Project SWORD Comic

Time Bomb Comics brings you Project SWORD back from the pages of TV Century 21 in a brand new graphic novel adventure from writer Lizbeth Myles (Big Finish's Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and Survivors) and artist James Gray (IDW's Star Trek, Gerry Anderson's Space Precinct). 

Set in the apocalyptic future of 3031, Project SWORD imagines a future reshaped by catastrophe when a colossal meteorite strikes Earth and burrows into its core. Rather than ending the world outright, it destabilises the planet. Vast regions sink beneath rising seas, volcanic activity tears at the surface, and civilisation faces a slow, frightening collapse. The responsibility for saving humanity falls to the Space World Organisation for Research and Development - Project SWORD.

Project SWORD began life as a series of space exploration toys developed externally and bought in by Century 21 Merchandising, leading to Century 21 Publishing to develop tie-in media to publicise them. A popular misconception is that Project SWORD was a lost concept of Gerry Anderson's which was intended to become the latest hit TV series from Century 21 Productions. At a time when the company's merchandise efforts were arguably outstripping the television and films themselves in popularity, Project SWORD's main conceit appears to have been a determined effort to produce a wholly original concept from Century 21 Merchandising that wouldn't require a TV series to bolster its publicity.

Project SWORD was initially publicised as a black-and-white comic strip in the pages of SOLO before morphing into an ongoing series of short text stories in TV Century 21, illustrated by the likes of Don Lawrence, Ron Embleton, Malcolm Stokes, Jon Davies and more. The SWORD experience peaks with the bleakly brilliant 1969 Project SWORD annual, assembled by TV21 script editor Angus Allan and chiefly illustrated by Stokes, Tom Kerr and Michael Strand. 

Time Bomb Comics' renewed Project SWORD reimagines the core concept, with artist James Gray taking the original concept ideas and creating modern designs, vehicles and hardware inspired by the original Space World Organisation for Research and Development.

Gerry Anderson's Project SWORD is the latest Anderson title from Time Bomb Comics, who have previously published the Spectrum anthology, comprising of new comic adventures for New Captain Scarlet, Space Precinct and Terrahawks.

Comic details: 257 mm x 168 mm – perfect bound – hardback edition - 48 page full colour