The first Avengers annual appeared in 1967 and was published by Atlas.
It features John Steed and Emma Peel, and just like most annuals, its full of strips, text stories and behind the scenes features on the series.
The second annual from 1968 features John Steed and Tara King and is similar to the previous annual.
My particular annual is quite special as I got it signed by Linda Thorson aka Tara King at one of the Cult TV conventions.
And below is the final annual from 1969, the year the original Avengers finished. Again, very similar in content.
The comic features two colourised and reformatted stories from TV comic - The Roman Invasion and the Mirage Maker.
In 1990 Eclipse Books published a three-part comic book series in the USA called Steed and Mrs Peel, presumably for the same reason Gold Key used John Steed Emma Peel.
The writing credits for the first part is Grant Morrison, while the second and third instalments are credited to both Grant Morrison and Anne Caulfield. The art is by Ian Gibson.
Tara King does make an appearance too.
I've got that third Annual. One day the first two will also be mine. Hahahahahahahahahaha! Oops! Got carried away a bit there.
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ReplyDeleteThe Avengers is The Great Spy Drama Series Broadcast by ABC Television(ITV)From 1961-69 for The last Eight Years Starring Ian Hendry & Patrick Macnee as Doctor David Keel & John Steed as The Original Crimebusters.
ReplyDeleteHonor Blackman as Cathy Gale,Diana Rigg as Emma Peel & Linda Thorson as Tara King.
Patrick Newell as The infamous Boss,Mother and The Famous Stars alongside William Franklyn,Peter Cushing,Christopher Lee,Penelope Keith,Angela Browne,Sally Smith of The Human Jungle fame,Geoffrey Palmer,Leonard Rossiter,Warren Mitchell,Alfred Burke,Sylvia Langova,Jackie Pallo Wrestled with Cathy Gale in The Graveyard and Knocked Him Out Cold & Peter Barkworth.
Sylvia Langova as Susan in The 1961 Original Episode of The Avengers,Dragonsfield Written by Terence Feely is Great Alongside Barbara Shelley as Lisa.
The Avengers is The Cult Spy Show from 1961-69 for ABC-Thames & The Re-Runs of ITV-4.
Terry Christie,
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