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| caption             = ''TV Century 21'', issue 1, published January 1965
| schedule            = Weekly
| ongoing             = Y
| genre               = [[Action (fiction)|Action]], [[Adventure (fiction)|adventure]], [[Science fiction comics|science fiction]], [[Spy-fi (subgenre)|spy-fi]], [[techno-thriller]]
| publisher           = [[City Magazines]] (1965–1971)<br />[[IPC Magazines]] (1971)
| date                = 23 January 1965 – 6 September 1969<br>'''After merger with ''Joe 90:'''''<br>27 September 1969 – 25 September 1971
| issues              = 242<br>'''After merger with ''Joe 90:'''''<br>105
| main_char_team      = ''[[Stingray (1964 TV series)|Stingray]]''<br />[[Lady Penelope]]<br />''[[Fireball XL5]]''<br />''[[Supercar (TV series)|Supercar]]''<br />''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]''<br />''[[Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons]]''<br />''[[Joe 90]]''<br />[[Dalek|The Daleks]]<br />''[[Star Trek (comics)|Star Trek]]''
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| writers             = [[Alan Fennell]], Tod Sullivan, [[Angus Allen]], [[Terry Nation]]
| artists             = [[Vicente Alcazar]], [[Frank Bellamy]], [[John M. Burns]], [[John Cooper (artist)|John Cooper]], [[Gerry Embleton]], [[Ron Embleton]], [[Richard E. Jennings]], [[Mike Noble]], [[Carlos Pino]], [[Paul Trevillion]], [[Ron Turner (illustrator)|Ron Turner]], [[Keith Watson (artist)|Keith Watson]]
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| editors             = [[Alan Fennell]] (1965–1967)<br />Chris Spencer (1968)<br />Howard Elson (1968–1969)<br />'''After merger with ''Joe 90''''':<br />Tony Rose<br />John Barraclogh
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| sort                = TV Century 21
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'''''TV Century 21''''', later renamed '''''TV21''''', '''''TV21 and Tornado''''', '''''TV21 and Joe 90''''', and '''''TV21''''' again,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.technodelic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Upload01/Scarlet01.htm |title=Technodelic's feature on ''Captain Scarlet'', which ran as the magazine changed named |publisher=Technodelic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk |access-date=15 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606105554/http://www.technodelic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Upload01/Scarlet01.htm |archive-date=6 June 2011 }}</ref> was a weekly [[United Kingdom|British]] children's comic published by [[City Magazines]] during the latter half of the 1960s. Originally produced in partnership with [[Gerry Anderson|Gerry]] and [[Sylvia Anderson]]'s [[AP Films#Century 21|Century 21 Productions]], it promoted the company's many [[science-fiction]] television series. The comic was published in the style of a newspaper [[Future history|of the future]], with the front page usually dedicated to fictional news stories set in the worlds of ''[[Fireball XL5]]'', ''[[Stingray (1964 TV series)|Stingray]]'', ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]'', ''[[Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons]]'' and other stories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staffwww.dcs.shef.ac.uk/people/A.Simons/research/papers/tv21/|title=Anthony Simons: ''TV Century 21'' |publisher=Dcs.shef.ac.uk |access-date=15 January 2011}}</ref> The front covers were also in colour, with photographs from one or more of the Anderson series or occasionally of the stars of the back-page feature.

The brainchild of writer-editor [[Alan Fennell]] (who also wrote episodes of the various Anderson TV shows) and presenter [[Keith Shackleton]],<ref>[https://downthetubes.net/?page_id=9791 "British Comics Reference | British TV-related Comic Strips,"] DownTheTubes.net Retrieved 25 February 2021.</ref> ''TV Century 21'' was produced by the staff at the Andersons' [[Century 21 Publications]], while printing and distribution was handled by [[City Magazines]]. Many of the leading British [[Comic book|comic]] artists of the time contributed to the publication, including [[Frank Bellamy]] (who drew two-page-spread adventures for ''Thunderbirds''),<ref name=StringerTV21Joe90 /> [[John M. Burns]], [[John Cooper (artist)|John Cooper]], [[Jon Davis (artist)|Jon Davis]], [[Eric Eden]], [[Ron Embleton|Ron]] and [[Gerry Embleton]], [[Rab Hamilton]], [[Don Harley]], [[Richard E. Jennings]], [[Mike Noble]], [[Paul Trevillion]], [[Ron Turner (illustrator)|Ron Turner]], [[Jim Watson (artist)|James Watson]] and [[Keith Watson (artist)|Keith Watson]], and the duo of [[Vicente Alcazar]] and [[Carlos Pino]] under the pseudonym "Cervic". Initial weekly sales were in excess of 600,000.<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Gravett|author-link=Paul Gravett|title=Great British Comics: An Introduction|interviewer=Joe Gordon |work= [[Forbidden Planet International]]|date=July 2006|via=PaulGravett.com|url=http://paulgravett.com/articles/article/great_british_comics}}</ref>

The comic 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 Gerry Anderson's work.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

== Overview ==
In contrast with [[Polystyle Publications]]' ''[[TV Comic]]'', which was a traditional [[Comic strip|strip]] comic, ''TV Century 21'' was conceived as a newspaper for children with a front-page containing "[[Stop press]]"-style news items and photographs.

