Ron Turner (artist)
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Ron Turner was a British
United Kingdom
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 illustrator and comic book artist
Comic Book Artist
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.

Early life and career

Ron Turner became interested in science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 at an early age, with numerous works across several media: the novels of H.G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.-Biography:...

, and Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...

; films and film serials such as Metropolis
Metropolis (film)
Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist film in the science-fiction genre directed by Fritz Lang. Produced in Germany during a stable period of the Weimar Republic, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and makes use of this context to explore the social crisis between workers and...

, Things to Come
Things to Come
Things to Come is a British science fiction film produced by Alexander Korda and directed by William Cameron Menzies. The screenplay was written by H. G. Wells and is a loose adaptation of his own 1933 novel The Shape of Things to Come and his 1931 non-fiction work, The Work, Wealth and Happiness...

, and Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon (serial)
Flash Gordon is a 1936 science fiction film serial. Told in 13 installments, it was the first screen adventure for the comic-strip character Flash Gordon, and tells the story of his first visit to the planet Mongo and his encounter with the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. Buster Crabbe, Jean...

; and Alex Raymond
Alex Raymond
Alexander Gillespie "Alex" Raymond was an American cartoonist, best known for creating Flash Gordon for King Features in 1934...

's comic strips. He developed a keen interest in American science-fiction pulp magazines, such as Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction...

and Astounding Stories
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...

(now known as Analog Science Fiction
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...

), and Turner first began to develop his talent by attempting to copy the often spectacular cover illustrations.

In 1936, at age 14, Turner first got work as an apprentice in Odhams, a London art studio and publishing house. By 1938, Turner was providing illustrations for the British magazine Modern Wonder. In 1940, Turner's professional art career was interrupted by World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, and he was drafted into the British army. He returned to professional illustration in the late 1940s, getting a job drawing comic strips for Scion Ltd.'s Big series, mostly centered around the crew of the "Atomic Mole", a subterranean craft, who would explore the habitable spaces
Hollow Earth
The Hollow Earth hypothesis proposes that the planet Earth is either entirely hollow or otherwise contains a substantial interior space. The hypothesis has been shown to be wrong by observational evidence, as well as by the modern understanding of planet formation; the scientific community has...

 beneath the Earth's crust.

Odhams eventually began publishing a line of paperback fiction, for which Turner drew numerous covers, notably the "Vargo Statten" series by John Russell Fearn
John Russell Fearn
John Russell Fearn was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines.-Career:...

. Turner's art raised his profile in the illustration world enough that other publishers began sending assignments his way as well. In 1953, Turner left Odhams to try his hand at freelancing and attempt to produce a regular comic strip in the mode of British cartoonist Frank Hampson, an idol of Turner's.

Solo comics work

In late 1953 he spoke to the publisher of Tit-Bits Science Fiction Novels
Tit-Bits
Tit-Bits was a British weekly magazine founded by George Newnes on 22 October 1881 until 18 July 1984, when it was taken over by Associated Newspapers' Weekend, which itself closed in 1989. The last editors were David Hill and Brian Lee...

(for which Turner was providing cover illustration) about the possibility of producing his own comic series. The publisher agreed, and began Tit-Bits Science Fiction Comics, a 64-page monthly comic book written, drawn, and lettered by Turner. It quickly became apparent that the workload was too onerous for just one man, and Turner reluctantly brought in other artists in order to meet his deadlines. Nevertheless, the publication was canceled after just seven issues.

Just after the demise of Tit-Bits Comics (or just before; the chronology is unclear) Turner began to write, draw and letter the "Space Ace" strip for the Lone Star comic, which required only four pages per month. In 1954, he also started drawing for Amalgamated Press
Fleetway
Fleetway, also known as Fleetway Publications and Fleetway Editions, was a UK publishing company which mainly produced comic magazines. For a time owned by IPC Media, they are now a division of Egmont Publishing....

's Super-Detective Library comic, which had recently started running a science-fiction strip called "Rick Random: Space Detective". Editor Ted Holmes commissioned Turner to provide art for the strip, leaving the chores of script-writing, lettering and cover illustration to others. Turner worked on "Rick Random" for the next five years.

1960s

As the vogue for pulp science fiction dwindled, Turner found work doing cover illustrations again for numerous publications, such as the popular science journal Practical Mechanics
Practical Mechanics
Practical Mechanics was a monthly British magazine devoted mostly to home mechanics and technology. It was first published by George Newnes, Ltd., in October 1933, and ran for 352 issues until the magazine's termination in August 1963. Practical Mechanics was edited by Frederick J...

. By the mid-sixties Turner had more or less abandoned the world of monthly publishing, and was producing original paint-by-number
Paint by number
Paint by number describes kits having a board on which light blue or grey lines indicate areas to paint, each area having a number and a corresponding numbered paint to use. The kits were invented, developed and marketed in 1950 by Max S...

 paintings for the company Craftmaster.

