Title card used in 1968
Zero X was a Thunderbirds spin-off comic series, created for TV Century 21 in 1967. It ran for 22 stories and remained a popular feature until the magazine folded in 1969, being one of the few features within to be published entirely in colour. It was briefly revived for Countdown in 1971.
Centered on the titular spaceship from the movie Thunderbirds Are Go, the series saw the craft and its crew venture out beyond Mars to visit other planets in the solar system, and eventually unchartered planets in space beyond.
Stories[]
TV Century 21 / TV21[]
All stories were originally published without titles. Several stories have been subsequently reprinted - where possible, the names used on this Wiki have been from those reprints.
The series was preceded in TV Century 21 by a four part photo-story version of the Thunderbirds Are Go film, acting as a sort of prelude for the strip.
| #No | Title | Issues | Publication dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Thunderbirds Are Go! | 101 - 104 | December 24th, 1966 - January 14th, 1967 |
| 1 | Return to the Red Planet | 105 - 109 | January 21st - February 18th, 1967 |
| 2 | Prisoners of the Star | 110 - 121 | February 25th - May 13th, 1967 |
| 3 | Mission to Saturn | 122 - 129 | May 20th - July 8th, 1967 |
| 4 | Horror of Asteroid Belt Nine! | 130 - 137 | July 15th - September 2nd, 1967 |
| 5 | The New Planet | 138 - 140 | September 9th - September 23rd, 1967 |
| 6 | Story 6 | 141 - 147 | September 30th - November 11th, 1967 |
| 7 | Story 7 | 148 - 153 | November 18th - December 23rd, 1967 |
| 8 | Story 8 | 154 | December 30th, 1967 |
| 9 | A World of Deadly Particles | 155 - 160 | January 6th - February 10th, 1968 |
| 10 | The End of the World | 161 - 168 | February 17th - April 6th, 1968 |
| 11 | Story 11 | 169 - 174 | April 13th - May 18th, 1968 |
| 12 | Story 12 | 175 - 180 | May 25th - June 29th, 1968 |
| 13 | Story 13 | 181 - 186 | July 6th - August 10th, 1968 |
| 14 | Story 14 | 187 - 191 | August 17th - September 14th, 1968 |
| 15 | Story 15 | 192 - 196 | September 21st - October 19th, 1968 |
| 16 | The Hollow Men | 197 - 202 | October 26th - November 30th, 1968 |
| 17 | Story 17 | 203 - 209 | December 7th, 1968 - January 18th, 1969 |
| 18 | WaxWorld | 210 - 217 | January 25th - March 15th, 1969 |
| 19 | Planet of Bones | 218 - 224 | March 22nd - May 3rd, 1969 |
| 20 | Story 20 | 225 - 230 | May 10th - June 14th, 1969 |
| 21 | Prisoners of the Eye-Leaves | 231 - 237 | June 21st - August 2nd, 1969 |
| 22 | Story 22 | 238 - 241 | August 9th - August 30th, 1969 |
Countdown[]
| #No | Title | Issue | Publication date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Story One | 12 | May 8th, 1971 |
| 2 | Master of the Worlds! | 27 | August 21st, 1971 |
Extras and Annuals[]
| Title | Published in | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Conflict on Mars | 1968 TV Century 21 annual | 1967 |
| Brink of Disaster | 1969 TV21 annual | 1968 |
| Break Out | 1970 TV21 annual | 1969 |
| Delicate Mission | 1970 TV21 annual | 1969 |
| The Switch | 1971 Thunderbirds annual | 1970 |
| Zero X (untitled) | 1972 Thunderbirds annual | 1971 |
| Zero X (untitled) | TV21 Issue 243 | 2014 |