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 ''

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''. 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 and Angus Allan. Goodall wrote the '' Thunderbirds'' scripts for two years in ''TV21'', drawn by

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; 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 Joe Colquhoun (7 November 1926 – 13 April 1987) was a British comics artist best known for his work on ''Charley's War'' in '' Battle Picture Weekly''. He was also the first artist to draw ''Roy of the Rovers''. Biography Born in Harrow, Midd ...

). 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 ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' for ''

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'' issues #11–12, which was illustrated by Trevor Goring and

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. 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 ...

stopped writing ''

Charley's War ''Charley's War'' was a British comic strip about the First World War, written by Pat Mills and drawn by Joe Colquhoun. It was originally published in ''Battle Picture Weekly'' from January 1979 to October 1986. Though later parts of the st ...

'' 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 1975 ...

'' in 1985, Goodall took over and wrote the final episodes, set during the

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. He was made an MBE in 2005.

References

Scott Goodall
at 2000 AD online
Obituary - Telegraph

External links

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