In 1965, Turner was offered the opportunity to draw his first colour comic strip, a Stingray
Stingray (TV series)
Stingray is a children's marionette television show, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by AP Films for ATV and ITC Entertainment from 1964–65. Its 39 half-hour episodes were originally screened on ITV in the UK and in syndication in the USA. The scriptwriters included Gerry and...

 strip based on the popular Gerry Anderson
Gerry Anderson
Gerry Anderson MBE is a British publisher, producer, director and writer, famous for his futuristic television programmes, particularly those involving specially modified marionettes, a process called "Supermarionation"....

 series. This was for TV Century 21 Stingray Extra, a holiday special issue of the weekly British comics magazine TV Century 21
TV Century 21
TV Century 21, also known as TV 21, was a weekly British children's comic of the 1960s and early 1970s. It promoted the many television science-fiction puppet series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Century 21 Productions...

. The following year, Turner began contributing to TV Century 21 on a regular basis with his first ongoing colour comic strip, The Dalek
Dalek
The Daleks are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Within the series, Daleks are cyborgs from the planet Skaro, created by the scientist Davros during the final years of a thousand-year war against the Thals...

s
, featuring the mechanical recurring characters from the television series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

but not Doctor Who himself. Turner replaced the strip's previous artist Richard Jennings, initially for issues 50 and 51 (January 1966) and then on a regular basis from issue 59 (March 1966). He continued to illustrate The Daleks until its conclusion in issue 104 (January 1967).

Between 1965 and 1969, Turner also contributed strips based on the various Gerry Anderson TV shows to a number of TV Century 21 holiday specials and the publisher's hardback annual books, illustrating further Stingray strips as well as Fireball XL5
Fireball XL5
Fireball XL5 is a science fiction-themed children's television show following the missions of spaceship Fireball XL5, commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of the World Space Patrol...

, Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds (TV series)
Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s science fiction television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of marionette puppetry dubbed "Supermarionation"...

, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill...

, Joe 90
Joe 90
Joe 90 is a late-1960s British science-fiction television series documenting the exploits of a nine-year-old boy, Joe McClaine, who embarks on a double life as a schoolboy turned spy when his scientist father invents a pioneering machine capable of duplicating and transferring expert knowledge and...

 and "Zero X". He illustrated all 80 pages of the Joe 90 Puzzle Book and the same number for the Joe 90 Dot to Dot Book (both Century 21 Publishing, 1968) as well as providing strips based on the television series The Champions
The Champions
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company...

, Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...

 and Land of the Giants
Land of the Giants
Land of the Giants was an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968 and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. Land of the Giants was the fourth of Allen's science fiction TV series. The show was...

 for the 1969 Joe 90 Top Secret Annual . In addition, he again found work with Amalgamated Press (now called Fleetway
Fleetway
Fleetway, also known as Fleetway Publications and Fleetway Editions, was a UK publishing company which mainly produced comic magazines. For a time owned by IPC Media, they are now a division of Egmont Publishing....

), taking over the black and white "Robot Builders" strip from Carlos Cruz in Fleetway's Tiger and Hurricane comic magazine.

1970s

In the 1970s, Turner began working for IPC Media
IPC Media
IPC Media , a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc., is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.- Origins :...

 (which had absorbed Fleetway Publications
Fleetway
Fleetway, also known as Fleetway Publications and Fleetway Editions, was a UK publishing company which mainly produced comic magazines. For a time owned by IPC Media, they are now a division of Egmont Publishing....

), drawing strips for the Whizzer and Chips
Whizzer and Chips
Whizzer and Chips was a British comic magazine that ran from 18 October 1969 to 27 October 1990, when it merged with the comic Buster. As with most comics of the time, Whizzer and Chips was dated one week ahead....

 comics magazine, including "Wonder-car", "Archie's Angels" and "Danny Drew's Dialling Man", generally oriented towards a youth market. As well as contributing a regular Star Trek strip to IPC Media
IPC Media
IPC Media , a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc., is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.- Origins :...

's TV21 comic, he also continued his association with Gerry Anderson with Thunderbirds strips for the 1972 Thunderbirds Annual and the 1973 Countdown Annual.

In the late 1970s, Turner drew some Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...

 strips for 2000 A.D.
2000 AD (comic)
2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each issue and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary which was sold...

, although his style did not find favour with his editors, and the long-term assignment eventually fell to other artists, notably Mike McMahon
Mike McMahon (comics)
Michael McMahon is a British comics artist best known for his work on 2000 AD characters such as Judge Dredd, Sláine and ABC Warriors, and the mini-series The Last American....

, Brian Bolland
Brian Bolland
Brian Bolland is a British comics artist, known for his meticulous, detailed linework and eye-catching compositions. Best known in the UK as one of the definitive Judge Dredd artists for British comics anthology 2000 AD, he spearheaded the 'British Invasion' of the American comics industry, and in...

, Ron Smith
Ron Smith
Ron or Ronald Smith may refer to:*Ron Smith , American poet born in Georgia*Ron Smith , British comic artist*Ron Smith , Canadian author, poet and publishing house founder...

 and, on select occasions, Dave Gibbons
Dave Gibbons
Dave Gibbons is an English comic book artist, writer and sometime letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything"...