The majority of the strips in ''TV Century 21'' were set in the same shared [[future history]]. Even strips without a related TV series tied into it; for example, ''Special Agent 21'' was set in the relative "past" and depicted the formation of the World Space Patrol seen in ''[[Fireball XL5]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.technodelic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Upload05/Agent21c.htm |title=''Special Agent 21'', Year 3 |publisher=Technodelic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk |access-date=15 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912084704/http://www.technodelic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Upload05/Agent21c.htm |archive-date=12 September 2012 }}</ref> The primary setting was the 2060s, with each newspaper-style issue covering the "top stories" of the decade. Earth was depicting as having a World Government – based in the fictional Unity City, [[Bermuda]], and incorporating a President and a Senate – whose authority encompassed most of the planet. Besides Spectrum, the World Navy, the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP) and the World Space Patrol, all of which were seen in the Anderson series, the future Earth also boasted a World Army, World Air Force, and Universal Secret Service (USS).

Elements of these would feature in multiple strips, including ones based on other series; elements of ''Fireball XL5'' appeared several times in the ''Captain Scarlet'' adventures. Various textual commentaries established backstories for the characters that also connected the various series; for example, some of the Spectrum officers seen in ''Captain Scarlet'' were revealed to be former World Space Patrol agents. This did not necessarily contradict any of the TV series themselves as all were assumed to be set in the mid-21st century at least up until ''Captain Scarlet''; Anderson's final two Supermarionation series, ''[[Joe 90]]'' (1968–69) and ''[[The Secret Service]]'' (1969) had more contemporary settings. (''The Secret Service'' never appeared in ''TV21''.)

A recurring plot element was the fictional [[Eastern Europe]]an nation of Bereznik, a country not part of and hostile to the World Government. It appeared most frequently in the ''Thunderbirds'' and ''Lady Penelope'' strips, usually as an [[antagonist]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.technodelic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Upload01/LadyPenelope01.htm |title=''Lady Penelope'' – ''TV Century 21'', 1965 |publisher=Technodelic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk |access-date=15 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918134246/http://www.technodelic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Upload01/LadyPenelope01.htm |archive-date=18 September 2012 }}</ref>

After losing the [[Gerry Anderson]] license in mid-1970, ''TV21'' became a television comic virtually in name only, with the ''[[Star Trek (comics)|Star Trek]]'' strip being the lone feature still related to TV. The publication became more typical of other British comics of the era, featuring a mix of adventure, humour, [[Western comics|Western]], and sporting strips, some of which were reprints from other publications. [[Marvel Comics]] reprints became a feature in the magazine's final year of publication.

==Publication history==
=== First volume ===
The first issue of ''TV Century 21'' was published on 23 January 1965.

The comic dropped the "Century" from its title in January 1968, after 155 issues, and became known as ''TV21''. In September 1968, after 192 issues, ''TV21'' merged with its sister publication ''[[TV Tornado]]'' to form ''TV21 and Tornado''.

On 18 January 1969, Gerry Anderson's most recent [[Supermarionation]] production, ''[[Joe 90]]'', was adapted into a City Magazines spinoff comic, titled ''Joe 90 Top Secret''. The new comic did not endure, however, lasting only 34 issues before it was merged with ''TV21 and Tornado'' (According to British cartoonist and comics historian [[Lew Stringer]], "...''Joe 90'' was selling better than ''TV21'' but lost out to the older title, presumably because the publisher felt that ''TV21'' had more longevity as the name of a comic.")<ref name=StringerTV21Joe90 /> The final issue of ''TV21 and Tornado'' before the merger was #242, published 6 September 1969.

=== Martspress ===
Meanwhile, at the beginning of 1969, [[Century 21 Productions]] had become financially over-stretched. Within a few months, the company had disbanded their three warehouse-sized studios on the [[Slough Trading Estate]]. In June 1969 the entire staff of Century 21 Publications were given a month's notice.<ref name=StringerTV21Joe90>{{cite web|last=Stringer|first=Lew|url=http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2007/11/flashback-1969-tv21-joe-90-no1.html|title=Flashback 1969: TV21 & Joe 90 No.1,"|work=Blimey! The Blog of British Comics!|date=25 November 2007}}</ref> A small nucleus of staff from the disbanded division were taken on by [[Leonard Matthews]]<ref name="obit">{{cite news|first=George|last=Beal|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-leonard-matthews-1286894.html|title=Obituary: Leonard Matthews|work=[[The Independent]]|date=5 December 1997}}</ref> and Alf Wallace – the ex-managing editors of [[Fleetway Publications|Fleetway Juvenile Comics]]; and ''[[Eagle (British comics)|Eagle]]'' and [[Odhams Press|Odhams]]' [[Power Comics]] line, respectively – who were now operating an independent studio off [[Fleet Street]] under the name of [[Martspress]].<ref name="obit" /> With the coming relaunch, Martspress became the comic's packager.<ref name=StringerTV21Joe90 />

=== Relaunch ===
The new merged comic was renamed ''TV21 and Joe 90'', with the issue numbering reset to 1 (with a "New Series No." printed on the front cover). Reflecting City Magazines' relationship with [[IPC Magazines]], the first issue of ''TV21 and Joe 90'' featured an advertisement for the IPC title ''[[Smash! (comics)|Smash!]]''<ref>[https://www.comics.org/issue/583695/ "TV21 & Joe 90 #1,"] Grand Comics Database. Retrieved 25 February 2021.</ref> (which IPC had taken over from Odhams Press on 1 January 1969).

