed]
Micky's Moonbugs / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Micky and his mini-pals were taking a break from their normal moon launches...
- Genre
- humour; children; science fiction
- Characters
- Micky; Moonbugs; Mum; Dad; Micky's two friends (boys)
- Synopsis
- The king moonbug, fed up with their practical jokes, has deported Moony moonbug and his gang to earth where they meet Micky.
[no title indexed]
Danny Merlin Son of the Wise / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Millionaire Silas Vetch and the Burmese arch sorcerer Maung Kya planned to use sinister magic to gain ultimate power.
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Danny Merlin; Astar; Silas Vetch; Maung Kya; Henriques
[no title indexed]
Meet the Saint / comic story / 1.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- During the Balkan auto rally, the Saint had put his own life in jeopardy by saving millionaire's son, Chris Naxos, from kidnappers,
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Characters
- The Saint [Simon Templar]; Chris Naxos; Ulric Troll
Marcos 3 litre
Corgi Model Club News / text article / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Marcos cars have been built for the past 10 years in a small Wiltshire factory for he owner who wants good looks, exclusiveness and high performance.
Indexer Notes
Weekly article from Corgi die-cast toys makers with photos.
Ian Hutchinson
Soccer '70 / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Last season Ian Hutchinson emerged from the background at Chelsea to become a first team regular.
- Genre
- sport
Indexer Notes
Weekly article with photos about current soccer players. This edition features Ian Hutchinson of Chelsea.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["If that's the message I'm supposed to have sent to headquarters, it's a fake!"]
Star Trek -
1.
["What did you want to do that for?"]
Forward From the Back Streets -
2.
[no title indexed]
Laugh-In -
3.
["Greetings, Maharajah!"]
The Kid King -
4.
["The position is grave, gentlemen."]
Star Trek -
5.
["They came quietly into the land of the Nariba tribe - two men in a safari car loaded with equipment..."]
The Adventures of Tarzan -
6.
["Professor Wilmslow, director of S.N.O.R.K.E.L., found the wreckage of a boat which was used by his underwater experts Johnny Webb and Slim Mizen."]
S.N.O.R.K.E.L. -
7.
[no title indexed]
Dunfermline F.C. -
8.
["Okay, let's see how tough you really are - by makin' the Fernham kid talk!"]
The Heat-Master -
9.
["What a feeble throw! You'll never win anything like that, son..."]
I've Got a Sports-Mad Dad -
10.
["Out the back way, boys! Leave the cops to me!"]
Land of the Giants -
11.
["This is your mission control calling...come in all trainee astronauts..."]
Mission Control -
12.
["Micky and his mini-pals were taking a break from their normal moon launches..."]
Micky's Moonbugs -
13.
["Millionaire Silas Vetch and the Burmese arch sorcerer Maung Kya planned to use sinister magic to gain ultimate power."]
Danny Merlin Son of the Wise -
14.
["During the Balkan auto rally, the Saint had put his own life in jeopardy by saving millionaire's son, Chris Naxos, from kidnappers,"]
Meet the Saint -
15.
Marcos 3 litre
Corgi Model Club News -
16.
Ian Hutchinson
Soccer '70
This issue was modified by, among others
- Doug Brain
- Katy Hayhurst
- Gary Henderson
- Stephen Mitchell
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