. Instead, Turner found regular work on the relaunched version of IPC's formerly violent Action comic with "The Spinball Slaves", a sequel to the science fiction sport strip "Death Game 1999" heavily influenced by Rollerball (1975)
Rollerball (1975 film)
Rollerball is a 1975 American dystopian fiction film directed by Norman Jewison from a screenplay by William Harrison, who adapted his own short story "Roller Ball Murder", which first appeared in 1973 in Esquire magazine.-The Game:...

, and its less violent sequel "Spinball". When Action merged with IPC's war comic Battle Picture Weekly
Battle Picture Weekly
Battle Picture Weekly, at various time also known as Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force, was a British war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with Eagle...

to become Battle Action, Turner contributed a further "Spinball" sequel strip entitled "The Spinball Wars". He also worked on a revival of "Rick Random" in 2000 A.D. and Star Lord.

The 1980s

Turner continued to work for Battle Action under its new guise Battle Action Force, drawing many of the "Action Force" strips, which featured Action Man characters licensed from Mattel. He also began drawing for the new IPC Media
IPC Media
IPC Media , a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc., is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.- Origins :...

 weekly comics magazine Speed a strip called "Journey to the Stars", although the magazine was canceled soon afterwards. Turner found work with other IPC comics magazines such as War and Battle Picture Library, but the shrinking comic-book market in Britain in the 1980s soon caused these publications to fold as well, in 1984. At this time, Turner announced his retirement, although not long afterwards he was found drawing strips for an independent small press, including "Nick Hazard" and "Kalgan the Golden".

The 1990s and death

By this point, Turner had started regularly doing book cover illustrations again, this time for Gryphon Books. Turner also painted a new six-part "Daleks" strip for Doctor Who Magazine
Doctor Who Magazine
Doctor Who Magazine is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

.

Turner died of a stroke and a heart attack. His artwork has continued to appear posthumously on books published by Gryphon Books and Wildside Press
Wildside Press
Wildside Press is an independent publishing company located in Maryland, USA. It was founded in 1989 by John Gregory and Kim Betancourt. While the press was originally conceived as a publisher of speculative fiction in both trade and limited editions, it has broadened out somewhat since then, both...

, drawing on many previously unpublished pieces as well as reprinting his earlier book cover illustrations.

Books

The following books are entirely or substantially illustrated by Turner:
  • Into Space with Ace Brave! Space-Master (Binn Brothers Ltd., 1953) (pop-up book)
  • Joe 90 Puzzle Book (Century 21 Publishing, 1968) (written, devised and illustrated by Turner)
  • Joe 90 Dot to Dot Book (Century 21 Publishing, 1968) (written, devised and illustrated by Turner)
  • Rick Random: Space Detective (656 pages, Prion Books, 2008, ISBN 1853756733) (all bar one story illustrated by Turner)

Comic strips

Comics work includes:
  • The Amstor Computer
    • "854391 - A Modern Christmas..." (wr: Roy Preston, in Eagle
      Eagle (comic)
      Eagle was a seminal British children's comic, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994. It was founded by Marcus Morris, an Anglican vicar from Lancashire. Morris edited a parish magazine called The Anvil, but felt that the church was not communicating...

      #92, 1983)

  • Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
    Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
    Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill...

    • "Assassination of the Director of Economic Affairs" (in Captain Scarlet Annual, September 1967)
    • Untitled Story (in TV Century 21 Annual, September 1968)
    • "Target London" (in Captain Scarlet Annual, September 1968)
    • "Destroy San Francisco" (in TV21 Annual, September 1969)
    • "Lost in Time" (in TV21 Annual, September 1969)

  • The Champions
    The Champions
    The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company...

    • "Error of Judgement" (in Joe 90 Top Secret Annual", September 1969)

  • The Daleks
    • "The Eve of the War", parts 4 and 5 (wr: David Whitaker, in TV Century 21 #50-51, January 1966)
    • "The Rogue Planet" (wr: David Whitaker, in TV Century 21 #59-62, March 1966)
    • "Impasse" (wr: David Whitaker, in TV Century 21 #63-69, April–May 1966)
    • "The Terrorkon Harvest" (wr: David Whitaker, in TV Century 21 #70-75, May–June 1966)
    • "Legacy of Yesteryear" (wr: David Whitaker, in TV Century 21 #76-85, July–September 1966)
    • "Shadow of Humanity" (wr: David Whitaker, in TV Century 21 #86-89, September 1966)
    • "The Emissaries of Jevo" (wr: David Whitaker, in TV Century 21 #90-95, October–November 1966)
    • "Road to Conflict" (wr: David Whitaker, in TV Century 21 #96-104, November 1966-January 1967)
    • "Return of the Elders" (wr: John Lawrence, in Doctor Who Magazine #249-254, February–July 1997)

  • Fireball XL5
    Fireball XL5
    Fireball XL5 is a science fiction-themed children's television show following the missions of spaceship Fireball XL5, commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of the World Space Patrol...

