*TV & Film Related Comics: Our Free Gift Farrago opens with the first three issues of Countdown, the 1971 successor to TV 21 which carried on the Gerry Anderson strips such as “Captain Scarlet”, “Thunderbirds” and “Stingray”, while adding series like “Dr. Who” and “Secret Service” in to the mix. The best-kept secret of the series, however, was the eponymous strip “Countdown”, a brand-new space opera stylishly illustrated by John M. Burns. Of these three issues, #1 and #3 have the original Free Gifts – ‘Spacefact’ stamps/stickers in both #1 and #3, plus the Giant ‘Spacefact’ Wallchart in issue #1! All in a sparkling Fine condition: #1 (with chart and stamps) £125, #2 (no free gift) £20, #3 (with stamps) £50.