TV Century21
Publisher: City Magazines-Century 21 Publications
Publication Dates: 23 January 1965 – December 1967
Number of Issues Published: 154 (#1 – #154)
Color: Colour
Dimensions: Tabloid
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing series
Publication Type: magazine
Information thanks to the Grand Comics Database
TV Century 21, later renamed TV21 (from issue 155), TV21 and Tornado (from issue 192), TV21 and Joe 90 (from issue 243), TV21 (from issue 278) and TV21 and Valiant (from issue 347), was a weekly British children’s comic published by City Magazines during the latter half of the 1960s.
The comic dropped the “Century” from its title in January 1968, after 155 issues, and became known as TV21. The previous year, the character of the “indestructible” Captain Scarlet, the hero of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967 – 68), had made his first appearance. The backstory of the Mysterons, Scarlet’s Martian enemies, was being revealed in TV Tornado, another City Magazines publication. In September 1968, after 192 issues, TV21 merged with TV Tornado to form TV21 and Tornado.
Strips included:
– American “The Adventures of Tarzan” reprints
– Burke’s Law”
– Captain Scarlet”
– Clancy Clott: Magician’s Mate”
– The Daleks”
– Fireball XL5″
– Forward from the Back-Streets”
– I’ve Got a Sports-Mad Dad”
– The Kid King”
– Lady Penelope” (Frank Langford)
– Land of the Giants”
– My Favourite Martian”
– The Saint”
– American “Spider-Man” reprints
– Star Trek”
– Stingray”
– Supercar”
– Tarzan” (from TV Tornado)
– Thunderbirds” (Frank Bellamy)
– The Tuffs of Terror Island”
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1965 1965 1965 1965 1965
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1-16
17-32
33-49
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1966 1966 1966 1966 1966
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50-62
63-75
76-88
89-102
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1967 1967 1967 1967 1967
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103-115
116-128
129-141
142-154
Publisher: City Magazines-Century 21 Publications
Publication Dates: 6 January 1968 – 14 September 1968
Number of Issues Published: 37 (#155 – #191)
Color: Colour Cover
Dimensions: Magazine Size
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing series
Publication Type: magazine
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1968 1968 1968 1968 1968
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Namechange to TV21
155-172
Free Gift 155
173-191
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1968 1968 1968 1968 1968
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Publisher: City Magazines-Century 21 Publications
Publication Dates: 21 September 1968 – 6 September 1969
Number of Issues Published: 51 (#192 – #242)
Color: Colour
Binding: Folded
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Publication Type: magazine
Some storylines continued in TV21 & Joe 90 (City Magazines; Century 21 Publications, 1969 series) #1.
Namechange to TV21 and TV Tornado
192-206
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1969 1969 1969 1969 1969
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207-218
219-230
231-242
243
Publisher: City Magazines-Century 21 Publications
Publication Dates: 13/27 September 1969 – 30 May 1970
Number of Issues Published: 36 (#1 – #36)
Color: Colour
Publication Type: magazine
Merger of TV21 and TV Tornado (City Magazines; Century 21 Publications, 1969 series) and Joe 90 Top Secret (City Magazines; Century 21 Publications, 1969 series).
Numbering continues with TV21 (City Magazines, 1970 series) #37
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1969 1969 1969 1969 1969
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New Series
TV21 and Joe90
1-14
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1970 1970 1970 1970 1970
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15-25
26-36
Publisher: City Magazines-Century 21 Publications
Publication Dates: 6th June 1970 – 26th June 1971
Number of Issues Published: 56 (#37 – #92)
Color: Colour
Publication Type: magazine
Namechange to TV21
37-51
52-66
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1971 1971 1971 1971 1971
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67-79
80-92
Publisher: IPC
Publication Dates: 3rd July 1971 – 25th September 1971
Number of Issues Published: 13 (#93 – #105)
Color: Colour Cover
Publication Type: magazine
Merged with Valiant and TV21 (IPC, 1971 series).
93-105
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ANNUAL ANNUAL ANNUAL ANNUAL
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TV Century21 Annual 1965
TV Century21 Annual 1966
TV Century21 Annual 1967
TV21 Annual 1969
TV21 Annual 1970
TV21 Annual 1971
TV21 Annual 1972
TV21 Annual 1973
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EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA
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International Extra 1965
Stingray Special 1965
Summer Extra 1965
Thunderbirds Extra 1965
TV21 Summer Extra 1966
TV21 Thunderbirds Are Go! 1966
Spring Extra 1967