    • "The Drifting Coffin" (in Fireball XL5 Annual , September 1966)

  • Joe 90
    Joe 90
    Joe 90 is a late-1960s British science-fiction television series documenting the exploits of a nine-year-old boy, Joe McClaine, who embarks on a double life as a schoolboy turned spy when his scientist father invents a pioneering machine capable of duplicating and transferring expert knowledge and...

    • "Deadly Toy" (in Joe 90 Annual, September 1968)
    • "Rat Trap" (in Joe 90 Annual, September 1968)
    • "Ambush" (in Joe 90 Annual, September 1968)
    • "Doctor Fawkes" (in Joe 90 Annual, September 1968)
    • "Check Mate" (in Joe 90 Annual, September 1968)
    • "Break-Down" (in Joe 90 Annual, September 1969)
    • "The Deadly Swarm" (in Joe 90 Annual, September 1969)

  • Judge Dredd
    Judge Dredd
    Judge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...

    • "Robots" (wr: John Wagner
      John Wagner
      John Wagner is a comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy. Alongside Pat Mills, Wagner was responsible for revitalising British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has continued to be a leading light in British comics ever since.He is best known for his work on...

      , in
      2000 A.D. #9, April 1977)
    • "Robot Wars
      The Robot Wars
      The Robot Wars was the first extended storyline for Judge Dredd during which the character became the most popular in the comic 2000 AD...

      ", parts 2, 4 and 7 (wr: John Wagner, in
      2000 A.D. #11, 13 and 16, May–June 1977)
    • "The Solar Sniper" (wr: Gerry Finley-Day
      Gerry Finley-Day
      Gerry Finley-Day was a prolific British comics writer from the 1960s to the 1980s, best known as the creator of Rogue Trooper.He started out at D. C. Thomson & Co., before becoming the editor of IPC's girls' title Tammy in 1971, for which he wrote strips such as "Ella on Easy Street" and "The Camp...

      , in
      2000 A.D. #21, July 1977)

  • Land of the Giants
    Land of the Giants
    Land of the Giants was an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968 and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. Land of the Giants was the fourth of Allen's science fiction TV series. The show was...

    • Untitled Story (in Joe 90 Top Secret Annual", September 1969)

  • Rick Random
    • "Kidnappers from Space" (in Super-Detective Library #44, December 1954)
    • "The Case of the Man Who Owned the Moon" (in Super-Detective Library #49, March 1955)
    • "The Five Lives of Mr. Quex" (in Super-Detective Library #64, September 1955)
    • "The Gold Rush Planet" (in Super-Detective Library #66, October 1955)
    • "The Mystery of the Moving Planet" (in Super-Detective Library #70, December 1955)
    • "The Planet of Lost Men" (in Super-Detective Library #79, June 1956)
    • "Invaders from the Ocean Planet" (in Super-Detective Library #83, July 1956)
    • "Manhunt Through Space" (in Super-Detective Library #90, October 1956)
    • "The Mystery of the Time Travellers" (in Super-Detective Library #97, February 1957)
    • "The Riddle of the Vanishing People" (in Super-Detective Library #101, April 1957)
    • "Sabotage from Space" (in Super-Detective Library #111, September 1957)
    • "The S.O.S. from Space" (wr: Harry Harrison
      Harry Harrison
      Harry Harrison is an American science fiction author best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! , the basis for the film Soylent Green...

      , in Super-Detective Library #115, November 1957)
    • "The Planet of Terror" (wr: Bob Kesten, in Super-Detective Library #123, March 1958)
    • "The Space Pirates" (wr: Harry Harrison, in Super-Detective Library #127, May 1958)
    • "Perilous Mission" (wr: Harry Harrison, in Super-Detective Library #129, June 1958)
    • "The Mystery of the Frozen World" (wr: Bob Kesten, Super-Detective Library #133, August 1958)
    • "The Mystery of the Robot World" (wr: Conrad Frost and Barry Coker, in Super-Detective Library #137, October 1958)
    • "The Terror from Space" (wr: Harry Harrison, in Super-Detective Library #143, January 1959)
    • "The Threat from Space" (wr: Bob Kesten, in Super-Detective Library #153, June 1959)
    • "The Kidnapped Planet" (wr: Bob Kesten, in Super-Detective Library #163, December 1959)
    • "The Riddle of the Astral Assassin!" (wr: Steve Moore
      Steve Moore (comics)
      Steve Moore is a British comics writer.Moore is credited with showing acclaimed writer Alan Moore , then a struggling cartoonist, how to write comic scripts...

      , in 2000 A.D. and Star Lord #113-117, May–June 1979)

  • Star Trek
    Star Trek
    Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...

