Scott Goodall
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Career
Goodall created and wrote the character Fishboy (illustrated by John StokesJohn Stokes (artist)
John Stokes is a British comics artist who has largely worked for IPC and Marvel UK and is best known for his work on Fishboy.-Biography:Stokes got into the comics industry thanks to his brother George Stokes who already worked for IPC...
) and lesser-known characters such as Splash Gorton (illustrated by Joe Colquhoun
Joe Colquhoun
Joe Colquhoun 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:...
). He was a frequent contributor to the 1980s relaunch of Eagle, creating the strips Invisible Boy and Walk Or Die, and working on other strips including Manix
Manix
Manix was both the title and main character of a comic strip serial published in the British comics anthology Eagle. The serial first appeared in issue 24 ....
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Scott Goodall MBE also wrote "Captain Hurricane" scripts for VALIANT comic from 1963 to 1976. He also wrote "Galaxus The Thing From Outer Space" for BUSTER comic from 1968 to 1976. His other well-known scripts include "Marney the Fox" and the major success "Rat-Trap" in COR comic in 1972.
He was also heavily involved in the mid-sixties launch of TV 21 with Alan Fennell and Angus Allan. Scott wrote the "Thunderbirds" scripts for two years drawn by Frank Bellamy, and also most of the scripts for "Zero X", drawn by Mike Noble.