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Scott Goodall MBE (7 November 1935 – 7 March 2016) was a British comics writer.


Career

Goodall started out his comics career in the early-to-mid 1960s. He was part of a rotating cast of writers for the spooky strip ''The Strangest Stories Ever Told'', published in '' School Friend''. Goodall wrote '' Captain Hurricane'' scripts for '' Valiant'' comic from 1963 to 1976. In 1965, he was heavily involved in the launch of ''
TV Century 21 ''TV Century 21'', later renamed ''TV21'', ''TV21 and Tornado'', ''TV21 and Joe 90'', and ''TV21'' again, was a weekly British children's comic published by City Magazines during the latter half of the 1960s. Originally produced in partnership ...
'' (''TV21'') with
Alan Fennell Alan Leslie Fennell (10 December 1936 – 10 December 2001) was a British writer and editor best known for work on series produced by Gerry Anderson, and for having created the magazines ''TV Century 21'' and ''Look-in''. Fennell wrote episode ...
and
Angus Allan Angus Peter Allan (22 July 1936 – 16 July 2007) was a British comic strip writer and magazine editor who worked on ''TV Century 21'' in the 1960s and ''Look-in'' magazine during the 1970s. Most commonly known as Angus Allan and sometimes credit ...
. Goodall wrote the '' Thunderbirds'' scripts for two years in ''TV21'', drawn by Frank Bellamy; and also most of the scripts for '' Zero X'', drawn by Mike Noble. Goodall created and wrote the character '' Fishboy'' in 1968 (illustrated by John Stokes), and lesser-known characters such as ''Splash Gorton'' (illustrated by Joe Colquhoun). He also wrote ''Galaxus The Thing From Outer Space'' for '' Buster'' comic from 1968 to 1976. Goodall's other well-known scripts include ''Marney the Fox'' and the major success ''Rat-Trap'' in '' Cor!!'' comic in 1972. In 1977 he wrote two episodes of ''M.A.C.H. 1'' for '' 2000AD''. He wrote the comics adaptation of the Hammer Productions film '' The Gorgon'' for ''
House of Hammer ''The House of Hammer'' was a British black-and-white magazine featuring articles and comics related to the Hammer Film Productions series of horror and science fiction films. The brainchild of Dez Skinn,Dakin, John. "'Marvel Revolution' in Eng ...
'' issues #11–12, which was illustrated by
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and Alberto Cuyas. Goodall was a frequent contributor to the 1980s relaunch of ''
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'', creating the strips '' Invisible Boy'' and '' Walk Or Die,'' and working on other strips including '' Manix.'' After
Pat Mills Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfather o ...
stopped writing '' Charley's War'' for ''
Battle Picture Weekly ''Battle Picture Weekly'', at various times also known as ''Battle Action'', ''Battle Action Force'', ''Battle'' and ''Battle with Storm Force'', was a British war comic book magazine published by IPC Magazines from (issues dates) 8 March 197 ...
'' in 1985, Goodall took over and wrote the final episodes, set during the
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. He was made an
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in 2005.


References


Scott Goodall
at 2000 AD online
Obituary - Telegraph


External links

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