The publication's name reverted to ''TV21'' after 36 issues (the 278th overall). With issue #93 (3 July 1971), the title changed publisher-name from [[City Magazines]] to IPC Magazines.

=== Cancellation/merger with Valiant ===
''TV21'' ceased publication in late September 1971 (issue #105), following its merger with [[IPC Magazines]]' ''[[Valiant (comics)|Valiant and Smash!]]'' to become ''Valiant and TV21''.<ref>[https://www.comics.org/issue/583943/ "Valiant and TV21," #2 October 1971], Grand Comics Database. Retrieved 3 February 2021.</ref>

Altogether, the title published 347 issues from 23 January 1965 to 25 September 1971 (242 issues before the merger with ''Joe 90'' and an additional 105 issues thereafter).

== Related annuals and specials ==
In late 1965, with the success of ''TV Century 21'', City Magazines began publishing a number of related [[Annual publication#United Kingdom|annuals]] and specials, two of them featuring ''[[Stingray (1964 TV series)|Stingray]]''. The first ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]'' annual was published in 1966, with a new one appearing each year until 1972. City Magazines also published the first ''TV Century 21 Annual'' in 1966, eventually putting out five such annuals (with the last one appearing in 1970). A second ''Stingray Annual'' appeared in 1966, and two more ''TV Century 21'' seasonal specials in 1966 and 1967. The first ''Captain Scarlet'' annual debuted in 1967; City Magazines published a new one in 1968 and another one in 1969.

== Content ==
=== First volume ===
==== Launch ====
''TV Century 21'' was launched to capitalise on the popularity of the [[Gerry Anderson]]-produced [[Supermarionation]] TV series ''[[Stingray (1964 TV series)|Stingray]]'', which followed the underwater adventures of Troy Tempest and the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP). ''Stingray'' strips were joined by ''[[Supercar (TV series)|Supercar]]'', ''[[Fireball XL5]]'', and [[Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward]] (from ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]''). (The ''Supercar'' and ''Fireball XL5'' TV programs had ended prior to the launch of ''TV Century 21'', but were still being broadcast sporadically on [[Associated Television|ATV]] in the United Kingdom. They also had previously been adapted into comics a few years earlier in [[Polystyle Publications]]' ''[[TV Comic]]''.) Other than Lady Penelope herself, the [[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]] themselves were not featured until issue #52, the same issue the Lady Penelope strip left ''TV Century 21'' to star in [[Lady Penelope (comic)|her own comic]].

''TV Century 21'' extended its licensing beyond the Anderson productions, and for its first two years published strip adventures based on the extraterrestrial ''[[Doctor Who]]'' villains the [[Dalek]]s, the early scripts for which had the approval of Dalek creator [[Terry Nation]].{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} Many of the stories were written by [[David Whitaker (screenwriter)|David Whitaker]], who alternated with Nation in writing Daleks stories for the ''Doctor Who'' TV series; however, as Polystyle's ''[[TV Comic]]'' had the primary rights to adapt the ''Doctor Who'' television series itself, the character of [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor]] could not appear in the ''TV Century 21'' comic. ''TV Century 21''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s early issues featured adaptations of two other popular TV series as well: ''[[My Favourite Martian]]'', with art by Bill Titcombe; and ''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]'', with art by [[Paul Trevillion]].

Issue #21 of ''TV Century 21'' saw the debut strip of ''Special Agent 21'', i.e. Brent Cleever of the Universal Secret Service. The character had first appeared, in text form, in issue #1, as the fictional editor of ''TV Century 21''; readers were "drafted" as his agents and asked to address reports (i.e. letters) to Contact 21. ''Special Agent 21'' was written by Tod Sullivan and illustrated by Rab Hamilton.

==== January 1966 changes ====
Three strips left the publication with issue #51 (8 January 1966) – ''Lady Penelope'', ''Supercar'', and ''Burke's Law'' – replaced the following issue with ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]'', ''[[Get Smart]]'', and ''[[The Munsters]]''. Bruno Marraffa, who had been drawing ''Supercar'', took on ''Get Smart'', while [[Paul Trevillion]], who had been drawing ''Burke's Law'', was now the lead artist for ''The Munsters'' strip.

A new strip joined the lineup with issue #73 (11 June 1966). ''The Investigator'', by [[Alan Fennell]] and Don Harley, was about Bob Devlin and Marc Carter, fictional troubleshooters for Universal Engineering Incorporated, builders of the XL fleet, Fireflash, and the first Martian probe. (The strip was not related to a later [[The Investigator (TV pilot)|unsuccessful TV pilot]] by Gerry Anderson.) The strip didn't last long, being canceled after issue #89 (1 October 1966). Following ''The Investigator'' was ''Catch or Kill'', another strip taking place in the year 2066. Originally by [[Angus Allan]] and [[John M. Burns]], [[Gerry Embleton]] later took over the art chores.

