The Avengers [John Steed Emma Peel] #1
November 1968 · 0.15 USD · 36 pages
On sale 1968-08-01
Synopsis
John Steed and Emma Peel are having a picnic when it is interupted by two men wearing Roman armor having a sword fight. After one man is hurt Emma and John defeat the other and rush them both to a hospital. The uninjured man (Helmut, a foreign spy) escapes. John finds a clue in the wounded man's clothes and goes to check out where a movie with Roman soldiers is being filmed and is mistaken for an extra. Helmut recognizes him and tries to kill him during the filming of a fight scene. Emma has found out what is going on from the wounded british spy and arrives in time to save John.
Notes
Cover code: 10213-811. Adapted from the popular British television program The Avengers, which ran from 1961 to 1969 in the UK, created by Sydney Newman. On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Reprinted from
- TV Comic #756
- TV Comic #757
- TV Comic #758
- TV Comic #759
- TV Comic #760— two page strip per issue; layout changed for this reprinting
- TV Comic #761
- TV Comic #762
- TV Comic #763
- TV Comic #764
- TV Comic #765
- TV Comic #766— two page strip per issue; layout changed for this reprinting