    • Untitled Story (in Joe 90 Top Secret Annual", September 1969)
    • Untitled Story (in TV21" #58-61, October 1970)

  • Stingray
    Stingray (TV series)
    Stingray is a children's marionette television show, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by AP Films for ATV and ITC Entertainment from 1964–65. Its 39 half-hour episodes were originally screened on ITV in the UK and in syndication in the USA. The scriptwriters included Gerry and...

    • "Double Trap" (in TV Century 21 Stingray Extra, May 1965)
    • Untitled Story (in TV Century 21 International Extra, October 1965)
    • "The Collector" (in Stingray Annual, September 1966)
    • "The Sunken City" (in Stingray Annual, September 1966)
    • "Death Ray" (in Stingray Annual, September 1966)

  • Tharg's Future Shocks
    Future Shocks
    Future Shocks is the name given to a long running series of short strips in the weekly comic 2000 AD in 1977. The name originates in a book titled Future Shock, written by Alvin Toffler, published in 1970.-Publishing history:...

    • "Just Like Home" (wr: Peter Harris
      Peter Harris
      Peter Harris , popularly known as Blu Peter, is an electronic dance music record producer and disc jockey from South Wales who pioneered the Nu-NRG music genre in the late 1990s...

      , in 2000 A.D. #29, September 1977)
    • "Beautiful World" (in 2000 A.D. #30, September 1977)

  • Thunderbirds
    Thunderbirds (TV series)
    Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s science fiction television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of marionette puppetry dubbed "Supermarionation"...

    • Untitled Story (in Thunderbirds Extra, March 1966)
    • "The Hood Makes a Strike" (in Thunderbirds Annual, September 1966)
    • Untitled Story (in Thunderbirds TV Century 21 Spring Extra, March 1967)
    • "Volcano Alert" (in TV Century 21 Annual, September 1967)
    • "Bridge of Fear" (in Thunderbirds Annual, September 1967)
    • "Day Return from Death" (in Thunderbirds Annual, September 1968)
    • "Curse of the Elastos" (in Thunderbirds Annual, September 1968)
    • "Fire Lords" (in Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds Annual, September 1969)
    • "Crash Down" (in Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds Annual, September 1969)
    • "Invisible Invader" (in Thunderbirds Annual 1972, September 1971)
    • "The Law Breakers" (in Thunderbirds Annual 1972, September 1971)
    • "The Collector" (in Countdown Annual 1973, September 1972)

  • Zero X
    • "Conflict on Mars" (in TV Century 21 Annual, September 1967)
    • "Brink of Disaster" (in TV Century 21 Annual, September 1968)
    • "Break Out" (in TV21 Annual, September 1969)

Cover art (books)

The following books all feature cover illustrations by Turner:
  • Operation Venus by John Russell Fearn
    John Russell Fearn
    John Russell Fearn was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines.-Career:...

