"The Cave Dwellers" is the 35th and final Thunderbirds story printed in TV21 & Joe 90, as a four-part story published between issues 35 and 38.
Following the conclusion of the story, Thunderbirds as a series would exit TV21 as part of the new publication's first big shake-up. Following a brief break, Thunderbirds as a comic would return in Countdown in February 1971, with The New System.
Synopsis[]
Two explorers disappear in the Andres Mountains while testing out a revolutionary new all-terrain crawler. International Rescue pick up their brief and garbled plea for help and are sent out to look for their wreck. With the help of one of Brains' new gadgets, locating the wreck in the vast mountain range proves no problem, but the explorers are no where to be found. The Tracys soon stumble upon the kidnappers - a lost tribe of cavemen, who do not take kindly to the day's multiple intrusions...
Characters[]
(in order of appearance)
- Mace
- Brady
- John Tracy
- Brains
- Jeff Tracy
- Scott Tracy
- Cavemen
- Kargol
- Sarta
IR Equipment Used[]
- Thunderbird 1
- Thunderbird 2
- Thunderbird 5
- Scrambler