TV Century 21 cover stories

TV Century 21 cover stories were short stories printed on the front page of the magazine TV Century 21, later known as TV21 and TV21 and Tornado.
== Format ==
Each issue of TV21 was framed as a news magazine published exactly one hundred years in the future, with most of its series and features taking place in a single universe and shared continuity in the 2060s. These stories interacted with each other to varying degrees, but were most often brought together by the cover stories.
As part of its "magazine from the future" conceit, TV21 did not possess a conventional magazine cover in its beginning, with the space instead being filled by prose fiction in the format and style of front page newspaper articles. For a brief period, from TV21 150 to TV21 153, the cover stories spanned a total of two pages each by occupying the backcover as well. These stories often tied-in to events occurring in the ongoing comic serials contained within each issue and, by expounding upon what was seen in those strips or revealing important related details not present in their parent works, the cover stories were essentially extensions of the narratives which they referenced.
TV21 ditched cover stories at the end of 1967, replacing them with the similarly-formatted TV21 Stop Press series which was positioned further into each issue, while the first page of the Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons comic strip was promoted to the cover. Cover stories were later reintroduced for a short time, being utilised somewhat sporadically from February 1969 until the publication's merger with Joe 90 Top Secret in September of that year.
== Crossovers with the DWU ==
TV Century 21 published The Daleks from 1965 to 1967 and this series was no exception with regards to appearances in cover stories, with reports on Skaro or the Golden Emperor's conquests regularly making the headlines during this time. Additionally, some cover stories also featured Astra, originally created by David Whitaker for the First Doctor television story The Rescue, or other Doctor Who universe elements such as Unity City.
The following cover stories involved DWU elements and are thus covered on this Wiki:
Title 	Issue	Released 	Parent DWU stories
Stingray Attacked! 	2 	30 January 1965 	The Batmen, Genesis of Evil
Fireball Surrenders! 	4 	13 February 1965 	The Batmen, Mr. Steelman, Power Play
Titan Declares War! 	5 	20 February 1965 	Mr. Steelman, Power Play
Marineville Waits! 	7 	6 March 1965 	Mr. Steelman
Superjet Shot Down 	8 	13 March 1965 	Curse of the Crustavons, Power Play
Jungle Terror! 	9 	20 March 1965 	Curse of the Crustavons, Power Play
Earth in Peril! 	10 	27 March 1965 	Curse of the Crustavons
Stingray Hunts Aliens 	11 	3 April 1965 	Curse of the Crustavons, Duel of the Daleks
Scoop! 	13 	17 April 1965 	Curse of the Crustavons
Zodiac's Rescue Bid! 	14 	24 April 1965 	Who Killed Elias Hoodreim?, Duel of the Daleks
Battle in Space 	15 	1 May 1965 	Space Border Battle
Atlanta Kidnapped! 	16 	8 May 1965 	Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts..., The Atlanta Kidnap Affair
Fireball Mystery Flight! 	17 	15 May 1965 	President Offers Peace...
Tempest Awarded V.M. 	18 	22 May 1965 	The Atlanta Kidnap Affair, The Amaryll Challenge
Kaplan Assassinated! 	19 	29 May 1965 	Assassination!, On the Trail of the Kaplan's Killer...
Stingray Searches 	20 	5 June 1965 	Zodiac Makes An Arrest, The Atlanta Kidnap Affair
Stingray Breaks Out! 	21 	12 June 1965 	The Atlanta Kidnap Affair
Zodiac Sends For Stingray! 	22 	19 June 1965 	Assassins Escape!, Stingray
Daleks Seek New Conquests 	23 	26 June 1965 	The Amaryll Challenge
XL5 Collision Course! 	24 	3 July 1965 	XL5 Under Attack, The Return of Mr. Steelman, The Amaryll Challenge
Ghost Castle Mutiny 	25 	10 July 1965 	The Return of Mr. Steelman
Civil War 	26 	17 July 1965 	Astra's Final Battle
Spaceship S.O.S. 	27 	24 July 1965 	The Giant Ant Invasion
Peaceful Thals Ambushed! 	28 	31 July 1965 	Who Killed Lord Nelson?, The Giant Ant Invasion, The Story of the Film, The Penta Ray Factor
Bullion Train 	29 	7 August 1965 	The Giant Ant Invasion, The Return of Mr. Steelman
Ghost Ship Hunted! 	30 	14 August 1965 	The Return of Mr. Steelman
World Government Official Missing	31 	21 August 1965 	The Return of Mr. Steelman
New York Blaze 	32 	28 August 1965 	The Giant Ant Invasion
Black Forest Siege! 	33 	4 September 1965 	The Return of Mr. Steelman
Ice Planet Mystery 	34 	11 September 1965	Icemen of Space, Plague of Death