With issue #105 (21 January 1967), ''[[Zero-X]]'', by [[Angus Allan]] and [[Mike Noble]], joined ''TV Century 21'',<ref name="Bentley">{{Cite book|last1=Bentley|first1=Chris|editor1-last=Hearn|editor1-first=Marcus|title=Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons: The Vault|year=2017|publisher=Signum Books|location=Cambridge, UK|isbn=978-0-995519-12-1|pages=14–18; 125}}</ref> replacing ''The Daleks''.

''Wright C.H.A.R.L.I.E.'', a humour strip set in the "Anderson universe" about the inventions of a Professor Wright from the Central Headquarters Atomic Research Liaison for Industrial Experimentation (C.H.A.R.L.I.E.), debuted in issue #107 (4 February 1967). It lasted until issue #131 (22 July 1967), when it – and ''Catch or Kill'' – were replaced by ''Front Page''. That feature, drawn by [[John M. Burns]], was a meta-strip set in the year 2067 about fictional ''TV Century 21'' investigative reporter Pete Tracker, who learns about the secretive organization Spectrum; the strip was used to promote the upcoming ''[[Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons]]'' TV series (and the accompanying comic strip).
 	
The first new TV series adaptation to appear in a while, ''[[The Phil Silvers Show|Sgt. Bilko]]'', debuted in issue #139 (16 Sep 1967).

The character of the "indestructible" [[Captain Scarlet (character)|Captain Scarlet]], the hero of ''[[Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons]]'', made his first appearance in ''TV Century 21'' in issue #141, 30 September 1967, timed to coincide with the airing of the first episode of the TV show.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Drake|first1=Chris|last2=Bassett|first2=Graeme|title=Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons|year=1993|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Boxtree]]|location=London, UK|isbn=978-1-852834-03-6|page=14}}</ref> (The back story of the [[Mysteron]]s, Captain Scarlet's [[Martian]] enemies, was being revealed in ''[[TV Tornado]]'', another [[City Magazines]] publication.) Captain Scarlet was featured on most covers of the title until the 1969 relaunch.

==== Issue #155 changes ====
The publication dropped the "Century" from its title in January 1968, after 155 issues, becoming known as ''TV21''. With that same issue, the ''Special Agent 21'' strip changed its name to ''Mr. Magnet'', and the ''Get Smart'', ''Front Page'', and ''Sgt. Bilko'' strips were all canceled.

==== Absorbing ''TV Tornado'' ====
In September 1968, after 192 issues, ''TV21'' merged with its sister publication ''TV Tornado'' to form ''TV21 and Tornado''. The ''TV Tornado'' strips ''[[Tarzan (1966 TV series)|Tarzan]]'' and ''[[The Saint (comics)|The Saint]]'' moved with the merger to the new ''TV21 and Tornado''.<ref name=DTT20151029>[[John Freeman (editor)|Freeman, John]]. [https://downthetubes.net/?p=26667 "Landmark British Comics: Looking Back on TV21 Issue 200,"] DownTheTubes.net (29 October 2015).</ref> This meant the cancelation of the Supermarionation strips ''Stingray'' and ''Zero-X''; ''Fireball XL5'', meanwhile, had ended back in issue #174 (18 May 1968).

The final new strip to join the publication's lineup – taking over from the canceled ''Tarzan'' –&nbsp;was the adaptation of the TV series ''[[Department S (TV series)|Department S]]'', drawn by [[Carlos Pino]], which debuted in issue #212 (8 February 1969). (''Tarzan'' would return shortly thereafter in ''TV21 and Joe 90''.)

''TV21 and Tornado'' published its final issue, #242, on 6 September 1969.

=== Relaunch ===
==== ''Star Trek'' takes center stage ====
With the new ''TV21 and Joe 90'', the publication dispensed with the hundred-years-in-the-future cover date format as well as the focus on the Anderson-universe, becoming more of a typical British adventure comic (the first four issues, in fact, featured [[association football]] imagery). According to Stringer, "the content and tone of the merged comic was more like ''Joe 90'' than ''TV21''."<ref name=StringerTV21Joe90 /> The ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]'' and ''[[Joe 90]]'' strips were printed in black-and-white in deference to the new colour features ''[[Star Trek (comics)|Star Trek]]''  and ''[[Land of the Giants]]''. ''The Saint'' strip, now titled ''Meet the Saint'', continued from the first volume of ''TV21'', illustrated by [[Vicente Alcazar]];<ref name=StringerTV21Joe90 /> the ''Tarzan'' strip returned as well, drawn by [[Don Lawrence]].<ref name=StringerTV21Joe90 /> The relaunched publication for the first time featured strips not related to either Anderson properties or television adaptations, such as the sporting strips ''Forward From the Back Streets'', by [[Martin Asbury]];<ref name=StringerTV21 /> and ''I've Got a Sports-Mad Dad''; as well as Roy Davis' humour strip ''The Kid King''.<ref name=StringerTV21Joe90 />
 
''Star Trek'', originally by Harry Lindfield,<ref name=StringerTV21Joe90 /> was one of only strips to last all 105 issues of the relaunched publication, eventually being illustrated by [[Jim Baikie]], [[Mike Noble]], and [[Carlos Pino]] and [[Vicente Alcazar]], often working together as "Carvic".