     (Scion, 1950)
  • Annihilation! by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1950)
  • The Micro Men by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1950)
  • Wanderer of Space by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1950)
  • 2,000 Years On! by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1950)
  • Inferno! by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1950)
  • The Cosmic Flame by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1950)
  • Nebula X by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1950)
  • The Sun Makers by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1950)
  • The Avenging Martian by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1951)
  • Deadline to Pluto by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1951)
  • The Petrified Planet by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1951)
  • The Devouring Fire by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1951)
  • The Renegade Star by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1951)
  • The New Satellite by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1951)
  • The Catalyst by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1951)
  • Anjani the Mighty by Earl Titan (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1951)
  • The Gold of Akada by Earl Titan (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1951)
  • The Caves of Death by Victor Norwood (Scion, 1951)
  • The Skull of Kanaima by Victor Norwood (Scion, 1951)
  • The Temple of the Dead by Victor Norwood (Scion, 1951)
  • Spawn of Space by Franz Harkon (Scion, 1951)
  • Destination Mars by George Sheldon Brown (Dennis Hughes) (Edwin Self, 1951)
  • The Inner Cosmos by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1952)
  • The Space Warp by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1952)
  • The Eclipse Express by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1952)
  • The Time Bridge by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1952)
  • The Man from Tomorrow by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1952)
  • The G-Bomb by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1952)
  • Laughter in Space by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1952)
  • Tremor by Frank Lederman (Kaye Publications, 1952)
  • Two Days of Terror by Roy Sheldon (H.J. Campbell) (Panther, 1952)
  • Ultra Spectrum by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • Zero Hour by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • The Black Avengers by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • Odyssey of Nine by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • Pioneer, 1990 by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • Man of Two Worlds by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • The Lie Destroyer by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • Black Bargain by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • Moons for Sale by Volsted Gridban (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • The Dyno-Depressant by Volsted Gridban (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • Magnetic Brain by Volsted Gridban (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • Scourge of the Atom by Volsted Gridban (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • Exit Life by Volsted Gridban (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • The Master Must Die by Volsted Gridban (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1953)
  • Conquerors of Venus by Edgar Rees Kennedy (John W. Jennison) (Edwin Self, 1953)
  • Cosmic Exodus by Conrad G. Holt (John Russell Fearn) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1953)
  • The Hell Fruit by Lawrence F. Rose (John Russell Fearn) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1953)
  • Doomed Nation of the Skies by Steve Future (Steve Gilroy) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1953)
  • The Star Seekers by Francis G. Rayer (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1953)
  • Sinister Forces by Alvin Westwood (Brown Watson Ltd.,1953)
  • Planetoid Disposals Ltd. by Volsted Gridban (E.C. Tubb) (Milestone, 1953)
  • Fugitive of Time by Volsted Gridban (E.C. Tubb) (Milestone, 1953)
  • The Wall by Charles Grey (E.C. Tubb) (Milestone, 1953)
  • Dynasty of Doom by Charles Grey (E.C. Tubb) (Milestone, 1953)
  • Tormented City by Charles Grey (E.C. Tubb) (Milestone, 1953)
  • Space Hunger by Charles Grey (E.C. Tubb) (Milestone, 1953)
  • I Fight for Mars by Charles Grey (E.C. Tubb) (Milestone, 1953)
  • The Great Ones by Jon J. Deegan (Robert Sharp) (Panther, 1953)
  • Vanguard to Neptune by J.M. Walsh (Cherry Tree Fantasy Books, 1953)
  • Zhorani (Master of the Universe) by Karl Maras (H.K. Bulmer) (Comyns, 1953)
  • The Grand Illusion by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1954)
  • Wealth of the Void by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1954)
  • A Time Appointed by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1954)
  • I Spy by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1954)
  • 1,000 Year Voyage by Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1954)
  • The Purple Wizard by Volsted Gridban (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1954)
  • Frozen Limit by Volsted Gridban (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1954)
  • I Came - I Saw - I Wondered by Volsted Gridban (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1954)
  • The Genial Dinosaur by Volsted Gridban (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1954)
  • The Lonely Astronomer by Volsted Gridban (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1954)
  • The Plant from Infinity by Karl Maras (Peter Hawkins) (Paladin Press, 1954)
  • Alien Life by E.C. Tubb (Paladin Press, 1954)
  • The Living World by Carl Maddox (E.C. Tubb) (Scion, 1954)
  • The Extra Man by Charles Grey (E.C. Tubb) (Milestone, 1954)
  • Menace from the Past by Carl Maddox (E.C. Tubb) (Scion, 1954)
  • City of No Return by E.C. Tubb (Scion, 1954)
  • Hell Planet by E.C. Tubb (Scion, 1954) [cover art reused from City of No Return (1954)]
  • The Resurrected Man by E.C. Tubb (Scion, 1954)
  • The Hand of Havoc by Charles Grey (E.C. Tubb) (Merit Books, 1954)
  • Enterprise 2115 by Charles Grey (E.C. Tubb) (Merit Books, 1954)
  • Before the Beginning by Marx Reisen (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1954)
  • Home is the Martian by Philip Kent (H.K. Bulmer) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1954)
  • Mission to the Stars by Philip Kent (H.K. Bulmer) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1954)
  • Slaves of the Spectrum by Philip Kent (H.K. Bulmer) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1954)
  • Vassals of Venus by Philip Kent (H.K. Bulmer) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1954)
  • The Dissentizens by Bruno G. Condray (Leslie Humphreys) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1954)
  • Jupiter Equilateral by John Rackham (John T. Phillifent) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1954)
  • The Master Weed by John Rackham (John T. Phillifent) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1954)
  • Space Puppet by John Rackham (John T. Phillifent) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1954)
  • Slave Traders of the Sky by Steve Future (Steve Gilroy) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1953)
  • Voyage into Space by Earl Van Loden (Lisle Willis) (Edwin Self, 1954)
  • The Yellow Planet by George Sheldon Brown (John W. Jennison) (Edwin Self, 1954)
  • Alien Virus by John Rackham (John T. Phillifent) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1955)
  • Dimension of Illion by Irving Heine (Dennis Hughes) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1955)
  • Exile from Jupiter by Bruno G. Condray (Leslie Humphreys) (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library, 1955)
  • Deep Freeze by Jonathan Burke (Panther, 1955)
  • One Against Time by Hank Janson (Stephen Frances) (Moring, 1956) [background art only]
  • The Unseen Assassin by Hank Janson (Stephen Frances) (Moring, 1956) [background art only]
  • A Mirror of Witchcraft by Christina Hole (Pedigree Books, 1957)
  • The Satanic Mass by H.T.F. Rhodes (Pedigree Books, 1957)
  • Pandora’s Box by E.C. Tubb (Gryphon Books, 1996)
  • The Golden Amazon by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1996)
  • Temple of Death by E.C. Tubb (Gryphon Books, 1996)
  • Saturn Patrol by E.C. Tubb (Gryphon Books, 1996)
  • Kalgan the Golden by E.C. Tubb (Gryphon Books, 1996)
  • Assignment New York by E.C. Tubb (Gryphon Books, 1996)
  • Aftermath by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1996)
  • The Golden Amazon Returns by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1996)
  • The Golden Amazon's Triumph by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1996)
  • Get Me Headquarters by Stephen Frances (Gryphon Books, 1996)
  • Hell Hath No Fury by Sydney J. Bounds (Gryphon Books, 1996)
  • She Wanted a Guy by Norman Lazenby (Gryphon Books, 1996)
  • You Take the Rap by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1996)
  • Fantasy Annual 1, ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace
    Sean Wallace
    Sean A. Wallace is an American science fiction and fantasy editor and publisher.-Career:Wallace began publishing fiction in 1997, when he launched Cosmos Books, with Philip Harbottle. Their début title, Fantasy Annual, was an anthology of British authors including E.C. Tubb, John Russell Fearn,...

