Hood (Thunderbirds) who never becomes too evil". Philip Tibbetts of Den of Geek argues that while some aspects of the film are "frustratingly infantile", and Kingsley himself "hams it up on occasion, too", the actor nevertheless "manages to restore some menace to proceedings". Hood (Thunderbirds) The Hood is the main villain and adversary of International Rescue in the "Thunderbirds" TV series. The name "Hood" was derived from the term ""; Gerry Anderson also observed that the character was frequently masked, and that a mask "could be described as a 'hood'." Sylvia Anderson acknowledges that the Hood's appearances became less regular towards the
Thunderbirds merchandise and "Thunderbirds" TV scriptwriter Alan Fennell, this mostly replaced the "Lady Penelope" strip, which moved to a sister comic of the same name. The ""Thunderbirds"" strip, illustrated by Frank Bellamy, was the centrepiece of "TV Century 21" (re-branded "TV 21" in January 1968) for 186 issues and 30 serials, until October 1969. At their peak, combined weekly sales of "TV Century 21" and "Lady Penelope" in the 1960s numbered 1.3 million. In 1966, "Thunderbirds" featured as a strip in the "Daily Mail". A "Thunderbirds Annual" was published by Century 21 Publishing from 1966 to 1968, and a "Lady Penelope" version