“Triple Cross” is a story in the comic anthology Battle Lines, based on the Gerry Anderson television series Stingray.
2024 is the 60th anniversary of Gerry Anderson’s super-submarine and I’ve contributed to the new stories celebrating that event; in the show, the crew of the titular atomic submarine (Captain Troy Tempest and sonar operator “Phones” Sheridan) guard the oceans as part of W.A.S.P. – the World Aquanaut Security Patrol – defending the surface world from a rogue’s gallery of undersea troublemakers intent on wreaking havoc.
For Stingray‘s diamond anniversary event, Gerry Anderson Productions are launching a multi-media crossover project called Stingray: Deadly Uprising, which begins with a live audio drama performance and then spreads out over a series of all-new Stingray novellas and comic anthologies.
“Triple Cross” is my second contribution to the project, a comic story for Stingray: Battle Lines, featuring art by Connor Flanagan, released in November 2024. The second of a pair of comic anthologies, Battle Lines continues the Deadly Uprising narrative. Collected for the first time since publication, these anthologies contain comic strips from TV Century 21 plus ten brand new comic strips, each featuring a different undersea race – some from the TV series, some new – along with stories and background articles to put the Stingray material in context.
The plotline of “Triple Cross” follows on from the events depicted in my story “The Undefeated“, featured in Stingray: Tales from the Depths .
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