TV Century 21
| TV Century 21 | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | City Magazines |
| Schedule | Weekly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Science fiction, Spy-fi, Techno-thriller |
| Publication date(s) |
23 January 1965 – 6 September 1969 After merger with Joe 90: 27 September 1969 – 25 September 1971 |
| No. of issues | 242 After merger with Joe 90: 105 |
| Creative team | |
| Artist(s) | Vicente Alcazar, Frank Bellamy, Gerry Embleton, Ron Embleton, Richard E. Jennings, Mike Noble, Ron Turner, Keith Watson |
| Editor(s) |
Alan Fennell (1965 – 67) Chris Spencer (1968) Howard Elson (1968 – 69) After merger with Joe 90: Tony Rose John Barraclogh |
TV Century 21, later renamed TV21 (from issue 155), TV21 and Tornado (from issue 192), TV21 and Joe 90 (from issue 243), TV21 (from issue 278) and TV21 and Valiant (from issue 347), was a weekly British children's comic published by City Magazines during the latter half of the 1960s. It promoted the many science-fiction television series created by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. The comic was published in the style of a newspaper of the future, with the front page usually dedicated to fictional news stories set in the worlds of Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and other stories.
Many of the leading British comic artists of the time worked for the publication, including Frank Bellamy (who drew two-page-spread adventures for Thunderbirds), John Cooper, Eric Eden, Ron and Gerry Embleton, Rab Hamilton, Don Harley, Richard E. Jennings, Mike Noble, Ron Turner, James and Keith Watson, and the duo of Vicente Alcazar and Carlos Pino under the pseudonym "Cervic". It was adapted for the Dutch market as TV2000. Early copies of TV Century 21 are difficult to find, and attract high prices compared to nearly all other print material associated with Anderson's work.
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