Speed and Power Stripped Down

I managed to find some issues of Speed and Power magazine in an online archive and had a trawl through to remind myself of any space articles. I was surprised to find there are comparatively few, with the majority of the magazines being given over to cars and airplanes. There is some beautiful artwork in there from aviation illustrator Ian Kennedy and other colour plates of classic aircraft. 

Before it merged with Look and Learn, it featured a brief run of an action and adventure comic strip illustrated by Oliver Frey of Trigan Empire fame. It was a black and white strip which involved a group called SOS International, who seemed to be a team of trouble shooters who delighted in basically knocking seven bells out of anyone attempting to stand in the way of technological progress. 

My favourit strip was 'Space Race' which features a space glider like craft bearing a remotely detonated nuke. Apparently russian in origin, SOS bravely step in to get winched on to the runaway craft and save the day.

Frey's artwork is dynamic and powerful, with some great paintings of the drone craft and various other vehicles which featured in the magazine, such as the Twister ATV and Osprey Tiltrotor.