Century 21 Collection News – Volume Four on course

By John Freeman on March 31, 2010

Details of the strips in Century 21: Classic Comic Strips from the Worlds of Gerry Anderson Volume 4: Above and Beyond – the latest in a great series of books from Reynolds & Hearn featuring some of the best strips from the Gerry Anderson-inspired weekly comic TV Century 21 and other comics – have just been released.

Century 21: Classic Comic Strips from the Worlds of Gerry Anderson Vol 4: Above and Beyond

FIREBALL XL5: Timeslip – Art by Mike Noble

FIREBALL XL5: The Sword of Damacles – Art by Mike Noble

STINGRAY: The Flying Fish – Art by Ron Embleton

THUNDERBIRDS: Destination Sun – Art by Frank Bellamy and Don Harley

THUNDERBIRDS: The Quake Maker – Art by Frank Bellamy

ZERO X: The Ghosts of Saturn – Art by Mike Noble

CAPTAIN SCARLET: Unity – Art by Ron Embleton

CAPTAIN SCARLET: Satellite 4 – Art by Ron Embleton

UFO: The Movies – Art by Martin Asbury

The book is available in paperback (ISBN 978 1 904674 15 3) from all good bookshops but there’s also a limited edition hardback (ISBN 978 1 904674 14 6) on offer only from the publisher’s web site (www.rhbooks.com), signed by Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson.

Reynolds & Hearn have also announced that their Century 21 Annual 2011 – collecting stories from the classic TV Century 21 annuals from the 1960s – will now go ahead next year after all. Expect to see the book released in August.

The released dummy cover comprises images from several of the original annual covers.

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.