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New Thunderbirds Are Go magazine, new season UK launch date announced

By John Freeman on October 12, 2016

The latest issue of DC Thomson’s Thunderbirds Are Go magazine is on sale now in all good newsagents, and the second season’s UK launch date on ITV has been announced.

Thunderbirds Are Go Issue 14 - Comic Strip Sample

Art by Martin Baines

Inside the inevitable poly bag, lurking behind that creepy Hood mask – why would The Hood need a Hood mask, exactly? – there’s more great strip from artist Martin Baines, (samples above) which more than makes up for the odd free gift. (There are free headphones, too).

Thunderbirds Are Go season 2 launches in the UK October 22nd at 3.30pm on ITV. International Rescue return with season openers “Earthbreaker” and “Ghost Ship” for a one hour special on ITV.

Each new episode will premiere first and exclusively on ITV every Saturday afternoon, with another chance to catch the episodes on CITV at 8:30am on Sunday.

• Thunderbirds Are Go is available from all good newsagents, or subscribe here. Single back issues are also available here direct from DC Thomson

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as 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.