In April 1983 the British comic Look-In ran a story-line in it's Star Fleet strip involving what SWORD fans recognise as a Nuclear Ferry nearly twenty years after its appearance as a Century 21 toy.
The strip was illustrated by the late great Mike Noble, who was well-known to fans of TV21.
The entire Star Fleet Look-In strip is available to view online over at the excellent Star Fleet X Bomber webpage created by superfan DJ Dust. I contacted DJ and asked if I could post the April strips depicting the Nuclear Ferry [called a 'Tanker'] who replied as follows:
The strip was illustrated by the late great Mike Noble, who was well-known to fans of TV21.
The entire Star Fleet Look-In strip is available to view online over at the excellent Star Fleet X Bomber webpage created by superfan DJ Dust. I contacted DJ and asked if I could post the April strips depicting the Nuclear Ferry [called a 'Tanker'] who replied as follows:
Hi Woodsy
Thanks for the email, and when I say that, I actually really mean it. I
find these days that people just take stuff off web sites and pass it off as
their own and if you ask them about it, get incredibly defensive and
rude!! I've got no problem at all with you borrowing anything you want from
F-Zero-One. Help yourself mate... :)
cheers
DJ Dust
Some of you may remember in January 2012 generous blog readers clubbed together to buy Wotan an original page of Mike Noble artwork from the Star Fleet strip for his 50th Birthday from The Book Palace. Like an episode from the Twilight Zone, Wote blogged about Mike Noble's Star Fleet Christmas 2011, not knowing he would be the owner of the original art a month later! The Book Palace still have original Star Fleet art for sale should you wish to dream!
So, what do you think of Mike Noble's version of the Nuclear Ferry?
Re-posted from 2012
Re-posted from 2012
the artwork is a very treasured possession, for a number of reasons, primarily as a testament to the generosity and friendship of the blog supporters involved, but also as a piece of actual art from Mike noble, my favourite TV 21 artist. Not to mention the wonderful Nuclear ferry variation!
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