==== Losing the Anderson license ====
''Joe 90'' and ''Thunderbirds'' gradually disappeared from the comic, whose name reverted to ''TV21'' after 36 issues (the 278th overall). In fact, by issue #38 (13 June 1970), both strips were gone, and with them the last vestiges of the [[Gerry Anderson]] [[Supermarionation]] properties. ''TV21'' no longer had the Anderson license.<ref name=StringerTV21>Stringer, Lew. [http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2012/12/this-week-in-1970-tv21.html "This week in 1970: TV2,"] ''Blimey! The Blog of British Comics!'' (1 December 2012).</ref><ref name=Stringer>Stringer, Lew. [http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2008/02/road-to-marvel-uk-part-3.html "The Road to Marvel UK – Part 3,"] ''Blimey! The Blog of British Comics!'' (1 February 2008).</ref>

With their demise, ''TV21'' underwent a series of strip turnovers. In short succession, four new strips joined the lineup: the adventures strips ''The Heat-Master'', ''S.N.O.R.K.E.L.'', and ''Danny Merlin Son of the Wise''; and the humour strip ''Micky's Moonbugs'', drawn by Graham Allen.<ref name=StringerTV21 /> (S.N.O.R.K.E.L. stood for Section Nine, Ocean Research and Knowledge Establishment for Learning; ''Danny Merlin'' was a fantasy strip about junk shop owner Danny Merlin, keeper of the "Keys of Wisdom.") None of these strips lasted very long.

==== Reprints ====
A sign of the title's failing prospects began with issue #55 (10 October 1970), when reprints began to replace original strips (reprints being much cheaper to produce). First to join the lineup were the American [[King Features Syndicate]] strips ''[[The Phantom]]'' and ''[[Lone Ranger (comics)|The Lone Ranger and Tonto]]''. Another, original, [[Western comics|Western strip]], ''Butch Conner Sheriff of Dodge City'', came along an issue later, shortly followed by ''The Blue Angels'', reprints of the ''[[Buck Danny]]'' strip from the Franco-Belgian ''[[Spirou (magazine)|Spirou]]'' magazine.<ref name=StringerTV21 /> All of these strips lasted fewer than ten issues before being canceled and replaced.

==== Marvel Comics reprints ====
Late November 1970 saw the introduction of five strips reprinted from American [[Marvel Comics]] titles.<ref name=Stringer /> Although the publication had given up the Gerry Anderson license, IPC ''did'' have the Marvel license,<ref name=StringerTV21 /> which had last been used to publish reprints of Marvel's superhero strips in the [[Odhams Press|Odhams]]' line of [[Power Comics]] (including ''Smash!'') in 1966–1969. Beginning with the issue of 28 November 1970 (#61), some Marvel stories began being reprinted in ''TV21''. The Marvel reprints – which featured the superhero strips [[Spider-Man]] and the [[Silver Surfer]], the [[Western comics|Western]] strips [[Phantom Rider|Ghost Rider]] and the [[Ringo Kid]], and the 1950s humour strip ''[[Homer the Happy Ghost]]'' – lasted through ''TV21''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s final issue.

At this point, other than ''Star Trek'', the publication called ''TV21'' had no more strips based on television properties.<ref name=StringerTV21 />

==== Decline ====
In the comic's last few months, as other strips dropped away, new ones joined the lineup, including the mostly forgettable adventure strips ''Menace of the Black Museum'', ''The Tuffs of Terror Island'', and ''Wheels Moran''; and the humour strips ''Clancy Clot: Magician's Mate'' and ''Cap'n Stardust''. Of all those, only ''The Tuffs of Terror Island'' survived the merger with ''[[Valiant (comics)|Valiant and Smash!]]''

== Legacy ==
Two former employees of [[Century 21 Merchandising|Century 21 Publishing]], Dennis Hooper and Roger Perry, had worked on ''TV21'' and ''[[Lady Penelope (comic)|Lady Penelope]]'' in the period 1965–1968. They pitched [[Polystyle Publications]] the idea behind a new comic utilizing the Anderson license. Soon enough, Polystyle's ''[[Countdown (Polystyle Publications)|Countdown]]'', debuted in February 1971, initially reprinted many of the Supermarionation strips which had originally run in ''TV21'', including  ''[[Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons]]'', ''[[Fireball XL5]]'', ''[[Joe 90]]'', ''[[Lady Penelope]]'', ''[[Stingray (1964 TV series)|Stingray]]'', ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]'', and ''[[Zero-X]]''.<ref name=StringerTV21Joe90 /> (''Countdown'' launched while ''TV21'' was still in publication, but when it no longer held the Anderson license.)

With the end of ''TV21'' in October 1971, IPC discontinued using Marvel reprints. Marvel set up its own [[Marvel UK]] imprint, releasing ''[[The Mighty World of Marvel]]'' #1 in September 1972.<ref name=Murray>Murray, Chris. "Mergers and Marvels (1962–1980)," ''The British Superhero'' (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2017), p. 173.</ref> However, because IPC had the means to publish and distribute Annuals, the first ''Marvel Annual'', published in Autumn 1972, which featured early stories of [[Spider-Man]], [[Conan (Marvel comics)|Conan]], the [[Fantastic Four]], and the [[Hulk]] (all of which, except Conan, had been reprinted a few years earlier in the [[Power Comics]] titles) was published under the Fleetway imprint – as was the Annual for 1974, issued in the Autumn of 1973.<ref>[[Lew Stringer|Stringer, Lew]]. [http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2008/01/road-to-marvel-uk-part-2.html "The Road to Marvel UK – Part 2,"] ''Blimey! The Blog of British Comics!'' (30 January 2008).</ref><ref name=Stringer /> 

