Thunderbirds: The Comic Collection

Original cover

Thunderbirds: The Comic Collection is a series of releases by publishers Egmont UK under their "Classic Comics" brand between 2013 and 2014.

It reprinted comic-book stories from the Thunderbirds and Lady Penelope series, originally published in issues of TV Century 21 during the 1960s and 1970s, and which were illustrated by Frank Bellamy, John Cooper, Eric Eden, and Frank Hampson.

Original Release

The original standalone book was published in October 2013, and featured mainly Thunderbirds stories from the latter half of TV21's run, which had not been reprinted with the same volume that the first half had, as well as several features and Lady Penelope stories.

Contents

• Introduction
• The Earthquake Maker
• Visitor from Space
• The Antarctic Menace
• Brains is Dead
• Thunderbird 1 Technical Data
• Launch Sequence: Thunderbird 1
• Launch Sequence: Thunderbird 2
• Thunderbird 2 Technical Data
• The Space Cannon
• The Olympic Plot
• Devil's Crag
• The Eiffel Tower Demolition
• Specifications of Thunderbird 3
• Launch Sequence: Thunderbird 3
• Launch Sequence: Thunderbird 4
• Specifications of Thunderbird 4
• The Nuclear Threat
• The Hawaiian Lobster Menace
• The Time Machine
• The Zoo Ship
• Specifications of Thunderbird 5
• Construction of Thunderbird 5
• This is Tracy Island
• Tracy Island
• City of Doom
• Chain Reaction
• The Big Bang
• The Mini Moon
• The Secrets of FAB 1
• Creighton-Ward Stately Home
• Mr. Steelman
• The Isle of Arran Riddle
• The Vanishing Ray
• The Enemy Spy

Bibliographic Information

• Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
• Imprint: Egmont Classic Comics
• ISBN/EAN: 1405268360 / 9781405268363
• Format: Hardback
• Pagination: 288 pages, colour illustrations
• Dimensions: 280 x 216 mm, 1429 grams
• Country of Pub.: United Kingdom
• Publ. Date: 10/10/2013

Volume 2

Volume 2

A second volume was published in October 2014.

Contents

• Introduction
• Blazing Danger
• Mission to Africa
• Talons of the Eagle
• The Atlantic Tunnel
• Solar Danger
• The Big Freeze
• Depth Probe
• The Trapped Spy
• Operation Earthquake
• Tracy Island Exposed
• The Revolution
• The Space Mirror

Bibliographic Information

• Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
• Imprint: Egmont Books Ltd
• ISBN: 1405279214 / 9781405279215
• Format: Hardback
• Pagination: 224 pages
• Dimensions: 280 x 216 mm, 1124 grams
• Country of Pub.: United Kingdom
• Pub Date: 08/10/2014

Volume 1 (Reprint)

Alongside volume 2, Egmont reprinted the original release in order to clarify how it related to the second volume.

Volume 1

Bibliographic information

• Publisher: Egmont UK Ltd
• Imprint: Egmont Classic Comics
• ISBN/EAN: 1405268360 / 9781405268363
• Format: Hardback
• Pagination: 288 pages, colour illustrations
• Dimensions: 280 x 216 mm, 1429 grams
• Country of Pub.: United Kingdom
• Publ. Date: 01/08/2014

Paperback Volumes

In August 2014, Egmont also issued 5 smaller volumes in paperback. No new stories appeared in this format, and with the exception of Jungle Adventure, they were all taken from the original 'volume 1' release.

Bibliographic Information

• The Rainbow Orchid Series
• Publisher: Egmont UK Limited, 2014
• ISBNs: 1405272600, 9781405272605
• Length: 47 pages

Volume One

The cover artwork is based off a scene from The Revolution, which unusually is not included in this release.

Features:

• The Earthquake Maker
• Visitor from Space
• The Antarctic Menace

Volume Two

Features:

• Brains is Dead
• The Space Cannon
• The Olympic Plot
• Devil's Crag

Volume Three

Features:

• The Eiffel Tower Demolition
• The Nuclear Threat
• The Hawaiian Lobster Menace
• The Time Machine

Volume Four

Features:

• The Zoo Ship
• Chain Reaction
• Jungle Adventure

Volume Five

Features:

• City of Doom
• The Big Bang
• The Mini Moon