     (Cosmos Books, 1997)
  • The Return by E.C. Tubb (Gryphon Books, 1997)
  • Murder in Space by E.C. Tubb (Gryphon Books, 1997)
  • The Golden Amazon's Diamond Quest by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1997)
  • Murder Wears a Halo by Howard Browne
    Howard Browne
    Howard Browne was a science fiction editor and mystery writer. He also wrote for several television series and films...

     (Gryphon Books, 1997)
  • Kidnapped! by Maurice Hershman (Gryphon Books, 1997)
  • Kill and Desire by Stephen Frances (Gryphon Books, 1997)
  • Mitzi by Michael Avallone
    Michael Avallone
    Michael Avallone was a prolific American author of mystery and secret agent fiction, as well as many novels based upon various television series and films...

     (Gryphon Books, 1997)
  • I Fight for Mars by E.C. Tubb (Gryphon Books, 1998)
  • Alien Life by E.C. Tubb (Gryphon Books, 1998)
  • The Tall Adventurer: The Works of E.C. Tubb by Sean Wallace and Philip Harbottle (Beccon, 1998)
  • The Gold of Akada by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1998)
  • The Amazon Strikes Again by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1998)
  • The Fortress of Utopia by Jack Williamson
    Jack Williamson
    John Stewart Williamson , who wrote as Jack Williamson was a U.S. writer often referred to as the "Dean of Science Fiction" following the death in 1988 of Robert A...

     (Gryphon Books, 1998)
  • Twin of the Amazon by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1998)
  • Conquest of the Amazon by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1998)
  • Anjani the Mighty by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1998)
  • If You Have Tears by Howard Browne (Gryphon Books, 1998)
  • The Whispering Gorilla by Don Wilcox (Gryphon Books, 1998)
  • Fantasy Annual 2 , ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace (Cosmos Books, 1998)
  • Earth Set Free by E.C. Tubb (Gryphon Books, 1999)
  • The Wall by E.C. Tubb (Gryphon Books, 1999)
  • The Stellar Legion by E.C. Tubb (Gryphon Books, 1999)
  • The Ruler of Fate & Xandulu by Jack Williamson (Gryphon Books, 1999)
  • The Slitherers by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1999)
  • The Iron God / Tomorrow by Jack Williamson / E.C. Tubb (Gryphon Books, 1999)
  • Lord of Atlantis by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1999)
  • Triangle of Power by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 1999)
  • The Stone from the Green Star by Jack Williamson (Gryphon Books, 1999)
  • Gryphon SF and Fantasy Reader 1 , ed. Philip Harbottle (Gryphon Books, 1999)
  • Fantasy Annual 3 , ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace (Cosmos Books, 1999)
  • Death God’s Doom by E.C. Tubb (Cosmos Books, 1999)
  • The Sleeping City by E.C. Tubb (Cosmos Books, 1999) [cover art reused from A Mirror of Witchcraft (1957)]
  • Manton's World by John Russell Fearn (Cosmos Books, 1999)
  • Alien Worlds by E.C. Tubb (Pulp Publishing, 1999)
  • The Amythyst City by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 2000)
  • Daughter of the Golden Amazon by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 2000)
  • Blue Spot & Entropy Reversed by Jack Williamson (Gryphon Books, 2000)
  • Invader on My Back by Philip E. High
    Philip E. High
    Philip Empson High was an English science fiction author.- Life :Philip Empson High was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.His writing career spanned over 50 years before his death in Canterbury, Kent on 9 August 2006...

