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|image = Comic Shades.jpg | |image = Comic Shades.jpg | ||
|series = ''[[Spectrum Shades]]'' stories | |series = ''[[Spectrum Shades]]'' stories | ||
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|setting = [[2068]] | |setting = [[2068]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = | ||
|illustrator = [[ | |illustrator = [[Phil Bevan|Philip Bevan]] | ||
|publisher = City Magazines | |publisher = City Magazines | ||
|editor = [[Chris Spencer]] | |editor = [[Chris Spencer]] | ||
|publication = TV21 181 | |publication = TV21 181 | ||
|release date = | |release date = 6 July 1968 | ||
|next = | |prev = Shade Report (short story) | ||
|next = Brainwave (short story) | |||
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'''''Comic Shades''''' was a ''[[Spectrum Shades]]'' short story printed in ''[[TV Century 21]]'' that contained elements from the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. | '''''Comic Shades''''' was a ''[[Spectrum Shades]]'' short story printed in ''[[TV Century 21]]'' that contained elements from the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. | ||
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* [[Charles Grey|Colonel White]] | * [[Charles Grey|Colonel White]] | ||
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* Shade Bevan is from [[Area Pink]]. | * Shade Bevan is from [[Area Pink]]. | ||
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[[Category:1968 short stories]] | [[Category:1968 short stories]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:05, 3 December 2024
Comic Shades was a Spectrum Shades short story printed in TV Century 21 that contained elements from the Doctor Who universe.
It marked the return of Philip Bevan, formerly a Universal Secret Service agent who reported on the activities of the Daleks, now having transferred to Spectrum.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
In response to the request for Shades' own comics in a previous issue of TV 21, Colonel White finishes examining readers' work. With the magazine asking him to choose one of the comics for review that week, he selects The Pillager by Philip Bevan. A black and white photograph is eventually printed depicting the three main characters, a police robot called the Law-keeper, the eponymous enemy and Richard, whose job it is to destroy the evil Pillager.
White elaborates that he was very impressed with Bevan's use of colour in his drawings and specifically noted the amount of action in the story. Reportedly, Bevan's story was one of ten he had written, drawn and coloured, each with two hundred pictures. White thinks "such determination and interest" to be worthy of a reward and so sends him ten pounds.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Shade Bevan is from Area Pink.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story was the first known to feature a Spectrum Shade who had previously appeared in TV Century 21 as a USS Junior Special Agent. Transfer from the Universal Secret Service to Spectrum was heavily encouraged in late 1967 as part of the promotion for Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Colonel White replaced Agent Twenty One as the steward of the letters page while the newly-formed Spectrum was stated to have taken over all duties of the USS on Earth.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Philip Bevan is still a keen producer of comics, which sometimes feature robots and police. (PROSE: From Philip Bevan)
