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
''Look-in'' was a children's magazine centred on ITV's television programmes in the United Kingdom, and subtitled "The Junior ''TVTimes''". It ran from 9 January 1971 to 12 March 1994.The Six Million Dollar Man
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'', ''
Logan's Run
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'' and ''
Charlie's Angels
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''. Allan collaborated with many well-known British
comic strip
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artists, including
Jim Baikie
James George Baikie (28 February 1940 – 29 December 2017) was a Scottish comics artist best known for his work with Alan Moore on ''Skizz''. He was also a musician.
Biography
Baikie served as a Corporal with the Royal Air Force in 1956–1963 ...
Wimbledon
Wimbledon most often refers to:
* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
Wimbledon may also refer to:
Places London
* ...
IPC
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Computing
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). He worked on the weekly comic '' The Comet'', and the monthly titles ''Cowboy Comics'' and ''Super Detective Library'', edited by Ted Holmes.
Following a period of national service in the Gordon Highlanders from November 1954 to November 1956, having been on active service in
Cyprus
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, Allan returned to Amalgamated Press and after working on ''Super Detective Library'', eventually became co-editor of what was now known as "Cowboy Picture Library", 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 episod ...
. He handled the ''Davy Crockett'' and ''Kansas Kid'' monthly titles.
Eventually, he was recruited to join the team producing ''Marty'', the first photo-strip teenage romance weekly published by Newnes and Pearson. Here he met his future wife, Gillian, and made the decision to become a freelance writer instead of editing. He has remained a freelance ever since.
Later, he was heavily involved with Alan Fennell's Century 21 Publishing company, becoming associated with Gerry Anderson classics such as ''
Stingray
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'', '' Thunderbirds'', etc. He was also the mainstay scriptwriter for Fennell's ''
Look-In
''Look-in'' was a children's magazine centred on ITV's television programmes in the United Kingdom, and subtitled "The Junior ''TVTimes''". It ran from 9 January 1971 to 12 March 1994.DangerMouse''.
Allan also wrote for many other outlets, and penned several of the ''
Garth
Garth may refer to:
Places
* Garth, Alberta, Canada
* Garth, Bridgend, a village in south Wales
:* Garth railway station (Bridgend)
* Garth, Ceredigion, small village in Wales
* Garth, Powys, a village in mid Wales
:* Garth railway station (Powy ...
'' adventures for the ''
Daily Mirror
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''. In January 1990, he and his wife moved to France.
Allan died of cancer on 16 July 2007, having been admitted to hospital the previous Thursday, at least six days before his 71st birthday.
Bibliography
Allan wrote the novelisation of the film Thunderbirds Are Go.
He also wrote a novel of
Dan Dare
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(NEL 1977)
His comics work includes:
Work in TV Century 21
Work in
Look-In
''Look-in'' was a children's magazine centred on ITV's television programmes in the United Kingdom, and subtitled "The Junior ''TVTimes''". It ran from 9 January 1971 to 12 March 1994.The Six Million Dollar Man
''The Six Million Dollar Man'' is an American science fiction and action television series, running from 1973 to 1978, about a former astronaut, USAF Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by Lee Majors. After a NASA test flight accident, Austin is reb ...
''
*''
Logan's Run
''Logan's Run'' is a science fiction novel by American writers William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, the novel depicts a dystopic Malthusianism future society in which both population and the consumption of resource ...
''
*''
Charlie's Angels
''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Aa ...