A new Terrahawks Comic Anthology is available to pre-order now from Anderson Entertainment, and other items devoted to the show, first broadcast in October 1983 in the UK, including an all-new graphic novel.
Terrahawks was Gerry Anderson’s first in over a decade to use puppets for its characters – and also his last. Launched on ITV on 8th October 1983, the cult classic spacefantasy series, filmed in Supermarcromation, tells the exploits of the heroic Terrahawks and their efforts in defending Earth against the villainousalien android Zelda, her grotesque family and herhordes of monsters.
“With its surreal, memorable characters, imaginative adventures and spectacular specialeffects, Terrahawks easily captured the youngminds of a new generation of Gerry Andersonfans,” say Anderson Entertainment.
Designed by Robert Hammond, the new 144-page collection contains all the Look-in strips, plus features, articles and interviews conducted by Fred McNamara, and is available to preorder here from Anderson Entertainment.
Also available to order now is Fred’s new Terrahawks book, Flaming Thunderbolts! The Definitive Story of Terrahawks.
The book celebrates 40 years ofGerry Anderson and Christopher Burr’s classic action-comedy series, with in-depth details about the making of the series, interviews, episode guides of both the television series and audio continuation, behind-the-scenes images, and much, much more.
Finally, there’s a new chapter in the long life of Terrahawks on offer too, in the form of a new graphic novel, Terrahawks: Deep Blue Z, offering two new adventures penned by Chris Thompson and Andrew Clements, with art by Connor Flanagan.
A mysterious force ravages bases and shipping across the Arctic Circle and the Terrahawks are despatched to investigate. What they discover is Zelda’s largest and most deadly monster to date. With Tiger and Mary trapped in the belly of the beast, the Terrahawks must choose between their lives or the creature’s next target.
Meanwhile a conflict in space forces Sgt Major Zero to prove his metal once and for all…
• Preorder the Terrahawks Comic Anthology direct from Anderson Entertainment
• Preorder Flaming Thunderbolts! direct from Anderson Entertainment
• Preorder Terrahawks: Deep Blue Z direct from Anderson Entertainment
• More Terrahawks 40th Anniversary merchandise from Anderson Entertainment
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.
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