Escapades: An Exploration of Avengers Curiosities
£12.99
Mexican wrestlers fight the Cybernauts!
Invisible women threaten world governments!
Steed and Gambit take on an army of ants!
Killer dolls stalk Emma Peel on the Costa Brava!
And you thought the stories told by The Avengers on television were outlandish…
Escapades: An Exploration of Avengers Curiosities delves deep into a selection of offbeat projects from Avengerland and beyond, analysing stage, radio and comic book adaptations of the series; independent productions that attempted to transplant the Avengers magic to such far-flung locations as Germany, Mexico, Spain and the United States of America; and unmade scripts starring John Steed and partners familiar and new ‘intriguing projects that are a testament to The Avengers’ popular appeal and endurance as a creative property.
Written by Avengers enthusiasts J Z Ferguson and Alan Hayes, and with a foreword by Roy Bettridge, Escapades shines new light upon eleven fascinating and hitherto mysterious curiosities. Its in-depth chapters answer the burning questions about these Avengers scripts, spin-offs, revivals and homages that you have always wanted to ask.
Chapters cover:
- This’ll Kill You (unmade Emma Peel TV episode)
- Tell Me About It (unmade New Avengers TV episode)
- The Stage Play (1971)
- The Radio Series (1972-74)
- The First Avengers Movie (unmade 1980s revival film)
- Avengers International: Reincarnation (unmade 1980s revival episode)
- Steed and Mrs. Peel (1990s comicbook series)
- Las Luchadoras vs. el Robot Asesino (1960s Mexican film featuring the Cybernauts)
- Das Diadem / Der Goldene Schlüssel (Diana Rigg 8mm films)
- Minikillers (Diana Rigg 8mm film serial)
- Escapade (1978 US pilot film)
Cover artwork by Robert Hammond.
NON FICTION
“A very engrossing 350 or so pages of reading.” Andrew Pixley, Down the Tubes.
“Writers JZ Ferguson and Alan Hayes are to be congratulated and admired for the depth of research demonstrated here.” Starburst Magazine
