TV21
#64
(12th December 1970)
City Magazines,
1970 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 8d [0-0-8 GBP]
- Pages
- 24
- Indicia Frequency
- Every Wednesday
- On-sale Date
- 1970-12-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- City Magazines Ltd.
[no title indexed]
Star Trek / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bang goes their tele-video!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain James T. Kirk; Mr. Spock
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
The first page of the story which continues on pages 6 and 7.
[no title indexed]
Forward From the Back Streets / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're too late, Hudson... because no-one's going to stop me now!
- Genre
- drama; sport
- Characters
- Val Hudson; Sir Ritchie Prendercast (Kingsdown United chairman); Jim Bartlett; Frank Dexter; police detective
[no title indexed]
Ghost Rider / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Gary Friedrich; Roy Thomas; Dick Ayers
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Letters
- John Verpoorten
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Carter Slade was badly injured after attempting to stop a bunch of renegades attacking a farm.
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Ghost Rider [Carter Slade]; Jamie Jacobs; Flaming Star (medicine man); Banshee (Ghost Rider's horse)
- Synopsis
- Origin of Ghost Rider [Carter Slade], costumed cowboy hero who uses gimmicks to seem supernatural.
- Reprints
-
from The Ghost Rider (Marvel, 1967 series) #1 (February 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
No title here but is two pages from The Origin of the Ghost Rider.
[no title indexed]
Star Trek / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our men should be going aboard Enterprise by now, General.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Captain James T. Kirk; Mr. Spock; Montgomery Scott
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Story continues from the cover.
[no title indexed]
Micky's Moonbugs / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whoopee! At this rate we'll take off for the moon!
- Genre
- humour; children; science fiction
- Characters
- Micky; Moonbugs; mum; dad
- 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]
Airfix in Action / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Airfix models bring home, with vivid realism, the great achievements of the century,
Indexer Notes
Advert for Airfix construction kits with panels and captions but no speech balloons.
[no title indexed]
The Blue Angels / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a pack of lies, and we won't pull out!
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Steve Johnson; Danny Williams; Commander Bradshaw; Cobb (villain); Agent 36 (female villain)
Indexer Notes
Series reprinted from Belgium comic Spirou #1607-1627.
[no title indexed]
Spider-Man / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- John Romita; Stan Lee
- Pencils
- John Buscema; Jim Mooney
- Inks
- Jim Mooney
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Kangaroo leapt out in front of the startled policemen...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aunt May Parker; The Kangaroo (introduction, origin)
- Synopsis
- Aunt May decides Peter is sick and puts him to bed. The Kangaroo escapes Feds who seek to deport him, then steals what he thinks is money but is actually a vial of deadly bacteria. Peter sneaks out to catch the Kangaroo and get the vial back. He succeeds, but Aunt May collapses when she finds the web dummy Peter left in his bed. Now Peter feels more guilt than ever.
- Reprints
- from The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #81 (February 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Three page instalment from The Coming of the Kangaroo!
First two pages are re-coloured, third page is black and white.
[no title indexed]
Mission Control / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; maths & science
Indexer Notes
Page of news and three photos related to space exploration.
[no title indexed]
Silver Surfer / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Norrin Radd - alias the Silver Surfer - had been exiled from his native Zenn-La and was living on Earth.
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Silver Surfer [Norrin Radd]; Shalla-Bal
- Synopsis
- The Surfer remembers his origins and why he is now trapped on Earth.
- Reprints
- from The Silver Surfer (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (August 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Three page reformatted instalment from the original 38 page story.
Man Trap
Ringo Kid / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Ringo Kid paused, every nerve in his body alert and tensed!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Ringo Kid; Clune (villain); Duke Geiger (villain); Spence Peyton (U.S. Marshal); Cory Rand (Ringo's dad)
- Reprints
- from Ringo Kid (Marvel, 1954 series) #7 (August 1955)
-
Indexer Notes
Three page reformatted instalment from the original six page story. No splash page.
[no title indexed]
Laugh-In / cartoon / 1 page
- 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]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Annual hat-trick!
Indexer Notes
Advert for Striker, TV21 and Thunderbirds annuals with reproductions of all three covers.
Stunning Stingray
Corgi Model Club News / text article / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Corvette Stingray is one of the most powerful sports cars in the world.
Indexer Notes
Weekly article from Corgi die-cast toys makers with photos.
Half page vertical this week (left side of page). Usually half page horizontal bottom of page.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Bang goes their tele-video!"]
Star Trek -
1.
["You're too late, Hudson... because no-one's going to stop me now!"]
Forward From the Back Streets -
2.
["Carter Slade was badly injured after attempting to stop a bunch of renegades attacking a farm."]
Ghost Rider -
3.
["Our men should be going aboard Enterprise by now, General."]
Star Trek -
4.
["Whoopee! At this rate we'll take off for the moon!"]
Micky's Moonbugs -
5.
["Airfix models bring home, with vivid realism, the great achievements of the century,"]
Airfix in Action -
6.
["It's a pack of lies, and we won't pull out!"]
The Blue Angels -
7.
["The Kangaroo leapt out in front of the startled policemen..."]
Spider-Man -
8.
[no title indexed]
Mission Control -
9.
["Norrin Radd - alias the Silver Surfer - had been exiled from his native Zenn-La and was living on Earth."]
Silver Surfer -
10.
Man Trap
Ringo Kid -
11.
[no title indexed]
Laugh-In -
12.
["Annual hat-trick!"]
-
13.
Stunning Stingray
Corgi Model Club News -
14.
["Get set for Christmas with the Automatic Skypark"]
Corgi Rockets
This issue was modified by, among others
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Katy Hayhurst
- Gary Henderson
- Stephen Mitchell
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