Issue "#243" of ''TV21'' (continuing the numbering of the first volume of the series), dated "13 September 2069", was published in 2014 by [[Network (publisher)|Network]], with editing by Martin Cater.<ref>[https://www.comics.org/issue/1266708/ "TV21 #243,"] Grand Comics Database. Retrieved 18 January 2021.</ref>

== Features ==
; Issue numbers before the relaunch (pre-18 January 1968)
{{colbegin}}
* ''5 4 3 2 1 Countdown'' / ''Countdown'' – nonfiction text pieces
* ''The Blobs'' (#73–89) – half-page humour cartoon
* ''Contact 21'' – activity and competition page
* ''Corgi Model Club'' – weekly news article from the makers of [[die-cast]] [[Corgi Toys]] (with photos).
* ''Cosmic Capers'' – humorous text piece with a gag cartoon
* ''The Critics'' – brief film and book reviews
* ''Dateline: 2066'' – fictional news stories from the year 2066
* ''International Rescues'' – text pages
* ''Lady Penelope Investigates'' (#1–51) – text features often used to preview a new comic strip; moved to ''[[Lady Penelope (comic)|Lady Penelope]]''
* ''Laugh-In'' – jokes and gags
* ''Mexico Dossier'' – profiles on players and teams in advance of the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]]
* ''Project SWORD'' – text stories with illustrations
* ''Space Probe'' – nonfiction text piece
* ''Spectrum'' – activity page
* ''Stop Press'' – fake news stories from the future
{{colend}}

== Strips ==
=== First volume  ===
; Issue numbers before the relaunch (pre-18 January 1969)
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| ''[[Stingray (1964 TV series)|Stingray]]''
| Anderson universe
| [[Alan Fennell]] & [[Ron Embleton]]
| Dennis Hooper, [[Gerry Embleton]], Michael Strand
| 1 (23 January 1965)
| 189 (30 August 1968)
|
|-
| ''[[Fireball XL5]]''
| Anderson universe
| Tod Sullivan & [[Mike Noble]]
| [[Alan Fennell]], [[Don Lawrence]], [[Tom Kerr]]
| 1 (23 January 1965)
| 174 (18 May 1968)
| Evolved into a text feature
|-
| ''[[Dalek|The Daleks]]'' 
| TV series
| [[Terry Nation]] & Eric Eden
| [[David Whitaker (screenwriter)|David Whitaker]], [[Richard E. Jennings]], [[Ron Turner (illustrator)|Ron Turner]]
| 1 (23 January 1965)
| 104 (14 January 1967)
| Based on the fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' TV series. Replaced by ''[[Zero-X]]''.
|-
| ''[[My Favourite Martian]]''
| TV series
| Bill Titcombe
|
| 1 (23 January 1965)
| 104 (14 January 1967)
| Based on the CBS science-fiction comedy series that ran from 1963 to 1966
|-
| ''[[Lady Penelope]]''
| Anderson universe
| Tod Sullivan & Eric Eden
|
| 1 (23 January 1965)
| 51 (8 January 1966)
| Moved to her own comic
|-
| ''[[Supercar (TV series)|Supercar]]''
| Anderson universe
| 
| Bruno Marraffa
| 1 (23 January 1965)
| 51 (8 January 1966)
|
|-
| ''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]''
| TV series
| [[Paul Trevillion]]
| 
| 1 (23 January 1965)
| 51 (8 January 1966)
| Based on the ABC detective series that aired from 1963 to 1966
|-
| ''Special Agent 21'' / ''Mr. Magnet''
| Anderson universe
| Tod Sullivan & Rab Hamilton
|
| 21 (12 June 1965)
| 242 (6 Sep 1969)
| The character first appeared, in text form, in issue #1; became ''Mr. Magnet'' with issue #155
|-
| ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]''
| Anderson universe
| [[Alan Fennell]] & [[Frank Bellamy]]
| [[Scott Goodall]], Don Harley
| 52 (15 January 1966)
| 242 (6 Sep 1969)
|
|-
| ''[[The Munsters]]''
| TV series
| [[Paul Trevillion]]
| 
| 52 (15 January 1966)
| 242 (6 Sep 1969)
| Based on the CBS comedy series that ran from 1964 to 1966
|-
| ''[[Get Smart]]''
| TV series 
| Bruno Marraffa
| 
| 52 (15 January 1966)
| 153 (23 December 1967)
| Based on the NBC comedy series that ran from 1965 to 1970
|-
| ''The Investigator''
| Anderson universe
| [[Alan Fennell]] & Don Harley
|
| 73 (11 June 1966)
| 89 (1 October 1966)
| 
|-
| ''Catch or Kill''
| Anderson universe
| [[Angus Allan]] & [[John M. Burns]]
| [[Gerry Embleton]]
| 90 (8 October 1966)
| 131 (22 July 1967)
| 
|-
| ''[[Zero-X]]''
| Anderson universe
| [[Angus Allan]] & [[Mike Noble]]
| [[Jim Watson (artist)|Jim Watson]]
| 105 (21 January 1967)
| 192 (21 Sep 1968)
| Replaced ''The Daleks''.
|-
| ''Wright C.H.A.R.L.I.E.''
| Anderson universe
|
|
| 107 (4 February 1967)
| 131 (22 July 1967)
| Replaced by ''Front Page''.
|-
| ''Front Page''
| Anderson universe
| [[John M. Burns]]
| 
| 132 (29 July 1967)
| 154 (30 December 1967)
| Replaced ''Wright C.H.A.R.L.I.E.''.
|-
| ''[[The Phil Silvers Show|Sgt. Bilko]]''
| TV series
|
|
| 139 (16 Sep 1967)
| 154 (30 December 1967)
| Based on ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]'' sitcom which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959
|-
| ''[[Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons]]''
| Anderson universe 
| [[Angus Allan]] & [[Ron Embleton]]
| [[Mike Noble]], [[Jim Watson (artist)|Jim Watson]], [[Keith Watson (artist)|Keith Watson]], Don Harley, [[John Cooper (artist)|John Cooper]]
| 141 (30 Sep 1967)
| 242 (6 Sep 1969)
| 
|-
| ''[[The Saint (comics)|The Saint]]''
| TV series
| [[Vincente Alcazar]]
|
| 192 (21 Sep 1968)
| 242 (6 Sep 1969)
| Based on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] mystery spy thriller series that ran from 1929 to 1969. Came over from ''TV Tornado''.<!-- Before joining ''TV21'', had only appeared in two issues and two annuals of ''TV Tornado''. -->
|-
| ''[[Tarzan (1966 TV series)|Tarzan]]''
| TV series
| [[Don Lawrence]]
|
| 192 (21 Sep 1968)
| 211 (1 February 1969)
| Based on the NBC series that ran from 1966 to 1968. Came over from ''TV Tornado''. Replaced by ''Department S''.<!-- Before joining ''TV21'', only appeared infrequently in ''TV Tornado''. -->
|-
| ''[[Department S (TV series)|Department S]]''
| TV series
| [[Carlos Pino]]
|
| 212 (8 February 1969)
| 242 (6 Sep 1969)
| Based on the [[ITC Entertainment]] series that ran from 1969 to 1970. Replaced ''Tarzan''.
|-
|}

