Captain's Library & Theatre: SPACE: 1999 "This Insect Earth" Conclusion & "Return to the Beginning"

When Last We Left Our Space-Going Refugees...

Art byArnaldo Putzu

...the synopsis below covers everything you need to know up to this point!

The next story arc takes them to Mars, still over a thousand years in the future!
This tale from the British Look-In magazine was written by Angus P Allen and illustrated by John M Burns (who had worked on Lady Penelope, and other Gerry Anderson-based strips, but is best known for his art on Judge Dredd and Dan Dare).

Yesterday, we mentioned another version of the "Moon returns to Earth in another time period" plot, so here it is...
"Return to the Beginning" as presented by Power Records!

It's the second and last Power Records story (besides "Breakaway") adapted into comic form.

(The other Space: 1999 audio stories weren't illustrated.)
Art by Rich Buckler, Russ Heath, Mike Netzer, Alan Weiss, and Dick Giordano (and possibly other Continuity Associates/Crusty Bunker personnel).

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Captain's Library: SPACE: 1999 "This Insect Earth" Part 1

In England, instead of a comic book, Space: 1999 appeared as a weekly strip...

...beginning with this story that appeared the month the show debuted on TV, September, 1975!

Actually, you'll see the conclusion tomorrow!

This serialized tale from the British mag Look-In was written by Angus P Allen and illustrated by John M Burns (who had worked on various other Gerry Anderson bases strips, but is best known for his art on Judge Dredd and Dan Dare).

Note: the Year One episode "Another Time, Another Place" (which also featured the Alphans landing on an Earth, albeit a parallel Earth) had not yet aired, so a story about a return to their home world wouldn't be unlikely.

In fact, Power Records also did a "return to Earth via time travel" tale, but had the Alphans going into the past where they encountered Noah just before the Great Flood!

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Captain's Library & Theatre: SUPERCAR "Dangerous Rescue" Conclusion

When Last We Left The Marvel of the Age (as the theme song describes it)...

Art by George Wilson

Investigating a volcano about to erupt, Dr Beeker lands near it's base to set up recording devices while Mike Mercury flies Supercar around to the other side to plant more sensors.

But the volcano begins erupting ahead of it's predicted time, and Beeker is trapped!

Mike pilots Supercar back to rescue Beeker, but a volcanic rock, propelled by the eruption, cracks the vehicle's canopy, compromising the ship's ability to protect the crew from poisonous fumes spewing from the volcano.

Mike lands and detaches the canopy to effect repairs while Professor Popkiss uses a remote control system at their headquarters to send Supercar back to Dr Beeker.

However, without the canopy, more rocks hit the vehicle's interior, damaging the controls.

Popkiss manages to guide Supercar back to Mike Mercury, who has finished patching the canopy, and re-attaches it to the ship to make another attempt to retrive the stranded Beeker...

The cover story from Gold Key's Supercar #3 (1963) was written by Paul S Newman and illustrated by Ray Osrin.

Since we mentioned the theme song earlier, here it is...

Catchy, eh?
Be back next week for another Gerry Anderson series in comic form!

Captain's Library: SUPERCAR "Dangerous Rescue" Part 1

The first of Gerry Anderson's TV series to receive a comic adaptation in the US...

...was also the first of his shows to appear on American TV screens!

Indeed, we will...TOMORROW!

This lead story from Gold Key's Supercar #3 (1963) was written by Paul S Newman and illustrated by Ray Osrin.

BTW, you'll note that Osrin's rendition of the characters is closer to the actual puppets than the later Fireball XL5 comic, which made them normally-proportioned humans.

Maybe that's the reason the American Fireball XL5 comic lasted only one issue!