     (Cosmos Books, 2000)
  • These Savage Futurians by Philip E. High (Cosmos Books, 2000)
  • The Extra Man by E.C. Tubb (Wildside Press, 2000) [cover art reused from The Plant from Infinity (1954)]
  • Fantasy Annual 4 , ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace (Wildside Press, 2000)
  • The Central Intelligence by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 2001)
  • Fantasy Quarterly 1 , ed. Philip Harbottle (Wildside Press, 2001)
  • The Best of John Russell Fearn, Vol. 1 by John Russell Fearn (Wildside Press, 2001)
  • The Best of John Russell Fearn, Vol. 2 by John Russell Fearn (Wildside Press, 2001)
  • The Cosmic Crusaders by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 2002)
  • Parasite Planet by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 2002)
  • The Genial Dinosaur by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 2002)
  • A Thing of the Past by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 2002)
  • The Space-Born by E.C. Tubb (Wildside Press, 2002) [cover art reused from 1,000 Year Voyage (1954)]
  • The Best of Philip E. High by Philip E. High (Wildside Press, 2002)
  • Fantasy Adventures 1 , ed. Philip Harbottle (Wildside Press, 2002)
  • World Out of Step by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 2003)
  • The Shadow People by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 2003)
  • Fantasy Adventures 2 , ed. Philip Harbottle (Wildside Press, 2003)
  • Fantasy Adventures 3 , ed. Philip Harbottle (Wildside Press, 2003)
  • Fantasy Adventures 4 , ed. Philip Harbottle (Wildside Press, 2003)
  • The Best of Sydney J. Bounds by Sydney J. Bounds (Wildside Press, 2003)
  • The Best of Sydney J. Bounds, Vol. 2 by Sydney J. Bounds (Wildside Press, 2003)
  • Stardeath by E.C. Tubb (Wildside Press, 2003) [cover art reused from Dynasty of Doom (1953)]
  • Liquid Death and Other Stories by John Russell Fearn (Wildside Press, 2003)
  • Voice of the Conqueror by John Russell Fearn (Wildside Press, 2003)
  • The Intelligence Gigantic by John Russell Fearn (Wildside Press, 2003)
  • Liners of Time by John Russell Fearn (Wildside Press, 2003)
  • The Butterfly Planet by Philip E. High (Wildside Press, 2003)
  • Fantasy Annual 5 , ed. Philip Harbottle and Sean Wallace (Cosmos Books, 2003)
  • Dark Centauri by John Glasby
    John Glasby
    John Stephen Glasby was a prolific British author whose work spanned a range of popular genres. A professional research chemist and mathematician, he produced over 300 novels and short stories during the 1950s and 1960s, most of which were published pseudonymously under the Badger Books...

     (Gryphon Books, 2004)
  • Dwellers in Darkness by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 2004)
  • Kingpin Planet by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 2004)
  • World in Reverse by John Russell Fearn (Gryphon Books, 2004)
  • A Step to the Stars by Philip E. High (Cosmos Books, 2004)
  • Fantasy Adventures 5 , ed. Philip Harbottle (Wildside Press, 2005)
  • Fantasy Adventures 6 , ed. Philip Harbottle (Wildside Press, 2005)
  • Fantasy Adventures 7 , ed. Philip Harbottle (Wildside Press, 2005)
  • Fantasy Adventures 8 , ed. Philip Harbottle (Wildside Press, 2005)
  • Fantasy Adventures 11 , ed. Philip Harbottle (Wildside Press, 2006)
  • Fantasy Adventures 13 , ed. Philip Harbottle (Wildside Press, 2008)

Cover art (magazines)

The following magazines all feature cover illustrations by Turner:
  • Tales of Tomorrow, #3, 4 (John Spencer and Co. 1951, 1952)
  • Futuristic Science Stories, #7 (John Spencer and Co. 1952)
  • Wonders of the Spaceways, #3 (John Spencer and Co. 1952)
  • Worlds of Fantasy, #7 (John Spencer and Co. 1952)
  • Out of this World, #2 (John Spencer and Co. 1954)
  • Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine, #1, ed. Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1954)
  • Vargo Statten British Science Fiction Magazine, #5, ed. Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Scion, 1954)
  • Planet X-1: The New World (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Comics, 1954)
  • Captain Diamond and the Space Pirates (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Comics, 1954)
  • The Scourge of the Carbon Belt (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Comics, 1954)
  • The Terror of Titan (Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Comics, 1954)
  • Practical Mechanics
    Practical Mechanics
    Practical Mechanics was a monthly British magazine devoted mostly to home mechanics and technology. It was first published by George Newnes, Ltd., in October 1933, and ran for 352 issues until the magazine's termination in August 1963. Practical Mechanics was edited by Frederick J...

    , March 1954 (George Newnes, Ltd, 1954)
  • British Science Fiction Magazine, #10-19, ed. Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn) (Dragon, 1955)
  • Supernatural Stories, #6 (Badger, 1955)
  • Super Detective Library, #53: The Case of the Space Bubble (Amalgamated Press, 1955)
  • Practical Mechanics, September 1955 (George Newnes, Ltd, 1955)
  • Practical Mechanics, November 1955 (George Newnes, Ltd, 1955)
  • Practical Mechanics, April 1957 (George Newnes, Ltd, 1957)
  • Practical Mechanics, December 1957 (George Newnes, Ltd, 1957)
  • Practical Mechanics, April 1958 (George Newnes, Ltd, 1958)
  • Super Detective Library, #153: Rick Random and the Threat from Space (Amalgamated Press, 1959)
  • Practical Mechanics, April–July 1961 (George Newnes, Ltd, 1961)
  • Practical Mechanics, September 1961-August 1962 (George Newnes, Ltd, 1961/62)
  • The Dalek Chronicles (Marvel Comics UK, 1994)

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