Category Archives: Saint

TV Tornado Comic No 36 Mysterons Cover

1960’s children’s comic. Features both text and strip stories relating to many classic TV series of the period.

Issue 36 September 16th, 1967.
Featured in this issue:

The Green Hornet “Horror in Wax”
The Saint in “The Death Maker”
Man from U.N.C.L.E. in “The Solid lake Affair”
The Mysterons (From Captain Scarlet)
The Lone Ranger “The Lone Ranger’s Mask” pt5 Unmasked
Tarzan “Jungle Terror”.
Original Price 6d

1965 Television Show Book

Annual sized book contains features and photographs of TV shows around at the time.

Including:
Dr Kildare
Bonanza
Burke’s Law
The Beatles
Danger Man
Beverly Hillbillies
The Fugitive
Z Cars
Stingray
No Hiding Place
Ben Casey
Suger Foot
Rawhide
Gunsmoke
The Dakotas
The Saint
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Gideon’s Way
Emergency Ward 10
Compact
Coronation Street
Redcap
The Human Jungle
77 Sunset Strip
Route 66
The Avengers

Enter the Saint USA Paperback

During the 1960’s several of the Saint books were reissued in America, with photo covers from the Roger Moore TV series, by the Fiction Publishing Company.

This one is Enter the Saint.

Photo cover edition Original Price $0.50

TV Tornado Comic No 40 Tarzan Cover

1960’s children’s comic. Features both text and strip stories relating to many classic TV series of the period.

Issue 40 October 14th, 1967.
Featured in this issue:
The Saint in “Curse of the Betrayed”
Man from U.N.C.L.E. in “The Catacombs Affair”
The Mysterons (From Captain Scarlet)
The Lone Ranger “Gold Town Trouble” pt1
Tarzan “Jungle captive”.
Half Page article on “Patrick McGoohan : TV’s Prisoner”
Original Price 6d

TV Tornado Comic No 39

1960’s children’s comic. Features both text and strip stories relating to many classic TV series of the period.

Issue 39 October 7th, 1967.
Featured in this issue:
The Saint in “The Black Hood”
Man from U.N.C.L.E. in “The Eyes in the Sky Affair”
The Mysterons (From Captain Scarlet)
The Lone ranger “Lost in Wild Horse Vally” pt3 The Saving Shot
Tarzan “Kidnap”.
Full Page advert for Bonanza toys.
Original Price 6d

Super DC No 1

Comic featuring mostly reprints of American DC comics. In this issues is a small piece on Patrick Macnee as Steed and a centre spread on the Saint. Also a small quiz on Sexton Blake.

Original price 1/-

TV Tornado Comic No 27 Tarzan Cover

1960’s children’s comic. Features both text and strip stories relating to many classic TV series of the period.

Issue 27 July 15th 1967.
Featured in this issue:
The Saint in “Mafia Vengengeance”
Man from U.N.C.L.E. in “The Knights’ Move Affair”
Tarzan “The Slavers”.
The Lone ranger “Terror on the Tracks” pt2
The Green Hornet in “Quick Thinking”
Half Page Doctor Who Skyray Ice Lolly advert.
The Invaders “The Alien Terror”
Magnus Robot Fighter
Original Price 6d

TV Tornado Comic No 26 Invaders Cover

1960’s children’s comic. Features both text and strip stories relating to many classic TV series of the period.

Issue 26 July 8th 1967.
Featured in this issue:
The Saint in “The rebels”
Man from U.N.C.L.E. in “The Cuckoo in the Nest Affair”
Tarzan “The Duel”.
The Lone ranger “Terror on the Tracks” pt1
The Green Hornet in “Fire by Night”
Full Page Thunderbirds Advert / Competion (Zoom Ice Lollys).
The Invaders “The Ice Box Terror”
Original Price 6d

TV Tornado Comic No 24 Saint Cover

1960’s children’s comic. Features both text and strip stories relating to many classic TV series of the period.

Issue 24 June 24th 1967.
Featured in this issue:
TV quiz on Seaway
The Saint in “Alpine Adventure”
Man from U.N.C.L.E. in “The Gondolier Affair”
Tarzan “Treachery”.
Bonanza full page advert for toys.
The Lone ranger “The Wagon Train Ambush” pt1
Star Spot Diana Rigg of the Avengers
Phantom
The Invaders “The Iron Fist”
Half page advert for Doctor Who Skyray ice lollys.
Green Hornet Gadgetry
Magnus Robot Fighter
Original Price 6d

TV Tornado Comic No 19

1960’s children’s comic. Features both text and strip stories relating to many classic TV series of the period.
Saint strip story “Hired for Murder”
A text story for the Man from U.N.C.L.E. “The Guilded Lily Affair”.
Tarzan strip story “The Lost Hunter”
Lone Ranger strip story “The Unwanted Gun”
A Green Hornet strip story “The Crank Killers”.
Text Invaders story “Rock of Doom”.

Original Price 6d

 

 

Television Stars Book Circa 1967

This Television star book is a veritable who’s who of TV stars of the year containing photographs or features off or on: The Saint, I Spy, Batman, The Man and Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Emergency Ward 10, The Human Jungle, The Munsters, The Power Game, The Avengers, The FBI (This is of interest to 77 Sunset strip fans as it is about Efrem Zibalist Jnr who stared in that), Take your Pick, Double your Money, The Prisoner, Morecambe and Wise (This features a photograph of Sean Connery visiting the lads on set), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Bonanza, Honey West, Dr Finlay’s Casebook, The Baron, The Big Valley, T.H.E. Cat, Peyton place, Man in a suitcase, Public Eye, Lost in Space, The Virginian, Daktari, Get Smart, The Fugitive, No Hiding Place, Redcap.