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=== Second volume ===
; Issue numbers refer to the relaunch numbering (post-18 January 1969)

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|-
! Strip title
! Strip type
! Original creator(s)
! Other notable creator(s)
! Starting issue (date)
! Ending issue (date)
! Notes
|-
| ''[[Star Trek (comics)|Star Trek]]''
| TV series
| Harry Lindfield
| [[Jim Baikie]], [[Mike Noble]], [[Ron Turner (illustrator)|Ron Turner]], [[Carlos Pino]], [[Vicente Alcazar]]
| 1 (27 Sep 1969)
| 105 (25 Sep 1971)
|
|-
| ''Forward From the Back Streets''
| Sports
| [[Martin Asbury]]
|
| 1 (27 Sep 1969)
| {{circa}} 105 (25 Sep 1971)
| [[Association football]] drama
|-
| ''I've Got a Sports-Mad Dad''
| Sports
|
|
| 1 (27 Sep 1969)
| 68 (9 January 1971)
|
|-
| ''The Kid King''
| Roy Davis
| Humour
|
| 1 (27 Sep 1969)
| 68 (9 January 1971)
|
|-
| ''[[Land of the Giants]]''
| TV series
| Gerry Haylock<ref name=StringerTV21Joe90 />
|
| 1 (27 Sep 1969)
| 60 (14 November 1970)
| Came over from ''Joe 90: Top Secret'' <!-- issues #1–7, 33 -->
|-
| ''[[Tarzan (1966 TV series)|Tarzan]]''
| TV series
| [[Don Lawrence]]
|
| 1 (27 Sep 1969)
| 54 (3 October 1970)
| Based on the NBC series that ran from 1966 to 1968. Continued from the earlier version of ''TV21''
|-
| ''[[The Saint (Simon Templar)|Meet the Saint]]''
| TV series
| [[Vicente Alcazar]]
| 
| 1 (27 Sep 1969)
| 52 (19 Sep 1970)
| Based on the ITV mystery spy thriller series that ran from 1929 to 1969. Continued from the earlier version of ''TV21''
|-
| ''[[Thunderbirds (TV series)|Thunderbirds]]''
| Anderson universe
| [[Frank Bellamy]]
| [[John Cooper (artist)|John Cooper]]
| 1 (27 Sep 1969)
| 38 (13 June 1970)
| Continued from the earlier version of ''TV21''. Replaced by ''Danny Merlin Son of the Wise'', ''Micky's Moonbugs'', and ''S.N.O.R.K.E.L.''.
|-
| ''[[Joe 90]]''
| Anderson universe
| Michael Strand
|
| 1 (27 Sep 1969)
| 36 (30 May 1970)
| Came over from ''Joe 90: Top Secret''. Replaced by ''The Heat-Master''.
|-
| ''The Heat-Master''
| Adventure
|
|
| 37 (6 June 1970)
| 57 (24 October 1970)
| Replaced ''[[Joe 90]]''
|-
| ''Micky's Moonbugs''
| Humour
| Graham Allen
| 
| 39 (20 June 1970)
| 68 (9 January 1971)
| Science fiction humour
|-
| ''S.N.O.R.K.E.L.''
| Adventure
| [[José Ortiz (comics)|José Ortiz]]
|
| 39 (20 June 1970)
| 57 (24 October 1970)
| 
|-
| ''Danny Merlin Son of the Wise''
| Adventure
|
|
| 39 (20 June 1970)
| 55 (10 October 1970)
| 
|-
| ''[[The Phantom]]''
| Adventure
| [[Lee Falk]]
| 
| 55 (10 October 1970)
| 61 (21 November 1970)
| Reprints of the [[King Features]] strip
|-
| ''[[Lone Ranger (comics)|The Lone Ranger and Tonto]]''
| Western
| [[Paul S. Newman]] & Charles Flanders
| 
| 55 (10 October 1970)
| 60 (14 November 1970)
| Reprints of the [[King Features]] strip
|-
| ''Butch Conner Sheriff of Dodge City''
| Western
|
|
| 56 (17 October 1970)
| 61 (21 November 1970)
|
|-
| ''[[Buck Danny|The Blue Angels]]''
