John Steed in Novels

                                                                                 The Avengers -  Novels List



1. Novels from series 1 to series 6


Douglas Enefer novel

Douglas Enefer, The Avengers,  Manchester (Consul Books) 1963, Paperback, 126 pages
(This is the first The Avengers novel ever. It's featuring Cathy Gale)



Patrick Macnee & Peter Leslie novels

Patrick Macnee and Peter Leslie, Deadline, London 1965 (Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.)

Patrick Macnee and Peter Leslie, Dead Duck, 1966 (Hodder and Stoughton)
Reprinted in the UK by Titan books  in 1994 and in France by Huitieme Art (1995 & 1996)



John Garforth's Novels
UK, Panther books published four novels written by John Garforth featuring Emma Peel in 1967

John Garforth, The Floating Game, London 1967 (Panther Books 2175), 127pp
John Garforth, The Laugh Was on Lazarus, London 1967(Panther Books)
John Garforth, The Passing of Gloria Munday, London 1967 (Panther Books)
John Garforth, Heil Harris!, London 1967 (Panther Books)




Keith Laumer and Norman Daniels Novels

Berkley Medallion -with the authors Keith Laumer and Norman Daniels- continued publishing original novels of their
own and reprinted all four of Garforth's former novels (= The Avengers # 1 -4).

Keith Laumer, The Afrit Affair (The Avengers # 5),1968, 128 pages - featuring Emma Peel and John Steed
Keith Laumer, The Drowned Queen (The Avengers # 6),1968 - featuring Tara King and John Steed
Keith Laumer, The Gold Bomb (The Avengers # 7) ,1968 - featuring Tara King and John Steed
Norman Daniels, The Magnetic Man (The Avengers # 8), 1968 - featuring Tara King and John Steed
Norman Daniels, Moon Express (The Avengers # 9) ,1969 - featuring Tara King and John Steed





Geoff Barlow and Dave Rogers novels

Geoff Barlow,  The Saga of Happy Valley (Unauthorised, with character names changed to John Steade and
Emma Peale. Sold only in Australia), Brisbane 1980, 112 pages - featuring John Steade and Emma Peale


Australian Novel Series: The Missing Cases, a special series of the Fanzine „On Target“ (later „Stay Tuned“)
It's a four volume fan fiction set produced in Australia but authorised.

The Missing Cases # 1: The Weather Merchants by Dave Rogers and Geoff Barlow, Archerfield (Queensland)
1989
The story features Steed and Emma Peel and is set in the mid 60's.

The Missing Cases # 2: The Monster of the Moor (1990) by Geoff Barlow , Archerfield (Queensland) 1990, 68
pages, illus., photos
The story features Steed and Emma Peel and is set in the mid 60's.

The Missing Cases # 3: Before the Mast by Geoff  Barlow & Desley Greensill (1991), Archerfield, 27 pages,
illustrated by Peter J. Kershaw and Michael Felix
A Tara King/ John Steed short story, it was produced only in photocopied supplement format,

The Missing Cases # 4: Moonlight Express by Geoff Barlow (the story features Steed and Emma Peel and is set
in the mid 60's) and The Spoilsports (features a team-up of all Steed's female associates, who come out of
retirement in 1993 to do battle once again with 90's style diabolical masterminds).
(source: former angelfire.com/tv/av01/next.html)



John Peel and Dave Rogers novel

John Peel & Dave Rogers, Too Many Targets,, St.Martin's Press, New York 1990. - featuring John Steed, all of
his partners and Mother







2. The New Avengers Novels


The six novels  follow the plots of The New Avengers episodes.

Peter Cave, The New Avengers 1: House of Cards, London (Futura Publications Ltd.) 1976, 160 pages

John Carter, The New Avengers 2: The Eagle's Nest, London (Futura) 1976, 190 pages

Walter Harris, The New Avengers 3: To Catch a Rat,London  (Futura), 1977, 160 pages

Justin Cartwright, The New Avengers 4: Fighting Men, London  (Futura), 1977, 159 pages

Peter Cave, The New Avengers 5: The Cybernauts (but named Last of the Cybernauts on title page), London
(Futura) 1977, 156 pages

Peter Cave, The New Avengers 6: Hostage, London (Futura), 1977, 139 pages


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