A regular feature in TV Century 21 from 1966 until its demise was the Thunderbirds comic strip, based on the television series of the same name.
Stories[]
Although all stories were originally published without titles, the series has subsequently been reprinted in (almost) its entirety with titles. For the sake of convenience, the Wiki uses these reprint titles to classify the stories.
TV Century 21 / TV21[]
Frank Bellamy would illustrate all but half of Solar Danger, where Don Harley would fill in. At the end of Danger in the Deep, TV21 would merge with Joe 90: Top Secret to create a new magazine with the issue numbering reset to 1.
| #No | Title | Issues | Publication dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blazing Danger | 52 - 58 | January 15th - February 26th, 1966 |
| 2 | Mission to Africa | 59 - 65 | March 5th - April 16th, 1966 |
| 3 | Talons of the Eagle | 66 - 72 | April 23rd - June 4th, 1966 |
| 4 | Atlantic Tunnel | 73 - 82 | June 11th - August 13th, 1966 |
| 5 | Solar Danger | 83 - 98 | August 20th - December 3rd, 1966 |
| 6 | The Big Freeze | 99 - 104 | December 10th, 1966 - January 14th, 1967 |
| 7 | Operation Depthprobe | 105 - 109 | January 21st - February 19th, 1967 |
| 8 | The Trapped Spy | 110 - 117 | February 25th - April 15th, 1967 |
| 9 | Operation Earthquake | 118 - 124 | April 22nd - June 3rd, 1967 |
| 10 | Tracy Island Exposed | 125 - 129 | June 10th - July 8th, 1967 |
| 11 | The Revolution | 130 - 136 | July 15th - August 26th, 1967 |
| 12 | The Space Mirror | 137 - 140 | September 2nd - September 23rd, 1967 |
| 13 | The Earthquake Maker | 141 - 146 | September 30th - November 4th, 1967 |
| 14 | Visitor from Space | 147 - 154 | November 11th - December 30th, 1967 |
| 15 | The Antarctic Menace | 155 - 161 | January 6th - February 17th, 1968 |
| 16 | Brains is Dead | 162 - 169 | February 24th - April 13th, 1968 |
| 17 | The Space Cannon | 170 - 172 | April 20th - May 4th, 1968 |
| 18 | The Olympic Kidnap Plot | 173 - 178 | May 11th - June 15th, 1968 |
| 19 | Revolt on Jupiter | 179 - 183 | June 22nd - July 20th, 1968 |
| 20 | The Devil's Crag | 184 - 187 | July 27th - August 17th, 1968 |
| 21 | The Eiffel Tower Demolition | 188 - 191 | August 24th - September 14th, 1968 |
| 22 | The Nuclear Threat | 192 - 196 | September 21st - October 19th, 1968 |
| 23 | The Hawaiian Lobster Menace | 197 - 202 | October 26th - November 30th, 1968 |
| 24 | The Time Machine | 203 - 208 | December 7th, 1968 - January 11th, 1969 |
| 25 | The Zoo Ship | 209 - 217 | January 18th - March 15th, 1969 |
| 26 | City of Doom | 218 - 226 | March 22nd - May 17th, 1969 |
| 27 | Chain Reaction | 227 - 234 | May 24th - July 12th, 1969 |
| 28 | Jungle Adventure | 235 - 238 | July 19th - August 9th, 1969 |
| 29 | Danger in the Deep | 239 - 242 | August 16th - September 6th, 1969 |
TV21 & Joe 90[]
Frank Bellamy would illustrate just the first story - Seeking Disaster - during which the artwork would go from full colour into black and white - before leaving the strip after almost 4 years. John Cooper would replace him on the last six stories, before the series itself would be exited from the new TV21, which would now bear no links back to Century 21 Publishing.
| #No | Title | Issues | Publication dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Seeking Disaster | 1 - 4 | September 27th - October 18th, 1969 |
| 31 | The Big Bang | 5 - 8 | October 25th - November 15th, 1969 |
| 32 | "Space Rogue!" | 9 - 13 | November 22nd - December 20th, 1969 |
| 33 | The Mountain Station | 14 - 21 | December 27th, 1969 - February 14th, 1970 |
| 34 | The Mini Moon | 22 - 28 | February 21st - April 4th, 1970 |
| 35 | "Operation Sub-Shoot!" | 29 - 34 | April 11th - May 16th, 1970 |
| 35 | The Cave Dwellers | 35 - 38 | May 23rd - June 13th, 1970 |
Extras and Annuals[]
As these are outside the "main" series, they have no specific ordering and are shorter, standalone stories.