Thunderbirds Are Go (Comic)

Thunderbirds Are Go is a comic strip. It was launched in May 1995.

Following the decision to to cancel Thunderbirds: The Comic, Alan Fennell acquired the licence to publish it himself, and renamed the comic.

The 32 pages used the same format as before, with a mix of comic strips from Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Stingray, Fireball XL5 as well as Thunderbirds. Screenshots, rather than drawings, were used for the Thunderbirds stories, but were of a very poor quality, giving the impression that they were simply taken by photographing a television screen!

Title: Thunderbirds Are Go
Publisher: Leaf Publishing
Editor: Alan Fennell
Release date: 13th May 1995
Origination: DL Repro, London
Printed by: Southernprint Ltd.
Distributed: MMC, Ripley, Surrey
Licence: Copyright Promotions Ltd

Note: Only Thunderbirds related content is listed below, and the screenshots stories are listed as photo stories.

Issues[]

One[]

Date Published: 13th May 1995.
Photo Story (1): Trapped in the Sky.
Comic Strip (1): Blazing Danger, part 1.
Retail price: 99p
Note: Free gift, Thunderbirds Manual (1).

Two[]

Date Published: 27th May 1995.
Photo Story (2): The Mighty Atom.
Comic Strip (1): Blazing Danger, part 2.
Note: Free gift, Thunderbirds Manual (2).

Three[]

Date Published: 10th June 1995.
Photo Story (3): Edge Of Impact.
Comic Strip (1): Blazing Danger, part 3.

Four[]

Date Published: 24th June 1995.
Photo Story (4): The Perils of Penelope.
Comic Strip (1): Blazing Danger, part 4.

Five[]

Date Published: 8th July 1995.
Photo Story (5): End of the Road., part 1.
Comic Strip (1): Blazing Danger part 5.
Comic Strip (2): The Story of Lady Penelope, part 1

Six[]

Date Published: 22nd July 1995? (Not dated).
Photo Story (5): End of the Road, part 2.
Comic Strip (1): Blazing Danger part 6.
Comic Strip (2): The Story of Lady Penelope, part 2.

Seven[]

Date Published: 5th August 1995? (Not dated).
Photo Story (6): Vault of Death, part 1.
Comic Strip (1): Blazing Danger part 7.
Comic Strip (2): The Story of Lady Penelope, part 3.
Note: New cover price of £1.20

Eight[]

Date Published: 29th August 1995? (Not dated).
Photo Story (6): Vault of Death, part 2.
Comic Strip (2): Thunderbirds (Untitled).
Comic Strip (2): The Story of Lady Penelope, part 4.
Note: Last known issue.

Thunderbirds Manual[]

The first two issues had a mini "Technical Manual" attached to its cover, these small booklets (105mm x 145mm) contained only 16 pages, but were packed with loads of technical details. Each issued carried 4 cutaway drawings, the thunderbird craft as well as a few others.