There are several books or annuals of this type in the collection, but none have quite as an impressive selection of so many of this type of Cult TV show within their pages.

Published by Purnell & Sons ltd, no year is given but given the contents this has to be from around 1967.

David Tomlinson / Richard Vernon Autograph

Autographed photograph from an episode of  “Playhouse” entitled “A Friend Indeed” dating from 1973. Produced by Anglia TV.  

David Tomlinson was best known as Mr Banks in Mary Poppins, he did very little TV work mostly working in Disney movies, he did guest however in an episode of Hawaii Five-0.

 While Richard Vernon was possibly best known as the planetary designer Slartibartfast (designer of fjords) in the BBC radio and TV series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. He had small roles in both the James Bond movie Goldfinger. The Intelligence Men with Morecambe and wise, and guest starred in The Avengers, The Saint, Department S, William Tell, Emergency Ward 10, No Hiding Place, Hadleigh, Dixon of Dock Green, Maigret, Z cars, U.F.O., The Persuaders, The Adventurer, to name just a few of his many appearences. 

TV Tornado Comic No 21

June 3rd 1967.
This issue features a Tarzan cover while inside it features:
A Saint strip story “Italian Episode”.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. text story “The Big Crunch Affair”
Tarzan strip story “Danger Trail”
The Lone Ranger strip story “Fire in wild horse valley”
Star Spot features Sue Lloyd of both the Baron and Harry Palmer films.
The Invaders text story “Run for your life”
Also a half page advert for Sky Ray ice lollys Doctor Who promotion.
Original price 6d

TV Tornado Comic No 15

1960’s children’s comic. Features both text and strip stories relating to many classic TV series of the period.
The Saint strip story “The Informer”.
A text story for the Man from U.N.C.L.E. “The Medicine Hat Affair”.
A Green Hornet strip story “Appointment with Vengeance”.
Tarzan strip story “Valley Battle”
The Lone Ranger strip story “The Stolen Stallion”
Star spot features Patrick McGoohan, Dangerman, The Prisoner.
The Invaders text story “Flames of Fury”.
Original Price 6d

 

TV Tornado Comic No 13

1960’s children’s comic. Features both text and strip stories relating to many classic TV series of the period. Small quiz featuring The Baron and The saint .
A text story for the Man from U.N.C.L.E. “The Big Beat Affair”.
A Green Hornet strip story “Pursuit to Danger”.
Text Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea story ” Island of Doom”.
Bonanza text story “Hurricane Riders”.
Who’s Who the Lone Ranger.
Tarzan strip story “Taran and Jungle Vengeance”
Original Price 6d

 

TV Tornado Comic No 55

1960’s children’s comic. Features both text and strip stories relating to many classic TV series of the period.

Issue 55 January 27th 1968.
Featured in this issue:
Behind the scenes of the Saint.
Man from U.N.C.L.E. in “The Napoleon’s Tomb Affair”
The Mysterons (Captain Scarlet)
Lone Ranger in “The Red River Rustlers” Pt 3
Phantom
Tarzan in “King of the Jungle”
Original price 6d

Saint Autograph card Julian Glover

Bonus card from the Very best of the Saint set issued by Cards Inc. in 2003.

Autographed by Julian Glover who appeared as Ramon Falconi in the episode Invitation to Danger.

 

Saint Autograph card David Graham

Bonus card from the Very best of the Saint set issued by Cards Inc. in 2003.

Autographed by David Graham who appeared as Juan Gamma in the episode The Unkind Philantropist.

Saint Autograph card Peter Copley

Bonus card from the Very best of the Saint set issued by Cards Inc. in 2003.

Autographed by Peter Copley who appeared as Don Morland in the episode The sign of the claw.

Saint costume Card

Bonus card from the Very best of the Saint set issued by Cards Inc. in 2003.

Costume card SC 2. Card has what is reputedly a small piece of fabric from a pair of trousers worn by Roger Moore as the Saint encased in it.

TV Tornado Comic No 64 Avengers cover

Issue 64. Dated March 30th 1968.

1960’s children’s comic. Features both text and strip stories relating to many classic TV series of the period.

This issue features John Steed of the Avengers on the cover, but next to no Avengers content inside. Tarzan’s adventures continued in a two page strip story “The Curse of Evil”. This weeks Text Man from U.N.C.L.E. story was “The Killer Bag Affair”. Issue includes a full page black and white advert for a Captain Scarlet offer on Sugar Smacks, while the Saint’s adventures continued with two pages of a strip story “Flight to Freedom”.

Original Price 7d

 

 

 

Look In 1971 Issue 21 Randall and Hopkirk cover

Look In comic issue 21 of 1971. Dated 29th May 1971.

This issue of the junior TV times features: Crowther in trouble, On the buses, Please Sir,  Lift off with Ayshea, Timeslip, Survival, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Freewheelers,   World of sport, How, Bright’s Boffins. Also a feature on TV Crimbusters including Hawaii Five-0, The saint, The Baron, Randall and Hopkirk (deceased), Department S.

Original price 5p

 

 

TV Times 1972-3 Dec 30 / Jan 5

TV listings magazine from 1972/3 features many popular TV shows of the period. Programmes this week included. Arthur of the Britons (With guest appearance of Mike Pratt from Randall and Hopkirk), Stingray, Hogan’s Heroes, The Adventures of Black Beauty, Public Eye, The Persuaders, Land of the Giants, The saint. Feature on Nyree Dawn Porter of the Protectors.
Original Price 5p