Supermarionation a puppet hand, suspended by wires, operating the controls of "Thunderbird 1". The term "Supermarionation" was not coined until during production of later episodes of "Supercar". As a result, "Four Feather Falls" is often omitted from lists of Supermarionation productions. Two feature films based upon "Thunderbirds" were also made with Supermarionation: "Thunderbirds Are Go" (1966) and "Thunderbird 6" (1968). Numerous episodes of "Thunderbirds", "Captain Scarlet", and other series were also edited together (sometimes with the addition of new narration) to form movie-length features for VHS release and TV syndication in the 1980s. "The Secret Service" was actually a hybrid of
Tex Willer Tex Willer appeared in an original book called "The Four Killers", written by Claudio Nizzi and illustrated by legendary comic author Joe Kubert. It was published by Dark Horse Comics. Attempts had been made to adapt "Tex" into a film in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Italy. The film was eventually made in 1985 by director Duccio Tessari as "Tex and the Lord of the Deep". The film was adapted from three "Tex" comics: "El Morisco", "Sierra Encantada" and "Il signore dell'abisso". The film was intended as a pilot for a television series, but poor critical and box