Daleks Suffer Heavy Losses! 	36 	25 September 1965	Who Killed Death?, Plague of Death
Revolutionary Engine For XL5 	39 	16 October 1965 	Icemen of Space
Fireball Explosion! 	40 	23 October 1965 	Emergency Landing!, The Menace of the Monstrons
FAB1 Back in Action! 	42 	6 November 1965 	Emergency Landing!, The Menace of the Monstrons
Britain Protests! 	43 	13 November 1965 	Emergency Landing!, Down With The Director
World Weather Chaos! 	46 	4 December 1965 	The Menace of the Monstrons
Help Plea from Planet 	47 	11 December 1965 	Eve of the War
World Emergency 	49 	25 December 1965 	N/A
Daleks Hit Back! 	50 	1 January 1966 	Eve of the War
Time Barrier Busted 	51 	8 January 1966 	The Vanishing Ray
Admiral Beatty Arrested 	55 	5 February 1966 	Admiral Beatty Arrest Sensation
Crown Jewels Stolen 	59 	5 March 1966 	N/A
Thunderbird Two 	62 	26 March 1966 	The Rogue Planet
"We Want Thunderbirds!" 	65 	16 April 1966 	The Syntex Mystery
Destroy Space City 	68 	7 May 1966 	The Syntex Mystery
Search and Destroy 	69 	14 May 1966 	The Syntex Mystery
Space Hi-Jack 	72 	4 June 1966 	The Black Ship
World Navy Sub Turns Pirate 	74 	18 June 1966 	The Black Ship
"Come In, Tempest" 	78 	16 July 1966 	Legacy of Yesteryear
Welsh Volcano Erupts 	83 	20 August 1966 	Solar Danger
Stingray Goes Overland 	84 	27 August 1966 	Solar Danger
Destination Sun 	85 	3 September 1966 	Solar Danger
Sunflare Claims TB3 	86 	10 September 1966	Solar Danger
Daleks Face Destruction 	87 	17 September 1966	Solar Danger, The Reactor, Shadow of Humanity
Operation Sunburst Begins! 	88 	24 September 1966	Solar Danger
Suicide! 	89 	1 October 1966 	Solar Danger
Monster Attacks Thunderbird 3 	90 	8 October 1966 	Solar Danger
Thunderbird One 	91 	15 October 1966 	Solar Danger
Time Runs Out For Thunderbird 3 	92 	22 October 1966 	Solar Danger
Death-Lake Terror 	93 	29 October 1966 	Solar Danger
Disaster! 	95 	12 November 1966 	Solar Danger
XL5 on Terror Planet 	96 	19 November 1966 	Solar Danger
TB 4 Trapped! 	97 	26 November 1966 	Solar Danger
Stingray Storm! 	107 	4 February 1967 	Fireball XL5
Ambush! 	110 	25 February 1967 	Fireball XL5
Trackdown! 	111 	4 March 1967 	Fireball XL5
Thunderbirds on Secret Mission 	113 	18 March 1967 	N/A
Mars Ship Hi-Jacked 	118 	8 April 1967 	The Shrink Ray
World Mourns Dead Space Hero 	119 	15 April 1967 	The Shrink Ray
Steve Zodiac Alive! 	127 	24 June 1967 	The Shrink Ray
TB4 Trapped Under Liner 	134 	12 August 1967 	The Premonitions
Miami Beach Disaster 	135 	19 August 1967 	The Premonitions
Capt. Black Mars Expedition Lost!	137 	2 September 1967 	The Premonitions
SPECTRUM is Green 	140 	23 September 1967	SPECTRUM
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons	141 	30 September 1967	We Will Destroy Unity City
Captain Scarlet Our Only Hope 	142 	7 October 1967 	We Will Destroy Unity City
Indestructible 	143 	14 October 1967 	We Will Destroy Unity City
Mysterons Destroy Cloudbase? 	144 	21 October 1967 	We Will Destroy Unity City
4 Hours to Live! 	145 	28 October 1967 	We Will Destroy Unity City
Is Scarlet Dead? 	146 	4 November 1967 	We Will Destroy Unity City
Thunderbirds Fail 	148 	18 November 1967 	We Will Destroy Unity City
Scarlet Kidnapped! 	149 	25 November 1967 	We Will Destroy Unity City
Mysterons Strike First 	150 	2 December 1967 	The Giant Seed
Marineville Ablaze 	151 	9 December 1967 	N/A
Where is Scarlet? 	152 	16 December 1967 	N/A
Landslide! 	218 	22 March 1969 	City of Doom, The Big Tip-Off!
Radiation Hazard! 	219 	29 March 1969 	City of Doom, The Big Tip-Off!
7,124 M.P.H. 	220 	5 April 1969 	Planet of Bones
Crash Dive! 	221 	12 April 1969 	City of Doom, Planet of Bones
Mole Doomed! 	223 	26 April 1969 	City of Doom, Spectrum Top Security File No. CZ6PA
Football United Starts Today! 	225 	10 May 1969 	Capture
Mercy Mission! 	226 	17 May 1969 	City of Doom
Hero Award 	230 	14 June 1969 	Captain Scarlet
Space Freak! 	231 	21 June 1969 	Prisoners of the Eye Leaves
New Hope for Ultra-Sonic Pilots! 	232 	28 June 1969 	Collision Course Threat!
The Guinea Pig! 	233 	5 July 1969 	Collision Course Threat!
Trapped! 	236 	26 July 1969 	Prisoners of the Eye Leaves
Mysteron Alert! 	243 	October 2014 	Spectrum News Flash: Scarlet in Pursuit of Mysteron Agent
Stingray Strikes Back! 	245 	October 2014 	Flash: XL5 Crew Held on Astra
Zodiac Death Sentence! 	246 	October 2014 	Flash: XL5 Crew Held on Astra, Spectrum News Flash: Scarlet in Pursuit of Mysteron Agent
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