British Update: Long Hot Summer: Lady Penelope Summer Extra 1966
*TV & Film Related Comics: Following her debut in TV Century 21 (where she acted as a ‘stealth pilot’ for International Rescue and the Thunderbirds TV series) Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward gained her own series in short order. Starting out in 1966, apart from Lady P herself, the early issues featured Marina, Space Family Robinson, the Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched and the Perils of Parker, all making an appearance in Her Ladyship’s one and only special edition, the 1966 Summer Extra. Possibly the rarest issue of the rarest Gerry Anderson-related series, this copy of the Summer Extra is only Fair; while overall the condition would rate a Good or Good+ grade, there has in the past been considerable damage to the upper right corner of the book, resulting in tears and fraying throughout. While mostly this is confined to the margin, leaving the story pages unimpaired, there is a small upper corner off the back cover, resulting in a tiny and inconsequential piece missing from the last page of the final Lady Penelope story. FA £75.