Contact 21 (short story): Difference between revisions

Cleever reveals his decision to put the letters on hold for the month but encourages people not to stop writing with their comments and questions about life in 2089.
Bermuda's first assassination took place "a century ago" when Governor Richard Sharples and his aide were murdered.
In 1973, the island of Bermuda had a population of fifty thousand, a number which tripled by 2089.
Cleever states he doesn't envy his USS/WIN friends the job of finding the homicidal needle responsible for killing the Kaplan in that haystack.
Only minutes are left before Brad Newman must take the Zero X main body out of Martian orbit.

Story notes

This story marked the first with Doctor Who universe elements to feature the TV Century 21 character Brent Cleever since The Assassin in October 1967.
By mentioning the World Intelligence Network, this story is also a crossover with Joe 90.

Brent Cleever says that the "grave news" from Unity City has cast a "dark shadow" over this edition of Action 21. (COMIC: Assassination!)
Cleever also reminds his readers of the drama on Mars; four men are lost and out of range of help from Kahra. (PROSE: Zero X: Four Crew Missing)

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