"Pressure Point" is the third Thunderbirds story published in Countdown, presented as an untitled six part adventure between issues 8 and 13.
Synopsis[]
The Pan Oceanic Mining Expedition prepares to finally start drilling through the Earth's moho from a location right at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. However, when they break through the surface, the release of pressure is too much and their bathyscaphe - with crew onboard - becomes dislodged from their sea floor base and destroys its buoyancy tanks. With the expedition unable to send another craft to retrieve them, and the bathyscaphe resting far below Thunderbird 4's maximum operating depth, International Rescue are going to have to get creative if they want to save the workers before their air runs out.
Characters[]
(in order of appearance)
- Columbus technicians
- Kamura
- Hudson
- Scott Tracy
- Brains
- Jeff Tracy
- Columbus captain
- John Tracy
- Virgil Tracy
- Gordon Tracy
- Sparks
- Alan Tracy (cameo)
- Tin-Tin Kyrano (cameo)
IR Equipment Used[]
Thunderbird 4 returns to Pod 4
- Thunderbird 2
- Thunderbird 4 (pods 3 and 4)
- Thunderbird 5
- The Mole
Reprint History[]
The story would be republished as Pressure Point for the 1983 Thunderbirds special.
Goofs[]
The Round House
- An illustration of the Round House is used instead of the Tracy Villa, when Jeff first starts the rescue.
- Jeff is misspelled as "Geoff" in one frame.