Sharper Than the Serpent's Tooth (comic story)

Sharper Than the Serpent's Tooth was a 21 comic printed in TV Century 21 in 1968.

It featured as one of its primary settings the location of Unity City, first introduced in The Daleks story Duel of the Daleks, thus constituting a crossover with the Doctor Who universe.

Summary
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Characters

 * Brent Cleever
 * T.J. Younger
 * Danny Younger
 * Sahra Younger
 * Lena Key
 * John
 * Denton
 * Traski
 * Jenkins
 * Snowy
 * USS agent
 * Passenger
 * Flight attendant
 * Pilot
 * Co-pilot
 * Engineer

Worldbuilding

 * World President Younger's trip to Northern Australia marks his first holiday in seven years.
 * After Danny beats his sister Sara in a race on horseback, he ponders aloud as to whether she'll be able to get her revenge at table tennis.
 * Cleever believes only four organisations are big enough to pull off the kidnapping of the President's son. The first three are the Solar Revolutionary Committee, the Bereznik Secret Service, and the American Nationalist League.
 * Cleever has "fantastic" magnetism stored in his body as a result of a laboratory accident which he can control with a buckle in his right shoe.
 * Cleever uses the thought machine in the USS Australian HQ to interrogate Traski.
 * Cleever takes a Fireflash flight from Sydney to Chicago, though the pilot returns to Sydney not long after taking off upon encountering magnetic interference.
 * Cleever claims diplomatic immunity from arrest at Sydney Airport while using the identification he stole from Bereznik Secret Police Chief Traski.
 * John has the helijet VJD-375 at his disposal and it is almost immedately ready for his escape when he learns Cleever has returned to Unity City.

Story notes

 * This story marked the first 21 comic with DWU elements to be set in the 2060s. It was also the first story of this nature since the series had been renamed to Mr. Magnet, to reflect the title character's newfound abilities.
 * As well as being a crossover with the Doctor Who universe, this story also crossed over with Captain Scarlet due to President Younger's mention of "this Mysteron business" which forced him to cancel a planned visit to Mars.

Continuity

 * Brent Cleever has retired from the Universal Secret Service to a Gloucestershire farm. (PROSE: Stingray Downs W.A.F. Bomber)
 * Cleever uses some of the deadly toys from his USS days, including a bloodhound. (PROSE: Spy Bait)