Alan Tracy

Alan Tracy is the youngest of Jeff Tracy's sons and a key pilot of International Rescue, best known as the operator of Thunderbird 3, the team's space rocket. This comic adaptation brought the Thunderbirds TV character to British readers via Polystyle Publications.

Stepping out of the pages of TV21 & Joe 90 in 1970, Alan Tracy is a Silver Age comics presence brought to life by artist Martin Asbury for Polystyle Publications — part of the beloved British comics tradition that kept Thunderbirds mythology alive on the printed page. Across an impressive eighteen-year span through titles like Countdown and Action 21, he shares adventures with the likes of Jeff Tracy, Brains, and even crossover luminaries Captain Scarlet and Captain Blue, giving these comics a wonderfully rich ensemble flavour. It's a modest but meaningful catalog footprint that speaks to the enduring affection British readers had for this world well into the late eighties — and for collectors hunting the intersection of classic TV tie-in comics and Silver Age British publishing, Alan Tracy is a charming piece of that puzzle.