| Adventure
| [[Jean-Michel Charlier]] & [[Victor Hubinon]]
|
| 58 (31 October 1970)
| 67 (2 January 1971)
| Reprinted from ''[[Spirou (magazine)|Spirou]]'' #1607–1627
|-
| ''[[Ringo Kid|Ringo Rides Again]]''
| Western
| [[Joe Maneely]]
| 
| 61 (21 November 1970)<br />92 (26 June 1971)
| 80 (3 April 1971)<br />101 (28 August 1971)
| [[Marvel Comics]] reprint
|-
| ''[[Amazing Spider-Man]]''
| Superhero
| [[John Romita Sr.]], [[Stan Lee]], [[John Buscema]], and [[Jim Mooney]]
| 
| 62 (28 November 1970)
| 105 (25 Sep 1971)
| [[Marvel Comics]] reprint
|-
| ''[[Silver Surfer]]''
| Superhero
| [[Stan Lee]] & [[John Buscema]]
| 
| 62 (28 November 1970)
| 105 (25 Sep 1971)
| [[Marvel Comics]] reprint
|-
| ''[[Homer the Happy Ghost]]''
| Humour
| [[Stan Lee]] & [[Dan DeCarlo]]
| 
| 62 (28 November 1970)
| 105 (25 Sep 1971)
| [[Marvel Comics]] reprint
|-
| ''[[Phantom Rider|Ghost Rider]]''
| Western
| [[Gary Friedrich]], [[Roy Thomas]], and [[Dick Ayers]]
|
| 62 (28 November 1970)
| 91 (19 June 1971)
| [[Marvel Comics]] reprint
|-
| ''Menace of the Black Museum''
| Adventure
| José Jimenez
|
| {{circa}} 69 (16 January 1971)
| 105 (25 Sep 1971)
|
|-
| ''The Tuffs of Terror Island''
| Adventure
|  Tony Coleman
|
| {{circa}} 81 (10 April 1971)
| 105 (25 Sep 1971)
| Continued in ''Valiant and TV21''
|- 
| ''Wheels Moran''
| Adventure
|
|
| {{circa}} 81 (10 April 1971)
| 105 (25 Sep 1971)
|
|-
| ''Clancy Clot: Magician's Mate''
| Humour
|
| 
| {{circa}} 81 (10 April 1971)
| 105 (25 Sep 1971)
| 
|-
| ''Cap'n Stardust''
| Humour
|
| 
| {{circa}} 90 (12 June 1971)
| 105 (25 Sep 1971)
|
|}

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==References==
=== Notes ===
{{Reflist}}

=== Sources ===
* {{gcdb series|id= 34877 |title=''TV Century 21''}}
* {{gcdb series|id= 34878 |title=''TV21''}}
* {{gcdb series|id= 34879 |title=''TV21 and Tornado''}}
* {{gcdb series|id= 34880 |title=''TV21 & Joe 90''}}
* {{gcdb series|id= 34881 |title=''TV21'' (City Magazines)}}
* {{gcdb series|id= 34882 |title=''TV21'' (IPC Magazines)}}
* {{gcdb series|id= 34904 |title=''Valiant and TV21''}}
* [[Graham Bleathman|Bleathman, Graham]]. ''TV21'' article, ''Supermarionation Is Go!'' (''S.I.G. Magazine'') #4–5 (Engale Marketing, Mar.–June 1982). [http://lester.demon.nl/superm/tv21.html Archived at the Supermarionation Repository].

== External links ==
* [https://sequentialtwentyone.wordpress.com "Celebrating the comic book spin-offs of Supermarionation"]
* [https://prehistorian.wordpress.com/2020/01/23/the-rise-and-fall-of-tv-21/ "The Rise and Fall of TV 21,"] ''The Knowledge Emporium'' (23 January 2020).
* [https://prehistorian.wordpress.com/2020/02/16/thunderbirds-when/ "Thunderbirds – the date controversy,"] ''The Knowledge Emporium'' (16 February 2020).
* [https://archive.org/details/tv-21-new-series-no.-100/page/6/mode/2up ''TV21'' new series #100 at the Internet Archive]

{{Gerry Anderson}}

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